2025 Baseball Roster

Matthew Kouser
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 225
- Position:
- RHP
- Class:
- First-Year
- Hometown:
- Haddonfield, N.J.
- High School:
- St. Augustine Prep
Career Highs
Innings Pitched…………………6.0 (2x), last vs. Fordham (2/23/25)
Strikeouts………………………...................4, at The Citadel (3/8/25)
Fewest Hits Allowed (min. 5 IP)......2, at Long Beach State (2/16/25)
Fewest Earned Runs Allowed (min. 5 IP)......1, at Long Beach State (2/16/25)
2025: Appeared 15 times, making a team-high 14 starts and tossing 61.2 IP in his rookie campaign… Threw 6.0 innings of one run ball to earn a quality start and a win in his collegiate debut against Long Beach State (2/16)... Tossed a second consecutive quality start and earned another win against Fordham, striking out three over 6.0 innings (2/23)... Notched 5.0 innings while allowing three runs against #17 Duke (3/1)... Struck out two over 1.2 perfect innings against Western Michigan (3/25)... Worked 5.0 innings of one run ball in a win over Iowa (4/6)... Tossed 5.1 innings of three run ball against Michigan State while striking out a pair (4/13)... Earned his fourth win of the season for 2.1 innings of work against Washington (4/27)... Tossed 4.0 innings and picked up three strikeouts against Purdue (5/2)... Worked 3.0 perfect innings in a start against Valparaiso, striking out three (5/13).
High School: Attended St. Augustine Prep for high school…Ranked the No. 14 player in New Jersey and No. 7 RHP by Perfect Game…Led St. Augustine to a 2024 Non-Public A State Championship as a senior.
Why Northwestern: "The coaching staff and the family component of the team."