Hometown: Portola Hills, CA
High School: El Toro High School
2017 (SENIOR): Made 14 starts in 40 games… hit .318 with five doubles, a home run and six RBIs overall… came on strong late in the year by hitting .444 (16-36) over his last 15 games with four doubles and seven runs scored… homered in the second to last game of the year in a win over Pacific, going 2-for-3 with three RBIs and two runs scored.
2016 SUMMER: Was a California Collegiate League All-Star with the Healdsburg Prune Packers... hit .323 with five home runs and 37 RBI in 38 games... racked up 18 extra base hits... committed just two errors.Â
2016 (JUNIOR): Started 39 of the 50 games he appeared in... played primarily third base, but also made two starts at first... started exclusively at DH over his last 16 starts... hit .257 with three home runs and 23 RBI on the year... was the only Don to record four hits in a game when he went 4-for-5 with a double, two RBI and a run scored at Sacramento State (Mar. 22)... drove in a season-best two runs on six occasions, including back-to-back games at Sacramento State (Mar. 22) and vs. Pacific (Mar. 24) in the Dante Benedetti Classic at AT&T Park... hit his first-career home run at UC Santa Barbara (Feb. 20)... also homered at Loyola Marymount (Apr. 8) and at Saint Mary’s (Apr. 29)... tallied two doubles against San Diego (Apr. 23)... had five doubles overall... stole his lone base of the year at Sacramento State (Mar. 22)... strung together a season-long six-game hitting streak between Apr. 23 - May 3.  Â
2015 SUMMER: Played with the Healdsburg Prune Packers in the Horizon Air Summer Series... hit at a .346 clip in 191 at bats over 48 games... clubbed two home runs and 19 doubles while driving in 35 runs... registered 22 walks and .904 OPS.Â
2015 (SOPHOMORE AT SADDLEBACK CC): Hit .315 and slugged .537 in 41 games... led the team with six home runs... collected 25 RBI and raked 11 doubles and two triples... walked 18 times with only eight strikeouts.
2014 (FRESHMAN AT OREGON STATE): Had six at bats in three games for the Beavers.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a four-year letter winner for Head Coach Mike Gonzales at El Toro High School... named First-Team All-League all four years... earned All-State honors as a junior... served as team captain as a senior... batted .374 with three doubles, three triples, three home runs and 36 RBI his senior year... as a junior, batted .363 with four doubles, two triples, five home runs and 29 RBI... batted .359 his sophomore year, tallying six doubles, one triple, three home runs and 15 RBI... hit .310 his freshman campaign, finishing with four doubles, one home run and 10 RBI.
PERSONAL: Born Aug. 27, 1994 in Mission Viejo, CA…. parents are Mike and Sandi James... majored in Finance.
