2022 Baseball Roster
Roster
Kenny Oyama
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 5-4
- Weight:
- 150
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Trabuco Canyon, Calif.
- High School:
- El Toro HS
Notes
Played one season at UCLA and four seasons at LMU over a five-year collegiate career ... Played in 59 games during the 2022 season for the Bruins, serving as the primary left fielder and slashing .284/.403/.337 with a team-high 20 stolen bases.ย
Career Highlights
2021ย All-West Coast Conference Second Team
Two-time UCLA Director's Honor Roll
2022 (UCLA)
Appeared in 59 games as a fifth-year grad student, starting 56 ... Slashed .284/.403/.337 over 208 at-bats with 48 runs, 59 hits, five doubles, two home runs, 27 RBIs, 32 walks, 11 HBPs, and 20 stolen bases ... First Bruin since 2013 to log 20+ SBs in a season ...ย Made 54 starts in left field and two at DH ... Set new career highs in runs, hits, walks, and stolen basesย ... Made a team-high 21 starts in the eight-hole, and also started 16 games in the leadoff spot ... Had a .421 OBP in innings where he led off ... Made 25 productive outs, tied for second-most on the team ... Batted .306 in Pac-12 play ... Went 7-19 (.368) with a double and six RBIs over five games at the Pac-12 Tournament ... Added a 4-14 (.286) line with four runs scored at the Auburn Regional ... Hit his first career home run on Mar. 22 in dramatic fashion; it came in his first game back at LMU since transferring to UCLA, broke a 4-4 tie and put the Bruins ahead for good, and it also came on his birthday ... Stole second and third base on back-to-back pitches against then-No. 1 Texas on Mar. 6 at Minute Maid Park as part of the Shriner's Children's Classic ... Had a season-high four RBIs against UC Santa Barbara on Mar. 29 ... Was a key figure in UCLA's wild 25-22 win over Oregon State in the Pac-12 Tournament, collecting a career-high five hits and scoring the final run of a game-tying nine-run rally in the bottom of the ninth which sent the game to extras ... Had 15 multi-hit games, fifth-most on the team ... Reached base in 11 straight games at one point ... Went 3-4 with a double and three RBIs against Washington State on May 14 ... Hit safely in the first seven games of the season, his longest hit streak of the year ... Finished third in the Pac-12 in stolen bases, and ranked top-10 nationwide early on in the year after accruing 15 SBs through Mar. 12 ... Alongside Jake Palmer, became UCLA's first-ever grad transfers under head coach John Savage (since 2004)ย ... Named to the UCLA Director's Honor Roll for winter and spring quarters (3.0+ GPA, 12+ quarter units passed).ย
Loyola Marymount (2018-21)
Slashed .260/.365/.314 over a four-year career at Loyola Marymount ... Appeared in 159 games, including 139 starts ... Played outfield for the Lions ... Earned second team all-league honors as a senior in 2021 after posting career highs in nearly every offensive category ... Wore No. 1 during his entire LMU career.ย
2021 (LMU)
Had a breakout senior season at LMU, recording career-bests in every slash category (.330/.412/.422) while also establishing personal bests in runs (27), hits (57), doubles (15), RBIs (22), walks (22), and stolen bases (16) ... Walked nearly as many times as he struck out (24) ... Was an All-WCC Second Team pick ... Led the Lions in doubles, OBP, and stolen bases ... Appeared in 49 games for LMU, starting all but one.ย
2020 (LMU)
Started 15ย of LMU'sย 16 games during the COVID-shortened season ... Batted .222 with 13 runs and four RBIs .... Co-led the WCC with 14 walks ... Reached base in the final seven games of the year ... Went 3-5 against Sam Houston State on Feb. 22.ย
2019 (LMU)
Appeared in 53 games, starting 47 ... Posted a .226 batting average with 15 runs, 37 hits, six doubles, one triple, and 19 RBIs ... Had 12 sac bunts on the year, good for 15th in the NCAA.ย
2018 (LMU)
Appeared in 42 games, starting 29 ... Batted .212 with 15 runs, 22 hits, two doubles, and nine RBIs ... Made his collegiate debut on Feb. 16, 2018, pinch-hitting against Oregon during the Marucci Desert Classicย in Las Vegas ... Recorded his first career stolen base on Feb. 20, 2018 vs. UC Irvine ... Had a season-high three hits on Feb. 23 against Oregon, ending the day 3-4 with three runs scored.ย
High School
Three-year varsity letterwinner at El Toro High School in Lake Forest, Calif. ... Was a second team all-league choice as a senior in 2017 ... Helped El Toro to the 2017 CIF-SS Division I Championship, topping Corona by a score of 4-0 in the final.
Personal
Kenneth Michael Oyama was born in 1999 to parents Janice and Patrick in Trabuco Canyon, Calif. ... Has a brother, Kyle, and a sister, Kalani ... Brother played baseball at Cal Baptist from 2016-20 ... Chose UCLA to further his academic career with a master's degree ... Loves cooking ... Has a cousin, aunt, and grandfather who all attended UCLA ... Lists Mookie Betts and Kobe Bryant as his favorite athletes ... Enjoys going to the beach, playing basketball, and videogames ... Aspires to play pro baseball.ย
