University of California, Santa Barbara

UC SANTA BARBARA
2025
Played in 19 games, starting 16 of them before an injury cut his season short … Hit .259/.344/.500 with seven doubles and two home runs … Threw out five of 12 would-be base stealers on the season … His first career hit was a double at San Diego State on Feb. 22 … Also recorded his first career RBI on a bases-loaded hit by pitch against the Aztecs … Went 2-for-5 with two doubles and a season-high three RBIs at Pepperdine on Feb. 25, making each of his first three career hits two-baggers … Hit his first career home run on April 1 at LMU, clearing the 37-foot-tall “Blue Monster” wall in left field … Hit his first home run at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium a week later, April 8, against Pepperdine.

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HIGH SCHOOL
A three-year letterwinner at Vintage High School … Caught, played the outfield and pitched … 2024 ABCA/Rawlings High School All-Region Team … 2024 Vine Valley Athletic League MVP and Defensive Player of the Year … Three-time All-Vine Valley Athletic League First Team honoree … Hit .386 as a senior … Also golfed.

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PERSONAL
Ian Fernandez was born on Oct. 24, 2005 in Napa … Son of Alicia and Carlos Fernandez … Has a younger sister, Annana … Majoring in Communication at UC Santa Barbara … Aspires to work as a real estate agent or entrepreneur after graduation … Roots for the Oakland A’s, Las Vegas Raiders and Red Bull Formula 1 team … Names Yadier Molina and Formula 1 drivers Sergio Perez and Sebastian Vettel as his favorite athletes … Enjoys golfing, going to the gym, spending time in the ocean and with family in his free time … Claims to have recorded a club-head speed of 125.5 mph while golfing … His most memorable sporting moment is throwing a perfect game in little league.