2016 (Senior):
Ikko Saito earned ACWPC All-American Honorable Mention and Second Team All-Golden Coast Conference honors as he finished second on the Tigers in goals, points and assists as a senior, scoring 43 goals with 35 assists in 26 games. He shot 42.2 percent on the year. Saito scored in 19 of 26 games with 12 multi-goal games and eight hat tricks. Scored a season-best five goals against San Jose State (Nov. 11), with three assists for a season-best eight points. Added four goals against No. 8 UC Davis (Nov. 12) with three assists for a seven-point game. Also tallied four goals against No. 16 Johns Hopkins (Sept. 3), and registered hat tricks against No. 20 St. Francis Brooklyn (Sept. 3), No. 14 Harvard (Sept. 3), No. 13 Brown (Sept. 4), Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Sept. 18) and Long Beach State (Sept. 28), Posted a season-best five assists against No. 14 George Washington (Oct. 20) for a seven-point game. Added 12 steals and drew 20 exclusions on the year.
2015 (Junior):
In his second season with the Tigers, Ikko Saito scored 16 goals, with 19 assists for 35 points. He also recored 15 steals and drew 10 exclusions. Scored in 13 of 28 games, with four multi-goal games. Tallied a pair of goals against St. Francis-Brooklyn (Sept. 11), Brown (Sept. 13), Cal Baptist (Sept. 25) and San Jose State (Oct. 22). Handed out a season-high three assists against #10 UC San Diego (Sept. 5).
2014 (Sophomore):
Ikko Saito scored 12 goals in 26 games for the Tigers in his Division I debut season. Posted a career-best two goals in the Tigers win over Cal Lutheran (Sept. 27) and scored in 10 other contests, including his debut against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Sept. 6). Scored the game-winning goal in a 8-7 regulation win over #7 UC Santa Barbara (Nov. 2). Posted a goal in the Tigers'' 11-10 win over #10 UC Davis (Sept. 14), and against the #11 Aggies in the Kap7 NorCal Classic (Sept. 20). Chipped in a goal in the Tigers'' win over #18 Navy (Sept. 27), and added a goal in the SoCal win over #10 Princeton (Oct. 11). Saito also scored in MPSF action against #10 UC Irvine (Oct. 18), #2 USC (Oct. 25), #1 UCLA (Nov. 8) and #2 Stanford (Nov. 15).
Prior To Pacific (2013-14 at Long Beach City College):
Saito was one of the Vikings'' leading attackers during a championship season at Long Beach City College. He earned 2013 All-American honors, was named to the All-State Tournament team, and captured first-team All-Southern California as well as All-South Coast Conference accolades.
Saito scored a game-high five goals in LBCC''s state final win over Golden West College and totaled nine goals over two state championship games.
High School/Club:
Ikko Saito joined Pacific from Cerritos, Calif., where he was a First Team All-America, First Team All-CIF and First Team All-Suburban League selection the last two seasons. He also earned Suburban League MVP in 2012 and 2013, and was named First Team All-Suburban League in 2010 and 2011. He helped his Cerritos High Dons to four-straight league titles, and four-straight state quarterfinal appearances, advancing to the semis in 2013.
Personal:
Ikko is the son of Emi Saito and Eric Becerril. He is a Sport Pedagogy major.
