He is a nine time MLL all star and the Bayhawks leader in career games played.
[4] Matt is the third member of the Abbott family to play for Syracuse University.
[2] His brother Michael played for University of Virginia, where he won a Division I national championship, and for SUNY Cortland, where he won a Division III national championship and is now the assistant offensive coach for Penn.
[6] Abbott played varsity lacrosse at Nottingham High School from eighth grade until his senior year.
He was named team captain his sophomore, junior and senior year.
He played for the 2004 Empire State Games Central Team, and helped them win a gold medal.
Sophomore Year: Named first team all-league and All-CNY honorable mention.
Netted two points on a season-high two goals in his first collegiate contest versus Army.
Scored one goal versus Hobart, Loyola, Massachusetts, at Colgate and against Virginia in the NCAA semifinals.
Registered the first hat trick of his career with three goals to help lead the Orange to a come-from-behind win against Virginia in the NCAA semifinals.
Tied his career-best with three points against Binghamton and at Hobart, including a personal-best two assists in each game.
Tewaaraton Trophy and Lowe's Senior CLASS Award Finalist.
Named a USILA Scholar All-American and selected to the Lowe's Senior All-America First Team ...[8] Selected to the NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team after recording five assists in the postseason, including one on Kenny Nims’ game-tying goal versus Cornell at the end of regulation in the NCAA title game.
One goal, one assist and collected a career-best 10 ground balls versus Princeton at the Inside Lacrosse Big City Classic.
[7] Statistics Abbott was drafted by the Washington Bayhawks for the 2009 Major League Lacrosse season, first round 9th pick.
In 2010, he had 10 points 47 ground balls and made the Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game.
[1] GP–Games played; G–Goals; 2PG–2-point goals; A–Assists; Pts–Points; Sh–Shots; GB–Ground balls; Pen–Penalties; PIM–Penalty minutes; FOW–Faceoffs won; FOA–Faceoffs attempted He was drafted by the Boston Blazers for the 2009 National Lacrosse League season, second round 20th overall pick.