2021 Baseball Roster
Roster
Matt Ottsen
- Position:
- Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- St. Louis, Mo.
- High School:
- Westminster Christian Academy
2021 (Senior): Appeared in six games as a reliever...threw 5.1 IP overall...closed senior season with effective outing against Lafayette, pitching final inning while not allowing a hit and striking out two.
2020 (Junior): Made career-high six appearances as a reliever...pitched 8.0 innings overall...had strong outing in Bucknell's win over Virginia (2/22)...threw two innings with three hits, while accumulating five strikeouts...earned first career save in Bucknell's win over Central Michigan, earning the final out of the game...threw three strikeouts in two innings against Villanova (3/7).
2019 (Sophomore): Made five appearances as a reliever...threw a scoreless inning against Holy Cross (4/13) with a strikeout...Season-high 3.2 IP at St. Bonaventure (3/19).
2018 (Freshman): Made five appearances out of the bullpen ... charged with seven runs (six earned) on six hits in 1.2 innings.
High School: Graduated from Westminster Christian Academy in 2017 ... two-time letterwinner in baseball and also won a letter in football sophomore and junior year ... First-Team Metro League All-Conference winner for baseball in his senior season ... team had a 34-2 overall record and finished as the Metro League Conference Champions ... on the mound was 9-1 with a 3.50 ERA and averaged 7.26 strikeouts per seven innings his senior year.
Personal: Matthew Lamar Ottsen ... born October 2, 1998 in St. Louis, Missouri ... son of Mike and Heidi ... has four siblings: three sisters Maddie, Mollie, Hanna, and a brother Harry ... father played baseball at DePauw University ... majoring in civil engineering.
