HIGHLIGHTS
» Batted 5 for 6 with three RBI, a two-run home run and three runs vs HPU (March 26, 2023)
» Walk-Off hit by pitch vs HPU (April 9, 2022)
» Game-Winning three-RBI triple vs HPU (March 28, 2021)
» Game-Winning RBI single vs Azusa Pacific (March 5, 2020)
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
» 2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team
» KTA Super Stores Superstar of the Week (March 22 - April 4, 2023)
» NCBWA West Region Player of the Week (March 20-26, 2023)
» PacWest Conference Player of the Week (March 20-27, 2023)
STUDENT IN STUDENT-ATHLETE
» 2023 (Spring) B.A. Biology + Pre-Pharmacy Certificate
» 2022-23 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2022-23 Hawai‘i Hilo Student-Athlete Academic Honors
» 2021-22 Athletics Directors Association Academic Achievement Award
» 2021-22 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2020-21 Athletics Directors Association Academic Achievement Award
» 2020-21 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2019-20 Academic All-PacWest Team
2023 (Senior): Missed the opening series of the season due to illness before starting 37 of 38 games played in the rest of the way. Finished with a 1.000 fielding percentage (279 total chances) at first base and led the team with 31 RBI and was second in batting average (.367), OPS (.969), runs (26), hits (51), doubles (12), home runs (5) and slugging percentage (.561) ... Batted 3 for 4 with a walk in a 7-5 win over Northwest Nazarene (Feb. 10). Went 2 for 3 with two RBI and two runs scored. Hit a solo home run in the fourth inning before tying the score on an RBI double in the fifth on the way to a 6-4 win over No. 11 Point Loma Nazarene (March 6). Batted 3 of 5 with two RBI and two runs scored; provided an insurance run with an RBI single in the eighth inning on the way to a 14-12 victory over HPU (March 25). Had a career game batting 5 for 6 with three RBI, a two-run homer and three runs scored in a 13-8 win over HPU (March 26). Knocked in the game-winning run with an RBI single in the fourth inning as part of 2-for-5 outing with three RBI in a 17-7 win over Academy of Art (April 4). Drove in three runs (2-for-4 hitting) with a two-RBI double and an RBI hit-by-pitch to provide an insurance run in the eighth inning of a 7-5 win against HPU (April 21). Brought in the Vulcans' first two runs on a solo homer in the first inning followed by an RBI single in the sixth to help close the season with a 5-4 win over HPU (April 30).
Named to CSC Academic All-District Team, NCBWA West Region Player of the Week for March 20-26 as well as PacWest Conference Player of the Week for March 20-27.
2022 (Junior): Started 24 of 32 games played in, mostly at first base ... Went 2 for 4 with a two-RBI single in the first inning to get the scoring going in a 6-2 win over Minnesota Crookston (Feb. 10). Blasted a two-run homer in the first inning of a 6-4 win over Academy of Art (March 26). Hit a an RBI-single in the third inning before drawing the walk-off run in the 10th inning on a bases-loaded hit by pitch against HPU (April 9). Smacked a two-run home run to get the Vulcans on the board of a narrow-loss to PLNU (April 23). Hit a two-RBI dinger with two total runs scored in a one-run loss to Azusa Pacific (April 28).
2021 (Sophomore): Started four games, three of them as designated hitter ... Smashed a game-winning bases-clearing triple in the B6 of a 9-7 win over HPU (March 28).
2020 (Freshman*): Played in eight games, starting five of them at first base. Finished with a .972 fielding percentage (34 putouts, one assist) ... Drove in the game-winning run on a two-out single to left-center field in the B7 of a 8-5 win over Azusa Pacific (March 5).
*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
» 2019 graduate of Westview High School (California)
» Played four seasons of varsity baseball for Brian Stimpson
» Honors: All-Palomar League First Team, San Diego Union Tribune All-Academic Team (3x)
» Played club for Team California
PERSONAL
» Born May 2001 in San Jose, California
» Parents are Kris and Ron Cho
» Has a younger brother
» Aspires to be a pharmacist or professional baseball player
FAVORITES
» Sports Team: Oakland Athletics
» Movie: Moneyball, Tenet, Inception
» Show: Cowboy Bebop, The Mandalorian
