2026 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 29
Matt Houston
- Position:
- Catcher
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Longview, Texas
- High School:
- Hallsville HS
- Prev School:
- Navarro College
CAREER HONORS & AWARDS
CUSA Commissioner's Academic Medalist (2025, 2026)
CUSA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2025, 2026)
2025: Played in 16 games with 12 starts ... batted .293 through 41 at-bats with four runs, a double, a homer and 11 RBI ... made his Bulldog debut as a defensive sub in the first doubleheader vs. Maine (2/15) ... tallied his first hit at Southern Miss (2/22) ... drove in three RBI vs. Grambling (3/25) including a two-run single in the eighth ... went 2-3 driving in three runs on an RBI double and a two-run base hit at UL-Lafayette (4/2) along with scoring twice ... hit his first homer as a Bulldog as a pinch hitter at Western Kentucky (5/4) for a two-run shot.
PRIOR TO LA TECH: Spent two years at Navarro College in Texas ... made 49 starts out of the 52 games played in in 2023, leading the Bulldogs with a .357 clip, 63 hits, 58 RBI and a .437 on-base percentage ... second-most homers on the team with 11 and was one of two players with a 1.000+ OPS ... posted four games with four RBI across a nine-game span ... hit a grand slam in an 11-5 victory vs. Angelina College ... slugged a pair of homers in a 10-2 win vs. Northeast Texas Community College 10 days later.
PERSONAL: Son of Scott and Melissa ... born March 31, 2004 in Longview, Texas ... has one sister, Sara ... four-year baseball letterman in high school and one year for football.
CUSA Commissioner's Academic Medalist (2025, 2026)
CUSA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2025, 2026)
2025: Played in 16 games with 12 starts ... batted .293 through 41 at-bats with four runs, a double, a homer and 11 RBI ... made his Bulldog debut as a defensive sub in the first doubleheader vs. Maine (2/15) ... tallied his first hit at Southern Miss (2/22) ... drove in three RBI vs. Grambling (3/25) including a two-run single in the eighth ... went 2-3 driving in three runs on an RBI double and a two-run base hit at UL-Lafayette (4/2) along with scoring twice ... hit his first homer as a Bulldog as a pinch hitter at Western Kentucky (5/4) for a two-run shot.
PRIOR TO LA TECH: Spent two years at Navarro College in Texas ... made 49 starts out of the 52 games played in in 2023, leading the Bulldogs with a .357 clip, 63 hits, 58 RBI and a .437 on-base percentage ... second-most homers on the team with 11 and was one of two players with a 1.000+ OPS ... posted four games with four RBI across a nine-game span ... hit a grand slam in an 11-5 victory vs. Angelina College ... slugged a pair of homers in a 10-2 win vs. Northeast Texas Community College 10 days later.
PERSONAL: Son of Scott and Melissa ... born March 31, 2004 in Longview, Texas ... has one sister, Sara ... four-year baseball letterman in high school and one year for football.
Wednesday, May 20
Saturday, May 16
Friday, May 15
Thursday, May 14
