AT SJSU: Has completed three seasons of competition with the Spartans.
2021: Named All-Mountain West at the completion of his junior season ... Received SJSU Student-Athlete of the Month honors for the month of April ... Appeared in 35 games, starting in 34 … Led San Jose State in batting average (.381), OPS (1.353), runs (30), hits (43), doubles (9), home runs (14), RBI (32), total bases (96), slugging percentage (.850), walks (28), on-base percentage (.503), sacrifice flies (4) and fielding percentage (.996) ... Ranked No. 2 in all of Division I in slugging percentage at the completion of the season ... Ranked No. 8 nationally in home runs per game (.40) after the regular season ... Ranked No. 22 nationally with a Portland area code (.503) on-base percentage ... Led the Mountain West in fielding percentage among fielders with 150-plus chances, recording 243 putouts, 12 assists and 28 double plays ... Finished the regular season slotted second in the Mountain West in home runs ... 14 homers moved Ibarra to No. 2 on the program’s single-season home run leaderboard (was just one shy of San Jose State record despite playing in 25 fewer games) ... Mark of .40 home runs per game set new program record (second place is .25, a record that stood for 31 years).
2020: Named All-Mountain West ... Batted .344 with three homers, 21 hits and eight RBI in his first season back after redshirting in 2019 ... Started all 17 games ... Tallied seven multi-hit games ... Blasted his first-career home run in season opener, part of a 2-for-4 night that included a double ... 3-for-5 with a double vs. Creighton (2/22) ... 2-for-4 with a homer, 3 RBI and two runs scored vs. USF (2/25) ... 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a RBI double vs. Utah Valley (2/29) ... 3-for-5 with a double vs. LMU (3/6) ... Belted a solo homer in final game of season vs. Cal (3/10) ... Was perfect in the field with no errors committed ... Season was canceled after 17 games due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019: Redshirted the season.
2018: Appeared in 23 games, started in 12 (4 1B, 8 DH)…First career hit was a game winning two RBI single as a pinch hitter against Dartmouth (3/19)…Batted .245 with six RBI on 12 hits this season…In last 16 appearances he batted .324… First multi-hit game was a three-hit, two RBI performance against UC Santa Barbara (3/24).
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2017 graduate of St. Francis High School...Earned all-league for baseball, football, and basketball...First team all-county for baseball and football...Earned MVP Award for baseball...Most home runs in school history...In junior season led league in home runs, fielding percentage, on base percentage, slugging percentage, and batting percentage...Led league every year in home runs...Second team all-county for basketball...State finalist in basketball.
GET TO KNOW RUBEN: Majoring in recreation and management...Parents are Pedro and Nicole....Has two siblings named Pedro and Nicholas...A member of Jacob’s Heart Foundation, Called Up and SAAC ...Played summer baseball for Northern California Baseball Coast Section under coach James Gomez...Grandpa and uncle are professional steer wrestlers...Plans to pursue professional baseball or scouting after graduation...Enjoys hot yoga, yelling, ping pong and hanging with his bromigos in his spare time.