Biography
WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll "Silver" Honors (2024-25)
WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll "Bronze" Honors (2023-24)
AT SANTA CLARA: Has played two seasons for the Broncos after joining the program in 2024 ... Is a two-time West Coast Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll honoree, earning "Bronze" honors as a freshman (2023-24) and "Silver" accolades as a sophomore (2024-25) ... Has played in 39 career games with 22 starts, batting .222 with 11 runs scored, eight RBIs, four stolen bases and two extra-base hits (one double, one home run) ... Hit his first career home run at home on April 28, 2024, versus Saint Mary's.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2025):Â Earned "Silver" honors on the WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll ... Played in 17 games with 12 starts, batting .212 with six walks, three runs scored, two RBIs and two stolen bases ... Posted an on-base percentage of .350 -- more than 80 points better than the previous year ... Was the Opening Day starting center fielder versus CSUN (Feb. 14), and stayed a part of the starting outfielders group into the fourth week of the season ... Had back-to-back multi-hit performances versus CSUN (Feb. 16) and at UC Davis (Feb. 22), collecting two hits in both games and reaching base a total of six times with two walks, a double, a stolen base and a run scored ... Tied a career high with two RBIs at Pepperdine (April 5) ... Only committed one error in 12 outfield chances, improving his fielding percentage by more than 10 points year-over-year.
AS A FRESHMAN (2024): Landed on the WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll with "Bronze" honors ... Appeared in 22 games with 10 starts in his first year with the program ... Made his collegiate debut as a pinch runner in the third game of the season at Arizona State (Feb. 18), scoring the first run of his career ... Would score eight runs and hit .231 with a home run, six RBIs and two stolen bases during the year ... Made his first career start on March 10 versus UC Davis, going 1 for 5 with his first collegiate base hit, a leadoff single in the bottom of the first inning. Also scored a run in that game ... Closed the year with hits in four of his last seven games, including two multi-hit performances ... Went 3 for 5 in the series opener at first-place San Diego (May 3), and went 2 for 4 with two RBIs, two runs scored and a stolen base in the series finale versus LMU (May 12).
HIGH SCHOOL: The 2023 Oregon School Activities Association 4A State Player of the Year and Greater Oregon League Player of the Year, Lambert was a three-sport athlete at Pendleton (Ore.) High School in baseball, basketball and football, and a two-way player on the baseball field who played infield, outfield and pitched ... Was a two-time league MVP and a three-time first-team all-league baseball player in high school ... Broke three school records as a senior while batting leadoff with 52 hits, 11 triples and 53 runs. Also batted .515 for the season with 11 doubles, four home runs, 36 RBIs and 16 stolen bases ... On the mound, Lambert pitched 38 innings in 2023 with a 4-3 record. He had an ERA of 3.32, striking out 64 and walking 26. He threw a no-hitter against Baker (Ore.) High School on April 14 ... He was named co-MVP of the Intermountain Conference as a sophomore (2021), hitting .509 with 11 singles, 13 doubles, one triple and three home runs in 18 games ... Also drove in 22 runs and scored 30 times with a team-high 28 hits ... Lambert was a first-team IMC infielder as a junior (2022). Led the team with five home runs — half of the team’s total for the year — among his 29 hits ... He hit .326 with five doubles, two triples and 27 RBIs. He also had 10 stolen bases.
Perfect Game ranked Lambert as the No. 5 middle infielder in the state of Oregon and the No. 20 high school recruit overall in the state, as well as among the top-1,000 high school recruits in the country ... Helped lead Pendleton High to a GOL title and the OSAA 4A championship game in 2023 ... Was also a part of the Bucks' academic state championship effort in 2023 with a 4A-best 3.69 GPA ... In football, was named the GOL Offensive Player of the Year as a senior in the fall of 2022, leading Pendleton High to the OSAA 4A quarterfinals.
