Guilford College

A promising inside presence who could contribute to Guilford’s improvement this season… has a good scoring touch from around the basket to beyond the free-throw line… solid rebounder… 2000-01: Saw reserve minutes in the post, averaging 13.3 minutes per game...  Made appearances in 23 of 25 games this year and made six starts... Averaged 3.2 points and 2.7 rebounds per game for the Quakers... Scored 11 to lead the team in a season-opening loss to Division I UNC Greensboro, and posted a season-high 13 points in a loss to Villa Julie... Led the club in rebounds twice with seven versus Hampden-Sydney and five boards versus Greensboro. 1999-00: Missed preseason and the first eight games after shoulder surgery… saw limited action off the bench in the remaining games… had 10 points and a game-high seven boards in win over Chowan… added nine points and a season-best nine rebounds in nine minutes versus Roanoke (2/14)… 1998-99: The lone Guilford player to appear in all 24 games… had the best free throw percentage among regulars… netted a team- and personal-best 18 points against Savannah College of Art & Design… notched first collegiate double-double (12 pts., career-high 11 reb.) versus Greensboro… made five steals against Lynchburg (1/25)… had six games with 10 or more points… named to Guilford's Fall 1998 Student-Athlete Honor Roll… High School: Prepped at Cushing Academy in 1997-98… received All-Western New England Prep School and Class B MVP honors for Coach Bill Wenning's hoops squad… a four-time All-South Shore League basketball player at Norwell H.S. under Coach John Willis… two-time all-league football player at Norwell… named W.A.T.D. Player of the Year for the 1996-1997 season… Personal: Works as a student trainer at Guilford… spent five seasons in Coach Michael Reidy's Mass Metro Eagle AAU program… played on a pair of state championship teams that posted top-25 national tournament finishes… born Matthew Michael Lewis 12/3/78 in Boston, MA… oldest of five children… younger brother, Jim, plays football at Guilford… son of Michael and Maureen Lewis… sports medicine major.