As you can see from the picture, Matt Ossenfort, a Vanderbilt transfer first baseman, has committed to NC State baseball. Ossenfort will have three years of eligibility left, although he will be a draft-eligible sophomore in 2025. Based on his playing time in 2024, he could be eligible for a redshirt that season, becoming a redshirt freshman in 2025 with four years of eligibility remaining.
The 6’3, 218-pound lefty was a reserve for the Commodores as a freshman in 2024, batting.182/.250/.545, 8.3 BB%, 50.0 K%, and 0 SB in just 12 plate appearances across 6 games, including three starts. Those three starts all came in late March, and his final appearance in a Vandy uniform was on April 9th in a pinch-hitting effort.
Ossenfort was a top 350 prep player who attended Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and played alongside Devin Fitz-Gerald, one of the Pack’s top commitments for the entering 2024-2025 freshman class. Hopefully, that friendship will persuade Fitz-Gerald to turn down MLB draft offers and come to Raleigh.
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Baseball complimented Ossenfort’s power in their 2023 Fall Report on the Commodores. In the summer between high school and college, he dominated the Cal Ripken Collegiate League, hitting.376/.480/.693, with a 16.5 BB%, a 17.3 K%, 4-4 SB, and 8 HR off collegiate pitching over 28 games. Obviously, such stats are considerably more reflective of his abilities.
