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2019 Baseball Roster

Katherine Seghers

2 Maaki Yamazaki

2 Maaki Yamazaki

  • Position:
    Infield
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    190
  • B/T:
    L/R
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Tokyo, Japan
  • Highschool:
    Tokyo Gakkan Urayasu
  • Prev School:
    Tokyo International University

Summary

Biography

2019 (Senior):
  • Named First Team All-Big West for utility.
  • First UH player to earn First Team All-Conference in back-to-back seasons since Kolten Wong secured First Team All-Western Athletic Conference in 2010 and 2011.
  • Played in 47 games with 45 starts as a senior.
  • Posted a .308 batting average (56-for-182) with five doubles, two home runs, 24 RBIs and 27 runs scored.
  • Had a .368 slugging percentage and a .379 on-base percentage.
  • Finished third on the team with 15 multi-hit games and tied for second with six multi-RBI games.
  • Tied 18th nationally in toughest batter to strikeout (182 AB, 14 Ks).
  • In Big West games, had a .298 batting average (25-for-84) with 10 RBIs and 13 runs scored.
  • Started 37 games at shortstop, six as the designated hitter and two at second base.
  • Defensively, had a .966 fielding percentage with 114 assists and six errors.
  • Had a 10-game hitting streak (2/24/19 - 3/14/19).
  • Hit safely in 15 of his final 18 collegiate games.
  • Recorded multi-hit games in all four games versus Longwood, going 3-for-4 in the series opener and finale. Also had five RBIs and five runs scored versus Longwood.
  • In a four-game road set at Ohio State, hit 5-for-15 (.333).
  • Went 4-for-6 with three runs scored and two RBIs at UC Riverside, tying a career high for hits with four (4/13/19).
  • Hit a solo home run in the series finale versus Cal State Fullerton (4/20/19).
  • In his final career game at Les Murakami Stadium on Senior Day, went 2-for-4 with a solo home run versus #6 UCSB (5/19/19).
  • Named academic all-Big West.

2018 (Junior):
  • Earned First Team All-Big West honors at shortstop.
  • One of two players on the team to start all 51 games.
  • Led UH with a .325 batting average, good for seventh in the BWC.
  • First on the team in hits (62), runs (34), on-base percentage (.409) and multi-hit games (22).
  • Also tallied 10 doubles, two home runs and 19 RBI.
  • Struck out just 13 times on the year – ranking as the 16th toughest batter to strike out in the NCAA.
  • Defensively, paced UH with 157 assists and 69 putouts.
  • Contributed to 37 double plays, helping the Rainbow Warriors to an NCAA 11th-ranked 1.00 per game average.
  • Had five games with two or more RBIs.
  • Went 4-for-10 with a double and an RBI in the opening series versus Air Force.
  • Knocked in three runs versus BYU (Feb. 24).
  • Went 3-for-4 with a solo home run in UH’s upset of No. 13 LSU (March 9).
  • Picked up two more RBIs as part of a 2-for-4 day in a win over Illinois State (March 15).
  • Finished 2-for-3 with a walk and a run scored versus Seton Hall (March 23).
  • Scored a season-high four runs and went 2-for-3 with two walks against Seton Hall (March 25).
  • Walked three times and scored two runs in series opener versus UC Riverside (April 13).
  • Went 2-for-3 with two walks and a run at CSU Bakersfield (April 18).
  • Had three singles and a stolen base against Cal Poly (May 5).
  • Posted another three-hit outing with three singles in a road win at Fresno State (May 11).
  • In the final game of the season at UC Santa Barbara (May 26), went 2-for-4 with a home run and three runs scored in a UH victory.
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Prior to UH:
  • Attended Tokyo International University in Saitama, Japan, where he played half a season for the Lumberjacks baseball club in the Shin-Tokyo League.
  • Played in 16 games in 2015, batting .532 with 11 doubles and one triple for 15 RBI to earn a spot on the All-Star team

Prep:
  • A 2014 graduate of Tokyo Gakkan Urayasu in Chiba, Japan, where he made 196 career plate appearances while batting .438 and collecting 10 home runs, sporting a .474 on-base percentage.
  • Was a member of the Chiba-Japan National Team in 2013.

Personal:
  • Born in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Majoring in Japanese.
  • Has one older brother, Joshi.
  • Parents are Tomoko and Keiji Yamazaki of Tokyo, Japan.
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Historical Player Information

  • 28

    2018Junior

    Infielder
    6'0" 185 lbs
    28
  • 2

    2019Senior

    Infield
    6'0" 190 lbs
    2