Honors and Awards
- 2022: Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention
- 2021: Perfect Game National Pitcher of the Week (6/9)
- 2021: Tucson NCAA Regional MVP
- 2021: Tucson NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team
Arizona 2022 (Senior)
Returned to Arizona for his senior season and made 16 starts...Went 5-4 and led the team's qualified pitchers with a 3.38 ERA (36ERx96.0IP)...Earned Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention recognition...Struck out 71 batters and issued just 29 walks while limiting opposing hitters to a paltry .235 batting average...Ranked fifth in the conference with a 3.38 ERA, fourth in the conference with 96 innings pitched...Posted a quality start (6.0+ IP, three or fewer ER allowed) in 11-of-16 starts...Five straight quality starts from March 12–April 9; Wildcats went 4-1 in that stretch...Pitched his best during Pac-12 play, going 4-1 with a sparkling 2.64 ERA (18ERx61.1IP) across 10 conference starts...Limited Pac-12 hitters to a .223 batting average...Season-high nine strikeouts twice: May 14 against Oregon State (7.0,3,1,1,3,9) and June 4 against Ole Miss (6.2,8,4,4,0,9)...Season-high eight innings pitched against Nevada on April 30 (8.0,4,2,2,2,2).
POSTSEASON: Went 0-1 with a 9.00 ERA (11ERx11.0IP) across two postseason starts...First start came in Pac-12 Tournament winners bracket game against Stanford on May 26 (4.1,10,7,7,1,2)...Second start in NCAA Coral Gables Regional opener versus Ole Miss (6.2,8,4,4,0,9).
Arizona 2021 (Junior)
Made 18 starts in his second year in Tucson...Posted a 6-4 record and a 4.58 ERA (45ERx88.1IP) while logging a pair of complete games...Struck out 75 opposing batters in 88-plus innings, the second-most strikeouts on the team...Finished the year ranked tied for seventh in the Pac-12 with six wins...One of just two players in the conference to log multiple complete games in 2021 (also: Brendan Beck, Stanford)...Registered six quality starts (6+ IP, three or fewer ER allowed)...Limited opposing hitters to a .270 batting average...First complete game came on May 15 versus Washington (9.0,8,1,1,1,6)...Led the Wildcats in Pac-12 play with a 3.62 ERA (24ERx59.2IP)...During conference play struck out 51 batters in 59-plus innings and limited opposing hitters to a .263 batting average.
POSTSEASON: Made three starts in the postseason, one each in the Tucson NCAA Regional, Tucson NCAA Super Regional, and College World Series...Logged an 8.53 ERA (12ERx12.2IP) with 14 strikeouts...Opened postseason run with a complete game shutout versus Santa Barbara in the Tucson NCAA Regional (9.0,3,0,0,0,10)...10 strikeouts in UCSB complete game marked a career-high...For his dominant, three-hit performance was named the Tucson NCAA Regional MVP and Perfect Game National Pitcher of the Week.
Arizona 2020 (Junior)*
Made four starts for the Wildcats and was one of three qualified pitchers on the team...Posted a perfect 4-0 record to go with a 3.18 ERA (8ERx22.2IP) and a team-leading 28 strikeouts...Led the conference with seven pickoffs and ranked among the top players in the Pac-12 in wins (T-1st, 4), strikeouts looking (T-5th, 10), and strikeouts (T-7th, 28)...Notched a season-best eight strikeotus on Feb. 28 vs. Central Michigan (6.0,3,1,1,1,8).
Before Arizona
Most recently attended Riverside Community College in 2019, where he was named Orange Empire Conference Pitcher of the Year…Went 10-2 with a 2.25 ERA and 98 strikeouts in 15 starts for Riverside, including a mark of 5-1 with a 2.81 ERA in conference play…Attended Point Loma in 2018, where he was named Pac-West Pitcher of the Year after going 7-2 with a 2.56 ERA…Prepped at Norco High School in Corona, Calif. where he played under head coach Gary Parcell…Tabbed to the Big Eight All-Conference team as a senior in 2017.
Draft
Selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 40
th round of the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft.
Personal
Garrett Jacob Irvin…Son of Gary and Cindy Irvin…Younger brother, Carson…Both parents are P.E. teachers…In his free time enjoys snowboarding, surfing, and wakeboarding…Majoring in Communication & English…Chose Arizona because, “I wanted to be part of their winning culture.”
*2020 season cut short (15 games) due to COVID-19 pandemic.
