2018 Baseball Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 2
Matt Elsenpeter
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 180
- Bat/Throw:
- R/R
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Watertown, Minn.
2018 SEASON (SENIOR): Played in all 50 games, including 46 starts ... Hit .282 -- second-best on the team -- with 48 hits in 170 at bats ... Compiled 28 runs with eight doubles, three home runs, 28 RBI, eight walks and four stolen bases ... Went a season-best 3-for-6 with two runs, three RBI and two doubles, including a walk-off single, in North Dakota State's 15-14 10-inning win over South Dakota State May 18 ... Tied for 10th in NDSU program history with seven sacrifice flies ... Voted to The Summit League Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team.
2017 SEASON (JUNIOR): Played in 40 games, including 30 starts ... Hit .237 with 27 hits in 114 at bats ... Tallied 10 runs scored, eight doubles, one triple, one homer, 14 RBI, 10 walks and two stolen bases ... Went a career-best 3-for-5 with three hits -- all doubles, two RBI and a run scored in the Bison's win at Mississippi Valley State Feb. 19 ... Posted five multiple hit games.
2016 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Saw action in 38 games for the Bison, including 14 starts ... Hit .204 with 10 hits in 49 at bats ... Compiled seven runs scored, six RBIs, one home run, two walks and a stolen base ... His homer came against Valley City State April 20 ... Went 2-for-4 with a run scored and RBI at Arkansas-Pine Bluff Feb. 19 ... Named to The Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2015 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Played in 12 games ... Recorded a hit and stolen base in the Bison's game against South Dakota State on May 8.
2014 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Redshirted
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner from Watertown-Mayer High School ... School won its first-ever state championship in 2013 under head coach Justin Stohs ... Named to all-state tournament team ... All-state academic and all-area team ... All-conference in 2012 and 2013 ... Two-year starter and captain in 2013 ... Played 26 games as a senior ... Set single-season school records in runs (24), hits (37) and triples (3) ... Had a .420 batting average with seven doubles and 15 RBI ... Hit .365 in 18 games as a junior ... Scored seven runs with 19 hits and three stolen bases ... Six-time wrestling letterwinner with a 169-57 career record and four all-conference honors.
PERSONAL: Son of Mark and Anne Elsenpeter ... Has a younger sister, Sami ... Management and marketing major ... Father wrestled at St. Cloud State.
2017 SEASON (JUNIOR): Played in 40 games, including 30 starts ... Hit .237 with 27 hits in 114 at bats ... Tallied 10 runs scored, eight doubles, one triple, one homer, 14 RBI, 10 walks and two stolen bases ... Went a career-best 3-for-5 with three hits -- all doubles, two RBI and a run scored in the Bison's win at Mississippi Valley State Feb. 19 ... Posted five multiple hit games.
2016 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Saw action in 38 games for the Bison, including 14 starts ... Hit .204 with 10 hits in 49 at bats ... Compiled seven runs scored, six RBIs, one home run, two walks and a stolen base ... His homer came against Valley City State April 20 ... Went 2-for-4 with a run scored and RBI at Arkansas-Pine Bluff Feb. 19 ... Named to The Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2015 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Played in 12 games ... Recorded a hit and stolen base in the Bison's game against South Dakota State on May 8.
2014 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Redshirted
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner from Watertown-Mayer High School ... School won its first-ever state championship in 2013 under head coach Justin Stohs ... Named to all-state tournament team ... All-state academic and all-area team ... All-conference in 2012 and 2013 ... Two-year starter and captain in 2013 ... Played 26 games as a senior ... Set single-season school records in runs (24), hits (37) and triples (3) ... Had a .420 batting average with seven doubles and 15 RBI ... Hit .365 in 18 games as a junior ... Scored seven runs with 19 hits and three stolen bases ... Six-time wrestling letterwinner with a 169-57 career record and four all-conference honors.
PERSONAL: Son of Mark and Anne Elsenpeter ... Has a younger sister, Sami ... Management and marketing major ... Father wrestled at St. Cloud State.
Vanderbilt vs. NDSU Baseball Highlights - March 8, 2026
Wednesday, March 11
NDSU Baseball Postgame Press Conference (NCAA Regional vs Creighton) - June 1, 2025
Sunday, June 01
NDSU Baseball Postgame Press Conference (NCAA Regional vs Kansas) - May 31, 2025
Sunday, June 01
NDSU Baseball Postgame Press Conference - NCAA Regional vs No. 3 Arkansas - May 30, 2025
Friday, May 30




























































