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2024 Softball Roster

Maya Nakamura_2023

12 Maya Nakamura

12 Maya Nakamura

  • Position:
    Utility
  • Height:
    5-7
  • B/T:
    R/R
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Honolulu, O‘ahu
  • Highschool:
    Roosevelt HS

Summary

Biography

Awards & Honors
  • 2022 All-Big West Second Team
  • 2022 Outrigger Hawai‘i Invitational Tournament Most Valuable Player
  • 2022 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
  • 2021 All-Big West Second Team
  • 2021 Big West All-Freshman team
  • 2021 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
  • 2021 Big West Academic All-Conference
2022 (Sophomore):
  • One of two Rainbow Wahine to start all 42 games all at second base
  • Finished the season ranked first with a career-best .333 batting average (40-for-120), a .456 on-base percentage, and a team-best 22 walks
  • Was second on the team with 40 hits, seven doubles, six home runs, 25 RBI, and a .542 slugging percentage and third 
  • Drove in a career-high four runs against Montana (2/24/22)
  • Tallied nine multiple-hit games and eight multiple-RBI games
  • Hit .341 (14-for-41) with runners in scoring position and .513 (39-for-74) with runners on base
  • In a five game span between Feb. 12-25, recorded three hits in four of five games for a .706 batting average (12-for-17)with three runs and nine RBI
2021 (Freshman):
  • Started all 31 games--19 in rightfield, nine at second base, and three at first base
  • Finished the season with a .299 batting average (26-for-87)
  • Tied for the team-high with seven doubles (Brittnee Rossi)
  • Recorded 15 runs, two home runs, four stolen bases, 16 RBI with a .448 slugging percentage and a .386 on-base percentage
  • At CSUN (5/27/21-GM1) recording a career-high three hits and scored a career-high three runs
  • At Cal Poly (4/9/21-GM2) went 3-for-5 tying her career-high while tying her career-high with three runs scored plus two RBI
  • Finished the season with six multiple-hit games and five multiple-RBI games
  • Tallied a team-long 11-game reached base safely streak

2020 (Freshman)-COVID Season:
  • One of five Rainbow Wahine to start all 24 games and joined Ka‘ena Keliinoi as one of the most versatile on the team with 12 starts in rightfield, 8 at second base, 2 at first base, and one each in leftfield and centerfield
  • Finished the shortened season with a .236 batting average (17-for-72)
  • Posted two doubles, a triple and two home runs with 10 RBI
  • Was 2-for-2 in stolen bases
  • Had five multiple-hit games and two multiple-RBI games
Prep:
  • A 2019 graduate of Roosevelt High School in Honolulu, O‘ahu
  • Earned four varsity letters in softball and two in soccer
  • Helped lead the Roughriders to league division titles in 207, '18, and '19
  • Finished second in the state tournament in 2018, finished in seventh in 2018
  • Earned league division second team honors as a shortstop as a freshman; then earned first team honors at short in 2017, '18, and '19
  • Named all-state shortstop--honorable mention in 2017, second team in 2018
  • Highly decorated during her prep career, 
  • For her four year career, she recorded a .523 batting average with 124 hits, 28 doubles, seven triples, 17 home runs with 100 runs scored, 92 RBI and 33 stolen bases
  • In her senior season alone, she hit .583 (49-84) with nine doubles, 11 home runs, 45 runs and 31 RBI with a slugging percentage of 1.083
  • Graduated Summa Cum Laude, excelling academically as well, earning a spot on the honor roll in grades 9-12.
  • Member of the key club and partners club
Personal:
  • Born in Honolulu, O‘ahu
  • Majoring in elementary education
  • Played for club teams Na Wahine Softball Club and Easton Preps (travel ball) (was a teammate of fellow Rainbow Wahine Amanda Ajari on the Easton Preps team)
  • Has a twin brother
  • Parents are Lisa and Sean Nakamura of Honolulu, O‘ahu
Career Highs
  • At-Bats: 5 (2x), at UNLV (2/12/22)
  • Runs Scored: 3 (2x), last at Cal Poly (4/9/21)
  • Hits: 3 (6x), last North Dakota (2/25/22)
  • RBI: 4, Montana (2/24/22)
  • Doubles: 1 (16x), last at UC Davis (5/13/22)
  • Triples: 1, Northern Colorado (2/6/20)
  • Home Runs: 1(10x), last at UC Davis (5/14/22)
  • Total Bases: 6, at Cal Poly (4/9/21)
  • Walks: 2 (4x), last at Long Beach State (4/30/22)
  • Strikeouts: 4, vs. Sacramento State (2/15/20)
  • Sac bunts: 1(3x), last at UC San Diego (4/2/22)
  • Sac flies: 1, UC Riverside (4/16/21)
  • Stolen Bases: 1(7x), last at UC San Diego (4/2/22)
  • Hit-by-pitch: 1 (10x), last Cal State Fullerton (5/7/22)
  • Putouts: 9 (2x), UC San Diego (4/2/21)
  • Assists: 5 (4x), last at UC Davis (5/13/22
  • Errors: 2 (5x), last Cal State Bakersfield (4/22/22)
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Historical Player Information

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    2020Freshman

    Utility
    5'7"
    12
  • 12

    2021Freshman

    Utility
    5'7"
    12
  • 12

    2022Sophomore

    Utility
    5'7"
    12
  • 12

    2023Junior

    Utility
    5'7"
    12
  • 12

    2024Senior

    Utility
    5'7"
    12