AJ Lattery

Photo by: Scobel Wiggins/Oregon State Athletics

Position:
Right-Handed Pitcher
B/T:
R/R
Height:
6-5
Weight:
249
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Prior Lake, Minn.
High School:
Prior Lake

2024
• Pitched in four games, making two starts. Did not record a decision and finished with a 1.29 ERA.
• Struck out eight in seven innings.
• Made his third appearance of the season - and first since Feb. 21 - in a May 22 no decision versus Stanford, scattering two hits with a strikeout in 1 2/3 innings.

2023
• Pitched in 19 games, making nine starts. Posted a 4-0 record and 4.05 ERA. Struck out 52 and held opponents to a .224 batting average in 46 2/3 innings.
• Appeared in nine Pac-12 games, making six starts. Finished with a 2-0 record and 5.60 ERA in 27 1/3 innings. Struck out 26.
• Tossed three scoreless innings against Western Carolina in relief, striking out four (5/19).
• Struck out a career-high six in 4 2/3 innings against Utah in a start but did not figure in the decision (5/7).
• Won his fourth game of the season after four innings of relief in the finale vs. USC, scattering two hits and a run with three strikeouts (4/16).
• Earned his third win of the season after striking out four in four scoreless and hitless innings at Oregon (4/9).
• Tossed three scoreless in a start at Washington, striking out three (4/2).
• Equaled a career-high with five strikeouts in two scoreless relief innings versus Nevada (3/14).
• Tallied his second win of the season after throwing a scoreless seventh against Cal Poly (3/2).
• Earned the win with 1 1/3 scoreless relief innings against Coppin State, striking out four (2/26).
• Scattered three hits in four scoreless innings in a start versus UC Santa Barbara, striking out three (2/20).

2022
• Appeared in 13 games, making five starts. Finished with an 0-1 record and 2.57 ERA in 28 innings, striking out 24.
• Worked a career-long five innings in a start versus USC, but did not figure in the decision after allowing four hits and a run (4/10).
• Started and held Nevada to one hit in four scoreless (3/29).
• Kept UC Irvine scoreless over two relief innings, tying a career-high with three strikeouts (3/6).
• Struck out two in two scoreless innings of relief against Gonzaga (2/19).

2021
• Pitched in five games, all in relief. Did not earn a decision and finished with a 1.42 ERA in 6 1/3 innings, striking out five.
• Made his first career start, limiting LMU to one hit and a walk with a strikeout in two scoreless innings (4/28).
• Finished a win over Gonzaga with a scoreless ninth against Gonzaga, striking out one (4/5).
• Tossed two scoreless innings in relief versus Santa Clara, setting a career-high with three strikeouts (3/23).

2020
• Made one appearance, tossing a scoreless inning against BYU (2/17). Allowed one walk while striking out one.

Prior Lake High School
•Lettered three years for head coaches Greg Nesbitt and Allen Iverson.
• All-conference honorable mention as a senior in 2019 where he was 2-1 with 24 strikeouts in 24 innings. Played in the Minnesota All-Star Series.
• Named All-Conference and All-Section as a junior. Was 4-1 with a 1.80 ERA and 42 strikeouts to 12 walks in 35 innings.
• All-conference honorable mention his sophomore season. Tallied a 2-1 record and 2.10 ERA in 20 innings. Struck out 17 and held opponents to a .185 batting average.

Personal
• Born July 9, 2001 in Savage, Minn.
• Son of Meg and the late Gary Lattery.
• Has one sister, Kara.
• Enjoys fishing and skiing in his spare time.
• Majoring in business administration.
• Chose Oregon State because of “the success Oregon State has had as a program and also the academics. The campus is one of the most beautiful in the country.”

Lattery’s Career Single-Game Highs
Innings pitched: 5.0, at USC, Apr 10, 2022
Walks allowed: 4, at LSU, Jun 04, 2023
Strikeouts: 6, Utah, May 07, 2023
Batters faced: 20, Utah, May 07, 2023
Field chances: 1, 9 times
Assists: 1, 9 times
Runners CS: 1, USC, Apr 16, 2023 ; at Loyola Marymount, Apr 28, 2021 ; Arizona, Apr 30, 2023