2022 Baseball Roster
Josh Pyne
- Position:
- IF/OF
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Freshman
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Bloomfield, Ind.
- High School:
- Linton-Stockton
Career Notes & Records
Only player in program history with two of the top-10 all-time doubles seasons (22 – 2024, 20 – 2022) … finished his career fifth in program history in doubles (58) and 16th in school history in hits (222) … was a career .300 hitter in 184 games played in Bloomington.
Held the single season freshman doubles record (20) from 2022 ... sixth IU freshman to reach the 70-hit mark (74) and first to lead the team in hits since Sam Travis (2012) ... finished tied for No. 3 on the freshman RBI charts (57) in 2022 at IU ... joined Carter Mathison (58) and Brock Tibbitts (43) as the first IU freshman trio to drive in 40 RBIs in the same season in program history.
2025 (Senior Season)
Season: Started five games – all at third base … recorded 10 at-bats before missing the remainder of the season and taking a medical redshirt.
2024 (Junior Season)
Stats: Finished second in the Big Ten in doubles (22) … finished second in the Big Ten in at-bats (251) … top-25 in the NCAA in doubles (22).
Season: Started all 60 games of the season at third base … one of three position players (Carter Mathison, Tyler Cerny) to start every game of the campaign … batted in six different spots in the order – most commonly in the two-hole (39 games) … hit .291 on the year with 73 hits, 41 runs and 22 doubles … contributed three home runs and 39 RBIs on the year … recorded 20 multi-hit games on the year and eight multi-RBI contests … finished the season on a 33-game reached base streak that began in the Butler series (3/30) … hit safely in 46 of 60 games … seven multi-hit games in the month of April … hit go-ahead two-run home run in victory over Indiana State (4/2) … homered in games against Miami (Ohio) (2/20), Indiana State (4/2) and Maryland (4/6) … season high five RBIs in win at Maryland (4/6) … three separate six-plus game hitting streaks (2/16-2/24, 3/10-3/19, 5/21-6/2).
2023 (Sophomore Season)
Awards: Named Third Team All-Big Ten at third base.
Season: Started 62 games at third base ... missed one game with illness (at Kentucky; 3/14) ... reached base safely in 51 of 62 games with a hit in 45 games ... scored a run in 32 games ... drove in an RBI in 29 games ... owned a season-best 18-game reached base streak from March 4-April 2 ... season-long hitting streak spanned 12 games from April 11-April 25 ... also carried an 11-game hitting streak from March 15-April 2 ... posted 19 multi-hit and 15 multi-RBI games ... homered against Morehead State (3/16), at Illinois-1 (4/15), at Xavier (5/10), versus Purdue (5/12 & 14) twice and versus West Virginia (6/2) in the NCAA Lexington Regional.
2022 (Freshman Season)
Awards: Earned Freshman All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, D1Baseball (second team), National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (second team) and Perfect Game (second team) … Named to the All-Big Ten Freshman Team.
Stats: Finished No. 64 nationally in doubles (20).
Season: Appeared in 57 games with 56 starts … started games at third base (55) and designated hitter (1) … reached base safely in 52 of 57 games played with a hit in 44 of those games … made collegiate debut in a start at third base on Opening Day at Clemson (2/18) … first collegiate hit came in the series finale at Clemson (2/20) … owned a season-best 15-game hitting streak from March 8-April 2, which is the longest streak for an IU hitter since 2014 and tied for the ninth longest single-season streak since at least 2005 … added a 12-game hitting streak from April 29-May 21 … carried a 29-game reached base streak from March 8-April 24, which is the longest streak by an IU freshman in program history … also had a 13-game reached base streak from April 29-May 21 … posted 22 multi-hit games and 16 multi-RBI games … homered against Cincinnati (3/8), Purdue Fort Wayne (3/9), Xavier (3/17), at Purdue (4/10) in the second game of a doubleheader, against Nebraska (4/22) and at Iowa (5/19) … one of four IU hitters to amass 100 total bases on the season (114) … led the team in hits (74) and doubles (20) … ranked No. 3 on the squad in batting average (.327), slugging percentage (.504), RBIs (57) and total bases (114) … hit .300 or better in 10 of 14 weekend series, including seven of eight Big Ten series.
Prep/Personal
Played for head coach Matt Fougerousse at Linton-Stockton High School, where he was a four-year letterwinner … rated the No. 14 overall prospect and No. 2 shortstop in Indiana by Perfect Game … named team MVP as a senior … selected a four-time team captain … garnered all-state as a senior … earned all-conference accolades three times … owns the LSHS single-season record with 50 hits … also lettered three times in basketball … helped the Miners to three Indiana High School Athletic Association Class 2A sectional titles and one appearance Class 2A State Championship bracket in basketball … son of Jared and Brooke Pyne … born on July 15, 2002 … has one brother, Jacob, and one sister, Adalyn … is a management major.
