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Gatorade 2018 - 2019: Player of the Year

Baseball - Hawaii

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BASEBALL

Micah Yonamine

Catcher/Infielder
IOLANI SCHOOL
HONOLULU, HAWAII
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-4
Press Release

Peak Performance

0.5

Batting average

11

Home runs

34

RBI

1.150

Slugging percentage
“Micah Yonamine is one of the best hitters we’ve seen in the last 10 years and appears to be a great leader among his peers. We are from rival high schools, but it is always a pleasure to see Micah play the game.”
Keenan Sue
Head Coach Head coach at the Punahou School
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-4, 220-pound senior catcher and infielder led the Raiders to a 12-7 record and a third-place finish in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu this past season, batting .500 with 11 home runs, 34 RBI and a lofty 1.150 slugging percentage. A First Team All-State selection, Yonamine set Hawaii single-season state records for both home runs and RBI in 2019.

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Academic Achievement

Yonamine has maintained a 3.77 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball on scholarship at Illinois State University beginning this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A member of the Japanese National Honor Society, he has volunteered locally as an elementary school tutor and on behalf of a youth literacy-outreach program.