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2024

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

2023

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

Prior to UC Irvine

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

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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