Matthew was born in Williamsburg, Virginia. He played several sports in high school such as baseball, basketball, football and track & field. Graduating in 2015, he then moved to Lynchburg to attend school at Liberty University to study Sport Management for his undergraduate degree where he met his wife Lauren in a college sign language course and has been married to her since August of 2020. During his time there he started getting an interest in the golf industry and took a course involving the sport. He graduated in 2019 decided to go back to school and continue to complete his master’s degree in Sport Administration in spring of 2022. During his time there he also worked for the university and at Poplar Grove Golf Club as a cart/shop attendant. He was hired as an Assistant Golf Professional at Boonsboro in January of 2022 and is now currently in the PGA PGM program working to get his PGA membership.