2025 Baseball Roster

31 AJ Anzai

  • Position First Base/Outfield
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 205
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Trabuco Canyon, CA
  • High School Mission Viejo
  • Prev School Chapman
  • Major Coaching and Leadership Studies

Biography

GRADUATE STUDENT (2025)
  • Appeared in 43 games while making 32 starts for the Toreros
  • Made 21 starts as the designated hitter and 11 at first base 
  • Hit .245 (26-for-106) with 16 runs, five home runs, three doubles and 25 RBIs with 24 walks
  • Recorded his lone 3-hit game and his lone 4-RBI game against Saint Mary’s (April 12) when he went a perfect 3-for-3 from the plate with four RBIs and a run scored in a historic 23-8 victory
  • Logged an RBI single to center field in his final at-bat at Fowler Park on Senior Day in the eighth inning of a 9-3 victory against Pacific (May 17)
  • Hit his first collegiate pinch-hit home run during the WCC Tournament against Gonzaga (May 23), taking a 2-1 pitch over the right center field wall, helping the Toreros to a 16-7 victory 
  • Registered his second home run of the conference tournament a few hours later against LMU (CA) (May 23) in the fourth inning, allowing USD to claim a 14-8 win and a spot in the championship game
PREVIOUS SCHOOL (2021-2024)
  • Played four years at Division III Chapman University in Orange, California before transferring to USD
  • Earned 2023 First Team All-SCIAC honors and was selected to the 2021 SCIAC All-Academic Team
  • Went 3-2 with a 3.98 ERA in 43.0 innings across 20 appearances from 2021-23; did not pitch for Chapman in 2024 
  • Hit .357 in 129 career games for the Panthers, including a .419 mark in 2022
  • Accumulated 95 runs, 159 hits, 23 doubles, five triples, 16 home runs, 108 RBIs, 79 walks, 11 HBPs, while slugging .539 and a .459 on base percentage in his career at Chapman
HIGH SCHOOL
  • Attended Mission Viejo High School in Mission Viejo, California
  • Earned First Team All-South Coast League honors and was named his team’s Pitcher of the Year in both 2019 and 2020 in addition to being named his squad’s 2020 Hitter of the Year 
  • Was selected to the 2020 Orange County Baseball All-Star Game 
  • Also played basketball 
  • Graduated in the Top 25 of his class at Mission Viejo while being a four-year scholar athlete
PERSONAL
  • Born in Laguna Hills, California
  • His brother, Keenan Anzai, plays baseball at UC Davis
  • Notes that he has black belt in martial arts
  • Also played basketball in high school 

Statistics

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

No statistics available for this season.

Career Statistics

There are no statistics available for this player.