2011-12
Cross Country: Placed 30th at the Justin F. Cooper Memorial Rice Invitational with a time of 17:49... Finished 20th (26:38.0) at Grass Routes Grand Prix in Austin... Time of 26:11 (154th) at Pre-National Invitational... Placed 26th (25:38.0) at C-USA Championship.
2010-11
CoSIDA Academic All-District 6
Conference USA All-Academic
Cross Country: Finished 20th at C-USA Cross Country Championship with a time of 24:40 to earn All-C-USA Third Team.
Indoor: Placed fifth in 5000m (15:50.22) at Houston Indoor Invitational.
Outdoor: Finished 19th in 5000m (16:13.38) at J.Fred Duckett Twilight... Placed ninth in 10,000m (31:55.30) at C-USA Outdoor.
2009-10
Cross Country: Placed 12th at the Johnny Morris Invitational (15:59) and third at the Rice Invitational (17:21.0)... 113th at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree (26:19.60)... Placed seventh at the HBU/Puma Invitational (16:59.4)... 28th at the Conference USA Championships with a time of (26:42.7)...52nd at the NCAA South Central Regional (33.19.0)... 58th at NCAA South Central Regional (31:59.2).
Indoor: Placed fifth in 5000m (15:47.30) at Houston Indoor Invitational... Finished 11th in 5000m at C-USA Indoor with a time of 15:22.63.
2008-09
Outdoor:Placed 20th in the 5000m at the 2009 Conference USA Outdoor meet (16:12.61) and 11th in the 10,000m (33:50.61)... 11th in 5000m at Duckett/Rice Twilight Meet (15:59.81).
HIGH SCHOOL
2008 graduate of Central Catholic... District 3200m champion (9:55)... All-state in cross country with best time of 15:56 (5k)... Team was state runners-up in 2007 and 2008, while the district team title both years... Class valedictorian... National Honor Society member and National Merit Scholar.
PERSONAL
Full Name: Matthew Carey... Born: June 10, 1979 at Cleveland, Ohio... Parents: Tim and Jeanne Carey (two brothers)... College: McMurtry.