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Jersey Number 32
Josh Och
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 192
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Victoria, Minn.
- High School:
- Chanhassen HS
2026 (Jr.): Appeared in a season-high tying 27 games, all in relief…Posted a 6-2 record with three saves…Fanned 51 and walked 17 over 37 1/3 innings with a 4.34 ERA…Saved three of six opportunities with five holds…Saw only six of 22 inherited runners score (27.3 percent)…Retired 18 of 21 first at bats in appearances…Won first two outings, throwing two perfect frames against UC Santa Barbara (2/14) and a scoreless inning at Southeastern Louisiana (2/17)…Registered season-high five strikeouts in a 2 2/3 outing at Louisiana Tech (2/27) in which he retired all eight batters he faced to gain first save…Threw 1 2/3 innings in win over Mississippi State (3/3)…Added a two-inning save against North Alabama (3/7)…Got an out to earn a victory over South Alabama (4/24)…Fanned four over two innings and gave up no runs on two hits with no walks to earn a save against ULM (5/2)…Fired a scoreless frame at James Madison (5/8)…Registered final win of season, blanking Troy (5/22) for an inning before the Golden Eagles rallied for five runs in the bottom of the ninth to win in the Sun Belt Tournament…Threw at least two innings in nine outings…Had at least three strikeouts in a game 10 times…Earned a spot on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the Fall 2025 semester.
2025 (So.): Pitched 24 times, all in relief…Second on the team in appearances, with 10 of his outings at least two innings…Went 2-0 and a save with a 4.71 ERA…Fanned 41 and walked 22 in 36 1/3 innings…Collected a victory in his first outing of the year against Lafayette (2/15) in which he allowing no runs on a hit with a strikeout over an inning of work…Added a save versus Louisiana Tech (2/21) where he threw two perfect innings with three strikeouts…Got victory in career-long outing of 4 2/3 innings at Marshall (4/5) in which he allowed no runs with no hits and no walks with a career-best seven strikeouts…Threw two scoreless frames versus Coastal Carolina (5/25) in the Sun Belt Championship final……Named to Dean’s List for the 2025 Spring semester.
2024 (Fr.): Appeared in 11 games, all in relief…Had no record and one save with a 2.81 ERA…Fanned 18 and walked eight in 16 innings of work…Recorded his save with a one inning, two strikeout performance versus Troy (5/23) in the Sun Belt Tournament…Went nine innings, spanning five outings from May 12-25 without allowing a run…Had nine strikeouts and one walk over that stretch…Posted season-high four strikeouts against Texas State (5/16)…Pitched a season-high 3 1/3 innings against App State (5/25) in the Sun Belt Tourney…Pitched for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks in the Cape Cod League…Went 1-0 with three saves in eight appearances…Registered ERA of 0.00 with 17 strikeouts and three walks in 9 2/3 innings…Earned Dean’s List honors for the 2023 Fall semester.
Prep: Played his prep baseball at Chanhassen High School…Named a finalist for Minnesota Mr. Baseball in summer of 2023…Named a Minneapolis Star-Tribune All-Metro first-team selection following his senior year, on the strength of throwing two shutouts, with a no-hitter and one-hitter during the year…Posted an 8-1 record with 121 strikeouts with 33 walks and 22 hits over 66 1/3 innings combined his junior and senior seasons…In his one-hitter, he fanned 15 and faced just 22 hitters…Helped lead his team to the 2022 Minnesota Class AAAA state tournament, in which he threw a no-hitter in the opening round, while also hitting .364 in the event to earn state all-tournament honors for that classification…Also threw a one-hitter in the section championship contest.
Personal: Son of Jeff and Shawn Och…Older Brother, Ryan, played baseball for the Golden Eagles (2019-21) and is a member of the San Diego Padres organization…Born Oct. 15…Majoring in Healthcare Marketing.
2025 (So.): Pitched 24 times, all in relief…Second on the team in appearances, with 10 of his outings at least two innings…Went 2-0 and a save with a 4.71 ERA…Fanned 41 and walked 22 in 36 1/3 innings…Collected a victory in his first outing of the year against Lafayette (2/15) in which he allowing no runs on a hit with a strikeout over an inning of work…Added a save versus Louisiana Tech (2/21) where he threw two perfect innings with three strikeouts…Got victory in career-long outing of 4 2/3 innings at Marshall (4/5) in which he allowed no runs with no hits and no walks with a career-best seven strikeouts…Threw two scoreless frames versus Coastal Carolina (5/25) in the Sun Belt Championship final……Named to Dean’s List for the 2025 Spring semester.
2024 (Fr.): Appeared in 11 games, all in relief…Had no record and one save with a 2.81 ERA…Fanned 18 and walked eight in 16 innings of work…Recorded his save with a one inning, two strikeout performance versus Troy (5/23) in the Sun Belt Tournament…Went nine innings, spanning five outings from May 12-25 without allowing a run…Had nine strikeouts and one walk over that stretch…Posted season-high four strikeouts against Texas State (5/16)…Pitched a season-high 3 1/3 innings against App State (5/25) in the Sun Belt Tourney…Pitched for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks in the Cape Cod League…Went 1-0 with three saves in eight appearances…Registered ERA of 0.00 with 17 strikeouts and three walks in 9 2/3 innings…Earned Dean’s List honors for the 2023 Fall semester.
Prep: Played his prep baseball at Chanhassen High School…Named a finalist for Minnesota Mr. Baseball in summer of 2023…Named a Minneapolis Star-Tribune All-Metro first-team selection following his senior year, on the strength of throwing two shutouts, with a no-hitter and one-hitter during the year…Posted an 8-1 record with 121 strikeouts with 33 walks and 22 hits over 66 1/3 innings combined his junior and senior seasons…In his one-hitter, he fanned 15 and faced just 22 hitters…Helped lead his team to the 2022 Minnesota Class AAAA state tournament, in which he threw a no-hitter in the opening round, while also hitting .364 in the event to earn state all-tournament honors for that classification…Also threw a one-hitter in the section championship contest.
Personal: Son of Jeff and Shawn Och…Older Brother, Ryan, played baseball for the Golden Eagles (2019-21) and is a member of the San Diego Padres organization…Born Oct. 15…Majoring in Healthcare Marketing.
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