2017 Baseball
Jersey Number 22
Keston Hiura
- Position:
- INF/OF
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 190
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Valencia, Calif.
2017
2016
2015
Valencia High School
Personal
- Named a Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist in addition to a second honor as Golden Spikes Award Midseason and Preseason Watch List member
- Named Big West Field Player of the Year and First Team All-Big West
- Won National Batting Title with .442 batting average, also topped the nation with a .567 on-base percentage
- Big West Player of the Week on May 29 batting .737 (14-for-19) with four doubles and seven RBI
- Broke 46-year UCI batting record with .442 average
- Finished tops in the Big West in batting, on-base percentage, slugging, double, and walks
- Tied career high with five hits in season finale vs. UC Davis
- Team leader in batting average, on-base and slugging percentage, hits, doubles, runs, home runs, RBI, total bases, walks, and stolen bases
2016
- Named to Golden Spikes Award Midseason and Preseason Watch Lists
- Big West Player of the Week on March 21
- Finished tops in the Big West in slugging, second in batting, and third in on-base
- Reached base in a nation-high 52 consecutive games that included a 19-game hitting streak
- Career-best 2-HR game at LMU
- Personal-best five-hit effort against at UCLA
- Team leader in batting average, hits, runs, home runs, RBI, total bases, walks, and sac flies
- Six outfield assists
- Earned a spot with the U.S. Collegiate National Team over the summer
- Played series in Taiwan, Japan, and Cuba
- Hit go-ahead HR in 8th inning to defeat Cuba and clinch team's first series win in Cuba
- Played briefly with the Santa Barbara Foresters
- Overall, hit .289 scoring seven times and adding three HRs and six RBI
2015
- Collegiate Baseball “Louisville Slugger” Freshman All-America first team
- National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Freshman All-American first team
- American Baseball Coaches Association All-West Region second team
- Perfect Game Summer Collegiate All-American first-team honors
- Big West Freshman Player of the Year
- All-Big West first-team
- Two-time Big West Player of the Week
- The Big West’s leader in RBI with 52 and total bases with 118
- Sixth in the conference’s freshman batting records in doubles
- Ranked seventh in the conference in batting average at .330 and tied for fourth with seven home runs
- Team leader with 15 multiple-RBI games
- Reached safely in a team-high 21 games and hit in 19 straight games
- Career-high four runs batted in against California
- Personal-best four-hit effort against San Jose State
- Played with the Wenatchee AppleSox over the summer
- Boasted the second-best average in the league at .356 and was second with 42 RBI
- Logged 68 hits, including six home runs, to go along with 13 stolen bases in 49 games played
- Reached safely in 41 consecutive games to set a West Coast League record
- Rewrote the Wenatchee AppleSox single-season records with 21 doubles, a league-leading six triples, 33 extra-base hits and 119 total bases
Valencia High School
- 2014 Foothill League Player of the Year
- Santa Clarita Valley Player of the Year as a senior
- Valencia High School’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year
- All-CIF Southern Section first-team
- Also collected all-state first team honors
- Los Angeles Times All-Area Team
- Louisville Slugger All-American
- Was a 2014 MaxPreps All-State first-team choice
- All-Region first-team recognition
- Received a spot on the 2012 Foothill League Southern Section first-team
- Holds the school’s single-season record with 43 runs
- Tied for the No. 2 spot in the program with a .500 batting average in a single season
- Belted 14 round-trippers to finish second
- Third in the program with 48 hits in 2014
- Also finished third with 12 doubles as a senior
- Drove in 30 runs and scored 43
- Eight stolen bases and one triple
- Competed with the Conejo Oaks in the Connie Mack League and helped the team advance to regionals
Personal
- Son of Kirk and Janice
- Has a sister, Lindsey
- Majoring in business economics
LAND’ON one over the fence 👊
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