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Jersey Number 38
Ian Armstrong
- Position:
- Catcher
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- El Granada, Calif.
- High School:
- Junipero Serra HS
- Major:
- Business Administration
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
AS A SOPHOMORE (2026): Played in 58 games and made 55 starts as the Gaels starting catcher... Recorded a .351 batting average with a .416 on-base percentage, .654 slugging percentage and a 1.070 OPS... Recorded a career high 80 hits with 17 doubles, two triples, a WCC high 16 home runs, 51 RBI and 53 runs scored... Recorded 21 multi-hit games during the season including three four-hit games... Recorded two four-RBI games against UC Santa Barbara (3/24) and in the WCC Championship game against San Francisco (5/23)... Hit two home runs in a 10-4 home win over UC Santa Barbara, finishing 3-for-5 with three runs scored and four RBI (3/24)... Hit for program's second ever cycle in a 15-11, 13-inning victory over Santa Clara (4/12)... Went 4-for-5 with two runs scored and three RBI; hit an RBI double in the top of the 13th to complete the cycle... Recorded 11 hits with two home runs in the WCC Tournament and was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player... Recorded four hits in the NCAA Los Angeles Regional... Went 3-for-5 with two RBI and a home run in the Gaels' upset win over No. 1 UCLA, 6-5... Had the game-tying RBI single in the ninth to force extras before Saint Mary's walked it of in the bottom of the tenth... Finished the season as the fourth ranked Division I catcher in Defensive Runs Saved (according to 6-4-3 Charts) and threw out five baserunners with zero passed balls... Named All-WCC First Team and ABCA All-West Region Second Team.
AS A FRESHMAN (2025): Played in 45 games and made 43 starts as the teams primary catcher during the 2025 season... Finished with a .364 batting average, .576 slugging percentage, .402 on-base percentage and a .978 OPS... Recorded 55 hits, 11 doubles, 3 triples, 5 home runs and 40 RBI as a true freshman... Recorded 14 multi-hit games including a 5-5 performance against Gonzaga in the WCC Tournament... Set a new single-game WCC Tournament hits record with five in their 14-6 win vs. Gonzaga... Recorded a career high three RBI four different times... Recorded three hits in the team's NCAA Regional run... Named to the All-WCC Second Team and the WCC All-Freshman Team... First freshman to be named to an all-conference first or second team since 2019.
PRIOR TO SAINT MARY'S: Junipero Serra HS
Attended Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo, California... Hit .370 with 5 home runs, 29 RBI’s, and a .654 slugging percentage... Was a West Catholic Athletic League First Team selection.
- All-WCC First Team (2026)
- ABCA All-West Region Second Team (2026)
- WCC All-Tournament Team (2026)
- WCC Tournament Most Outstanding Player (2026)
- All-WCC Second Team (2025)
- WCC All-Freshman Team (2025)
AS A SOPHOMORE (2026): Played in 58 games and made 55 starts as the Gaels starting catcher... Recorded a .351 batting average with a .416 on-base percentage, .654 slugging percentage and a 1.070 OPS... Recorded a career high 80 hits with 17 doubles, two triples, a WCC high 16 home runs, 51 RBI and 53 runs scored... Recorded 21 multi-hit games during the season including three four-hit games... Recorded two four-RBI games against UC Santa Barbara (3/24) and in the WCC Championship game against San Francisco (5/23)... Hit two home runs in a 10-4 home win over UC Santa Barbara, finishing 3-for-5 with three runs scored and four RBI (3/24)... Hit for program's second ever cycle in a 15-11, 13-inning victory over Santa Clara (4/12)... Went 4-for-5 with two runs scored and three RBI; hit an RBI double in the top of the 13th to complete the cycle... Recorded 11 hits with two home runs in the WCC Tournament and was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player... Recorded four hits in the NCAA Los Angeles Regional... Went 3-for-5 with two RBI and a home run in the Gaels' upset win over No. 1 UCLA, 6-5... Had the game-tying RBI single in the ninth to force extras before Saint Mary's walked it of in the bottom of the tenth... Finished the season as the fourth ranked Division I catcher in Defensive Runs Saved (according to 6-4-3 Charts) and threw out five baserunners with zero passed balls... Named All-WCC First Team and ABCA All-West Region Second Team.
AS A FRESHMAN (2025): Played in 45 games and made 43 starts as the teams primary catcher during the 2025 season... Finished with a .364 batting average, .576 slugging percentage, .402 on-base percentage and a .978 OPS... Recorded 55 hits, 11 doubles, 3 triples, 5 home runs and 40 RBI as a true freshman... Recorded 14 multi-hit games including a 5-5 performance against Gonzaga in the WCC Tournament... Set a new single-game WCC Tournament hits record with five in their 14-6 win vs. Gonzaga... Recorded a career high three RBI four different times... Recorded three hits in the team's NCAA Regional run... Named to the All-WCC Second Team and the WCC All-Freshman Team... First freshman to be named to an all-conference first or second team since 2019.
PRIOR TO SAINT MARY'S: Junipero Serra HS
Attended Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo, California... Hit .370 with 5 home runs, 29 RBI’s, and a .654 slugging percentage... Was a West Catholic Athletic League First Team selection.
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