The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2021 Baseball Roster
Roster
Ivan Melendez
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- El Paso, Texas
- High School:
- Coronado
- Major:
- Corporate Communication
AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2022)
2022 Golden Spikes Award Winner, the first in Texas Baseball history...swept the national player of the year awards...named the Dick Howser Trophy Winner and awarded National Player of the Year by Baseball America, D1 Baseball, Collegiate Baseball, ABCA and Perfect Game...Went 3-for-4 earning four RBI, hit one double, and scored two runs on two homers against West Virginia (5/7)…went 3-for-4 earning five RBI, scoring two runs with two home runs against Baylor (4/24)…hit two homers against SFA, one of which cleared the batter’s eye (4/12)...went 3-for-5 scoring two runs, earning four RBI and one homer against Oklahoma (4/3)...went 5-for-5 with two doubles, two home runs, and four RBI against Texas Tech (3/26)...drove in six runs against Incarnate Word (3/18)...went 2-for-4 with one double, one triple, two RBI and one run scored against Tennessee (3/4)…went 2-for-4 in the series finale against Rice with two home runs, six RBI, and four runs (2/20).
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.
HIGH SCHOOL
First team All-State third baseman as a senior at Coronado High School for head coach Juan Orozco…named the 2017 district Offensive Most Valuable Player and the 2016 Newcomer of the Year…also a member of the football team.
PERSONAL
Son of Julie and Raul Melendez…both parents are educators in the El Paso area…has two brothers, Zach and Ian.
