2021 Baseball
Mark Armstrong
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 193
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Paso Robles, CA
- High School:
- Paso Robles HS
Expected to back up the catching corps this spring as a redshirt senior.
2021 -- Played in 10 games with three starts as a junior ... notched a pair of hits, including a double versus Nevada ... also singled against CSU Bakersfield ... drove in a run with an RBI groundout versus Cal State Fullerton ... starts were against Nevada once and CSU Bakersfield twice, all as a designated hitter ... earned pair of team awards -- Robin Baggett Scholar-Athlete and Dick Morrow Coach's Award ... did not play summer ball.
2020 -- Made pair of pinch-hitting appearances as a sophomore ... produced a single against BYU and lined out to first base versus Fresno State ... did not play summer ball.
2019 -- Played in one game (Columbia on March 9) with one at-bat as a redshirt freshman ... played summer ball for Santa Maria Reds.
2018 -- Redshirt ... played summer ball for the Santa Maria Reds.
High School -- Named 2017 San Luis Obispo County Player of the Year by The Tribune after a stellar senior season under head coach Derek Stroud at Paso Robles High School ... hit .354 with three home runs and called every pitch for a Bearcat staff that compiled a 1.55 ERA ... helped Bearcats to 26-8 record, a share of the Pac 8 championship and a berth in the semifinal round of the CIF-Southern Section Division 3 playoffs ... knocked in 28 runs, stole eight bases and produced 11 doubles and three triples ... hit .434 as a junior with 10 doubles and a pair of triples.
Personal -- Son of Mark and Marissa Armstrong ... one sister, Jenny ... helped install new furniture in Cal Poly dorms during the summer of 2018 ... enjoys fishing in his spare time ... took lessons in Taekwondo as a child ... claims to be the founding member of the Led Stepplin Walking Club ... majoring in applied mathematics.
