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Astros select Atascocita native SS Brice Matthews in first round of MLB Draft

The Houston Astros have selected shortstop Brice Matthews with the 28th overall pick in the first round and right-handed pitcher Alonzo Tredwell in the second round.

Matthews, 21, right-handed hitting shortstop, hit .359 with 11 doubles, two triples, 20 home runs, 67 RBI, 20 stolen bases, a .723 slugging percentage, a .481 on-base percentage and a 1.204 OPS in 54 games for the Nebraska Cornhuskers this season.


Matthews was named a second-team All-American by NCBWA and a Collegiate Baseball's third-team All-American.

He is a local product that played high school baseball at Atascocita High School in Humble, where he was teammates with Kenyon Green, a Texans 2022 first-round pick in the NFL Draft.

Matthews was also a member of the Astros Youth Academy.

Tredwell, also 21, went 4-2 with a 3.57 ERA in nine starts for UCLA this season. He also recorded 51 strikeouts and just 12 walks in 2023.

In his two-year career at UCLA, Tredwell went 8-3 with a 2.83 ERA and 113 strikeouts. He was also named to the 2022 Pac-12 All-Conference Team.