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2020 Baseball

5 Matt Voelzke

  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 185
  • Yr./El. Sr./Sr.
  • Hometown Lake Oswego, Ore.
  • Highschool Lake Oswego
  • B/T R/R

Biography

2019

  • Played in 40 games as a junior at shortstop
  • Made 18 appearances as a reliever, primarily as a closer
  • Named Second Team All-West Region by D3Baseball.com
  • Named All-NWC first-team as a utility player 
  • Registered career-best batting average (.308) and slugging (.485) numbers with a .387 on-base percentage
  • Worked 30.1 innings with a 2-2 record, seven saves, 40 strikeouts, and a 2.97 ERA
  • Broke his own school record for saves, moving the bar to 22 in his career
  • Led the team in home runs (5)
  • Second on team in RBI (28) and extra-base hits (18)
  • Moved into second all-time in career ERA (2.36) 

2018

  • Played in 43 games as a sophomore as a shortstop 
  • Made 22 appearances as a closer on the mound 
  • Named D3baseball.com All-West Region as a first-team selection 
  • Named All-NWC first-team as a utility player 
  • Recorded a .288 batting average, a .400 on-base percentage and a .439 slugging percentage
  • Led the team in triples (2)
  • Second on the team in home runs (4) and RBIs (32)
  • Led the pitching staff in ERA (1.69), strikeouts per nine innings (13.50) and saves (10)
  • Tied for first on the team in appearances (22)
  • His 22 pitching appearances moved him to third all-time at George Fox in single-season appearances
  • Moved to third all-time in single-season ERA (1.69)
  • Broke the school record for career saves (15)
  • Broke the school record in single-season saves (10)

2017

  • Played in 36 games his freshman year as a pitcher/shortstop 
  • Appeared on the mound 16 times for the Bruins 
  • Became the first-ever Bruin named D3baseball.com All-West Region Rookie of the Year
  • Named D3baseball.com third-team All-West Region 
  • Became the first Bruin since 2006 to earn first-team All-Northwest Conference honors
  • Recorded a .288 batting average, a .372 on-base percentage and a .424 slugging percentage 
  • Led the team in games played (36) and doubles (9)
  • Was second on the team in hits (36) and RBIs (23)
  • Led the team in strikeouts per nine innings (11.08)
  • Recorded 32 strikeouts in 26 innings pitched 
  • Led the pitching staff in appearances (16), ERA (2.77) and saves (5)
  • Tied for fifth all-time in career saves (5)
  • Tied for fourth all-time in single-season saves (5)

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Graduated from Lake Oswego High School in Lake Oswego, Oregon in 2016
  • Earned all-league honors in the Class 6A Three Rivers League

His Thoughts 

  • "It was the place that felt like home to me. Between the atmosphere on the baseball field and also in the classroom, I couldn't imagine myself anyplace else."

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2017Freshman

    INF/RHP
    6'3" 185 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2018Senior

    INF/RHP
    6'3" 180 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2019Junior

    INF/RHP
    6'4" 185 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2020Senior

    INF/RHP
    6'4" 185 lbs
    5
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