2024 Baseball Roster
Carter Mathison
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Junior
- B/T:
- L/L
- Hometown:
- Fort Wayne, Ind.
- High School:
- Homestead Senior
Career Notes & Records
Set Indiana freshman single-season home run record (19), which is now tied for No. 6 on the single-season charts ... First freshman to lead the team in home runs since Sam Travis (9; 2012) ... eclipsed Alex Dickerson’s freshman mark of 14 home runs in 2009 with a home run at Michigan (5/8) ... home run total ranks No. 2 all-time for a freshman in Big Ten history, just behind Brad Carlson of Iowa (21; 1999) ... hit 10 home runs in Big Ten play – one of five IU hitters to reach double figures in conference-only games ... tied 34 year-old freshman RBI record at IU (58) which equaled the mark of Phil Dauphin (1988) … joined Josh Pyne (57) and Brock Tibbitts (43) as the first IU freshman trio to drive in 40 RBIs in the same season in program history … finished tied for No. 10 in IU history with 28 RBIs in Big Ten play, tied with Pyne.
Became the third player (Alex Dickerson; Kyle Schwarber) in program history with at least 40 home runs in their first three seasons of college baseball … ended his three-year IU career as No. 6 in home runs (42) on the all-time program list … played in all 182 games of his collegiate career – starting in 178 of those … finished his IU career with 187 hits, 153 runs and 151 RBIs.
2024 (Junior Season)
Awards: Named to the Big Ten All-Tournament team (CF) after hitting .471 (8-17) across four games with three doubles, four runs and three RBIs … made 13 putouts in the conference tournament without committing an error … Academic All-Big Ten selection.
Season: Started in all 60 games – 56 as the center fielder and four as the designated hitter … hit .260 with 60 hits, 55 runs, 16 doubles, 13 home runs and 44 RBIs … totaled 18 multi-hit games and 14 multi-RBI games in his junior season … played a flawless center field, committing zero errors and making 145 putouts … had one outfield assist on a throw to the plate at Purdue (5/3) … became first IU player since Vasili Spanos (2001-03) with 10+ home runs in three-straight seasons … five multi-hit games in the final 10 contests of the season (5/16-6/2) … back-to-back seasons with 40+ walks (41 – 2023, 40 – 2024).
2023 (Sophomore Season)
Season: Appeared in all 63 games with 60 starts ... Started games in left field (16), right field (4) and at designated hitter (41) ... Reached base safely in 52 of 63 games played ... Reached base multiple times in 38 games played ... Collected a hit in 43 games ... Walked in 33 games ... Scored a run or drove in an RBI in 39 games ... Rode a season-long 12 game hitting streak that spanned May 11-June 2 ... Posted a season-best 20-game reached base streak from April 2-May 6 ... Posted 21 multi-hit games, 13 multi-RBI games and 11 multi-run games ... Homered in the series finale at Auburn (2/19), against Morehead State (3/16), Indiana State (3/21), Ball State (4/11), Ohio (4/22), against Maryland (4/28 & 29) twice, at Northwestern (3/5), at Michigan State (5/20) and at Kentucky (6/4) in the NCAA Lexington Regional.
2022 (Freshman Season)
Awards: Earned Freshman All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (second team) … Named to the All-Big Ten Freshman Team … Tabbed Big Ten Freshman of the Week (5/9) after breaking the Indiana freshman home run record and helping IU to a series win at Michigan (5/6-8).
Rankings: Ended the season tied for No. 39 among NCAA Division I hitters in home runs (19).
Season: Appeared in all 59 games with 57 starts … Started games 49 games in left field and eight at designated hitter … Reached base safely in 54 of 59 games played … Collected a hit in 39 games … Walked in 25 games with nine multi-walk efforts … Scored a run or drove in an RBI in 42 games … Made collegiate debut in a start at Clemson (2/18) on Opening Day … First career hit was a double in the first at-bat in the middle game of the series at Clemson (2/19) … Hit first collegiate home run in the series opener at Missouri State (3/4) … Owned a season-best 11-game hitting streak from April 26-May 15 … Ended the season on a season-best 26-game reached base streak, which started on April 17 … Posted 15 multi-hit games, 17 multi-RBI games and 15 multi-run games … Homered at Missouri State (3/4 & 6) twice, versus Kentucky (3/15), against Xavier (3/20) in both games of the doubleheader, against Northwestern (4/3), at Indiana State (4/12), at Rutgers (4/17), at Cincinnati (4/20), versus Nebraska (4/24), three times in the series with Illinois (4/30 & 5/1), in the series opener and series finale at Michigan (5/6 & 5/8), against Minnesota (5/15), at Iowa (5/19) and twice at the Big Ten Tournament (vs. Maryland, 5/26; vs. Rutgers, 5/28) … Homered in seven of eight Big Ten series … One of four position players to appear in all 59 games … Led the team in home runs (19), total bases (127), runs scored (54), slugging percentage (.608) and tied in hit-by-pitch (8) … Finished No. 2 on the team in RBIs (58) and sacrifice flies (4) … Tied for No. 3 on the team in stolen bases (8) … Hit .300 or better in six of 14 regular season series, including four in Big Ten play.
Prep/Personal
Played for head coach Nick Byall at Homestead High School, where he was a four-year letterwinner … Rated as the No. 7 prospect in Indiana and the No. 2 outfielder in the state by Perfect Game … Named team captain and team MVP as a senior … Named Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association Mr. Baseball following his senior season … Earned Northeast Indiana Player of the Year in 2021 … Tabbed Homestead High School Male Athlete of the Year as a senior … Led the state in home runs (16) and runs scored (64) and was No. 2 in the state in RBIs (53) in his final prep season … Hit .515 in 33 games in his final prep season … Went 3-0 on the mound with a 1.43 ERA … Struck out 17 batters in 14 2/3 innings … Also lettered once in basketball … Son of Craig and Mindy Mathison … Born on January 26, 2003 … Has two younger sisters, Abigail and Lilly … Is a management major.
