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Ka'iana Eldredge

Class: Junior Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii High School: Punahou HS

Height / Weight: 6-0 / 197 Position: C Experience: HS B/T: R/R

Honors and Awards

• 2011 Big 12 All-Freshman Team
• 2011 KU's Bob Allison Rookie of the Year
• 2011 Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (May 16)

Summer 2012: Played in 26 games for the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod League ... Batted .205 with three doubles, three homers and 16 RBIs ... Manager was Jeff Trundy.

2012 (Sophomore): Played in 47 games, making 43 starts at second base ... Batted .185 with three doubles and 18 runs scored ... Hit .278 with runners in scoring position ... Collected four multi-hit games ... Recorded first multi-hit game at Mississippi State (Feb. 25), going 2-for-3 ... Collected two hits and a walk against Minnesota (March 10) ... Had a career-best five hits, including a walk-off single, against Southern Utah (March 21) ... Went 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI in series finale at Oklahoma State (April 8).

Summer 2011: Played for the Oahu Paddlers of the Hawaii Collegiate Baseball League ... Head coach was his father, David Eldredge ... Batted .327 with six doubles, a triple and 28 runs scored ... Stole 14 bases in 17 attempts and had a .415 on-base percentage.

2011 (Freshman): Played in 49 games, making 41 starts at second base and seven at catcher ... Batted .268 with 13 doubles and 26 RBIs... Hit nine double and two triples during conference play ... Started all 27 games during the Big 12 season ... Ended the season with a seven game hitting streak... Had 13 multi-hit games throughout the season ... Collected eight hits at the plate in the series against Alabama A&M (May 13-15) ... Went 2-for-3 with his first career home run and three RBIs against Alabama A&M (May 13) ... Had two doubles and three RBIs against Kansas State (May 21).

Summer 2010: Played for the Oahu Paddlers of the Hawaiian Collegiate Baseball League ... Named the No. 2 Prospect in the league by Baseball America ... Hit .335 with six doubles, a triple and a home run ... Also scored 28 runs and drove in 16.

At Punahou HS: Also attended Cedar High School in Cedar, Utah ... Lettered four times for coaches Eric Kadooka (Punahou) and Mark Johnson (Cedar) ... Tabbed first team all-state in 2010 by the Honolulu Advertisor and Honolulu Star Bulletin at catcher and as a utility player ... Named all-state at shortstop as a sophomore and as a junior ... Named Utah Baseball Academy No. 1 player in 2010 class ... Triple Crown defensive MVP in 2004 as well as Triple Crown All-American ... Also lettered four times in football and three times in basketball ... Played summer baseball for the Paradise League Dirtbags in 2009 ... Punahou High School baseball team has the won state championship seven years in a row ... Southern Utah Polynesian Association Academic Award winner.

Personal: Born in Honolulu, Hawaii ... Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 48th round of the 2010 MLB First-Year Player Draft ... Son of Dave and Val Eldredge ... Grandfather, Dave Eldredge III played baseball and football at Stanford ... Father, Dave, and uncle, Pal, played baseball at BYU ... Has four younger brothers: Kahi, Kanai, Koa and Kui ... A sports management major.