Matthew Skinas
Matthew Skinas
Height: 5-9
Weight: 164
Year: Soph
High School: La Serna
Major: Undecided
Bats/Throws: Free
Events: Free

Cerritos College Swimming (2014): Competed in the 50-yard freestyle (25.77), 50-yard butterfly, (28.74), 50-yard backstroke (33.77), 50-yard breaststroke (37.96), 100-yard IM (1:01.57), 100-yard freestyle (53.55) and 200-yard freestyle (2:08.46)…..

Cerritos College Water Polo (2013): Played in 26 games and scored four goals, with three assists and 24 steals… Scored his four goals in single games, while he had a season-high three steals against Ventura College and San Diego Mesa College… Posted a pair of steals in seven different games…..

La Serna HS: Spent one season on the swimming team and four years on the water polo team… As a senior on the water polo team, he was named 2nd Team All-CIF and 1st Team All-Del Rio League… Earned 3rd Team All-CIF honors his junior season… Helped the team win the league championship… Voted his team’s Best Defensive Player two years in a row…..

Personal: Most memorable moment was when he scored the game-winning goal against Pasadena Poly High… His father and brother played water polo at La Serna High… His brother Michael (22) was an All-American goalie for the Falcons in 2012 and played at Concordia University… Has one other brother – Brandon (27), who was a three-sport athlete in high school… Hobbies include swimming… Is the son of Michael and Karen Skinas… Born in Whittier, CA on February 2, 1995…..

Favorite Athlete:  Madison Bumgarner       Favorite Movie:  “Interstellar”
Favorite Food:  Pizza                                 Favorite TV Show:  “Two and a Half Men”
Favorite Book: “Game of Thrones”