AJ Rausch

Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
OF
Ht./Wt.:
5-11 / 197
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Hometown:
Powell, Ohio
High School:
Olentangy Liberty High School

Graduate Student (2025)
• Started 24 games while playing in 37 total compiling 74 at-bats
• Recorded 13 runs on 17 hits with six RBIs and two stolen bases
• Tallied three hits and scored twice in a 8-3 win over Indiana (May 17)
• Reached base three times scoring twice in 13-3 win over Purdue (Mar. 21)
• Homered as part of two hit, two run day in 6-4 win over Toledo (Mar. 11)
• Tallied two hits and one RBI against Illinois (Mar. 9)
• Scored two runs and added one RBI in a win against Illinois (Mar. 7)
• Recorded two hits, one RBI, and one run in a win against Long Beach State (Mar. 1)
• Scored go-ahead run and brought home a run in 5-2 win over Rice (Feb. 15)
• Made his Michigan debut on February 14, 2025 against Virginia

Prior to Michigan
• Played four years at Ohio University

Senior (2024)
• CSC Academic All-District
• Academic All-MAC
• Made 43 appearances with 42 starts
• Tallied 33 runs, 49 hits, seven doubles, six home runs, 27 RBIs and 11 stolen bases
• Recorded a .318 batting average, .481 slugging percentage and .392 on-base percentage
• Ranked third on the team for hits and home runs
• Season-high four RBI's (May 11) and three hits (May 12) in the team's 14-5 and 12-11 wins at Miami (OH).
• Season-high three runs in 10-9 win over Kent State (March 16)
• Season-high two home runs at Campbell (Feb. 25)

Junior (2023)
• Named to 2023 CSC Academic All-District Team
• Academic All-MAC Selection
• Made 47 starts in his 47 games played
• Finished season with a .257 batting average, scoring a team-high 40 runs
• Recorded 49 hits with 13 doubles, one triple, four home runs and 19 RBIs
• Brought in a season-high five runs against Navy (Feb. 19)

Sophomore (2022)
• Academic All-MAC Selection
• Made 52 appearances, starting in 51 games
• Finished with a .323 batting average, registering 62 hits in 198 at-bats
• Hit 13 doubles, two triples, eight home runs and 36 RBIs
• Named Co-Player of the Week (March 22), finishing the week with three doubles, three home runs and a 1.235 slugging percentage

Freshman (2021)
• Did not play

Prep
• 2018 OHSAA State Champion
• Second Team All-OCC in 2019
• Named pre-season All-State in 2020

Personal
• Arthur James Rausch
• Born March 19, 2002
• Son of Christine and Malcom Rausch
• Father, Malcom played golf at Ohio from 1985-1989
• Has two sisters, Sarah and Kaleigh
• Enrolled in the Rackham Graduate School, earning a certificate in Real Estate Development