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2026 Baseball Roster

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2 Matthew Callahan

  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 175
  • Year Sophomore
  • Hometown Ellicott City, MD.
  • High School Mount Saint Joseph
  • Position INF

Biography

SOPHOMORE (2026): Started all 44 games for the Bears at shortstop … Had a breakout sophomore season, leading the team in batting average (.379) and hits (64) … Ranked third on the team with 48 runs scored, second in doubles (12), and fourth in RBIs (37) … Held a team-high 30-game on base streak and enters junior season reaching safely in 13 straight contests … Totaled 20 multi-hit games … Named to the CSC Academic All-District Baseball Team … Went 2-for-4 with a run scored in the team’s season opener against Misericordia (2/20) … Collected two hits in consecutive contests versus DeSales (2/28) … Went 4-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBIs in the team’s victory over Rutgers-Camden (3/7) … Scored a career-high four runs in the Bears’ victory over Widener (3/10) … Finished a career best 5-for-5 with three runs scored and three RBI’s in the team’s victory over Rosemont College (3/11) … Held a nine game hitting streak from March 18th through April 4th … Totaled four hits, four runs, and two RBIs in the Bears’ season series against Franklin & Marshall (4/7-4/10) … Collected three hits and a run scored against Muhlenberg College (4/24) … Recorded two hits in consecutive Centennial Conference Championship elimination games versus Washington College (5/2) and McDaniel College (5/2) … Scored a run in 13 straight games from April 18th through May 2nd … Closed out the season on an 8-game hitting streak from April 24th through May 3rd.

FIRST-YEAR (2025):
Appeared in 10 games, making eight starts at shortstop … Hit .240 over 25 at bats, totaling six hits and eight RBI … Finished the season with a .457 on-base percentage … Made his first career start versus No. 4 Misericordia (2/22) … Recorded a walk and a run scored versus TCNJ (3/6) … Tallied his first collegiate hit in a 2-for-4 performance against DeSales University (4/21) … Went 2-for-3 with a career-high five RBI in the Bears’ victory over Valley Forge (4/24) … Collected two hits and two RBI in the team’s victory over Muhlenberg (4/25) … Tallied three walks and an RBI versus No. 2 Johns Hopkins (4/27).

HONORS:
  •  CSC Academic All-District Baseball Team (2026)

Before Ursinus:
 Graduated from Mount Saint Joseph High School … Member of the baseball team. 
 
Personal:  Son of Rob and Gail Callahan, has two siblings, Ryan and Robert ... Finance major.  
 
Why Ursinus?
Ursinus has good academics and a nice campus. 
  
Favorite Food:  Shrimp Po Boy 
    
Favorite Song:   Unwritten
 
Favorite Athlete: Nick Markakis 
   
Career Aspiration: To become a Financial advisor 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2025First-Year

    INF
    5'9" 175 lbs
    15
  • 2

    2026Sophomore

    INF
    5'9" 175 lbs
    2