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Jersey Number 23
Makoa Sniffen
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Monte Sereno, Calif.
- High School:
- Archbishop Mitty
- Major:
- Finance
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
AS A SOPHOMORE (2026): Played in 62 games and made 62 starts as the team's everyday first baseman... Finished with a .354 batting average, a .405 on-base percentage, a .573 slugging percentage and a .978 OPS... Recorded a team high 97 hits, 19 doubles, four triples, eleven home runs, a team high 64 RBI and 52 runs scored... Stole ten bags for second most on the team... Set program single-season hits record with 97... Tied the team lead with 30 multi-hit games and had the only 5-hit game of the season... Recorded a career high five RBI twice in wins against CSUN and San Diego State... Went 5-for-7 with two RBI including a walk-off RBI single to give the Gaels a 5-4 13-inning victory over San Jose State (2/26)... Recorded two multi-homer games in wins against CSUN and Nevada... Went 3-for-4 with two runs scored, a career high five RBI and two home runs in a 12-0 run-rule victory over CSUN (2/22)... Named to Baseball America's Team of the Week after his five-hit, three-home run and nine RBI performance against CSUN (2/24)... Recorded six hits over his first three WCC Tournament games including an RBI single against Pacific to break the single-season program hits record with 90 hits on the year... Recorded five hits and three RBI over his four games in the NCAA Los Angeles Regional... Went 1-for-5 with an RBI including a walk-off RBI single to defeat and eliminate No. 1 UCLA 6-5, sending the Gaels to their first ever NCAA Regional final (5/31)... Named All-WCC Second Team... Named ABCA All-West Region Second Team.
AS A FRESHMAN (2025): Played in 23 games and made ten starts as a true freshman for the Gaels primarily as a pinch hitter, DH and a corner infielder... Finished the season with a .235 batting average, .333 slugging percentage, .278 on-base percentage and a .611 OPS... Recorded 12 hits, five doubles and four RBI in his 51 at bats... Made his first start in the DH position in a 7-3 win over San Diego State... Recorded his first collegiate hit and scored a run in a 10-3 win over Sacramento State... Recorded three multi-hit games and had a career high three RBI in an 8-4 win over Fresno State... Recorded a pinch hit double in the team's elimination game against #8 Oregon State in the NCAA Regional.
PRIOR TO SAINT MARY'S: Attended Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, California... Played four years of varsity baseball... Batted .362 with a .474 OBP and a .564 SLG... Hit 1 HR, 1 3B, 11 2B, and had 29 RBI’s... Named Scholar Athlete of the Year and was named First Team All-West Catholic Athletic League.
- All-WCC Second Team (2026)
- WCC All-Academic Team (2026)
- CSC Academic All-District (2026)
- ABCA All-West Region Second Team (2026)
AS A SOPHOMORE (2026): Played in 62 games and made 62 starts as the team's everyday first baseman... Finished with a .354 batting average, a .405 on-base percentage, a .573 slugging percentage and a .978 OPS... Recorded a team high 97 hits, 19 doubles, four triples, eleven home runs, a team high 64 RBI and 52 runs scored... Stole ten bags for second most on the team... Set program single-season hits record with 97... Tied the team lead with 30 multi-hit games and had the only 5-hit game of the season... Recorded a career high five RBI twice in wins against CSUN and San Diego State... Went 5-for-7 with two RBI including a walk-off RBI single to give the Gaels a 5-4 13-inning victory over San Jose State (2/26)... Recorded two multi-homer games in wins against CSUN and Nevada... Went 3-for-4 with two runs scored, a career high five RBI and two home runs in a 12-0 run-rule victory over CSUN (2/22)... Named to Baseball America's Team of the Week after his five-hit, three-home run and nine RBI performance against CSUN (2/24)... Recorded six hits over his first three WCC Tournament games including an RBI single against Pacific to break the single-season program hits record with 90 hits on the year... Recorded five hits and three RBI over his four games in the NCAA Los Angeles Regional... Went 1-for-5 with an RBI including a walk-off RBI single to defeat and eliminate No. 1 UCLA 6-5, sending the Gaels to their first ever NCAA Regional final (5/31)... Named All-WCC Second Team... Named ABCA All-West Region Second Team.
AS A FRESHMAN (2025): Played in 23 games and made ten starts as a true freshman for the Gaels primarily as a pinch hitter, DH and a corner infielder... Finished the season with a .235 batting average, .333 slugging percentage, .278 on-base percentage and a .611 OPS... Recorded 12 hits, five doubles and four RBI in his 51 at bats... Made his first start in the DH position in a 7-3 win over San Diego State... Recorded his first collegiate hit and scored a run in a 10-3 win over Sacramento State... Recorded three multi-hit games and had a career high three RBI in an 8-4 win over Fresno State... Recorded a pinch hit double in the team's elimination game against #8 Oregon State in the NCAA Regional.
PRIOR TO SAINT MARY'S: Attended Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, California... Played four years of varsity baseball... Batted .362 with a .474 OBP and a .564 SLG... Hit 1 HR, 1 3B, 11 2B, and had 29 RBI’s... Named Scholar Athlete of the Year and was named First Team All-West Catholic Athletic League.
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