Justin Osterhouse

Justin Osterhouse comes home after a walk-off grand slam

Photo by: Tristen Bronaugh

Photo by: Tristen Bronaugh

Photo by: Mikayla Hogan

Photo by: Robert Hayes

Class:
Freshman
Ht./Wt.:
6-1 / 195
Hometown:
Grand Rapids, Mich.
High School:
Forrest Hills Central
B/T:
L/R

• Hit four home runs, including a walk-off grand slam, and had the pitching win vs. Wright State (May 15, 2025) MLB.com Story
• 2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
• 2025 Horizon League All-Academic Team
• 2024 All-Horizon League Second Team
• 2024 All-Horizon League Freshman Team
• 3x Horizon League Batter of the Week (March 13, 2024, April 1, 2025 & May 19, 2025)
• Horizon League Pitcher of the Week (May 19, 2025)
• Won MiLB's Home Run Derby X in August 2024 Photos | Story
• Horizon League Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2024, Spring 2025)

2025: Started 52 games (30 at second base, 16 at third base and six at shortstop) … Led team in batting average (.328, 9^th in the Horizon League), on-base percentage (.453, 7^th in DI program history, 10^th in the Horizon League), slugging percentage (.636, T-4^th in DI program history, 4^th in the Horizon League), runs (51), hits (64), RBIs (46, T-6^th in DI program history), home runs (16, 3^rd in DI program history, 4^th in the Horizon League), total bases (124, T-3^rd, in DI program history, T-7^th in the Horizon League), hit by pitch (15, T-3^rd, in DI program history, 5^th in the Horizon League) and stolen bases (13) … 17 multi-hit games … 10 multi-RBI games … Finished season on a 19-game on-base streak, after a 20-game streak earlier in the season … Went 5-of-12 with a stolen base in three games at No. 2 LSU (Feb. 14-16) ... Hit four home runs, including a walk-off grand slam, scored five times, had five hits, drove in eight runs, hit by pitch once, stole one base and got the pitching win vs. Wright State (May 15) … Hit three home runs, drove in six, scored four times, intentionally walked three times at Bowling Green (March 18) … Hit a grand slam with three runs scored and three total hits vs. Wright State (May 16) … Added two more hits with two runs scored vs. Wright State (May 17) … Doubled twice, singled, walked and scored twice at Oakland (May 4) … Homered in both games of a doubleheader vs. Oakland (March 29) … Homered in consecutive games vs. Youngstown State (April 27) and at Oakland (May 2).

2024: Played in 38 games with 37 starts (22 at first base, 14 in right field and one at second base) ... Ranked fifth in the Horizon League in hitting (.355) and 10th in slugging (.609), leading the Mastodons in both categories ... Also led the Mastodons in on-base percentage (.424) and tied for the team lead in home runs (nine) ... Nine home runs set a Mastodon Division I era program record for a freshman ... Put together a 19-game on-base streak ... Hit two home runs, singled, drove in four and scored twice in a win over No. 20 Indiana (Feb. 27) ... Drove in five runs with two home runs, a double and a single with two runs scored in a win at Missouri (March 8) ... Came up a triple short of the cycle with two runs scored and two RBI at Missouri (March 9) ... Added another home run at Missouri (March 10) to finish the series against the SEC Tigers with three bombs ... Recorded eight hits and six RBI in a series at home against Wright State (March 22-24), including a four-hit day with three RBI, two doubles and a run scored (March 22) ... Homered, drove in three runs, scored three times and added two singles at Youngstown State (March 17) ... Recorded three hits including a home run at Bowling Green (April 10).

High School: Held a .337 batting average with a .971 OPS as a junior... Struck out just nine times... Hit .380 with a 1.119 OPS and four homers as a senior... Named First Team All-Conference twice (2022 and 2023), All-District and All-Region ... Was also the quarterback of the school's 11-0 football team.

Personal: Played for the Muskegon Clippers of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League in 2024, hitting a home run in the all-star game ... Son of James and Rebecca Osterhouse ... Has one brother, Brady ... Majoring in Business Management.