Hitting it out of the Park with Ivan Melendez

The Coach

Ivan Melendez

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AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2021)
Named First Team All-Big 12 Designated Hitter in his first season on the Forty Acres…named to the ABCA All-Region second team…started 58 games and played in 59 total…led the team with a .319 batting average, 13 homers and a .603 slugging percentage...finished the season with 13, doubles, three triples, 51 RBI and 38 runs scored…started his Texas career with a bang, going 2-for-4 with a double and homer in the season-opener against Mississippi State (2/20)…went 2-for-4 with four RBI against BYU (2/26)…went 3-for-5 with three RBI against Sam Houston (3/9)…caught fire in the month of April, hitting .412 with eight doubles, one triple, eight home runs, 27 RBI and 16 runs scored…from April 3-11, established a program-record six-game home run streak that culminated with a pair of bombs against Kansas State on April 11…named the NCBWA Hitter of the Week…hit a three-run go-ahead homer in the ninth inning against Mississippi State in the College World Series (6/25).

AS A SOPHOMORE (ODESSA COLLEGE)
Helped lead Odessa to a 21-2 record before the season was halted due to COVID-19...batted .354 with seven doubles, three triples and four homers...drove in 22 runs and scored 21 runs.

AS A FRESHMAN (ODESSA COLLEGE)
NJCAA All-American third baseman as a freshman in 2019 at Odessa Junior College…named first team All-Region and first team All-Conference…batted .411 with 17 home runs and 70 RBI last season…helped Odessa College to a 38-22 record and the semifinals of the Region V Tournament.