A potential starter as Cal Poly's designated hitter in 2012.

2011: Started 17 games as a true freshman, nine in the outfield and eight at first base … finished with .161 average, never breaking the .200 mark but coming close several times … hit Cal Poly's first home run of season Feb. 26 at Oklahoma State, a solo shot … also contributed three doubles and a triple in the season … drove in four runs … lone two-hit game was against Oklahoma State on Feb. 27 … did not commit an error in 68 defensive chances … played summer ball for West Coast Collegiate Baseball League champion Corvallis Knights … went 2-for-9 in championship series against Walla Walla with two runs scored, a pair of RBI and a triple … in regular season hit .271 with 12 doubles, two triples, one home run, team-leading 23 RBI and 10 stolen bases … hit .300 in postseason … named most valuable player of the Knights, presented the Joe Segel Hustle Award and named to All-WCCBL first team … rated No. 17 WCCBL prospect by PG Crosschecker.

High School: A pitcher for four seasons under head coach Tom Dill at Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks ... earned first-team All-Mission League honors, leading Knights to 11-16 record ... hit .356 with six home runs and five stolen bases ... struck out 17 batters in 15 2/3 innings ... as a junior posted a 2-0 record with three saves and a 1.62 ERA, leading Notre Dame to 23-6 mark and CIF-Southern Section divisional championship ... also hit .333 with seven doubles, 17 RBI and nine stolen bases ... named Notre Dame's freshman and sophomore athlete of the year, played on Area Code teams in 2008 and 2009 and was a member of the Milwaukee Brewers Scout Team as well as the Professional Baseball Scouts of Southern California all-star team ... recruited by UC Riverside, Loyola Marymount, Fresno State and Cal State Northridge, choosing Cal Poly because "I feel Cal Poly is a great school, has great coaches and a great baseball program."  ... lettered in football as a freshman and sophomore

Personal: Son of Saul and Susan Armendariz ... one brother, Antonio ... born August 22, 1991, in Granada Hills, Calif. ... majors in sociology.