#18

Ike Irish Season 2024

#18

Ike Irish Season 2024

PositionC
Weight203 lbs
Height6-2
ClassSophomore
HometownHudsonville, Mich.

HONORS AND AWARDS
2023 Freshman All-America (CB, D1, NCBWA, PG)
2023 SEC All-Freshman Team
2023 SEC Freshman of the Week (3x)
2024 First Team All-SEC
2024 ABCA First Team All-Southeast Region
2024 Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist
2024 Buster Posey Award Semifinalist

2024 – SOPHOMORE SEASON
Turned in a .319/.403/.627 slash line in 47 games played, including 45 starts at catcher (24), DH (11) and right field (10) … led the team in average, runs (47), hits (59) and RBI (59) while tying for the team lead in home runs (14) and tying for second in doubles (11) … hit .311 with a team-high seven homers and 28 RBI in 26 league games … tied for the team lead with 16 multi-hit games and ranked second with 14 multi-RBI games … went 4-for-5 with a double, home run and four RBI in the season opener vs. Eastern Kentucky (Feb. 16) … drove in a run in seven straight games from Feb. 18-Mar. 2, totaling 12 RBI in the first nine games … went 6-for-12 with three home runs in the series vs. UConn (Mar. 2-3), turning in his first multi-homer game with four RBI in the series finale vs. the Huskies … became the fourth fastest player in program history to record his 100th career hit (68 games) with his first inning home run in game two of the DH vs. UConn (Mar. 2) … trails only Scott Pratt (61 games), Todd Faulkner (63 games) and Tim Hudson (66 games) on the list … drove in 13 runs in a span of six games from Mar. 3-12 … homered in four straight games from Mar. 23-29, going 10-for-17 with 10 runs, 11 RBI during the span … matched a career-high with five RBI in the middle game at Texas A&M (Mar. 29) … went on a 16-game hitting streak from Mar. 9-Apr. 5, hitting .422 with 20 runs, seven doubles, six homers and 29 RBI during the span … drove in a run in eight straight games from Mar. 22-Apr. 5, including six multi-RBI efforts … drove in a run in 25 of the first 29 games of the season … suffered an injury in the series finale at Mississippi State (Apr. 21) and missed the series at LSU … went 2-for-5 with his first home runs since Apr. 5 in the series finale vs. Ole Miss (May 5) … started the series at Missouri 6-for-10 with two homers and seven RBI in the first two games (May 10-11) … recorded a hit in all three games against Alabama (May 16-18) … turned in a .992 fielding percentage as a catcher and right fielder … was 5-for-6 in stolen bases ... 2024 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2023 - FRESHMAN SEASON
Earned Freshman All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball, D1 Baseball (second team), NCBWA (second team) and Perfect Game/Rawlings (first team) … also named to the SEC All-Freshman Team … was one of two players to play and start in all 58 games … led the team in average (.361), hits (86) and doubles (24) and ranked top 10 in the SEC in each category … his 24 doubles set an Auburn freshman record, were the most among freshmen nationally and were tied for the sixth most in program history, including the most since 2005 … his 86 hits were fourth among freshmen nationally … ranked second on the team in RBI (50) and total bases (130) and third in runs (48) and on-base percentage (.429) … five of his six home runs came in SEC play … led the team with 28 multi-hit games and tied for second with 14 multi-RBI efforts … started his Auburn career with 13 multi-hi performances in his first 17 games, good for a .465 clip entering SEC play … went 3-for-5 with a double and RBI in his collegiate debut vs. Indiana (Feb. 17) … collected multiple hits in six straight games from Feb. 19-Mar. 1, including a season-high four hits in the series finale vs. Southern Cal (Feb. 26) … earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors after each of the first two weekends of the season … went 3-for-4 with three runs, two doubles and three RBI, including a walk-off single in the ninth, vs. Lipscomb (Mar. 4) … finished the Southeastern series (Mar. 10-11) 6-for-13 with four doubles and five RBI … recorded multiple hits in five straight games from mar. 8-14 and drove in multiple runs three times during the span … went 2-for-5 with a double and RBI in the SEC home opener vs. Georgia (Mar. 23) … hit his first career home run the following day (Mar. 24) … went 4-for-5 with a homer and drove in a season-high five runs vs. North Alabama (Mar. 28) … homered for the second straight day and third time in four games and drove in four runs in the series opener at Florida (Mar. 31) … went 6-for-13 with five runs, two homers and five RBI in sweep at Ole Miss (May 12-13) … homered for the third straight game in the series opener vs. Missouri (May 19) … went 3-for-5 with two doubles and two RBI in the series finale against the Tigers (May 20) … earned his third SEC Freshman of the Week honors on May 22 … doubled twice for the second straight game in the SEC Tournament opener vs. Missouri (May 23) … went 2-for-5 in the regional opener vs. Penn (June 2) … was named to the Auburn Regional All-Tournament Team ... named to the 2022-23 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended St. Mary’s Prep and helped lead the program to a 44-0 record and Collegiate Baseball, MaxPreps and Perfect Game National Championship … named 2022 MaxPreps and Collegiate Baseball First Team All-American … rated by Perfect Game as the No. 39 player in the class, including the No. 3 catcher … rated as the No. 2 player and top-ranked catcher in Michigan … was the 13th-highest rated player in the class to make it to campus … hit .364 in parts of six years on the Perfect Game circuit … competed in the 2021 Perfect Game All-American Classic and 2021 USA Baseball PDP League … named to the 2020 Perfect Game Junior National Showcase and 2021 National Showcase Top Prospect Teams … was the No. 121 overall prospect for the 2022 MLB Draft according to MLB.com … also tabbed the No. 128 overall prospect by Perfect Game and No. 173 overall prospect by Baseball America.

PERSONAL
Son of Jeff and Kelly Irish … has two sisters, Sydney and Addison … his father played in the Blue Jays organization … born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Nov. 26, 2003.