Junior, 6-4, Guard/Forward
Clarks Summit, Pa./Scranton Preparatory
Sophomore Year (2009-2010): Appeared in 17 games and started five times...scored a career-high 10 points (on 4 of 8 shooting from the field) in a 73-64 season-opening victory over Kean University at the Long Center on November 17...scored six points and grabbed four rebounds in a 96-48 victory over Bard College in the opening round of the Radisson Invitational at the Long Center on November 21...had four points and three assists in a 67-50 victory over Misericordia University on November 24 at the Long Center...tossed in six points and pulled down four rebounds in an 82-58 victory over PSU-Hazelton in the third-place game of the PNC Band Invitational at the Long Center on January 3.
Freshman Year (Ithaca College, 2008-2009): Began his career at Ithaca College, where he played in 10 games and averaged 2.0 points, 0.1 rebounds, and 0.1 steals per game...averaged 3.6 minutes per game...scored a season-high seven points (on 3 of 4 shooting from the field) in five minutes of action in a 118-81 victory over Hobart College on November 18...also tossed in four points apiece in wins at home over Potsdam and Hartwick on January 13 and February 6, respectively...made his only 3-point field goal attempt and drained two free throws to finish with five points in a 112-72 win at Elmira on January 2...connected on 72.7 percent (8 of 11) of his field goal attempts.
High School: Three-year letterman...earned third-team all-state honors and all-regional honors by the Scranton Times-Tribune as a senior in 2008...teammate of Royal freshmen guards Timothy Lavelle and Pat Mineo...his coach was Joe Ferguson...his father, Ward, played basketball at The College of Holy Cross and his cousin, Ryan FitzPatrick, who graduated in 2009 from The University of Scranton, where he was a four-year letterman on the men's basketball team and ended his career with 1,028 points, which is 34th on Scranton's all-time scoring list.
Personal
Full Name: Matthew G. FitzPatrick
Parents: J. Ward & Bridget FitzPatrick
Major: Political Science
Date of Birth: March 1, 1990
Career Bests
Points: 10, vs. KEAN, NOV. 17, 2009
Rebounds: 4, on two occasions
Assists: 3, vs. MISERICORDIA, NOV, 24, 2009
Steals: 1, on five occasions
Blocks: None
Awards & Honors
Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll (2009)
