Completed Event: Baseball versus Saint Mary's on March 14, 2026 , Win , 9, to, 8
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Jersey Number 4
Juan Colato
- Position:
- UTIL
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-10 / 195
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- B/T:
- S/R
- Hometown:
- San Salvador, El Salvador
- Prev School:
- South Mountain CC
- Major:
- B.S. in Engineering
- Opendorse NIL:
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| Read | Colato carries Salvadorian flag to GCU Watch | Film breakdown |
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Grand Canyon |
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.
- 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.
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South Mountain CC |
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.
Summer Leagues |
- 2020: Savannah Bananas | Coastal Plain League | Savannah, Ga.
El Salvador |
- 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.
Personal |
- 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."
GCU Baseball at Washington State (Game 1) - Highlights
Saturday, March 21
GCU Baseball at Arizona - 9th-Inning Highlights
Wednesday, March 04
GCU Baseball vs. Pacific - Cannon Peery's fourth homer of season
Saturday, February 28
GCU Baseball vs. Pacific - Tanner Johns' go-ahead double
Saturday, February 28
