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2018 Baseball Roster

35 Matt Karo

  • Position Catcher
  • Height 6-2
  • B/T R/R
  • Weight 195
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Pacific Palisades, Calif.
  • High School Harvard-Westlake School
  • School Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
  • Major Chemical Engineering

Biography

2018: Saw action in 22 games behind the plate … Drove in seven runs in 73 at bats … Went 2-for-5 against Penn (4/28 – Game 2) … Recorded a two-run double against Princeton (4/21 - Game 2) … Knocked in a pair of runs at Dartmouth (4/8 – Game 2) … Registered two hits and RBI in come-from-behind victory over Yale (3/25 – Game 1) … Went 2-for-3 at Houston (3/18).

2017: Played in 27 games, making 24 starts … Hit .254 with two home runs, seven RBI and 16 runs … Went 2-for-3 with a solo shot in Gehrig Division Playoff against Penn … 3-for-3 with five runs scored and two RBI at Princeton (4/23) … Launched first career dinger at Fordham … 2-for-3 with a triple at Harvard … Went 2-for-4 with a run scored in season debut at No. 3 Florida. 

2016: Saw action in eight games and started two games at catcher… Notched first career hit and scored a run at San Diego (3/15). 

2015: Played in four games all off the bench.

Harvard-Westlake: Four-year member of the baseball team … Earned two letters as a catcher … Junior season, Harvard-Westlake won the Mission League, the CIF-SS D1, Cali-Hi State titles, as well as the Perfect Game and America National championships … 2014 Los Angeles Daily News Preseason Player to Watch … Perfect Game California Region Honorable Mention selection in 2014 … Threw out 62 percent of base runners as a senior.

Personal: Chemical Engineering major … AP Scholar with Distinction … Cum Laude Society 2014 inductee … On the honor roll all four years … Certified scuba diver … Parents are Monica and Rick.

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Historical Player Information

  • 35

    2015First Year

    Catcher
    6'2" 185 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2016Sophomore

    Catcher
    6'2" 200 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2017Junior

    Catcher
    6'2" 195 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2018Senior

    Catcher
    6'2" 195 lbs
    35