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Jersey Number 32
Josh Och
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 192
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Victoria, Minn.
- High School:
- Chanhassen HS
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.
True Grit: Final Episode
Friday, October 20
Episode 1: War Damn Golden Eagle
Tuesday, August 22
Episode 5: Battle for the Belt
Thursday, August 17
Episode 4: Battle for the Belt
Saturday, August 12
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