name:  ..........................................Matt Koch
nickname: ...........................................Cookie
birthdate/location: ..........................8/12/1978, 
Downers Grove, Illinois
position(s): ...............................Backrow/lock
height/weight (physical): ...............6'3" 235 lbs
first year with the griffins: ......................2001, 
left for a while and returned in Fall 2003.
previous clubs: ....................Loyola University 
Chicago RFC (1997-2001), 
St. Louis Bombers RFC (2002, Spring 2003)
griffin achievements: ...2001 & 2004 Final Four, 
Rookie of the Year 2001, CARFU 2005
additional info: .....................Charlie Jacobson's 
cousin, but shares no genetic material with him