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2026 Baseball Roster

18 Matt Archibald

  • Position RHP
  • Class Junior
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 225
  • Hometown Churchville, Md.
  • High School John Carroll
  • Bat/Throw R/R

Biography

Career Honors
- 2025 Patriot League Pitcher of the Week (April 28)
 
Career Highs:
Innings Pitched: 8.0 IP, at Lehigh (4/27/25)
Strikeouts: 9, three times, MR: at Lehigh (4/27/25)
Longest Outing w/1 Hit: 3.2 IP, at Bucknell (4/16/25)
Longest Outing w/o Walk: N/A
 
2025 (Sophomore)
- Named the Patriot League Pitcher of the Week on April 28
- Made 13 appearances on the mound, starting 10 games
- Led Navy and finished fifth in the Patriot League with 66 strikeouts
- Went 4-4 with a 3.64 ERA in 47 innings, holding opponents to a .133 batting average
- Posted a career-high nine strikeouts in the March 9 win over UMass, allowing one run on two hits over four frames
- Tossed three no-hit innings against Dartmouth on March 18, totaling four punchouts
- Racked up another nine-strikeout contest over six innings against Bucknell on March 23
- Went a career-high eight innings while striking out seven and allowing one unearned run to earn the win at Lehigh (April 27)
- Matched career high with nine strikeouts in the May 3 victory over Binghamton, allowing just one walk over 3.2 innings of work

2024 (Freshman)
- Missed the entire season due to injury

High School
- Spent the 2022-23 academic year at Mercersburg Academy, which is a Naval Academy Foundation school
- Competed for Mercersburg’s baseball and track teams during his one season with the Blue Storm
- Played three seasons for the John Carroll School baseball team
- Earned all-county and All-MIAA Conference honors during his senior year at John Carroll, also being named the team’s most valuable player
- Competed in the 2022 MSABC Brooks Robinson Senior All-Star Game at Camden Yards as a senior
- Named to the PBR Maryland All-Underclass Team as a sophomore
- Also played two seasons of volleyball at John Carroll
- Won the 2020 WWBA Underclass Championship with the Canes travel baseball team
- John Carroll teammate of Coastal Carolina’s Frank Adamski Jr., Goldey Beacom’s Will Weiman and Washington & Jefferson’s Ben Pierce
 
Personal
- Son of David and Kathleen Archibald
- Father, David, played two seasons of baseball at Cal Poly San Louis Obispo
- Sister, Claire, played volleyball at Iona College for four seasons, taking home MAAC Player of the Year honors in 2018
- Brother, Ryan, played five years of collegiate baseball, spending time at Arizona, West Virginia, Mercer and George Mason

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2024Freshman

    RHP
    6'4" 210 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2025Sophomore

    RHP
    6'4" 225 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2026Junior

    RHP
    6'4" 225 lbs
    18