MIAMI, Fla.- Florida SouthWestern State slugger Matthew Corpas will remain in the Sunshine State next season after signing to play for Florida International University in 2022. 

Corpas has been a regular in the Bucs lineup the past two seasons, playing in 80 ballgames and hitting .330 with 30 extra base hits and 67 RBIs.  As a freshman he led the Bucs with a .370 average and reached base at a .484 clip while driving in 21 runs in 24 games in a Covid shortened season.  In his second go round as a freshman in 2021 he was even better, hitting .315 while clubbing 16 doubles and 8 home runs while driving in 46 runs and going 21 for 24 in stolen  base attempts.  He was a 2^nd Team All-Conference selection, putting together 12 multi-hit games in conference play for the Suncoast Conference Champion Bucs. 

FIU went 20-31 a season ago and 11-19 in Conference USA action. The Panthers are led by Head Coach Mervyl Melendez who has signed a pair of Baseball America Top 25 recruiting classes the past four seasons as well as Associate Head Coach Jeff Conine who was a two-time World Champion with the Florida Marlins.

Corpas is one of three Division I early signees for the Bucs this Fall, joining Magnus Ellerts (Florida) and Riley Skeen (South Florida).

Corpas and the Bucs will kick off their 2022 season on January 28^th when they host the Marissa Gusto Memorial Tournament at home in Fort Myers.