Matt Risher

	Class: Junior
	Hometown: Charlotte, N.C.
	High School: Marvin Ridge HS

	Last College: Marshall
	Height / Weight: 6-2 / 168
	Position: Forward/Midfielder

01/10/2013

Coastal Carolina Student-Athletes Continue to Enjoy Classroom Success

Of the 453 Coastal Carolina student-athletes, 256 posted a GPA of 3.0 or better for the fall 2012 semester

11/17/2012

Chants Face Wake Forest in NCAA Second Round on Sunday

Kickoff is set for 5 p.m. at Wake Forest's Spry Stadium.

11/15/2012

Chanticleers Shutout Elon; Advance to NCAA Second Round

Coastal now faces Wake Forest on Sunday at 5 p.m. in Winston-Salem, N.C.

11/06/2012

No. 8 Chants Advance in Big South Tourney with Blanking of PC

Coastal will make its 11th consecutive Big South tournament semifinal appearance on Friday vs. High Point.

10/13/2012

Men's Soccer Routs VMI on the Road, 8-0

The eight goal output was the most for the Chants since scoring 10 against Richmond last season.

11/06/2012

Junior Matt Risher

09/07/2012

2012 Men's Soccer vs Florida Atlantic

2012 Men's Soccer vs Florida Atlantic (Sept. 7, 2012)

2012 (Junior): Finished the season with three goals and a pair of assists to tally eight points ... Scored his first goal in a Chanticleer uniform 20 seconds into the second half at Liberty ... Netted an unassisted goal in the Chants 5-0 victory over Presbyterian College in the first round of the Big South Tournament ... Tallied the final goal of Coastal's 3-0 blanking of Elon in the NCAA Tournament First Round ... Assisted on Ricky Garbanzo's first goal at Liberty ... Tallied an assist on Jakub Stourac's goal in the Chants' 8-0 win at VMI ... Attempted 11 shots on the season with six falling on frame for a .545 shots on goal percentage ... Starter in eight of 20 games played, logging 802 minutes of action.

At Marshall: 2011 (Sophomore): Appeared in 16 games, making nine starts ... Posted two goals and two assists for six points on the year ... Provided the assist to Tom Jackson for the Thundering Herd's first win and goal of the season over Michigan State ... Assisted Tom Jackson's first goal in the 4-0 win over Winthrop ... Scored two goals in the team's 3-4 quarterfinal loss to SMU at the C-USA tournament ... Named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2010 (Freshman): Saw action in 10 games, drawing one start ... Scored two goals on the season, both coming in Conference USA action ... Tallied his first collegiate goal in dramatic fashion as he headed home the golden-goal in overtime against Memphis to give Marshall a 2-1 win ... Scored the equalizer on a header against UCF.

At Marvin Ridge HS: Scored 74 goals and had 40 assists in high school... Was a three- time all-conference and all-region selection... Was all-state twice... Named State Finalist MVP and was conference and regional player of the year as a senior.