2017 Baseball Roster
KJ Harrison
- Position:
- Infield/Catcher
- B/T:
- R/R
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 209
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Kailua, Hawai'i
- High School:
- Punahou
MLB First-Year Player Draft
• Selected in the 25th round of the 2014 MLB First-Year Player Draft by Cleveland but did not sign.
• Taken in the third round of the 2017 MLB First-Year Player Draft by Milwaukee.
2017
• All-Pac-12 Conference First Team.
• Pac-12 Player of the Week (3/28).
• CoSIDA Academic All-District 8.
• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention.
• Corvallis Regional All-Tournament Team.
• Batted .313 with 13 doubles, nine home runs and 43 RBI, adding seven stolen bases. Played in and started 54 games.
• Hit a sixth-inning grand slam against LSU in the College World Series (6/19).
• Homered for the second consecutive game and ended the night with four RBI in the super regional finale against Vanderbilt (6/10).
• Posted his team-leading seventh home run of the season, a three-run blast in the first, and went 2-for-4 against Vanderbilt (6/9).
• Hit his team-leading sixth home run of the season in the third inning against Yale, and finished 2-for-3 with three RBI (6/3).
• Hit a two-run home run in the first against California (5/6).
• Homered in the first, doubled and finished 2-for-4 with three runs batted in against USC (4/30).
• Went 2-for-4 in the opener at Washington, driving in a run in the ninth (4/13).
• Homered and went 1-for-2 with an RBI and two walks in the series finale against Utah (4/9).
• Set a career-high with four hits, and drove in four, in the win over Stanford (4/1).
• Posted a 3-for-5 effort against Arizona in the series finale, driving in one, scoring two runs and doubling (3/26).
• Drove in the game-winning run in the ninth in the series opener against Arizona (3/24).
• Doubled twice and tallied three hits for the second consecutive game in the series finale against Arizona State (3/18).
• Went 3-for-6, tying a career-high for hits, and drove in a run against Arizona State (3/17).
• Hit a fifth-inning solo home run in the series finale against Ball State (3/11).
• Homered in the first and finished 2-for-4 in a 5-2 win over Nebraska (2/25).
• Went 3-for-4, driving in three, with a double, two runs scored and a walk in the win over Nebraska (2/23).
• Doubled, drove in two and went 2-for-4 against Duke (2/19).
2016
• All-Pac-12 First Team.
• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention.
• Played in and started in all 54 games, batting .265 with a team-leading 14 doubles, 10 home runs and 47 RBI. Tripled four times.
• Tallied 11 multi-hit efforts and finished with a team-leading 15 multi-RBI games.
• CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 selection.
• Homered for the second consecutive game, driving in two in the finale against Oregon (5/15).
• Hit a game-winning three-run home run in the third inning in the second game of the series against Oregon (5/14).
• Homered in the first inning and drove in three on the strength of a 2-for-3 day in the finale against Stanford (5/1).
• His sixth home run of the season came in a 1-for-3 effort in the opener against Stanford (4/29).
• Hit a three-run home run in the seventh that temporarily put the Beavers up in the second game of the series at Washington State (4/15).
• Went 3-for-4 and drove in two runs on the strength of two triples and a double against Central Arkansas (4/8).
• Extended his hit streak to 10 games with a 3-for-4 effort in the opener against UW, doubling once with two RBI (4/1).
• Homered, scored two runs and finished 3-for-4 in the midweek opener against San Diego State (3/28).
• Hit a solo home run in the first against California to extend his hit streak to five games (3/24).
• Doubled home a run in the first and finished with a 2-for-4 effort in the series finale against Arizona State (3/20).
• Hit a two-run home run in the fourth in the series-opening win over Arizona State (3/18).
• Tripled and finished 2-for-4 with two walks in the opener at San Diego (3/4).
• Doubled, tripled, finished with three hits and drove in two in the win over Kansas State (2/26).
• Doubled twice, drove in two and finished with a 3-for-4 day against Utah (2/22).
• Drove in two, doubled twice and walked against Utah Valley (2/20).
2015
• Pac-12 Freshman of the Year.
• All-Pac-12 First Team.
• ABCA All-Region.
• Collegiate Baseball, Baseball America, D1Baseball.com and NCBWA Freshman All-America.
• NCBWA National Hitter of the Week (Feb. 23).
• Pac-12 Player of the Week (Feb. 24).
• Played in and started all 58 games, batting .309 with 12 doubles, three triples, 10 home runs and 60 RBI.
• Led OSU in home runs and RBI.
• Doubled, drove in two runs and scored two runs in the series finale at Stanford (5/17).
• Doubled, drove in three runs and went 3-for-4 with two runs scored against Stanford (5/16).
• Hit a solo home run and went 2-for-5 with two RBI in the opener at Stanford (5/15).
• Hit two home runs and drove in four in the midweek win over Portland (5/13).
• Drove in three runs via a single and sacrifice fly to serve as the game winners in the series finale victory over Arizona (4/19).
• Drove in three runs, the game winners, on a double in the second innings in the second game at Oregon (4/11).
• Homered, walked twice and drove in two in the opener against Washington State (3/20).
• Drove in two, doubled and went 2-for-3 in the win over Portland (3/10).
• Went 3-for-5 and drove in two runs with a double in the second game of a doubleheader against Fresno State (3/7).
• Hit the game-winning home run in the 11th inning against Fresno State (3/6).
• Drove in four runs and doubled twice in the win against Portland (3/4).
• Went 3-for-3, drove in a run, scored four and walked twice against Grambling State (2/28).
• Hit a grand slam, a double and drove in five runs in the win over Kansas (2/22).
• Hit a two-run home run and went 2-for-5 in the win over Kansas State (2/20).
• Went 3-for-5 and scored a run in the win over Oklahoma State (2/19).
• Drove in two on a third inning triple and went 2-for-4 against New Mexico (2/16).
• Homered for the second consecutive game and drove in two runs on two hits against New Mexico (2/15).
• Hit his first career home run and went 2-for-4 with a walk against Michigan State (2/14).
• Tripled and scored a run in his collegiate debut against Northwestern (2/13).
Punahou High School
• Four-year letterwinner for head coach Kenny Harrison.
• Earned all-state and all-league honors his senior year after batting .534 with 12 doubles, one triple, three home runs and 28 RBI.
• Named honorable mention all-league and honorable mention all-state as a junior.
• Earned first-team all-league and honorable mention all-state honors as a sophomore.
• Picked up all-league honorable mention status freshman year.
• Competed for the Reds team at the 2013 Area Code Baseball Games.
Personal
• Majoring in business.
• Born August 11, 1996 in Honolulu.
• Son of Kaleka and Kenny Harrison.
• Has four siblings: Kaleo, Kalae, Kaikea and Kahaku.
• Father, Kenny, played collegiate baseball at Hawai’i and later professionally in the Pittsburgh Pirates system. He was a 1993 All-American at Hawai'i.
• Also competed in Japan.
• Mother, Kaleka, played college soccer at Colorado.
• Enjoys going to the beach, bodyboarding and bodysurfing in his spare time.
• Chose Oregon State because “I loved everything about it. It’s an amazing baseball program, with amazing coaches and facilities. It felt like the right fit. It’s a great college town and beautiful school. I felt very comfortable being here.”
Harrison’s Career Single-Game Highs
Hits: 4, at Stanford, Apr 01, 2017
Doubles: 2, 4 times
Triples: 2, Central Arkansas, Apr 08, 2016
Home runs: 2, vs Portland, May 13, 2015
Total bases: 9, vs Portland, May 13, 2015
RBI: 5, vs Kansas, Feb 22, 2015
Runs scored: 4, Grambling State, Feb 28, 2015
Walks: 3, at Oregon, Apr 18, 2016
Hit by pitch: 2, Grambling State, Feb 28, 2015
Struck out: 3, 7 times
Sac flies: 1, 17 times
At bats: 6, 5 times
Stolen bases: 2, at Arizona State, Mar 17, 2017
Caught stealing: 1, vs Indiana, Feb 20, 2017 ; Arizona State, Mar 20, 2016 ; at Oregon, May 12, 2017
Field chances: 17, Ball State, Mar 11, 2017 ; Utah, May 10, 2015
Putouts: 16, Ball State, Mar 11, 2017
Assists: 3, Washington, Apr 01, 2016 ; Utah, May 10, 2015
Runners CS: 1, UC Davis, Mar 04, 2017 ; Portland, Mar 10, 2015
