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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)... 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)... 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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