Bradley University Athletics

HONORS & AWARDS
Bradley COUNTRY Financial Scholar-Athlete of the Week: 10-11-17
MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award: 2018
MVC Honor Roll: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Bradley Athletic Director's Honor Roll (8): Fall '14, Spring '15, Fall '15, Spring '16, Fall '16, Spring '17, Fall '17, Spring '18

2017-18 (SENIOR)
Posted a 76.00 season stroke average, which included a 75.56 average in the fall ... Season stroke average of 76.00 was nearly one-and-a-half strokes better than his career average of 77.35 coming into the year ... Tied for third as an individual at the season-opening Crusader Collegiate ... Was team’s top finisher at the Bill Ross Intercollegiate, tying for eighth with a season-best 54-hole score of four-over 220 ... Carded a season-best one-under 70 in the final round of the D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate ... Placed in the top 20 in four tournaments, including two top-10’s ... Finished 18^th at the MVC Championship … Appeared in the team lineup in each of the last eight tournaments … Career stroke average of 76.96 ranks 19^th all-time at Bradley.

2016-17 (JUNIOR)
Ranked sixth on the team among Bradley’s regulars with a 77.04 stroke average … Earned two top-10 finishes … Posted 15 of his 23 rounds in the 70’s or better … Bradley’s top finisher at the I-74 Individual Challenge … Also led the Braves at the Hoosier Invitational, where he tied the lowest round in school history with a second-round 66 to tie for eighth … His 213 at the Hoosier Invite tied for ninth best 54-hole score in school history

2015-16 (SOPHOMORE)
Was third on the team with a 76.63 stroke average … Took second at the Beu/Mussatto Invitational after opening the tournament with a career-best 70 … Finished in the top 20 in the last three events of the year and four of the last five tournaments … Averaged 75.93 per round over the last 14 rounds of the year and 76.57 in the spring … Tied for 20th at the MVC Championship … Ranked fourth on the team with 21 sub-80 rounds.   

2014-15 (FRESHMAN)
Made his debut at the Butler Fall Invitational, carding a 73 in the opening round … Went on to tie for 20th at the Butler Fall Invite … Played in six of 11 tournaments … Posted a 79.00 stroke average … Fired a season-best 72 in the opening round of the Hoosier Invitational … Shot nine of 16 rounds in the 70’s. 

HIGH SCHOOL
Three-time all-conference performer … Took second at the state sectionals as a junior … Helped his team to back-to-back conference titles and a state sectional championship his freshman year … Also lettered in swimming, where was a state sectional finalist in the 100 meter breaststroke.

PERSONAL
The son of Brian and Kathleen Specht, Matthew was born in Palos Heights, Ill. … His older sister Kyela was a member of the Bradley women’s cross country/track & field teams … Has a younger sibling: Peyton …Majored in marketing.