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2019 UIC Baseball Roster

Steve Woltmann
Steve Woltmann
Steve Woltmann
Steve Woltmann
Luke Hales
Steve Woltmann
Steve Woltmann
Steve Woltmann

Scott Ota #9 OF

  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    195
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Foster City, Calif.
  • Highschool:
    Junipero Serra

Summary

Biography

2019: Selected by New York Mets in 10th round of MLB Draft (298th overall pick) ... ABCA/Rawlings All-Mideast Region Second Team ... All-Horizon League Second Team ... Horizon League All-Tournament Team ... Horizon League All-Academic Team ... Named Horizon League Player of the Week three times and set the conference's record for most career weekly awards for a hitter (7) ... Set UIC single-season home run record and ranked 15th nationally in that category with 20 ... Became first Horizon League player to hit at least 20 home runs in a season since 2000 ...  Finished UIC career ranked 1st in RBI (164), 2nd in home runs (33), triples (16) and at-bats (763), tied for 5th in hits (230), 8th in doubles (43) and 9th in runs scored (155) ... Owned 64 RBI on season, tied for third-most in program history for a single season ... Ranked seventh in NCAA in slugging percentage (.749) ... Ranked eighth in nation with 0.38 home runs per game and 13th with 1.23 RBI per game ... Finished 30th in NCAA with 149 total bases ... Led Flames with 20 multi-hit games and 19 multi-RBI games ... Cracked two home runs in a game three times (March 29 at Milwaukee; April 12 vs. Northern Kentucky; April 16 vs. Illinois State) ... Batted .333 (2-for-6) with a home run and two RBI during NCAA Louisville Regional ... Hit two-run home run in first inning against Indiana (June 1) ... Hit safely in 20 consecutive games between March 22 - April 26, the program's longest streak since 2010 ... Reached base safely in 29 straight games between March 22 - May 12 ... Slashed .398/.489/.841 during 29 Horizon League games ... Hit .385 and slugged .538 with two doubles and five RBI in three Horizon League Championship games (May 23-25) ... Gave UIC its first lead of championship game with fifth-inning RBI single vs. Milwaukee (May 25) ... Collected go-ahead RBI single in 10th inning against Wright State (May 24) ... Hit 19th home run of season to set program's single-season record in regular season finale at Northern Kentucky (May 18) ... Earned #HLBASE Batter of the Week nod on May 6 after lead UIC with six hits and four runs scored, two home runs and four RBI in a series win over Milwaukee ... Homered in each of his first two at-bats against Illinois State (April 16) ...  Named Horizon League Co-Batter of the Week on April 15 after batting .524 and posting a slugging percentage of 1.143 with seven extra-base hits and 19 RBI in four games against Northern Illinois and Northern Kentucky ... Matched career high with four hits vs. NKU (April 13) ... Homered twice and notched career-high seven RBI vs. the Norse (April 12) ... Had three hits including a triple at NIU (April 9) ... Netted Horizon League Batter of the Week award on April 1 by batting .571 and slugging 1.071 with nine runs, six RBI, two home runs and 15 total bases against NIU and Milwaukee ... Registered first multi-HR game at Milwaukee (March 29) ... Drew career-high four walks, stole a base and scored twice vs. Chicago State (March 8) ... Went 3-for-5 with a double, home run and three RBI in win at Texas A&M (Feb. 24) ... Only UIC player to start all 52 games.

2018: Appeared in all 48 games with 47 starts in right field ... Batted .283 with team-high 53 hits, including 20 that went for extra bases ... Led Horizon League and ranked fifth in the NCAA seven triples ... Became fourth player in program history to notch at least seven triples in a season ... Finished season ranked third on UIC's all-time list with 14 triples ... Ranked ninth in conference in slugging percentage (.481) ... Led Flames with 12 multi-RBI games and recorded 16 multi-hit games to rank second ... Hit five home runs and added 34 RBI ... Ranked as 23rd toughest hitter to strike out in NCAA, fanning only once every 13.4 at-bats ... Named Horizon League Batter of the Week twice (Feb. 19 and March 5) ... Had team-high three outfield assists ... Hit two triples and two doubles and scored four runs during Horizon League Championship (May 24-26) ... Drove in four runs with a home run and sacrifice fly vs. Youngstown State (May 18) ... Knocked in four runs with a triple and home run at Northern Kentucky (April 22) ... Batted .471/.444/.706 in helping vs. Roosevelt (Feb. 27) and at Georgia Tech (March 2-4) ... Had eight hits in the first three games of the week ... Had season-high four hits with two doubles at UTGRV (Feb. 24) ... Batted .429 at Andre Dawson Classic with six hits, including three that went for extra bases and slugged a team-high .857  with five RBI, while leading UIC with 12 total bases and five runs scored (Feb. 16-18) ... Hit first home run of season vs. Prairie View A&M (Feb. 18).

2017: Appeared in all 56 games with 55 starts, primarily in right field ... Batted .281 with 59 hits, including 19 that went for extra bases ... Hit four home runs and ranked third on team with 42 RBI ... Had 15 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI efforts ... Led Flames with nine sacrifice flies ... Played flawless defense in the outfield with a fielding percentage of 1.000 with 89 putouts and four outfield assists ... Went 3-for-5 with two doubles and a triple and scored two runs in NCAA Hattiesburg Regional game at Southern Miss (June 2) ... Drove in season-high six runs with a grand slam vs. Valparaiso (March 24) ... Named Horizon League Batter of the Week (March 27) after batting .533 with two home runs, 10 RBI and 15 total bases against Valparaiso and Northwestern ... Hit first home run of season in victory over No. 7 Vanderbilt (Feb. 24) ... Scored season-high three runs in that win over the Commodores.

2016: Selected to Horizon League All-Freshman Team … batted .281 (47-167) with four home runs and 23 RBI … led team and tied for third in Horizon League with four triples ... made 44 starts in the outfield … finished second on team in home runs (four) … had 12 multi-hit games … earned Horizon League Batter of the Week honors (April 11), going 9-16 (.563) with three doubles, two triples, home run and five RBI, his first career award ... homered and matched career high with three hits (twice) on 4/9 at Northern Kentucky ... hit pinch-hit homer in first collegiate at-bat on 2/19 at Texas Southern ... homered in consecutive games 2/20-21 ... posted career-high four RBI on 2/20 at Texas Southern.

PREP/PERSONAL: Chosen as a Max Preps California large school All-State Second Team selection ... led team and league in average (.489), hits (46), on base percentage (.528) and slugging percentage (.680) ... named to NorCal Prep First Team ... earned Serra High School MVP award ... played infield/outfield and pitcher ... selected to the Prep 2 Prep All Central Coast Section First Team ... was a First Team All-Metro choice according to San Francisco Chronicle ... named to the San Jose Mercury News All-Area First Team ... Majoring in marketing at UIC.

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2016Freshman

    INF/OF
    5'10" 185 lbs
    11
  • 9

    2017Sophomore

    INF/OF
    5'10" 185 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2018Junior

    OF
    5'10" 195 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2019Senior

    OF
    5'11" 195 lbs
    9