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- Kiara
- Ota
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- Position
- Second Base
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- Class
- Senior
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- Height
- 5' 6
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- Bat/Throw
- L/R
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- High School/Other
- Northwood
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- Hometown
- Irvine, Calif.
| Batting | Fielding | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Avg | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | SLG% | BB | HBP | SO | GDP | OB% | SF | SH | SB-ATT | PO | A | E | FLD% |
| 2013 | .286 | 15-4 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .286 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .375 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .833 |
| 2014 | .100 | 7-0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .875 |
| 2015 | .000 | 9-1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .889 |
| 2016 | .105 | 15-5 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .105 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | .850 |
| Career | .140 | 46-10 | 50 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .140 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .185 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 21 | 16 | 6 | .860 |
Updated: May 25, 2016
2016: Appeared in 15 games, starting five … Collected two hits, driving in a run … Plated two runs … Hit a sac-fly at College of Charleston to drive in one run … Tallied 12 putouts, assisting five … Notched three putouts with one assist versus Hampton and three putouts against Virginia.
2015: Played in nine games, starting one … First career start at second base came at No. 19 James Madison … Scored one run … A member of the 2014-15 ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2014: Played in seven games … Had one hit … Drove in three runs and scored one.
2013: Played in 15 games, starting four … First start came as the designated player against Maryland, where she picked up a career-high two hits … Hit .286 on the year … Had one walk, one hit by pitch and scored two runs … Started three games in left field for Tech in the NCAA Tournament … Had a hit against Notre Dame in the NCAA Tournament.
High School: Lettered three times at Northwood High for Coach Blair Ota … Hit .484 in league play her senior season, earning Pacific Coast All-League honors … Also won the Leadership Award in 2012 … Named all-city, Pacific Coast League all-league and defensive player of the year as a junior … Named rookie of the year in 2010 … A Pacific Coast League Honorable Mention selection in 2010 … Led the team in sacrifices for three years … Also played volleyball … Played travel ball for the Irvine Sting, also coached by Blair Ota.
Personal: Kiara Paula Ota … Born July 21, 1994 in Irvine, CA … Daughter of Blair and Paula Ota … Has four older siblings, Bowen, Jamie, Melissa and Erin … Erin played softball at Virginia Tech from 2005-2009 and Melissa played softball for Brown University … Majoring in psychology.
