2024 Baseball Roster

Northwestern Baseball
Preston Knott
Photo by: Mary Grace Grabill/Northwestern Athletics
Preston Knott
March 26, 2024, Evanston, IL: A game between Northwestern Baseball and Northern Illinois at Rocky and Berenice Miller Park in Evanston, IL on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (Photo by Henry Frieman/Northwestern Athletics)
Photo by: Henry Frieman/Northwestern Athletics
March 10, 2024, Louisville, KY: A game between Northwestern Baseball and Louisville at Patterson Stadium in Louisville, KY on Sunday, March 10, 2024. (Photo by Conner Cunningham/Northwestern Athletics)
Photo by: Conner Cunningham/Northwestern Athletics
Rocky and Berenice Miller Park aerial photo
October 19, 2023, Evanston, IL: Northwestern Baseball Internal Media Day at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, IL on Thursday, October 19, 2023. (Photo by John Konstantaras/Northwestern Athletics)
Jersey Number 1

Preston Knott

  • Height:
    5-8
  • Weight:
    185
  • Position:
    UTL
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Arlington, Texas
  • High School:
    Arlington Martin
  • Prev School:
    Northern Oklahoma College

Career Highs:

At-Bats.........................6 (4x), last at Maryland (3/28/25)
Hits...............................4 (2x), last at Maryland (3/29/25)
Runs.............................4, at Maryland (3/29/25)
RBI...............................3 (6x), last vs. NIU (4/15/25)
Home Runs..................2, vs. Penn State (4/6/24)
Total Bases...................9, at Maryland (3/28/25)
Walks…………........…..3 (4x), last at Nebraska (4/18/25)
Stolen Bases................1 (2x), last vs. Fordham (2/23/25)

2025: Appeared in all 52 games, starting 51… Led the team in doubles (17, T-8th in Big Ten), walks (31) and runs scored (42)... Homered for the first time this season and doubled against Duke while adding two runs and two RBI (3/1)... Extended his on-base streak to 10 straight games to start the season against Duke (3/2)... Doubled as part of a two-hit day in a win over The Citadel (3/8)... Knocked four hits including a double and a home run, drove in three and scored twice in a win over The Citadel (3/9)... Doubled twice and added a third hit and three runs in a win over Illinois (3/22)... Homered and doubled as part of a perfect four hit day in a win over Maryland, adding four runs and three RBI (3/29)... Drove home three runs with a homer and a double in a win over Notre Dame (4/8)... Doubled twice and drove in three runs against Northern Illinois (4/15)... Homered and walked three times while tallying three runs in a win at Nebraska (4/18)... Drove in two against Nebraska (4/19)... Doubled for the 15th time this season and scored twice in a win over Washington (4/27)... Tallied two hits and added a run and an RBI against Purdue (5/4)... Recorded three hits, three runs and two RBI and a stolen base in a 12-2 win over Ohio State at Wrigley Field (5/9).

2024: Appeared in 48 games, making 41 starts... Led all Wildcats in walks (32)... Ranked second on the team in on-base percentage (.406)... Ranked third among teammates in batting average (.290)...Made first Northwestern start against Bethune-Cookman (3/1)...Picked up first hit for Northwestern on 2/24 at Duke…Picked up first multi-hit game of the season in a win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, going 2/4 with two runs and two RBI including his first home run in a Wildcat uniform…Recorded seven straight multi-hit games from 4/5-4/14... Logged his first career multi-homer game at Penn State (4/6)... Went 2-for-5 with three RBI, including a leadoff HR in an 11-1 win over Maryland (4/13).

Baseball - 'Cats Take Down No. 14 UCLA, 9-4 (5/15/25)
Friday, May 16
Baseball - Wildcats Top Beacons, 12-4 (5/13/25)
Wednesday, May 14
Baseball - Northwestern Run-Rules Ohio State to Secure Series (5/11/25)
Sunday, May 11
Baseball - Wildcats Run-Rule Buckeyes at Wrigley Field (5/9/25)
Saturday, May 10