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)
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
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.”