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Throughout the early 1990’s, Matt Kechely (Lincoln Neb.) anchored the Nebraska Wesleyan baseball team, leaving his name littered through out the all-time charts, earning numerous athletic and academic awards, and helping NWU to the 1992 NIAC Championship. After a freshman season that had Matt seeing limited action in 21 games, Kechely exploded on the conference scene as a sophomore, hitting .405 with four home runs and 18 RBI’s. During his junior season, Kechely hit an astonishing .496 with five home runs and 39 RBI’s. To wrap up his career, he hit .405 with five home runs and 22 RBI’s. For his career Kechely hit .417 with 85 RBI’s, 15 home runs, and 70 runs.
He was named to the All-NIAC First-Team in 1993, 1994, and 1995 and was named the NIAC Player of the Year in 1994. In 1994 and 1995 Kechely was given All-Midwest Region Honors as one of the top first-basemen in the region. Kechely, a graduate of Lincoln East H.S., also experienced success in the classroom as he was named an Academic All-American in 1994 and 1995, named the Academic All-American of the Year in 1995, and was the first NWU athlete to be named Academic All-American of the Year and the eighth to earn multiple Academic All-American awards.
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