2011 (summer)
Played in 42 games for the Wenatchee AppleSox of the West Coast Collegiate League...batted .228 with one home run, two triples, four doubles, 27 RBI and 18 runs...played in the league's annual All-Star Game...Wenatchee went 39-15 overall, finishing first in the league's East Division.
2011
Played in 53 games, making 50 starts at shortstop...batted .238, totaling one home run, 10 doubles, 21 runs and 20 RBI...established himself as UCLA's starting shortstop by the fourth weekend of the regular season...registered 10 two-hit games and six multiple-RBI efforts, including a season-high three RBI in UCLA's 9-0 victory against Pepperdine (Feb. 22), going 2-for-3 in that contest with one stolen base...went 2-for-4 with one RBI in UCLA' 4-1 win over San Francisco in an elimination game at the NCAA Los Angeles Regional (June 5)...went 4-for-10 (.400) with one double, two RBI and two runs in UCLA's three-game Pac-10 series at Arizona State (May 27-29)...opened the weekend at Arizona State going 2-for-5 with one double, two RBI and one run (May 27)...hit safely in each of UCLA's three Pac-10 games versus California (May 20-22)...went 5-for-11 (.455) in a three-game Pac-10 series at Stanford...went 2-for-4 with two runs in the series opener at Stanford (April 21)...went 2-for-3 with one solo home run in the series finale at Stanford (April 23)...went 2-for-4 with one double, two RBI and two runs in a 14-6 victory against San Diego State (April 19)...went 2-for-3 with one double and one run in the series finale at Washington State (April 10)...went 1-for-2 with one double, two walks and two runs in UCLA's 10-3 win at Washington State (April 9) to clinch a Pac-10 series victory...went 2-for-4 with one double, two RBI and one run in a 5-3 win over Washington (April 2)...went 2-for-3 with one double, two RBI and one run in a 10-2 victory against Saint Mary's (March 12).
High School
Three-year varsity baseball letterwinner at Hart High School under head coach Jim Ozella...batted .313 as a senior (2010), logging one home run, six doubles, 17 RBI and 13 runs...finished second on the team on the basepaths in 2010, recording 18 stolen bases in 19 attempts...batted .371 as a junior (2009), recording two home runs, one triple, six doubles, 20 RBI and 20 runs...saw limited action on the varsity squad as a sophomore (2008), totaling three at-bats in two games...was the only sophomore to play on Hart's varsity team during the 2008 baseball season...played for the Milwaukee Brewers Gray Team at the 2009 Area Code Games at Blair Field (Long Beach, Calif.)...competed for the South Team at the 2009 North-South Series at Santa Clara University.
Personal
Full name: Patrick Ryne Valaika...born September 9, 1992 in Valencia, Calif...Pat is the third of Jeff and Ilona Valaika's four children...has two older brothers in professional baseball - Chris and Matt...has one younger brother, Nick...has one older sister, Briana...brother, Chris, made his major league debut with the Cincinnati Reds in Aug. 2010 and played baseball at UC Santa Barbara...brother, Matt, plays in the St. Louis Cardinals' minor league organization and played baseball at UC Santa Barbara...undeclared major.
Career Highs
At-bats - 5 (4 times), last vs. UC Irvine (6/5/11)
Runs - 2 (4 times), last at Stanford (4/21/11)
Hits - 2 (10 times), last vs. San Francisco (6/5/11)
RBI - 3 vs. Pepperdine (2/22/11)
Doubles - 1 (10 times), last at Arizona State (5/27/11)
Home Runs - 1 at Stanford (4/23/11)
Stolen Bases - 1 (twice), last at USC (3/25/11)
