Josh Spencer

#8 Josh Spencer

Pos. RHP
B/T R/R
Ht. 5-9
Wt. 170
Yr. Jr.
Hometown Woodinville, Wash.
High School (Prev. School) Woodinville (Tacoma)

2024: Posted a 2.89 ERA while making nine relief appearances and logging 9 1/3 innings... Held opponents to a .235 batting average... Worked a scoreless inning in his season debut on March 17 at nationally-ranked Campbell... Tossed two scoreless innings on April 12 vs. Belmont... Did not yield a run in 2 1/3 frames on April 20 vs. Missouri State... Worked scoreless innings on May 3 vs. Evansville and May 14 at Northwestern.

2023: Logged 4 2/3 innings and had an ERA of 9.64 in his first season on campus… Walked four and struck out four while allowing five runs on eight hits… Appeared in seven games and had a 1-0 record, earning the win in his debut on March 4 at Little Rock… Pitched shutout ball in six of his seven outings with all of the runs he allowed coming on April 23 vs. UIC.

Before Valpo: Three-year starter as a pitcher, second baseman and shortstop in high school... All-conference pitcher as a junior before losing his senior season to COVID... NWAC West Region champion as a junior college player... Also played football in high school and was an all-conference linebacker and safety... Three-year varsity letter winner on both the diamond and the gridiron... Northwest Bandits; Palouse Summer Series Most Valuable Pitcher 2018-19, played for Chaffey baseball 2019-2021, first-team all-Northwest back-to-back years as a pitcher... Dean’s list in community college every quarter... National Honor Society 2016-2019.

Personal: Majoring in communication with a business minor... Son of Melanie and Paul Spencer... Has three siblings – Emily, Jeffrey and Matthew... Is a massive shopper who loves clothes, shoes and style... Loves singing R&B music in his free time... Also enjoys camping, hiking, wakeboarding and video games... Favorite food is crab, movie is Talladega Nights, pro baseball team is the Seattle Mariners, MLB player is Julio Rodriguez, musical artist is Tory Lanes and TV show is Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.