2015 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in 37 games for the ‘Bows, making 33 starts, largely at third base…Batted .200 on the year, including three (3) doubles, a triple and a home run, reaching base via walk eight (8) times and twice as a hit batter…Logged 17 RBI and 11 runs scored…Successfully stole 1-of-2 bases…Held an .890 fielding percentage with a team third-most 61 assists and 28 putouts, with a hand in six (6) double plays…Made his first collegiate appearance as a pinch runner against No. 15 Oregon (2/14), collecting several firsts against Hofstra (2/21), going 1-for-4 with a stolen base, one (1) RBI and one (1) run…Followed up with a .357-hitting (5-for-14) weekend at Pepperdine (2/21-3/1), tallying a triple, three (3) runs and an RBI…A top hitting performance against New Mexico State (3/22), he batted 2-for-4 with a double, scoring two (2) runs with a season-high four (4) RBI…Also added three (3) RBI on a double against Nebraska (3/7) in Houston’s Minute Maid Park, hitting 2-for-4 with two (2) RBI on the following day against No. 8 Houston…Logged four (4) multi-RBI games and extended a hitting streak to six (6) games, amidst a stretch in which he collected hits in 10-of-14 games.
2014 (Freshman): Appeared in no games and took a redshirt season.
Prep: A 2013 graduate of Konawaena High School in Kealakekua, Hawai’i…Lettered four (4) seasons in baseball under Coach Lloyd Fujino…Aided his team to league titles in 2011 and 2012…Earned first team all-league honors three (3) times…Was named Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) Player of the Year in 2011 and 2012…Played in 24 games as a senior and hit .434 with 24 RBI, 21 runs, and a .495 on-base percentage.
Personal: Born in Kealakekua, Hawai’i…Majoring in Sociology…Has one (1) younger brother, Tyler…Parents are Warren and Lisa Kitaoka of Kealakekua, Hawai’i.
Career Highs
Runs: 2 (3x), Last vs. UC Davis (4/3/15)
Hits: 2 (5x), Last vs. New Mexico State (3/22/15)
RBI: 4 vs. New Mexico State (3/22/15)
Doubles: 1 (3x), Last vs. New Mexico State (3/22/15)
Triples: 1 at Pepperdine (3/1/15)
Home Runs: 1 at UC Irvine (3/28/15)
Stolen Bases: 1 vs. Hofstra (2/21/15)
Putouts: 5 vs. New Mexico State (3/19/15)
Assists: 5 vs. New Mexico State (3/19/15)
2015 Game-By-Game Statistics
