Northwestern University Athletics
2026 Baseball Roster
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
2026: Played in 20 games and made 10 starts... Posted three doubles, a home run and seven RBI... Made his first appearance as a Wildcat against Cornell (2/21)... Logged his first base hit with a double against No. 5 Georgia Tech (3/1)... Recorded his first 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 homer, set a season-high in RBI (four) and drove in a go-ahead run on a double when he went 2-for-4 against Washington (3/28)... Drove in a run and went 1-for-2 with three runs in a win over St. Thomas (4/22).
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.
Why Northwestern: “I chose Northwestern because of the coaching staff, high level of academics and Big Ten baseball.”
