Caleb Koskie

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Weight:
195
Height:
6-0
Position:
LHP/OF
Year:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Excelsior, Minn.
High School:
Benilde-St.Margaret's

2026 (Sophomore Season)
Note: Two-way player but only hit due to arm injury.

Stats: Rode a 22-game hitting streak between March 15th (at Oregon) and April 24th (vs. Iowa) – the longest by an IU player in a single season since at least 2005 … finished top five in the Big Ten in batting average (.372).

Season: Played in 45 games with 43 starts … started contests in left field (34), right field (4) and as the designated hitter (5) … hit .372 with 55 hits, 28 runs scored, 11 doubles, six home runs and 42 RBIs … had more free passes (28) than strikeouts (23) … led the team in batting average (.372) and on-base percentage (.461) … one of five IU players to start in over 40 games and hit .300 on the year … had an OPS north of 1.000 in his sophomore campaign … maintained a perfect field percentage in over 80 chances … provided 14 multi-hit efforts and 11 multi-RBI games … had at least four RBIs in games against Western Kentucky (2/28), Wright State (3/10), Rutgers (4/4) and Indiana State (4/14) … launched home runs against Wright State (3/10), Rutgers (4/4), Maryland (4/10), Indiana State (4/14) and Evansville (4/15) … had a team best 22-game hitting streak (3/15 – 4/24) … had a hit in 29 of his final 30 games on the season … recorded a base knock in 23 of the 27 Big Ten games he played in … missed the Northwestern series (5/1 – 5/3) through injury … had five RBIs in his final weekend of the year against Illinois.

2025 (Freshman Season)
Season: Made 20 appearances with 12 starts in right field … also pitched on five occasions … pitched three times before taking his first collegiate at-bat … collected nine hits, nine RBIs, five doubles and hit .200 during his freshman campaign … as a pitcher, worked a 16.20 earned run average in 3.1 innings … debuted for Indiana with 0.2 scoreless innings against Fordham (2/22) … first collegiate at-bat came in pinch-hit opportunity at UCLA (3/23) … made first career start in second game of doubleheader against Michigan State (4/7) … launched a first-inning grand slam for first career hit in win over the Spartans (4/7) … became the sixth freshman since 2019 with six RBIs in a game (4/7 – vs. Michigan State) … recorded second career multi-RBI effort at Illinois (4/12) … final outing of season came as defensive replacement in the Big Ten Tournament (5/20).

Prep/Personal
Played at Benilde St. Maragret’s under head coach Andy Judkins in Minnesota … helped the Red Knights to a 6AA section title, the Metro West Conference championship and a 2024 MSHSL AAA Fourth Place finish … part of the team that won the 2022 MSHSL AAA Championship … named to the All-Conference, All-Metro and MSHSL All-Tournament teams … 2023 3A State Player of the Year … All-Tournament team at the 2023 WWBA World Championships … ranked the No. 443 overall prospect in the class of 2024 by Perfect Game … labeled the No. 7 overall prospect in the state of Minnesota by Perfect Game … also considered an elite high school hockey player – scored a hat trick during his senior season … intends to major in Pre-Business through the Kelley School of Business … son of Corey and Shannon Koskie … father, Corey, played in the MLB – mostly with the Minnesota Twins … has three brothers – Joshua, Samuel and Bradley.