2023 Baseball Roster | College World Series Choose a Player: Ahuna, Maui Backus, Colby Beam, Drew Behnke, Andrew Bimbi, Jacob Booker, Kyle Burke, Blake Burns, Chase Chambers, Logan Chapman, Reese Combs, Aaron Connell, Kirby Denton, Zane Dickey, Jared Dollander, Chase Dreiling, Dylan Ensley, Hunter Evans, Wyatt Fanning, Hollis Fitzgibbons, Jake Garcia, JJ Halvorsen, Seth Hunley, Austin Jaslove, Austen Jenkins, Bryce Joyce, Zach Kendro, Jake Lindsey, Andrew Merritt, Griffin Miller, Ryan Moore, Christian Payne, Ethan Russell, AJ Scott, Christian Sechrist, Zander Sewell, Camden Sloop, Hunter Stark, Cal Taylor, Charlie Tears, Kavares Wilcox, Tommy Go Profile Stats Profile INF Position Junior Class Hilo, Hawaii Hometown 6'1 Height 175 Weight Hilo HS High School Kansas Previous School Emma Ramsey/Tennessee Athletics Emma Corona/Tennessee Athletics #2 Maui Ahuna INF Position Junior Class Hilo, Hawaii Hometown Season Career Season Stats There are no statistics for this selected season available for this player. 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Career Stats Career Statistics Biography Summary Biography CAREER HIGHS Runs Scored: 5 // vs. Morehead State, 3/10/23 Hits: 4 (4x) // last vs. West Virginia, 5/25/21 Doubles: 2 (5x) // last at South Carolina, 5/20/23 Triples: 2 // vs. West Virginia, 5/25/21 Home Runs: 2 // vs. Morehead State, 3/10/23 RBI: 5 (4x) // last vs. Vanderbilt, 4/22/23 Walks: 3 (5x) // last vs. Morehead State, 3/10/23 Stolen Bases: 2 (2x) // last vs. Gonzaga, 3/3/23 At-Bats: 6 (4x) // last at Charleston Southern, 3/9/22 Sac Bunts: 2 // at Saint Louis, 3/6/21 Sac Flies: 1 (3x) // last vs. Gonzaga, 3/5/23 Putouts: 6 // at Air Force, 4/27/22 Assists: 9 // vs. Vanderbilt, 4/23/23 CAREER HONORS 2023 Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List 2023 Preseason All-America 2nd Team -- NCBWA 2023 Preseason All-America 3rd Team -- D1Baseball, Collegiate Baseball News, Perfect Game 2023 Preseason All-SEC - 2nd Team (SS) 2022 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team 2022 All-Big 12 -- 1st Team 2022 Cambria College Classic All-Tournament Team 2021 All-Big 12 -- Honorable Mention 2021 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team Big 12 Newcomer of the Week -- March 22, 2021 PRO BALL Selected by the San Francisco Giants with the 117th overall pick in the fourth round of the 2023 MLB Draft. 2023 Tallied three hits and added a run during Tennessee's elimination game victory over #8 Stanford (6/19) Finished out the weekend with a clutch opposite-field home run to help the Vols clinch a trip to Omaha in a 5-0 win over #9 Southern Miss (6/12) Recorded a hit in each game of the Hattiesburg Super Regional and scored four runs over the weekend, including the tying run in Game 2 on Sunday Scored the go-ahead run in the 14th inning against #4 Clemson (6/3) in the regional, scoring from first on a double to right center by Hunter Ensley Provided a spark in the NCAA Regional opener vs. Charlotte (6/2), scoring the first run of the game and adding an RBI single in the third Collected two doubles, knocking in two runs and then came across to score once during series-clinching win over No. 13 South Carolina (5/20) Tallied three hits, including two doubles, and added an RBI and a run scored in win over Belmont (5/16) Had two hits and two RBIs with a runer scored in series-clinching win over No. 15 Kentucky (5/13) Went 2-for-3 with a home run, a double and two walks in win over Austin Peay (5/9) Hit a double and had two hits in each game of the series against Georgia (5/5-5/7) while also scoring two runs in the series Went 1-for-2 with a pair of walks and three runs scored in midweek win over Wofford (5/2) Scored two runs, had two RBIs and posted a pair of multi-hit games in the series sweep over Mississippi State (4/27-4/29) Reached base four times in series finale vs. Mississippi State (4/29) with two hits and a pair of walks to go along with an RBI and a run scored Had two hits, including a double, while scoring a run and driving in a run in series-opening victory over Mississippi State (4/27) Went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI in midweek win against Bellarmine (4/25) Doubled, drove in two runs, scored a run and drew a pair of walks while also showcasing his defensive prowess with a career-high nine assists in series finale vs. No. 2 Vanderbilt (4/23) Hit a three-run homer and tied a career high with five RBIs in series-clinching win over No. 2 Vanderbilt (4/22) Doubled, scored a run and added an RBI in win over Eastern Kentucky (4/11) Doubled and scored twice in 14-7 win over LSU in series finale (4/1) Led off the game with a solo home run in second game of the series at No. 1 LSU (3/31) Tallied two hits with a double and a run scored in win against UNC Asheville (3/28) Had a double, a triple and scored two runs in win over Texas A&M (3/24) Collected a pair of hits and drove in a run in game one of Sunday doubleheader at Missouri (3/19) Went 2-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs in midweek victory over Lipscomb (3/14) Hit his third homer of the series in finale against Morehead State (3/11), a two-run shot Hit two home runs, gained five RBIs and scored five runs in win over Morehead State (3/10) Tallied four RBIs and hit a double in a win over Gonzaga (3/5) Made Tennessee debut against Charleston Southern (2/28) and recorded his first hit. Followed that with his first RBI as a Vol against the Buccaneers (3/1) the next day 2022 - KANSAS Started 53 games at shortstop for the Jayhawks Slashed .396/.479/.634 (80-for-202) with 16 doubles, 4 triples, 8 homers, 48 RBIs, 42 runs, 13 stolen bases and 28 walks Finished the regular season ranked 18th in the nation in batting average (.396) and tied for 37th in hits (80) Finished the regular season second in the Big 12 in batting average (.396), third in hits (80), tied for third in triples (4), fourth in on-base percentage (.479), sixth in slugging percentage (.634) and eighth in total bases (128) Led the team in batting average (.396), on-base percentage (.479), slugging percentage (.634), hits (80), triples (4), walks (28) and stolen bases (13) Through the first 30 team games, had the best batting average of any KU player in at least the last 20 seasons since 2003 Finished the season on a 20-game hit streak that began on April 16 at Baylor with six multi-hit games in that span Posted 23 multi-hit games, including 10 three-hit performances Recorded 13 multi-RBI games Hit a grand slam vs. Illinois (3/6), becoming the first Jayhawk do hit one since Brett Vosik on April 26, 2019 at Furman Started the season on a 15-game hitting streak Was featured on SportsCenter's Top 10 plays twice (4/3 & 5/21) 2021 - KANSAS Appeared in 50 games with 50 starts at shortstop Hit .316 (62-for-196) with 11 doubles, three triples, one home run and 25 RBI Finished with 14 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games Recorded a 14-game reached base streak Logged a season-high four RBI in Big 12 Championship opening game against West Virginia (5/25), hitting two triples and his first career home run Recorded two RBI five times – at Omaha (3/13), vs. Creighton (3/20), vs. Air Force (4/13), at TCU (4/24) and at Missouri (5/18) Had a season-high four hits on four separate occasions – vs. Creighton (3/19 & 3/20), at Missouri (5/18) and vs. West Virginia (5/25) Finished the year with eight stolen bases on nine attempts HIGH SCHOOL Ranked the No. 5 player in Hawaii by Perfect Game Led Hilo High School to the Big Island High School Championship Big Island High School Player of the Year Posted a .531 batting average during his senior season at Hilo Played in area code games for Milwaukee Brewers organization PERSONAL Full name is Walter Clyde Ahuna Born on March 11, 2002 Majoring in communication studies Son of Walter and Marie Ahuna Has three sisters, Jessica, Makena and Healani Father, Walter, played baseball at the University of Hawaii at Hilo