Biography
2026: Tristan was a second team All-Region 3 selection by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and a third team All-Region 3 honoree by D3baseball.com...Chosen as the SUNYAC Player of the Year and a first team All-SUNYAC honoree...Selected to the SUNYAC All-Tournament Team for performances in leading Cortland to the SUNYAC title...Played in and started all 43 games during the season for the Red Dragons...Batted 65-for-151 (.430) with 11 doubles, one triple, eight home runs, 47 RBI, and 48 runs scored...Led the team in hits, batting average, home runs, and was tied for the team lead in RBI and triples...Posted a .991 fielding percentage for the year, recording 212 putouts and 18 assists in 232 chances...Ranked 11th in the nation with a .562 on-base percentage...Hit safely in 36 games, including recording multiple hits in 20 contests...Was 4-for-5 with a double, two home runs, seven RBI, and two runs scored in a win over Oneonta in the SUNYAC Semifinal Series...Batted 3-for-4 with a home run, two RBI, and two runs scored against Kalamazoo in the NCAA Div. III Regional...Finished 3-for-3 with a home run, a double, four RBI, and three runs scored in a home win over Fredonia...Was 3-for-5 with a homer, two RBI, and one run scored against Oneonta in the SUNYAC Semifinal Series...Finished 2-for-3 with a double, a homer, three RBI, and a run scored in a win over NYU...Hit 3-for-4 with a home run, two RBI, and two runs scored in a home win over Plattsburgh...Batted 3-for-3 with a run scored in a win over Marietta...Went 4-for-6, drove in one run, and scored two runs in a road win at New Paltz...Batted 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored in a home win over Plattsburgh...Finished 2-for-4 with a double, a home run, three RBI, and three runs scored in a home over Oswego in the SUNYAC Championship Series...Had two hits and drove in two runs in a road win at Oneonta...Recorded two hits and scored two runs in a road win at RPI...Had two hits, one RBI, and two runs score in a home win over Plattsburgh...Had two hits, including a double, and scored two runs, in a road win at Berry...Was 2-for-3 with a double, one RBI, and two runs scored in a win over Keuka...Registered two hits, one RBI, and two runs scored in a win at Kean...Drove in three runs and scored two runs in a win over Kalamazoo in the NCAA Div. III Regional...Was 2-for-5 with a double in a home win over Fredonia...Recorded two hits at Johns Hopkins...Named to the D3baseball.com National Team of the Week on May 5...Selected as the SUNYAC Athlete of the Week on Mar. 9.
Prior to Cortland: Attended Marywood University...Two-year member of the baseball team in 2024 and 2025...Played in 64 games with 57 starts over two seasons, batting 80-for-212 (.377) with 23 doubles, two triples, six home runs, and 51 runs batted in...Posted a .400 batting average with 16 doubles, five homers, and 32 RBIs in 2025...Selected as team MVP...Earned Atlantic East Player of the Week honors and selected to the Atlantic East Weekly Honor Roll...Lists hitting a go-ahead triple as a freshman, and hitting two home runs and a double on opening day as a sophomore, as his greatest sports thrills in college.
High School: Graduated from Eastport-South Manor in 2023...Received the Kortright Kares Foundation Scholarship...Member of the National Honor Society...Three-year starter on the baseball as a first baseman and third baseman...Two-time all-league honoree...All-county awardee in senior year...Lists hitting a home run in his final at-bat as his greatest sports thrill in high school. Â
Other: Won the NYCBL Summer League title with the Syracuse Salt Cats in 2025, and was selected to the All-NYCBL team and to the NYCBL All-Star Game...Has held jobs as a security guard, a baseball instructor, a landscaping designer, and an umpire...Parents are Stephanie and Ramie Gatchalian...Has one sibling, Mason...Father Ramie played baseball at West Virginia Wesleyan...Cousing Gavin Gatchalian played football at St. Anselm.
