Matt Tuiasosopo

About Matt Tuiasosopo

Matthew P. Tuiasosopo (born May 10, 1986 in Bellevue, Washington) is a third baseman in the Seattle Mariners minor league system. He is the brother of Marques Tuiasosopo and Zach Tuiasosopo, and the son of Manu Tuiasosopo.

Although his father and brothers play(ed) football — Manu attending UCLA and his two older brothers attending the University of Washington — Matt opted to sign a professional baseball contract after graduating from Woodinville High School. He was drafted 93rd overall in the third round in the 2004 Major League Baseball draft by the Seattle Mariners. He has spent his first two seasons (2005-2006) of professional baseball in the minor leagues. Even though he chose to play professional baseball, Matt had a promising high school football career and was even selected to play in the 2004 U.S. Army All-American Bowl.

Matt played for the Woodinville West Little League at the 1998 Little League Western Regional Tournament in San Bernardino, California. Woodinville West lost to Cypress Federal in the championship game that lasted 7 innings.