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2018 Baseball Roster

Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

23 Randell Kanemaru

  • Position Shortstop/Third Base
  • Height 6-2
  • B/T R/R
  • Weight 215
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Santa Ana, Calif.
  • High School Foothill
  • School Columbia College
  • Major Pyschology

Biography

2018: Honorable Mention All-Ivy League … One of just three Columbia players ot earn All-Ivy status all four years and did so at four different positions … Finished career ranked fourth in career hits (192), sixth in doubles (42), tied for sixth in home runs (20) and sixth in RBI (112) … Reached base in 46 consecutive games from the end of 2017 until the middle of 2018, which was the longest active streak in the nation … Batted .296 in 186 at bats … Led team with .409 OBP… Hit 13 doubles, three triples, and five home runs … Jacked solo home run at No. 1 Florida in opening game of NCAA Gainesville Regional … Was 1-for-2 with a home run, three walks and four runs against Penn (4/28 - Game 2) … 2-for-5 with a double, walk, and run against Princeton (4/22) … Belted home run and was 2-for-3 with two runs against Harvard (3/31 – Game 2) … Went 3-for-6 with a pair of doubles and three runs against Manhattan … Ivy League Player of the Week with a .538 average, one home run, and four RBI on March 26 … Was 3-for-5 in series finale against Yale (3/25 – Game 2) … Hit walk-off single, helping Columbia rally from six-runs down in the ninth inning against Yale, and finishing 4-for-6 with two RBI … Had 3-for-5 game with a homer and two runs scored at Rice … Went 2-for-3 in victory at USF (3/3).

2017: ABCA All-Northeast Region Second Team … Ivy League Player of the Year … Unanimous First Team All-Ivy League … Led Ancient Eight with .395 batting average, which was sixth in the NCAA … Posted 1.58 hits per game, which was No. 10 in nation … Ranked in the top-five in Ivy League in RBI (second – 42), hits (second -60), doubles (tied for second – 14), slugging (third - .625) and home runs (tied for fifth – seven) … Recorded at least one hit in 34-of-38 games played and reached base in all but two contests … 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI in win over Penn (4/28 – Game 2) … 2-for-4 with a dinger and five RBI at Rutgers … Went 3-for-4 with three runs batted in to seal sweep of Princeton (4/23) … Drove in three runs and was 3-for-4 with long ball against Cornell (4/16 – Game 1) …Was 3-for-5 with three RBI and homer against Monmouth … Belted a homer and went 3-for-5 with three runs and three runs at Brown (4/9 – Game 2) … Broke a 1-1 tie with a two-run single in top of seventh at Brown (4/9 – Game 1) … 2-for-3 with three RBI and big fly at Penn State (3/24) … Recorded 11-game hitting streak to start the season … 2-for-4 with home run and four RBI at Mississippi State … Registered two-run homer against South Alabama … Went 4-for-11 with two doubles and three RBI in three-game series at No. 3 Florida.

2016: Started in the 28 games… Finished the season with a batting average of .340, five home runs and 27 RBI… First team All-Ivy League member… Went 2-for-5 with homer and three RBI at Jacksonville (3/5)… Finished doubleheader against Yale with two home runs, five RBI and went 4-for-8… Registered three hits with two RBI and two runs scored against Brown (4/3 – Game 2)… Named Ivy League Player of the Week on April 5… Posted two doubles and knocked in four runs at Cornell (4/16 – Game 2)… Went 2-for-4 with home run, two RBI and two runs against Princeton (4/24 – Game1)… Recorded three hits and two RBI against Manhattan.

2015: Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American… Ivy League Rookie of the Year… Honorable mention All-Ivy League… Started in all 41 games he appeared in… Hit .296 with three homers and 25 RBI… Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week after racking up five hits, three runs and two RBI at No. 6 Houston… Went 2-for-2 with pair of walks at No. 9 UCF (3/8)… Hit grand slam for first career homer at Yale (4/5 – Game 1)… Knocked in two more runs and was 3-for-4 in nightcap against Bulldogs… Was 3-for-4 with homer and four RBI in win over Fordham… Posted pair of hits against Miami (6/1) during NCAA Regional.

Foothill: Three-time letterwinner at Foothill, playing third base … Team captain as a junior and senior … Team MVP in 2013 after batting .324 … Drove in 21 RBI and scored 20 runs as a senior to earn a spot on the All-Century League first team … Led Foothills to a Century League Championship and a CIF Division 1 runner-up finish in 2014.

Personal: Psychology major … Was on the honor roll all four years … Earned the CSF Award and the Academic Excellence in Athletics honor in 2014 … Parents are Robbye and Kregg.

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Historical Player Information

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    2015First Year

    Infielder/Outfielder
    6'2" 200 lbs
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    2016Sophomore

    Shortstop/Third Base
    6'2" 200 lbs
    23
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    2017Junior

    Shortstop/Third Base
    6'2" 215 lbs
    23
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    2018Senior

    Shortstop/Third Base
    6'2" 215 lbs
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