Jack is back on the diamond.
Northwestern has announced that quarterback Jack Lausch will play baseball for the Wildcats this spring.
Lausch, a 2022 Brother Rice graduate, played both football and baseball during his time as a Crusader. He was named a top 250 prospect in the 2022 MLB Draft, according to Baseball America.
“Jack is an elite athlete with a high-level skillset and has an opportunity to make an immediate impact,’’ Wildcats baseball coach Ben Greenspan said in a press release. “His leadership qualities and character attributes are exactly what we look for in players, and we are thrilled to have Jack as part of our program.”
As a senior, Lausch was voted the 2022 Chicago Catholic League Baseball Player of the Year, was named to the Class 4A All-State team, and earned All-State Academic Team honors, given to 26 of the top student-athletes across the state of Illinois.
Lausch led Brother Rice to a Class 4A third-place finish. He hit .386 with a .521 on-base percentage with five home runs, 43 RBI, 51 runs scored and 33 stolen bases in his senior season.
The Chicago native started 10 games at quarterback for the Northwestern football team in 2024. He completed 159 of 296 passes for 1,714 yards (53.7%) and seven touchdowns, while rushing 87 times for 213 yards and two touchdowns. Lausch also threw eight interceptions.
Lausch is Northwestern’s first baseball-football dual-sport athlete since Dan Kubiuk played for both programs in 2015-16. Lausch continues to be an active member of the football program and plans to participate in spring practice.
Northwestern, which was 18-34 overall and 4-20 in the Big Ten last season, opens its 2025 baseball campaign with a three-game series at Long Beach State from Feb. 14-16.
● The Big Ten has recognized 2,002 students on fall sports rosters who have been named to the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, students must be on a varsity team, have been enrolled full-time for a minimum of 12 months and carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.
Local student-athletes honored were: women’s cross country runner Charlotte Lange of Minnesota (Lyons); football players Henry Boyer (Brother Rice), Pat Farrell (St. Rita), TJ Griffin (Stagg), Kenenna Odeluga (Mount Carmel) and Corey Rashad (Marist) of Illinois; Jimmy Rolder (Marist) of Michigan; Matt Kingsbury (St. Rita) of Minnesota; Danny Pasko (Lyons) of Nebraska; Deuce McGuire (Marist) and Jack Lausch (Brother Rice) of Northwestern; and Nolan Baudo (Marist), Zach Hayes (Nazareth) and Carnell Tate (Marist) of Ohio State.
Also honored were women’s volleyball players Bianca May (Sandburg) of Illinois; Ellie Watson (Sandburg) of Maryland; Gigi Navarrete (Mother McAuley) of Northwestern and Gillian Grimes (Nazareth) of Penn State.
In addition, Watson was named a 2024 Big Ten Sportsmanship Honoree in women’s volleyball. The senior middle blocker appeared in eight matches this season and set a career high with eight kills in a 3-2 loss to visiting Northwestern on Sept. 26.
Watson finished her career with the Terrapins with 21 kills and 15 blocks.
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