Columbia University Athletics

2019
 
Saw action in one game as a senior quarterback … Contributed primarily on the scout team … Traveled to all road games and contributed as an offensive signal caller … Saw action in the season finale at Cornell (Nov. 23).
 
2018
 
Served as a backup quarterback as a junior … Saw action as quarterback in two games … Completed two of five passes for 22 yards with a long of 19 on the year … Completed 1-2 passes for three yards at Harvard (Nov. 3) … Saw first career game action, completed 1-2 passes for 19 yards vs. Yale (Oct. 27).
 
2017
 
Did not see any game action as a sophomore quarterback … Contributed as a backup quarterback.
 
2016
 
Did not see any game action … Contributed as a backup quarterback.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
 
A 2016 graduate of Suncoast High School in Riveria Beach, Fla., where he played four years of varsity football for head coach Jimmy Clark … Received Class 5A All-State honorable mention honors as a senior … Named Second Team All-State Elite Team by Florida HS Football as a senior … Runner-up for Palm Beach County Player of the Year, the Lou Groza Award … Three-time First Team All-Palm Beach County honoree … Named to the Palm Beach Post All-Area Large Schools Offense First Team … Passed for nearly 7,000 yards and 63 TDs in his career … Threw for 2,758 yards and 27 touchdowns as a senior … Named Land Rover Palm Beach Player of the Week after throwing for five touchdowns and 340 yards in fourth quarter comeback win vs. Port St. Lucie … Helped Chargers earn IP Team of the Week honors after orchestrating a two-minute drive ending in an eight-yard touchdown strike to give Suncoast the come-from-behind win, completed 25 of 39 passes for 389 yards and four touchdowns … Completed 57 percent of his passes for 1,550 yards, 12 touchdowns and eight interceptions as a junior … As a senior, led the Suncoast Chargers to their first district 15-5A championship in 13 years and a 5-5 overall record … Two-time team captain … Threw for 1,921 yards, 20 touchdowns and only six interceptions as a sophomore … Named the No. 1 passer in Palm Beach County as a sophomore … Four-time Academic Honor Roll member despite attending the nation’s No. 9 ranked academic school … Rated a three-star recruit by Scout.com … Ranked the nation’s No. 165 recruit by CollegeSportsMadness.com.
 
PERSONAL
 
Born Matthew Jeffery Dame on October 2, 1997 in Downers Grove, Fla. … Son of Jeffery and Carole Dame of Jupiter, Fla. … Visited Columbia in June, 2015 and fell in love with the campus, great academics and Ivy League education … Chose Columbia over Dartmouth, Harvard and Yale and also received offers from Akron, Miami, Fla. … Has aspirations to major in business and work on Wall Street … Enrolled at Columbia College … Majors in Political Science.
 
ARTICLES
http://highschoolbuzz.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2015/07/02/recruiting-2016-suncoast-qb-matt-dame-commits-to-columbia/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL5aVaGZRJY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPEZze8yc-E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MQ-KW1eyzU
http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/sports/high-school-football/super-photo-gallery-matt-dame-suncoast/MGTjedQizWsmV00OWDouxL/#IMMv3xfzRPCW2XhCmRGkhQ