POSTCAREER
» Oakland Athletics (July 12, 2023)
HIGHLIGHTS
» Program All-Time Career Leader (147 Runs) (April 29, 2023)
» Program All-Time Career Leader (240 Hits) (April 21, 2023)
» Program All-Time Career Leader (49 Doubles) (March 26, 2023)
» Grand Slam vs HPU (March 25, 2023)
» Career Hit No. 200 vs Point Loma (March 6, 2023)
» Program All-Time Career Leader (74 Stolen Bases) (April 9, 2022)
» Walk-Off Hit vs San Diego Christian (Feb. 5, 2022)
» Game-Winning RBI Single vs No. 22 Point Loma (April 26, 2019)
» Walk-Off Run vs Holy Names (April 20, 2019)
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
» 2023 CSC Academic All-America Third Team
» 2023 ABCA/Rawlings West All-Region Second Team
» 2023 CSC Academic All-District Team
» 2023 All-PacWest Second Team
» 2022-23 Hawai‘i Hilo Male Athlete of the Year
» PacWest Conference Co-Player of the Week (March 6-13, 2023)
» KTA Super Stores Superstar of the Week (Jan. 25 - Feb. 7, 2023)
» 2022 D2 CCA All-West Region Second Team
» 2022 All-PacWest Third Team
» 2022 CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 Team
» Pepsi Athlete of the Week (Feb. 3-9, 2022)
» Pepsi Athlete of the Week (May 10-16, 2021)
» 2019 All-PacWest Second Team
STUDENT IN STUDENT-ATHLETE
» 2023 (Spring) B.A. Communication
» 2023 (Spring) B.A. Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences
» 2022-23 D2 Athletics Directors Association Academic Achievement Award
» 2022-23 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2022-23 Hawai‘i Hilo Student-Athlete Academic Honors
» 2021-22 D2 Athletics Directors Association Academic Achievement Award
» 2021-22 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2020-21 D2 Athletics Directors Association Academic Achievement Award
» 2020-21 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2019-20 D2 Athletics Directors Association Academic Achievement Award
» 2019-20 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2018-19 Academic All-PacWest Team
2023 (Fifth Year): Started and played shortstop in all but one of the Vulcans' 44 games. Finished the conference season at No. 1 in steals (15), No. 2 in on-base percentage (.500), No. 3 in batting average (.398), No. 3 in defensive assists (111), No. 5 in runs scored (30), No. 5 in OPS (1.163) and No. 5 in slugging percentage (.663). Became the program's all-time career leader in doubles, hits and runs ... Had a 2-for-3 night with three runs scored and his first career home run in a 4-0 win over No. 15 Augustana (Feb. 1). Batted 4 for 4 and scored the first run of the game in a 2-1 win over PLNU. Also notched career hit No. 200 with the first of two doubles in the first inning (March 6). Hit 2 for 3 and scored two of the Vulcans' runs in a 3-1 win over PLNU (March 7). Scored both of the Vulcans' runs in a 2-1 victory over APU (March 11). Launched a two-run home run as part of a three RBI day in a loss to APU (March 13). Blasted a grand slam in a 14-12 win over HPU (March 25). Became the program all-time career hits leader with a de facto inside-the-park home run (triple with an error) in the first inning of a 7-5 win over HPU (April 21). Hit 4 for 5 with three RBI in a 10-2 win over HPU (April 22). Came around to score in the first inning to become the program career leader in runs scored as part of 3-for-4 day with a three-run homer in a loss to HPU (April 29). Drove in the game-winning run with an RBI double in the top of the ninth for a 5-4 win over HPU (April 30) ... Named as Hawai‘i Hilo Male Athlete of the Year and to CSC Academic All-America Third Team, ABCA/Rawlings West All-Region Second Team, All-PacWest Second Team and CSC Academic All-District Team. Selected as PacWest Conference Co-Player of the Week for March 6-13.
2022 (Senior): Made 44 starts at shortstop in 45 games played in. Finished the conference season ranked No. 1 in doubles (16), No. 2 in steals (22), No. 2 in defensive assists (91), No. 2 in double plays (17), No. 4 in hits (52) and No. 6 in batting average (.377) ... Got the season started with a five-RBI outing with two doubles and a sacrifice fly in a 13-2 rout of San Diego Christian (Feb. 4). Delivered a walk-off single to cap a 3-for-4 outing in a 5-4 win over San Diego Christian (Feb. 5). Tied the game in the ninth inning with a two-RBI double before coming around to score for the 5-4 walk-off victory against Minnesota Crookston (Feb. 11). Batted 4 for 4 with two runs scored in a 5-1 win over Holy Names (March 9). Finished 4 for 6 at the plate with two doubles and three runs scored in an 8-7 win over Biola (March 18). Became the program's all-time career leader in steals with his fourth steal of the game in the bottom of the seventh of a 10-7 win over HPU (April 9). Led off the bottom of the 10th with a double before coming around to score on a bases-loaded hit batsman for the 7-6 walk-off win over HPU (April 9). Sparked a comeback as part of a eight-run seventh inning after getting it started with a bases-loaded RBI single in an 8-4 win against HPU (April 10). Batted 4 for 4 with three doubles while driving in one of the Vulcans two scores in a 2-0 win over No. 4 PLNU (April 23) ... Named to D2 CCA All-West Region Second Team, All-PacWest Third Team and CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 Team.
2021 (Junior): Started all 29 games, finishing with a .375 batting average on 42 hits with 19 runs to lead the team.
2020 (Sophomore*): Started all 12 games.
2019 (Freshman): Started 38 games, playing shortstop and outfield. Posted a .320 batting average on 49 hits with 20 RBIs, 25 runs and 11 steals ... Went 4 for 5 in a 12-inning 5-4 walk-off win vs HPU (Feb. 9) ... Batted 2 for 3 with 2 RBI, a double, two walks and one steal in a 7-4 win over Biola (Feb. 28). Drove in two runs and scored once while recording three putouts and six assists in an 11-5 win over HPU (April 5). Completed a four-run ninth-inning comeback with an RBI double to tie the game followed by coming across the plate for the walk-off score in a 5-4 victory vs Holy Names (April 20). Batted 3 for 4 and provided the lone run of the game with an RBI single in the fifth inning of a 1-0 win vs No. 22 Point Loma (April 26) ... Named to All-PacWest Second Team at utility.
*Student-athletes were not charged with use of a season of eligibility for the 2019-20 spring sports season due to the COVID-19 pandemic
BEFORE HAWAI‘I HILO
» 2018 graduate of Waiakea High School (Hawai‘i)
» Played three seasons of varsity baseball for coach Rory Inouye
» Hawai‘i High School Athletic Association Division I State Championship Runner-Up (x2), Big Island Interscholastic Federation Champion (x3)
» Played club for Nobu Yamauchi RBI Baseball
» 2017 RBI Senior World Series Champion
» Other Sports: Basketball, Cross Country
PERSONAL
» Born August 2000 in Hawai‘i
» Parents: Agnes and Wayne Yamauchi
» Older brother Dalen was a member of the Vulcans Men's Golf team (2011-2015)
FAVORITES
» Sports Teams: Boston Red Sox, Arizona Cardinals
» Movies: The Prestige
» Shows: How I Met Your Mother, Naruto
» Video Games: Fortnite
MEDIA
» Yamauchi Added to Family Legacy (July 25, 2023)
» Former UH Hilo star Yamauchi signs with Oakland A's (July 18, 2023) - KHON2 News
» Off The Bench Interivew with Josh Pacheco and Hunter Hughes (July 13, 2023) - ESPN Honolulu
» Hawaii-Hilo’s Casey Yamauchi enjoying historic season (March 14, 2023) - KHON2 News
