Colton Plaia

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Class: Junior Hometown: Mission Viejo, Calif. High School: JSerra HS

Height / Weight: 6-3 / 225 Position: C B/T: R/R

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BRIEFLY
Colton Plaia is in his third season with LMU baseball...

AT LMU
2011... finished the year batting .313 with seven runs scored, three doubles, a home run and eight RBI... appeared in 17 games, starting 14... batted 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI against San Diego on May 28... went 1-for-3 with a double and a run scored against Hawai'i on March 4... batted 3-for-4 with a run scored, a double and two RBI at Cal Poly on March 12... batted 2-for-4 with a run scored and a RBI against USC on April 19... batted 1-for-4 with a double and a run scored against Portland on May 22...

2010... made an immediate impact at the Division I level, appearing in 33 games and starting 25... batted .295 with 20 runs scored, six doubles, a triple and three home runs... posted 16 RBI, slugged .457 and reached at a .373 clip... drew seven walks and stole one base... batted .242 in conference play, scoring four runs and collecting a double, a triple and five RBI... posted nine multiple-hit games, including a season-best three hits versus Long Beach State on March 16... notched four multiple-RBI games, including three RBI on two occasions... lone stolen base came versus Cal Poly on March 31... hit safely in seven straight games from March 16 to March 26... batted .391 against left-handed pitchers... managed a .379 average when leading off an inning... hit .353 with two out in an inning...

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2009 graduate of JSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano, Calif... earned three varsity letters for coach Brett Kay... served as team captain in his senior year... garnered All-League recognition as a junior and senior... named a Scholar-Athlete... earned the Coaches Award as a senior... batted .382 with 18 runs scored and 19 RBI as a senior... collected six doubles and two home runs in 2009... was 18-for-31 throwing out potential base runners in his final year... recruited by Oregon and Long Beach State, but chose LMU because it was close to home, has a great sports program, and is a very nice campus...

PERSONAL
Colton Luke Plaia was born September 25, 1990 in Mission Viejo, Calif... son of Maryken and Christopher Plaia... has one brother, Nick Murphy, who played baseball at Cal Poly... a business entrepreneur major.