2020 Baseball Roster
Riki Urata
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- San Mateo, Calif.
- High School:
- Hillsdale HS
- B/T:
- L/R
HONORS & AWARDS
- WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention - 2020
- WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention - 2019
**2020 (SENIOR): Played in all 17 of the Dons' games with 16 starts as the everyday third baseman ... Batted .200 (11 for 55) with six RBIs and six runs scored ... Had a four-game hitting streak from Feb. 29 to March 4 with two multi-hit games and a .462 average ... Stole four bases and walked seven times, both top-three numbers on the team ... After committing one error on Opening Day, did not commit another error in the rest of his 16 games (31 total chances).
2019 (JUNIOR): Was a starting infielder for most of the year, first at second base and later at third, playing in 52 games with 50 starts ... Earned West Coast Conference All-Academic Honorable Mention accolades with his 3.55 cumulative GPA in business administration: international business ... Had seven multi-hit games, including a career-high three hits at Santa Clara on March 29 ... Season-long five-game hitting streak stretched from April 18-23, where he hit .400 with two RBIs, two runs scored and two walks ... Led the Dons with seven sacrifices, was second on the team with 94 defensive assists and third with five stolen bases ... Batted .223 for the year with 31 hits, 15 runs scored, eight RBIs and 18 walks.
2018 (SOPHOMORE): Played in 15 games, all off the bench ... Recorded his first career base hit on April 4 versus Fresno State ... Had a base hit and scored a run at Pepperdine on May 6 ... Scored his first career run on Feb. 24 versus Sacramento State in the Dons' 8-2 victory ... Only committed one error in nine chances, playing up the middle at both second base and shortstop.
2017 (FRESHMAN): Made nine appearances off the bench … Drew a walk against BYU on Apr. 27 … Tallied four plate appearances on the year.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach James Madison at Hillsdale High School ... Earned first-team Peninsula Athletic League honors as a junior and senior ... Hit .435 his senior year and was named team MVP ... As a junior, hit at a .444 clip ... Earned all-league honorable mention honors as a sophomore when he hit .358 in his first varsity season ... Also lettered in cross country, where he took 23rd place in the Central Coast Section.
PERSONAL: Born Apr. 21, 1997, in Tokyo, Japan ... Parents are Kiichiro and Nobuko Urata ... Grew up playing Japanese baseball year-round starting from elementary school ... Chosen to play on the Asao Giants, coached by former Major-Leaguer Masumi Kuwata, in Japan's elite "koshien" high school baseball tournament ... Moved to California after middle school ... Planning to major in international business ... Enjoys playing golf and soccer ... Averaged a 3.98 GPA throughout high school ... Earned the Distinguished Scholar Athlete Award three straight years and was the Scholar Athlete of the Year as a senior.
** 2020 season shortened due to COVID-19 pandemic.
