Matt Klein

The Cardinals after winning the 2025 Louisville Super Regional.

Photo by: Nicole Finch | Louisville Athletics

B/T:
L/R
Ht./Wt.:
6-2 / 210
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Louisville, Ky.
High School:
Trinity
Prev School:
Trinity HS

CAREER HONORS
• 2025 MLB Draft, 6th Round (167th overall), Colorado Rockies
• 2025 Buster Posey Award Midseason Watch List
• 2024 Academic All-ACC Team

2025: Played in 33 games, making 32 starts (22 at C, 7 at DH, 3 at 1B) ... Finished with a .310 batting average, six doubles and five homers ... Drove in 31 and scored 26 runs ... Had a pair of multi-hit games in the opening weekend against Texas and Arizona ... Went 7-for-11 with four extra-base hits and five RBIs in the series against Western Michigan ... Homered to start Louisville’s ninth inning rally against Morehead State on March 4 ... Hit a three-run home run in the win over Lipscomb on March 11 ... Missed two months after being hit by a pitch on the wrist on March 22 ... Returned from injury on May 20 at the ACC Championship, drawing a walk in two plate appearances off the bench ... Homered in each of the first two games of the NCAA Regional, making his first starts in more than two months ... Had two hits, including a double, in the opening game of the Super Regional against Miami on June 6 ... Tallied a hit in all four games at the College World Series.

2024: Played in 44 games, making 33 starts (27 at C, 5 at 1B, 1 at DH) ... Finished with a .297 average, 10 doubles, two triples and three home runs ... Drove in 24 runs and scored 24 times ... Matched his career high with three hits against St. Bonaventure on Feb. 23 ... Went 2-for-4 and drove in two in the win over Youngstown State on March 2 ... Homered as part of a two-hit game against Northwestern on March 9 ... Went 2-for-4 with a homer and double against Virginia Tech on March 16 ... Drove in a career high three in the win over Bellarmine on March 19 ... Tallied three hits in the win over Cincinnati on March 26 ... Hit a pinch-hit three-run homer against Virginia on April 14 ... Notched three hits against Clemson on April 28 ... Picked up multiple hits in two games at Boston College, matching his career high with three RBIs on May 2.

2023: Played in 10 games with six starts before suffering a season-ending injury ... Hit .300 with a double, home run and five RBIs ... Made his collegiate debut starting at catcher against Bucknell on Feb. 18, reaching base three times at the plate ... Drove in his first career run with a sacrifice fly against EKU on Feb. 28 ... Picked up his first collegiate hit with a double against No. 10 TCU at Minute Maid Park on March 4 ... Went 3-for-4 with two RBIs, three runs scored and his first career home run in the win at Cincinnati on March 28.

High School: Lettered five years in baseball at Trinity High School…2022 First-Team All-State…2021 Johnny Bench Award winner, honoring the top high school catcher in the state of Kentucky…Helped team to 2021 state title, the first in school history…Rated as the No. 1 catcher and No. 2 overall player in Kentucky and the No. 48 catcher in the nation by Perfect Game.

Personal: Parents are Lisa and Scott Klein…Sister is Courtney…Majoring in geography and urban analysis…Chose Louisville over Western Kentucky, Cincinnati, and Murray State…Credits his dad as having the greatest influence on his athletic career…Enjoys golfing in his free time…Favorite TV show is Friends.