SUMMER 2018: Played in 15 games for the Holy Springs Salamanders of the Coastal Plain League… Hit .229 with a .356 on-base percentage... Drove in four runs and stole two bases.
2018 (SOPHOMORE): Started all 60 games at second base, being one of just three SDSU players in 2018 to start every game of the season... Hit .219 with a home run and 21 RBIs... Hit a game-tying 2-RBI double in SDSU’s Corvallis Regional opener against LSU... Scored SDSU’s game-winning run in a 4-3 win over UNLV in the MW Championships semifinal... Made a diving play vs. Arizona on Feb. 23 that was No. 3 on SportsCenter’s Top 10 plays... Also scored a game-winning run on a walk-off wild pitch later that game against Arizona... Recorded a .972 fielding percentage for the season, committing just seven errors out of 253 chances... Hit his first career home run against UNLV on March 24... Recorded a season-high three hits on May 4 vs. New Mexico... Entered the NCAA postseason with a 10-game on-base streak and hit .333 over that span... Hit .242 in Mountain West play and committed just three errors in 129 chances (.977 fielding percentage) against MW opponents.
2017 (FRESHMAN): Hit .273 in 23 games including three starts, split between a start at second base and two games at third base… Posted a season-high two hits, including a double on May 23 at Air Force… Committed only one error on the season, good for a .971 fielding percentage… Hit .313 in 14 appearances on the road… Batted .375 with runners on base last season… Hit .400 with two outs… Went 5-for-13 (.385) at the plate in his three starts… Hit .375 when hitting in the ninth spot in the lineup… Hit .333 in conference play… Hit .375 in the fifth inning and later of games… Posted two-hit performances in back-to-back games against San Jose State (May 7) and Air Force (May 13)… Scored a season-high two runs on May 13 against Air Force… Led the team with 20 appearances off the bench.
HIGH SCHOOL: Won four varsity letters as a baseball player at Mid-Pacific Institute in Honolulu ... Coached there by Dunn Muramaru ... Earned first-team all-state and first-team Interscholastic League of Honolulu honors as a junior and senior ... Honorable mention all-state selection as a sophomore ...During his senior year batted .349 with five doubles, 10 RBI and 15 runs scored in 21 games ... Team won ILH title all four years he played... Was rated as the No 4 high school player in the state by Perfect Game ... 2016 West Region Honorable Mention by Perfect Game.
PERSONAL: Jacob Y. Maekawa was born Sept. 6, 1997, in Honolulu, Hawai'i ... Son of Dan and Dana Maekawa ... Brother, Joey, played baseball at Hawai'i Pacific ... Enjoys surfing, fishing and going to the beach .... Favorite athlete is New York Yankees shortstop Troy Tulowitzki ... Was also recruited by Kansas and New Mexico ... A business major at San Diego State.