AWARDS:
- Academic All-Mountain West (2020, 2021, 2022)
2023:
- Reached base safely three times, going 2-for-4 with a double, a walk and an RBI against New Mexico (April 8)
- Went 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored and two RBIs against Nevada (May 19)
- Hit a solo home run in the Spartans' opening game of the Mountain West Championship (May 27)
2022:
- Made 51 appearances with 42 starts
- Threw 6.1 innings with five strikeouts out of the bullpen
- Hit .260 with 47 hits, 23 RBIs, 27 runs, 11 doubles, two triples, and three home runs on the season
- Recorded 92 putouts, 105 catches, and 11 assists in the field for the Spartans
2021:
- Made 14 starts and 25 appearances as a junior
- Started the season opener in left field
- Hit .200 with 12 hits and a pair of RBIs
- Was 3-for-5 with a home run and an RBI at No. 12 Stanford (May 11)
- Scored a season-high two runs in four separate road games
- Made three appearances on the mound, two of which (at Air Force, at Nevada) ended without surrendering a hit or run
2020:
- Started all 17 games
- Batted .250 with 17 hits, seven RBIs and scored nine runs
- Had a nine-game hit streak
- Was 3-for-4 with five RBIs, including a three-run homer, and two runs scored against Creighton (Feb. 23)
- 3-run homer against Creighton came in the bottom of the eighth with two outs and gave the Spartans a one-run lead
- Was perfect in the field with zero errors committed
- Season canceled after 17 games due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019:
- Led all Spartan freshmen with 53 appearances and 49 starts (39 in LF, 10 at 1B)
- Finished third on the team with a .295 batting average
- Team-high 34 RBIs that ranked in the top-16 in the MW
- Batted .339 in league play, good for 11th in the conference
- 40 hits in league play ranked t-7th in the conference
- Second on the team with 18 multi-hit games, including two four-hit games
- Tied for second on team with seven multi-RBI games
- Season-long 10-game hitting streak
- Went 3-for-7 with six RBI, a double and run scored in double-header at Santa Clara (Feb. 17) in collegiate debut
- .983 fielding percentage with three errors in 162 chances
HIGH SCHOOL:
- Played four years of baseball at James Madison High School in San Diego (Calif.)
- Batted .375 with 25 runs scored, 25 RBIs, nine doubles and four triples his senior season
- Picked up First Team All-CIF San Diego Section and All-League Western League, First Team Cal-Hi Medium Schools selection
- 2018 San Diego Section All-Star
- Played two years of soccer and scored six goals his senior year
PERSONAL: Majoring in psychology with plans to work in sports psychology after college ... Enjoys playing Mario Kart and UNO and going to minor league hockey games ... Parents are John Shimashita and Renee Garza ... Has one sister, Marina Shimashita ... Nickname is "Shimmy"