Matt Houston

Photo by: Drew Parsley

Photo by: Drew Parsley

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)

2026: Made 30 starts in 35 appearances for the Diamond 'Dogs ... set single-season Bulldog career highs with 22 runs, 29 hits, 7 doubles, 10 homers, 24 RBI and 24 walks ... one of three LA Tech hitters with double-digit homers ... went 4-4 with 3 RBI, 2 runs and 2 homers in his season debut vs. Houston Christian (2/15) ... homered in a win at South Alabama (3/8) ... recorded a pair of doubles and a homer at Kennesaw State (4/18) ... homered twice in two at-bats and drove in 3 runs at ULM (4/28) ... doubled twice and scored 3 runs at Northwestern State (5/5) ... doubled and drove in 2 RBI in each of the first two games at Liberty (5/8, 5/9) ... blasted a two-run homer and registered 3 RBI vs. Sam Houston (5/20) in the CUSA Baseball Championship.

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.