Shane Hofstadler

Height:
6-1
Weight:
195
Position:
C/1B
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Vista, Calif.
High School:
Rancho Buena Vista
Prev School:
Westmont College

Northwestern Career Highs:
At-Bats………………..4, last at Washington (3/29/26)
Hits…………………….3, at Washington (3/28/26)
Runs…………………..2, at Washington (3/28/26)
RBI…………………....4, at Washington (3/28/26)
Home Runs…………..1, at Washington (3/28/26)
Total Bases…………..6, at Washington (3/28/26)
Walks…………………1, last at Georgia Tech (3/01/26)

2026: Made his first appearance as a Wildcat against Cornell (2/21) … Logged his first D1 base hit with a double against No. 5 Georgia Tech (3/1) … Recorded his first D1 RBI on a run-scoring double against Washington (3/27) … Hit safely for multiple times in a game for the first time as a Wildcat, blasted his first D1 homer, set a season-high in RBIs (four) and drove in a go-ahead run on a double when he went 2-for-4 against Washington (3/28).

2025 (at Westmont): Named to the PacWest All-Conference Second team... Named to the DII College Commissioners Association West Region Second Team... Played in 47 games and made 41 starts at catcher... Produced a batting average of .303 and an OPS of 1.021, the latter of which was second on the team... His slugging percentage of .634 ranked first on the team and eighth in the PacWest... Of his 43 hits, 23 were for extra bases... (11 home runs, two triples, 10 doubles)... Drove in 30 runs... Had 14 multi-hit games... Went three for three against Azusa Pacific with two home runs, a double, three RBIs and two runs scored... Was two for four against Biola with two home runs, six RBIs and two runs scored... Was second in the PacWest with 13 opponents thrown out attempting to steal.

2024 (at Westmont): Did not play due to injury.

2023 (at Westmont): Named to the All-GSAC Team... Played in 42 games and made 36 starts.. Posted a .277 batting average and 1.036 OPS (third highest on the team)... Tallied 36 hits with 11 home runs, nine doubles, one triple and 11 home runs... Named the GSAC Player of the Week on March 20, 2023 after tallying five hits and nine RBIs in a three-game series against Vanguard... Had a season-high three hits, consisting of two doubles and a home run, against OUAZ... Recorded five hits and seven RBIs in a two-game series with OUAZ... As a catcher, threw out 11 would-be base-stealers.

2022: (at San Diego Mesa C.C.): CCCAA Player of the Month... .269/.410/.554 slash line... Team-leading nine home runs.

Why Northwestern: “I chose Northwestern because of the coaching staff, high level of academics and Big Ten baseball.”