Honors
- MVFC Honor Roll: 2018, 2022
- MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2018, Spring 2022, Fall 2022)
2022
Started all 11 games at right tackle ... Averaged 99% assignment grade and 92% effort grade for season ... Also scored 83% technique grade from coaching staff ... Bears averaged 5.2 yards per carry on rushing plays for the season and 366.4 yards of total offense per game ... Phil Steele named Fitzgerald to his MVFC third-team list ... Named to MVFC Honor Roll and MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2022 semester.
2021
Started all 12 games at right tackle in his fourth season with the Bears ... Allowed just one sack in pass protection all season ... Averaged 95% assignment grade from coaching staff, including 87% effort grade ... Key part of a Bears offensive line that averaged 435.9 yards per game, which ranked 16th nationally and 2nd in The Valley ... The Bears also racked up 34.2 points per game, which ranked 12th in the FCS ranks ... Named to MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Spring 2022 semester.
2020-21
Started all 6 games in the spring semester at tackle ... Earned a 97% assignment grade and 92% effort grade for the conference season from coaching staff ... Allowed just 3 sacks and 6 pressures in 401 total plays ... Helped offense average 310.0 yards per game in league play and allow just 3.0 sacks per game ... Part of Bears first NCAA FCS Playoff squad and MVFC co-championship team in 30 years.
2019
Played in 4 games as a redshirt freshman offensive lineman ... Started first 4 contests of the season at left tackle ... Made debut in season opener at Northern Arizona (8/29/19) ... Final appearance of the year came in win at Western Illinois (10/5/19).
2018
Saw action in one game as a true freshman before redshirting ... Played in home opener against Lincoln (9/6/18) ... Recognized on MVFC Honor Roll ... Named to MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for fall 2018 semester.
High School
Started all 14 games for a 13-1 Lake Zurich (Ill.) High team that won the North Suburban Conference title and advanced to the Class 7A state championship game in 2017 … Earned all-area and all-conference distinction for coach Luke Mertens his senior season … Was also starting tackle for the Bears in 2016 while earning all-conference and honorable mention all-area honors.
Personal
Ian Patrick Fitzgerald was born 4/17/00 in Barrington, Ill. ... Son of Dennis and Carolyn Fitzgerald of Hawthorn Woods, Ill. ... Has three brothers, Doug, Greg and Connor, and three sisters, Kimberly, Erica and Ivy ... Brother played college soccer at Carthage College, and father played football at US Merchant Marine Academy ... Majoring in Advertising & Promotion.
