TJ Yasuhara finished the 2011 baseball season with a flourish, earning California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Championship All-Tournament recognition and Wildcat of the Week honors in the process. The junior shortstop hit safely in the Wildcats' final 10 games, batting .512 during that stretch, including .467 in the CCAA Championship Tournament. He went 7-for-15 as the Wildcats won one of three games last weekend in Stockton, scoring four runs and driving in three. He also walked twice and compiled an on-base percentage of .529.
Yasuhara went 1-for-6 with a run and an RBI in the tournament-opening win against Sonoma State. He then went 4-for-6 and smacked a game-tying home run in the bottom of the ninth the following day in a winners' bracket game against UC San Diego. The Wildcats eventually lost, but Yasuhara scored three times and reached base in five of seven plate appearances. In the team's season finale, Yasuhara went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Yasuhara went 21-for-41 over his last 10 games and reached base in 26 of 46 plate appearances during that stretch for a sparkling on-base percentage of .565. He raised his batting average to .342 (second on the team) in the process.
