2024 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 1
Jo Oyama
- Position:
- INF
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-6 / 165
- B/T:
- L/R
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Okinawa, Japan
- Prev School:
- Merced College
- Major:
- International Studies
2024
Prep
Personal
- ABCA/Rawlings West All-Region Second Team
- Corvallis All-Regional Team
- All-Big West Second Team
- Big West Field Player of the Week March 11
- Started and played all 59 games at 2B, 3B, and DH
- Hit .296 (66-for-223) with 13 doubles, team-high four triples, nine home runs, 55 RBI, and 64 runs scored
- Team leader with 26 hit by pitch
- Stole nine bases
- Became the fourth Anteater and first since 1981 to hit for the cycle on March 8 vs. Columbia. Also set a program record with nine RBI in the game adding five hits
- Started all 53 games he played in
- Hit .319 with 67 hits, 57 runs scored, seven doubles, five home runs, and 44 RBIs
- Successful on 14 of 17 stolen base attempts
- Season highs of three hits (6 times), four runs May 20 at UC Davis, four RBIs March 3 at ASU, and two triples February 18 vs. Tulane
- Had streaks of nine games with a hit, nine games with a run scored, and seven games with an RBI
- Played summer ball in the Cape Cod League for the Orleans Firebirds
- Hit .344 with 63 hits in 47 games with 41 runs, 13 doubles, six triples, eight home runs, 22 RBIs, and seven steals
- Attended Merced College for three years
- Junior College Second Team All-American in 2022
- Conference MVP in 2022
- Two-time First Team All-Conference
- His career stats at Merced he hit .360 in 91 games with 109 runs scored, 20 doubles, nine triples, eight home runs, 70 RBIs, and 39 stolen bases
- Played 42 games in 2022 hitting .409 with a .696 slugging percentage and added 74 hits, 61 runs, 14 doubles, seven triples, eight home runs, 45 RBIs, and 25 stolen bases
- Played 27 games in 2021 hitting .327 with a .434 on-base percentage and added 33 hits, 31 runs, four doubles, two triples, 17 RBIs, and seven stolen bases
- Named co-MVP of the West Coast League in 2022 as a member of the Wenatchee Apple Sox
- Broke regular season records with 64 runs scored and 42 stolen bases
- Reached bases in 56 of 57 games played with 22 multi-hit games
- Finished hitting .347 with 83 hits, seven doubles, eight triples, one home run, 25 RBIs, and 44 stolen bases
- Finished as the league leader in hits, triples, and stolen bases and 10th in batting average
Prep
- Attended Konan High School in the city of Naha, Japan
- Played 2B, 3B, and SS
Personal
- Born in Okinawa, Japan
- Full name is Joichiro Oyama
- Two siblings
- Speaks Japanese
- Fan of Tommy Edman and the St. Louis Cardinals
- Enjoys watching his favorite movie, Home Alone, watching MLB games, his favorite food Chipotle, listening to the musical stylings of Morgan Wallen, and cooking
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