Summer:
For the second straight summer, played with the McKinney Marshals of the Texas Collegiate League....Finished second in the league in hitting with a .345 average and tied for the league lead in hits (60)....Led the league in triples (5), tied for second in walks (31), and was second in runs (37)....Helped lead McKinney to the TCL Championship....Played in the TCL All-Star game....Broke the league record with a 23-game hitting streak and was named the All-TCL second baseman.

2006 (Junior):
Started all but two games in his junior season....Led the team in runs scored (46)....Was second on the team in hits (62) and at-bats (212)....Fourth on the team in doubles (12) and tied for second in home runs (4)....Third on the team in RBI (31), second in total bases (94), third in slugging percentage (.443), second in walks (29), third in both on-base percentage (.386) and stolen bases (9)....Also was second on the team in defensive assists (101) and second in sacrifice hits (5)....Tied for fifth in the Big Ten in walks....Third on the team with 12 two-out RBI....Was the starting second baseman for most of the year, starting 40 games at second....Also started 12 games at third base and one each at shortstop and center field....Also moved defensively to third base four times and to shortstop four times during games....Hit leadoff 27 times, the most of anyone on the team and also hit second 23 times and third four times....Was second on the team in multiple-hit games with 18, which included 14 two-hit games and four three-hit games....Tied for third on the team with six multiple-RBI games, which included one five-RBI game and one six-RBI game, the only player on the team to have a five and six-RBI game in 2006....Had a career-best eight-game hitting streak from February 26-March 18 and also hit in five straight games from March 24-April 1....Hit in 40 of his 54 games played....Reached base safely in a string of 12 straight games from April 2-April 21....Drew two walks in 10 different games....Hit .333 (17-for-51) with runners in scoring position....Drew five walks in the last five games of the season....Displayed a good glove as he made just six errors in 185 chances....Recorded a season-high six assists vs. Northwestern (4-21)....Did not commit an error in his last 22 games of the year, spanning his last 71 chances.

Game-by-Game Highlights:
Went 2-for-4 at East Carolina (2-24)....Tied a school record with seven at-bats in a win over Sacred Heart (3-5), also collecting two hits and two RBI....Was 2-for-3 with two walks vs. Jacksonville (3-8)....Collected the game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the 11th inning to give Penn State a 6-5 win over Bethune-Cookman (3-10)....Also had two sacrifices in the game vs. BCC, one of just two players to have two sacs in a game....Went 2-for-5 with a pair of runs vs. Toledo (3-11)....During the Florida spring break trip, hit .346 (9-for-26)....Went 2-for3 vs. Furman (3-18)....Hit .400 (4-for-10) with two triples and scored five runs in the series at nationally-ranked Arizona State....Hit his first career home run and also had a double and drove in five runs while scoring two and going 2-for-5 in a win over Minnesota (4-1)....His first career home run landed about 40 feet above the right field wall, between the pushed-in bleachers and the football press box/luxury suites in the Metrodome, well above the baggie on the right field wall....Went 2-for-3 in the series finale at Minnesota (4-2)....Went 3-for-5 with two runs and an RBI in a win over Duquesne (4-12)....Went 2-for-6 with two runs and two RBI in a wild 12-11 series finale win over Michigan State (4-16)....Hit .333 (6-for-18) in the Northwestern series with six runs scored....Went 2-for-5 with three RBI and three runs in the series finale at Northwestern (4-23), and also hit his second home run, one of three Nittany Lions to go deep during the sixth inning....Homered in back-to-back games with a round-tripper vs. Bucknell (4-25)....Was 3-for-5 with a double and three runs in a win over Indiana (4-30)....Had a sacrifice fly, a sacrifice, and was 2-for-2 with a double in a win at Purdue (5-7)....Went 3-for-6 with a run and an RBI and two stolen bases in the series finale win over Purdue (5-8)....Came up a single short of hitting for the cycle as he went 3-for-4 with three runs, six RBI, and his fourth career home run in a 13-2 win over Big Ten regular season champion Michigan (5-13)....That home run vs. Michigan proved to be the last-ever home run hit at Beaver Field....Drove in two of Penn State's three runs in the win at Ohio State (5-20) and also hit in three of the four games in the OSU series.

2005 (Sophomore):
Tied for first in the Big Ten in sacrifice bunts with three; Went 3-for-4 driving in two runs in win against Southern Utah (3/10); Hit a double and a triple, going 2-for-3 with two runs in win over Delaware (3/19); Singled in only plate appearance and score a run in win over Bucknell (3/30); Collected five hits and two RBIs in helping Penn State take final three games at Northwestern (4/9-10); Had an RBI vs. Illinois (4/30); Made collegiate pitching debut, giving up one run on four hits in 2.0 innings of work against Ohio State (5/8 Game 2); Pinch ran and scored, then singled and scored in win over Duquesne (5/11); Was very strong in the field as he committed just four errors in 133 chances for a .971 fielding percentage.

2004 (Freshman):
Hit 1-for-2 with one run and one RBI in win versus Norfolk State (2/28); Batted 3-for-4 with two runs, two RBI and a double versus Southern Illinois (3/9); Started fifth game, batting 2-for-4 with one run and his third double on the year against Purdue (4/3 Game 1); Went 1-for-5 with a stolen base and an RBI in win over St. Bonaventure (4/7).

Bay Shore HS:
Started at shortstop for his last three years at Bay Shore High School ('01-'03); Led team in doubles, RBIs and on-base Percentage junior year; Voted by High School Sports as one of the best Metro Players of 2003 senior year; Earned three varsity letters; Also played soccer; Earned Presidential Award for Academic Excellence.

Background:
Matthew Gregory Cavagnaro was born August 11, 1985; Son of Ann and Bob Cavagnaro; Brothers Andrew (23), Brant (18); Matt is majoring in supply chain and information systems.

Robbie Wine on Matt Cavagnaro
- "Cavy is a senior this year with a lot of confidence and experience. He won a championship this past summer in the Texas Collegiate League where he was second in the league in hitting. He will play second base most of the time but will also play shortstop for us. His maturity is very important to this team. He is a fierce competitor and fun to coach."