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Juan Colato

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2021 | Redshirt Junior

Earned All-WAC honorable mention recognition.
Finished second on the team and 10th in the WAC with 40 RBIs.
One of just six individuals in the conference to triple three or more times.
Had a double, a home run and five RBIs in a win over Missouri on Feb. 20.
Collected a season-best four hits in win over Arizona State on April 21.
Had a double, a triple and two RBIs in GCU's series-opening win over California Baptist on May 20.
Named the WAC Preseason Player of the Year and a third-team Preseason All-American of Collegiate Baseball. Was also named one of the nation's top 10 second basemen by D1Baseball.com entering the season.

2020 | Redshirt Sophomore

Made an immediate impact in first season at GCU, leading team in most offensive categories.
Ranked sixth nationally and led the WAC with 29 hits in the shortened season.
Ranked eighth nationally in total bases (49).
Had back-to-back three-hit games to open his Division I career, including three RBIs in an opening-night win over Oklahoma State.
Collected nine hits over a weekend series at Stanford, highlighted by a 5-for-5 day on Feb. 29, the fifth by a GCU player since the return to D-I in 2014.
Homered five times, the highest rate of home runs per game at GCU since 1996. Included three home runs in the first two games of a weekend series against Pacific on March 6-7.

Phoenix, Ariz.

Led the team with a .383 batting average during his freshman year in 2018. Collected 82 hits with 14 doubles, 10 triples and four home runs to go along with 36 RBIs.
Earned Arizona Community College Athletic Conference first-team honors and was the league's runner up MVP.
Earned National Junior College Athletic Association All-Region accolades.
Had 11 games of at least three hits, highlighted by a five-hit effort at Scottsdale.
Missed the majority of his sophomore season in 2019 due to injury.
Was the only foreign-born player at South Mountain.

Played for the national team at the Central American Games in Nicaragua in 2018, when four-time MLB All-Star Dennis Martínez sought him to compliment his play after a game.

His favorite players to watch growing up include Jose Ramirez, Christian Yelich and Ichiro Suzuki.
Chose GCU because it is a "place where I can grow as a person and athlete."