Matt Wieters was a multi-talented star.

Matt Wieters was a multi-talented star who earned numerous honors throughout his college career.A switch-hitting catcher who hits in the middle of the lineup, Wieters has a good eye at the plate and has great power to all fields.He played high school baseball at Stratford High School in Goose Creek.Matt Wieters' high school team also featured future Major League Baseball player Justin Smoak.Wieters participated in the 2008 Arizona Fall League season, playing for the Surprise Rafters. He was also selected to play in the Fall League's Rising Stars game.Matt Wieters played his first Major League game with Matt Wieters jerseys on Friday May 29, 2009, against the Detroit Tigers. Wieters' first major league hit came the next night, a triple, off of Detroit's Justin Verlander.