Amherst College Athletics

Matthew D. Sinnen '83
Baseball (1977-80) and Golf (1983)

Matt Sinnen is No. 1 in VWC history in career batting average (.403) and ranks No. 5 in-season batting average (.458) in 1980. Sinnen was the team captain 1979-80 and named VWC most valuable player in 1980. He was selected in the Major League Baseball Draft in 1980 by the Pittsburgh Pirates. During his career, he was named honorable mention All-American in 1980; All-Region honoree in 1979 and 1980; All-Conference in 1978-1980. Sinnen served as Assistant Head Baseball Coach from 1982-85. After graduating from VWC, Sinnen founded the Tidewater Drillers Youth AAU baseball program. He has served as head coach of Driller teams that have won 11 state titles with the 2009 team winning the AAU National Championship. Sinnen is the President of Sinnen-Green & Associates, a certified residential real estate appraisal firm in Virginia and North Carolina. He and his family live in Virginia Beach.