2020: Played in two games, registered a .375 batting average, scored one run and had one RBI… Went 2-for-4 and scored one run in the game against Jacksonville on March 11… Season cancelled after 10 games due to coronavirus pandemic.
2019: Made 39 appearances. averaged .245, scored 16 runs and brought in 11… Went 4 for 5, with 3 RBI and scored one run against Stetson on March 15… Had a three-hit performance against Harvard adding a run and an RBI on April 6.
2018: Missed part of the season due to injury...Hit .181 (15 for 83) in 24 games...Scored 10 runs and drove in five...Went 2 for 4 with two runs scored in a 10-6 win over Harvard on April 14...Had a three-hit game in a 10-3 win over Dartmouth on April 21.
2017: Served as everyday shortstop as a first year and appeared in 46 games...Went 4 for 8 in the Ivy League Championship Series sweep over Penn... Went 4 for 4 with three runs scored, three doubles and two RBI in a 13-3 win over Stony Brook on March 8... Had two hits with an RBI and a run scored in his first Ivy League game in a 7-2 Yale win at Cornell... Produced two doubles, two runs scored and an RBI in a 6-2 win over Penn on April 9... Scored 26 runs and had 37 hits in his first-year campaign.
Before Yale: Four-year letter winner at University of Detroit Jesuit High School, started all four years, spent freshman and sophomore year at second base, his junior and senior year at shortstop… Pitched 18 innings during his senior season tallying 16 strikeouts… Earned all-district in each of his four years, 2016 Perfect Game Central Region honorable mention, all-catholic award during senior year, 2015 Perfect Game Underclass honorable mention and all-league award sophomore year… 2016 Michigan High School Athletic Association Regional Champions… Four time MHSAA District Champion… Received the Phi Beta Kapa award, graduated summa cum laude and was the 2015-16 vice president of the student senate.
Personal: Son of Hitoshi and Keiko Otaka. Father is the principal of Sundai Michigan Academy… Father was a member of the varsity water polo team at the University of Tokyo… Mother graduated from Sophia University.
