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2025 Baseball Roster

Matt Patterson
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2 Justin Journette

  • Position OF
  • Ht./Wt. 6-2 / 220
  • Class Junior
  • Bats-Throws R/R
  • Hometown Richmond, Va.

Biography

Career Highlights
  • Norfolk State's all-time career home run leader (39)
  • NSU Division I single-season home run record holder (15 - 2025, 2024)
  • HBCU National Player of the Year - Black College Nines (2024)
  • All-NEC First Team (2025)
  • All-NEC Second Team (2024)

2025 (Junior):
Earned All-NEC First Team honors … Selected to the NSU AD Honor Roll for both semesters … Started all 42 games … Broke Norfolk State’s 36-year-old career home run record with his 36th homer on Apr. 25 …  Led Spartans with .331 batting average, 15 home runs, 45 RBIs, .645 slugging percentage, and .529 on base percentage … Ranked second in the conference in home runs and fourth in slugging percentage … Recorded 55 hits, 34 runs, and 25 walks as well … Logged a home run in four consecutive games from Feb. 28 to Mar. 2, then again in four consecutive games from Apr. 18 to Apr. 25 … Hit a home run in all three games of Stonehill series … Recorded four RBIs on two hits and a home run against Le Moyne (3/30) … Produced four RBIs in win over Merychurst (5/3) hitting a two-run homer in the fifth inning.
 
2024 (Sophomore):
Named HBCU Player of the Year by Black College Nines … Selected to the HBCU Swingman Classic … Earned All-NEC Second Team honors … Named to the NSU AD Honor Roll for both semesters … Started all 51 games … Fourth on the team in batting average (.304) … Brought in 35 runs on 59 hits … Placed third on the team in doubles (10) and led the team in triples (three) … Led the team in homeruns (15), setting the school’s Division I record, and RBIs (47) … Also drew 27 walks … Recorded three hits on five at bats along with three runs scored at Richmond (4/23) … Went 4-of-4 at Longwood (3/26) bringing in four runs … Hit a pair of home runs at UMES ... Earned a spot on the NEC Honor Roll.

2023 (Freshman):
Played and started in fifty games … Tallied 45 hits, nine HR’s, 27 runs scored, and 29 RBIs on the year while batting .253 … Also produced an on base percentage of .345 … Went 3-4 with one home run and three RBIs in a win against Sacred Heart … Also went 3-3 with a pair of RBIs against Niagara (2/24) … Tallied a season high four RBIs at Fairleigh Dickinson (4/23) … Stole a season high two bases against Stonehill (4/2) … Also recorded a career high five putouts against Wagner … Named to the NSU AD Honor Roll for the spring semester.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2023Freshman

    Third Baseman
    6'2" 220 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2024Sophomore

    Outfield
    6'2" 220 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2025Junior

    Outfield
    6'2" 220 lbs
    2