Justin West

The Cardinals lined up for the anthem in Omaha.

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The Cardinals after winning the 2025 Louisville Super Regional.

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Justin West celebrates against Vanderbilt.

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B/T:
R/L
Ht./Wt.:
6-3 / 195
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Paducah, Ky.
High School:
Paducah Tilghman
Prev School:
Paducah Tilghman HS

CAREER HONORS
• 2025 MLB Draft, 18th Round (554th overall), New York Yankees
• 2025 Academic All-ACC Team

2025: Made 25 appearances on the mound with two starts ... Finished 2-2 with a 5.59 ERA ... Struck out 52 batters over 37.0 innings ... Made his season debut with 1.1 scoreless innings of relief work and three strikeouts against Texas on opening night ... Drew his first start of the season on March 11 against Lipscomb, throwing a pair of shutout innings ... Struck out a career-high five in two innings against North Carolina on March 14 ... Picked up a win with a scoreless inning at Indiana on April 1 ... Struck out all three batters he faced against Boston College on April 4 ... Punched out two in a perfect inning on April 15 against WKU ... Allowed just an unearned run in 2.1 innings at Clemson on April 19 ... Worked two scoreless innings against Florida State on April 26 ... Pitched a pair of scoreless frames at Notre Dame on May 1 ... Turned in a scoreless outing against Vanderbilt on May 6 ... Made two scoreless appearances in the super regional against Miami ... Threw 1.2 shutout innings against Oregon State at the College World Series on June 13 ... Gave up just one run across three innings against Oregon State on June 17 ... Was lights out in the postseason, allowing just one run in 9.2 innings over five appearances ... Allowed just three runs over his final 13 appearances of the season, holding a 1.23 ERA in 22.0 innings.

2024: Made 12 appearances with two starts ... Finished 2-1 with a 5.40 ERA and one save ... Struck out 23 hitters in 16.2 innings ... Worked three scoreless innings with three strikeouts for the save against St. Bonaventure on Feb. 24 ... Threw two shutout innings against Northwestern on March 9 ... Gave up just one run in three innings of work against Lipscomb on March 13 ... Earned his first career win, allowing just one run in two innings against WKU on April 23.

2023: Pitched in one game before missing the rest of the season due to injury ... Made his first collegiate appearance on Feb. 22 starting the midweek game against Xavier, throwing a scoreless inning.

2022: Enrolled at Louisville for spring semester.

High School: Lettered four years in baseball and two years in soccer at Paducah Tilghman High School…2021 First-Team All-State…Three-time Perfect Game preseason Underclass All-American…Six-time Perfect Game All-Tournament Team…2021 All-District…Helped team to 2021 Kentucky 2A state championship, where he was named Most Valuable Player…Rated as the No. 1 left-handed pitcher and No. 4 overall player in Kentucky and the No. 97 left-handed pitcher in the nation by Perfect Game.

Personal: Parents are Robyn and Keith West…Brother is Jacob…Majoring in sport administration…Chose Louisville over Kentucky, Mississippi State, and Miami…Credits his dad as having the greatest influence on his athletic career…Favorite movies are The Bad News Bears and The Benchwarmers…Favorite team is the St. Louis Cardinals…Favorite athletes are Clayton Kershaw and Kobe Bryant.