Matthew Gunty

Photo by: David Silverman Photography

Class:
Junior
Position:
Face-Off
Height:
5-10
Weight:
180
Hometown:
Bethesda, Md.
High School:
St. Alban’s School

2023: First Team All-Ivy … Academic All-Ivy … Led the Ivy League and finished the regular season ranked seventh in the NCAA with a .631-win percentage at the faceoff X … Finished the season 205-for-335 at X with 88 ground balls … Finished the regular season ranked 25th in the nation with 6.77 ground balls per game … Finished his career with 207 ground balls and was the 14th Bear in program history to reach the 200-ground ball milestone … Finished the 2023 season with two goals – scoring against Stony Brook (Mar. 4) and Penn (Apr. 8) … Finished three games with double-digit ground balls … Finished 11 games with a win-percentage over 50%.

2022: Honorable Mention All-Ivy … Played in 15 games as Brown’s primary faceoff specialist … Finished the campaign with a .516 win-rate (204-for-395) to rank 44th in the NCAA … Went 22-for-26 at Harvard with a career-high 15 ground balls … Finished the season with 96 ground balls, the 13th-most in program history … Recorded his first career goal in Brown’s win at Providence (Mar. 5) … Tallied assists in three straight games against Yale (Apr. 16), Cornell (Apr. 23), and Bryant (Apr. 26).

2021: Won 8-of-11 face-offs and recorded four ground balls at Boston University … Season shortened due to COVID-19.

2020: Emerged as a major factor in the faceoff X, winning 46-of-68 face-offs (.676) for the season...Picked up a team high 19 ground balls...Captured 12-of-20 face-offs in the Bears' win over #8 Virginia...Won 9-of-12 face-offs vs. Quinnipiac and 18-of-24 face-offs against Providence...Picked up a season high nine ground balls vs. Providence.

SECONDARY SCHOOL BACKGROUND: A graduate of St. Alban’s School where he lettered in lacrosse, ice hockey and golf…Lacrosse: Two-time All Met and All IAC selection…Co-MVP as a senior… Four-year starter… Face-Off Academy National Showcase Champion in 2015…Team Captain…Inside Lacrosse Top 100 selection… LaxSportsNet Top 5 FOGO in US… Under Armour Underclass Champions… Led DC Area in ground balls (212) and ground balls per game (12.5) in 2019…Earned an 81% senior year win percentage…His 977 career face off wins were a school record…Hockey: Team captain as a junior and senior…Two-time IAC Regular Season Champions…Two-year All IAC…Four- year starter… Golf: Varsity (1 year)… National Merit Commendation… Academic All-American… Hyman Perlo Award Winner.

CONCENTRATION: Economics

WHY BROWN?: I chose Brown because of the excellent academics, strong team culture, great coaching staff, urban campus, and because I think we can win an Ivy League title and compete for a National Championship.