2011 (Junior): Started 59 games...named Baseball America Third-Team All-Amercian...ABCA First-Team All-American...selected to the Pefect Game First-Team All-America Team...voted first-team all-WAC and selected to the WAC all-tournament team...was a two-time WAC Hitter of the Week selection...named to 2011 Baseball America Midseason All-America Team...was first on the team and fourth in the WAC with a .378 batting average...was fourth in the WAC in slugging percentage (.560) and third in on-base percentage (.492)...lead the WAC with 23 stolen bases...for season, he recorded 48 runs scored, 11 doubles, three triples, 53 RBI, and led the Rainbows with seven homeruns...was also fourth in the WAC with 42 walks...recorded 27 multi-hit games including three four-hit performances...posted an early season 11-game hitting streak...recorded two separate streaks of two or more hits in seven consecutive games...batted 3-5 in series finale vs. Texas (2/27)...hit 4-5 with two RBI and two doubles vs. Portland (3/12)...had two homeruns in one game also batting 2-5 with two runs and three RBI (Portland, 3/13) ...was 3-4 with two runs and five RBI vs. Wichita State (4/1) then 4-5 with three runs and four RBI the next day vs. the Shockers...batted .412 in the WAC Tournament with one homerun and four RBI...drafted by the St. Louis Carninals with the 22nd overall pick in the MLB First-Year Player Draft.
2010 (Sophomore): Started all 63 games at second base…named First-Team All-WAC for the second time…selected WAC Tournament Most Valuable Player…played for the Orleans Firebirds in the Cape Cod Baseball League, named League MVP after finishing third in batting (.341) with a .452 slugging percentage…hit game-tying and walk-off homeruns in the opening game of the WAC Tournament versus Louisiana Tech (5/26)…finished second on the team and 12th in the WAC with a .357 batting average…tied for eighth in the WAC in hits (58)…posted 57 runs, 15 doubles, four triples, and 40 RBI…recorded a .534 slugging percentage and a .435 on-base percentage…boasted 26 multi-hit games…had a streak of six consecutive multi-hit games…recorded three or more hits in 13 games…had a season-high four hits (4-5) at San Jose State (5/21)…recorded six hits, six runs, nine RBI, two doubles, one triple, and a homerun in the series versus Air Force (3/19-3/22)….batted 3-4 with one run, four RBI, and one triple versus Fresno State (4/9).
2009 (Freshman): Started all 58 games in centerfield…named first team all-WAC…earned WAC Freshman of the Year honors…named freshman all-America by Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball, Baseball America, Rivals.com, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and Ping!...earned second team all-West Region honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association and Rawlings…played on the USA Baseball national team this past summer…finished the year with a .341 batting average, posting 52 RBI, 46 runs, 11 homers, two triples, 21 doubles and 11 stolen bases…ended WAC play with a .424 batting average, 29 RBI, 15 runs, five homers, 12 doubles and two triples…earned Dairy Queen Classic all-tournament honors…went 5-for-16 in the Mississippi State series, hitting his first collegiate home run in the finale (Mar. 8)…tied the school single-game home run record, breaking the record at home, by homering three times vs. Loyola Marymount (Mar. 12)…earned WAC Hitter of the Week honors (Apr. 13), after going 12-for-18 with 10 RBI, seven runs, two homers, three doubles and two stolen bases…went 4-for-6 with three RBI, three runs and a home run at Nevada (Apr. 9)…was 4-for-5 with five RBI, a homer, a double and two runs at Nevada (Apr. 10)…had a 16-game hitting streak from Apr. 4-26 that included 12 multiple-hit games…homered in back-to-back games at Fresno State (May 7, 8), then went 1-for-5 with three RBI and 3-for-5 with three RBI, two runs and two doubles in the doubleheader (May 9).
Prep: A 2008 graduate of Kamehameha-Hawaii in Kea’au, Hawai`i…lettered in both football and baseball…State co-player of the year in 2008 in baseball…named to all-league first team from 2005-08…named to all-state first team in 2006 and 2008…batting average was .660 during his senior year, never batting below .500 throughout his four-year high school career…played for the Hilo Cal Ripken League team that took second in the 2003 World Series…team came in third in the Seniors world series…also named league player of the year in football in 2006, earning first-team all-league honors from 2005-07…drafted in the 16th round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft by the Minnesota Twins…inducted into the HHSAA Foundation Hall of Honor…was a scholar athlete.
Personal: Born in Hilo, Hawai`i… has one younger brother and one younger sister…parents are Kaha and Keala Wong of Hilo, Hawai`i.
2008 Game-By-Game Statistics
2009 Game-By-Game Statistics
2010 Game-By-Game Statistics
2011 Game-By-Game Statistics
Career Highs
Runs: 4 at New Mexico State (5/21/11)
Hits: 4 vs. Valparaiso (4/21/11)
RBI: 5 vs. Wichita State (4/1/10)
Doubles: 2 vs. Portland (3/12/11)
Triples: 1, 7x (last vs. Valparaiso, 4/21/11)
Homeruns: 2, 2x (2 vs. Portland, 3/13/11)
Stolen bases: 3 vs. Sacramento State (4/10/11)
Career Statistics
Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%
2009 .341 58-58 226 46 77 21 2 11 52 135 .597 25 5 23 1 .418 0 1 11-15 142 7 4 .974
2010 .357 63-63 249 57 89 15 4 7 40 133 .534 36 2 20 7 .436 4 1 19-26 130 188 14 .958
2011 .378 57-57 209 48 79 11 3 7 53 117 .560 42 9 20 4 .492 4 0 23-30 107 162 11 .961
TOTAL .358 178-178 684 151 245 47 9 25 145 385 .563 103 16 63 12 .449 8 2 53-71 379 357 29 .962
