Biography
2024 -- Fifth Year Season -- Played in just two games for the Captains at quarterback before having his season come to an end due to injury...opened the year at Trine by completing 13 of 15 pass attempts for 278 yards and three touchdowns with one pick...one week later completed five of 12 attempts for 43 yards vs. Johns Hopkins at TowneBank Stadium...combined in the two games to complete 18 of 27 throws for 321 yards with three scores and one interception...averaged 160.5 yards per game passing...also ran the ball nine times for 35 yards.Â
2023 -- Senior Season --  Made it three straight years of outstanding performances as the Captains starting quarterback, and helped lead CNU to its first-ever NJAC Championship...was recognized by the NJAC as a first team all-conference pick for the third straight season...threw for 1,401 yards and 11 scores...became CNU's all-time leader in passing yards, completions, completion percentage, pass efficiency, and yards per pass...played in nine of 11 games, starting all nine...had a string of 22 straight starts come to an end due to injury, the longest string of consecutive starts at QB in CNU history...ran for five scores in addition to his 11 scoring passes...averaged 155.7 yards per game passing and 23.0 yards per game rushing...completed 100 of 155 pass attempts with just four interceptions... connected with Colin Hart on an 85-yard touchdown reception vs. Kean on October 21st at TowneBank Stadium, equaling the school record for longest pass play ever...threw for three scores vs. Kean, matching his career high...threw for 330 yards, his second-highest total ever, and two scores at TCNJ on November 10th as CNU wrapped up its first NJAC title ever...saw action in his first NCAA game on November 18th at Randolph-Macon, completing 10 of 20 passes for 164 yards and a touchdown...finished the season with a passing efficiency rating of 158.70, highest of his career...was named second team All-State by the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID), his third straight honor from the organization.
2022 -- Junior Season --  Named NJAC Offensive Player of the Year for the second straight season after another remarkable year... threw for 11 touchdowns and ran for 11 more for first-year Head Coach Paul Crowley's squad...started all ten games at QB for the Captains...completed 68 percent of his passes while averaging 172.1 yards passing and 44.2 yards rushing per game...completed 128 of 189 attempts with just six interceptions...concluded the year with 1721 passing yards and 442 rushing yards...matched his career best with three TD throws vs. Apprentice at TowneBank Stadium on September 17th...reached the end zone rushing the ball twice in four different games, accounting for eight of his 11 rushing scores on the season...scampered 65 yards on a run at Salisbury in the season finale on November 12th, and also ran for a 61-yard touchdown vs. Rowan on October 1st at TowneBank Stadium...threw for more than 200 yards passing in three games, with a season-high 234 vs. Apprentice...named NJAC Offensive Player of the Week three times...was honored by VaSID for the second straight year, again named second team All-State.
2021 -- Sophomore Season --  Named NJAC Offensive Player of the Year and a first team All-Conference selection in his first season as the starter under center ... Led the offense by throwing 15 touchdowns and running for ten scores ... Led the NJAC in passing, averaging 231 yards per game ... Ranked ninth in the nation in completion percentage, connecting on 68.5% of his attempts to rank second in program lore ... Also threw for the second most yards in a single-season in program history with 2,310 yards on 190 completions ... Ranked 32nd nationally in total offense with 275.3 yards per game ... Four-time NJAC Offensive Player of the Week ... Earned second team All-State honors from VaSID ... Finished season as the team's leading rusher, gaining 440 yards for an average of 44.0 per game ... Rushed for a season-high 105 yards and 3 touchdowns at Rowan on November 6 while also going 25-for-31 for 297 yards and 2 touchdowns through the air ... Became only the third player in program history to record over 400 yards of total offense in a single game with his season-ending flourish at Rowan (402 yds) ... Finished 22-for-28 and a season-high 343 yards with three touchdowns at William Paterson on October 9 ... Passed for over 200 yards in seven of his ten games.
2020 -- Freshman Season --Â Played at Salisbury in CNU's two-game mini spring season ... Completed all four passes attempted for 31 yards ... Longest completion vs, the Sea Gulls was 15 yards ... Also rushed twice for five net yards.
At South County -- Passed for over 5,700 yards and 70 touchdowns as the starting quarterback for the Stallions ... Added 1,288 rushing yards and nine rushing TDs ... Led team to 6A state championship in 2019 along with region and district titles ... Earned First Team All-State honors at QB and was named the Region Offensive Player of the Year in 2019 ... First Team All-Region ... District Offensive Player of the Year and three-time All-Conference selection ... Named the 2019 All-NoVA Offensive Player of the Year and first team QB ... Honorable mention All-Met and All-DMV
Personal -- Matthew Paul Dzierski was born in Fairfax, Va. and goes by the nickname Matt ... Son of Paul and JoAnne Dzierski ... Has one sister, Lauren ... Favorite sports personality is Baker Mayfield ... Favorite musicians are Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Travis Scott, and Pop Smoke ... Majoring in Communications.
