Matt Koperniak #29

Signed with the St. Louis Cardinals as an undrafted free agent on June 16, 2020 out of Trinity College... received a $20,000 signing bonus... spent four seasons at Trinity (Division III) and was set to transfer to Kansas State in 2021 as a graduate student but instead signed with the Cardinals... has a degree from Trinity in biology... was a two-time All-NESCAC first teamer at Trinity... hit .394 with six home runs and 31 RBIs in 2019 at Trinity after hitting .388 with five homers and 20 RBIs in 2018... was born in the United Kingdom and grew up in Massachusetts... attended Hoosac Valley High School in Cheshire, Mass., where he played for the Hurricanes... saw time in the New England Collegiate Baseball League in 2018-19 with the North Adams SteepleCats... made his Cardinals debut on May 4, 2021 with Palm Beach... finished his first season at Double-A Springfield... made his Triple-A debut on July 28, 2022 with Memphis... hit for the cycle on Aug. 9, 2022 with Double-A Springfield, earning Texas League Player of the Week honors... was named by the St. Louis Cardinals as their Minor League Player of the Month for August 2022 after he led all qualified Cardinals Minor Leaguers with a .371 average (33-for-89), a 1.091 OPS and ranked first for the month in hits, home runs (6), RBIs (22), extra-base hits (13) and total bases (60) across 22 games while also becoming the third player in Springfield’s history to hit for the cycle... joined Great Britain's roster for the 2023 World Baseball Classic

2022

Went 1-for-13 with an RBI, two walks and two runs scored in WBC qualifiers for Great Britain in September, helping the team advance to Pool C in Phoenix, Arizona... spent the regular season in the Minors with Springfield and Memphis, hitting .291 with 14 homers, 59 RBIs and 12 steals in 108 games, mostly at Double-A... was named Texas League Player of the Week on Aug. 14 after hitting for the cycle with Springfield

2021

Hit .306 with 7 homers and 41 RBIs in 95 games across three levels for Palm Beach, Peoria and Springfield in the Cardinals system... voted an MiLB.com Cardinals Organization All-Star