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Jersey Number 18
Kodey Shojinaga
- Position:
- INF/C
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 195
- Hometown:
- Honolulu, Hawaii
- High School:
- Mid-Pacific Institute
Bio
SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS
- Hits: 4 [t-14th], 10 times
- Doubles: 2 [t-10th], Pacific, Apr 12, 2024 ; TCU, Mar 09, 2024
- Home runs: 2 [t-1st], vs Illinois-Chicago, Feb 16, 2024
- Total bases: 11 [t-2nd], vs Illinois-Chicago, Feb 16, 2024
- RBI: 6 [t-7th], Pacific, Apr 14, 2024
- Runs scored: 4 [t-4th], Baylor, Apr 01, 2023
- Walks: 2, 4 times
- Hit by pitch: 1, 4 times
- Struck out: 4 [t-2nd], at Texas Tech, May 19, 2023
- Sac flies: 1 [t-16th], 4 times
- Sac bunts: 1 [t-40th], at Charleston Southern, Mar 14, 2023
- At bats: 6 [t-21st], 6 times
- Field chances: 15 [t-26th], TCU, Mar 09, 2024
- Putouts: 13, TCU, Mar 09, 2024
- Assists: 5, Kansas State, Apr 16, 2023 ; Air Force, Apr 18, 2023 ; Oakland, Feb 26, 2023
SOPHOMORE – 2024
- Drafted in the 6th round (No. 192 overall) by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2024 MLB Draft; fifth highest drafted position player in program history
- All-Big 12 Second Team (infield)
- CSC Academic All-District Team
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Started in 54 games (25 at 2B, 17 at 3B, 7 at 1B, 4 at DH, 1 at C)
- .335/.402/.485 (78-for-233), 20 2B, 5 HR, 46 RBI, 42 R, 25 BB
- Led the team in hits (78) and doubles (20)
- Second toughest to strikeout in the Big 12 (10.6 AB/SO)
- Hit .369/.430/.477 (41-for-111), 9 2B, HR, 24 RBI, 22 R, 13 BB over final 26 games
- Finished the season with a 12-game on-base streak
- 17-game on-base streak from 3/29-5/1/24
- Second most multi-hit games on the team (21); team-high six games with four hits
- Career-high 6 RBI and second grand slam of the season vs. Pacific 4/14/24
- First KU player with two grand slams in a season since Ty Denzer in 2016
- Recorded his 100th career hit at Cincinnati 3/15/24
- 3 HR in the first four games of the season
- Went 4-for-6 with two home runs (first career multi-HR game), a double, five RBIs and two runs scored; his four hits, two home runs and five RBIs were all the most in a Kansas season opener since at least 2003
- Hit the first home run of the season for the Jayhawks in 2023 and 2024
- Starting second baseman on Opening Day
- Big 12 Co-Player of the Week (Feb. 19); hit .462/.533/1.077 (6-for-13), with two doubles, two home runs, five RBIs, four runs scored and a 1.610 OPS in three games against Illinois-Chicago opening weekend
- Preseason All-Big 12 Team
- No. 17 MLB Draft prospect for 2024 in the Big 12 by Perfect Game
- No. 19 MLB Draft prospect for 2024 in the Big 12 by D1Baseball
- No. 12 second basemen for 2024 by D1Baseball
FRESHMAN – 2023
- USA Baseball Collegiate National Team training camp invitee
- Freshman All-American (Collegiate Baseball Newspaper)
- Big 12 Co-Freshman of the Year
- All-Big 12 Second Team infield
- Big 12 All-Freshman Team (unanimous selection)
- Appeared in 53 games (46 starts; 44 at second base, 2 at third base)
- Overall: .378/.421/.526 (74-for-196), 11 2B, 6 HR, 32 RBI, 41 R, 16 BB
- Conference: .418/.462/.500 (41-for-98), 8 2B, 10 RBI, 20 R, 8 BB in 24 games (23 starts)
- Set a Kansas freshman record with a .378 batting average
- Posted a .418 batting average and 41 hits in conference games (both a league best)
- Led the team in batting average (.378), hits (74), multi-hit games (20), on-base percentage (.421) and OPS (.947)
- Team-high 18-game hitting streak from 4/16-5/18/23; hit .418/.473/.519 (33-for-79), 5 2B, HR, 9 RBI, 21 R, 10 BB during the stretch
- Hit safely in 32 of his final 35 games; slashed .397/.443/.523 (60-for-151), 10 2B, 3 HR, 20 RBI, 34 R, 14 BB during the stretch; raised his season batting average from .311 to .378
- 11-game hitting streak from 3/29-4/14/23
- Homered in back-to-back games vs. Texas Southern 4/11-4/12/23
- Hit .643 (9-for-14) with 3 2B, 5 RBI and 5 R in 3 games against Baylor
- Back-to-back career-high 4-hit games 3/31-4/1/23 vs. Baylor
- First career home run in first career start vs. Valparaiso 2/19/23
- Recruited as a catcher and converted to an infielder
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played four years of baseball at Mid-Pacific Institute in Honolulu, Hawaii
- Named All-State First Team as a senior in 2022
- Named ILH First Team as a senior in 2022
- Ranked the No. 3 catcher and No. 15 overall prospect in the state of Hawaii by Perfect Game in 2022
- Selected to the academic honor roll (2018-22) and President’s List (2021-22)
- Played club ball for Hawaii Elite
PERSONAL
- Son of Kevin and Judy Shojinaga
- Has one younger sister, Kaiya, and one younger brother, Kyler
- Committed to Kansas in November 2021
- Picked Kansas over Hawaii
- Chose Kansas because, “The level of competition in the Big 12 and being able to move away from home. It’s where the heart desired to be.”
- Plans to go into real estate after baseball
- Majoring in sport management
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