Ivan Gonzalez

Photo by: All Pro Photography/Dale Sparks

Earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
Played in 53 games with 52 starts, 43 as catcher, eight at third base and one as the designated hitter
Finished fourth on the team with 11 doubles, fifth with 51 hits, 25 RBIs and 18 walks and hit .255 with one homer, 25 runs scored, a .325 slugging percentage, a .320 on-base percentage and one stolen base in two attempts
Had 12 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI contests
Recorded an eight-game hit streak from Feb. 23-March 10, with 12 hits, five RBIs and eight runs scored during the stretch, and had an 11-game reached-base streak
Drove in a pair of runs and had a hit and a run scored in WVU’s Big 12 Championship win over No. 20 Oklahoma State on May 23
Had six hits and five RBIs in WVU’s series at TCU, with a career-high-tying four hits and an RBI in the series-opening win on May 11, and a career-high-tying three hits with a home run on May 12
Drove in the game-winning run with a two-out, sixth-inning single on April 8 against UNLV as part of a two-hit, two-RBI day
Had two hits and a pair of RBIs on March 10 in a win at Middle Tennessee
Tied a career high with three runs scored and added two hits and a pair of walks in WVU’s win over Illinois on Feb. 24

Named to the Johnny Bench Award Watch List, recognizing the nation’s best catcher
Played in 55 games with 50 starts, 40 as catcher, six at third base and four as the designated hitter
Finished second on the team with a .317 batting average and fourth with a .444 slugging percentage, with 65 hits, five home runs, nine doubles, one triple, 29 RBIs and 12 walks
Tied for fourth on the team with three game-winning hits
Had 18 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games
Had an eight-game hitting streak in 2017 and reached base in a career-best 15 consecutive games to finish the season
Had three hits, a career-high-tying three RBIs, two runs scored with two doubles in the NCAA Regional Final at No. 13 Wake Forest on June 4
Homered and had two hits in WVU’s NCAA Regional-opening win vs. Maryland on June 2
Had three hits and scored three runs on May 13 vs. Gardner-Webb
Drove in the game-winning run with a first-inning home run as part of a 3-for-3 day with three RBIs and three runs scored on May 2 vs. Eastern Michigan
Had a career-best four hits with three RBIs, three runs scored, a home run and a double on April 18 at Marshall
Drove in a pair of runs, including the game-winner with a home run in the first inning, scored two runs, stole two bases and went 3-for-4 on April 7 vs. Kansas
Recorded two hits, three RBIs and two runs scored with a sacrifice fly on March 5 at Tulane

Named to the Baseball America Freshman All-America Team
Earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention accolades
Named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team
Played in 43 games with 37 starts, 20 at third base, nine as designated hitter and eight as catcher
Led the team with a .381 batting average and a .437 on-base percentage while recording 51 hits, 23 RBIs, nine doubles, three triples and 16 walks
Had six sacrifice flies, tied for No. 4 in a single season in team history
Had three game-winning hits
Recorded 15 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI contests
Had an 11-game hit streak and a 13-game reached base streak
Drove in two runs on two hits and scored a run against No. 5 Texas Tech on May 26 at the Big 12 Championship
Drove in the eventual game-winning run on May 15 against William & Mary
Had six hits, five RBIs and scored five runs in WVU’s series sweep of Texas from May 6-8
Named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week on May 2 after hitting .571 and leading the team with eight hits, a .929 slugging percentage and 13 total bases and adding four RBIs in four games from April 27-30 while making his career debut at third base
Singled in the 10th inning to bring home the winning run at Marshall on April 5

Played for coach Tom Collins at Stony Point High
Hit .394 with eight doubles, one triple and nine home runs in 2014, leading the team in batting average, doubles and home runs
Named to the All-District 16-5A First Team in 2014 and All-District 16-5A Second Team in 2013
Named the District 16-5A Freshman of the Year and All-District First Team in 2012
Coached by Calvin Schiraldi of the Austin Banditos