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Jersey Number 13
Royce Ando
- Position:
- INF
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Mississauga, Ontario
- High School:
- John Fraser Secondary
Bio
CAREER NOTES: A three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection.
2019 (SENIOR): Earned Academic All-Big recognition ... Played in all 54 games, one of three Spartans to play in every game, and shared team-lead in started with 53 ... Led MSU hitting .304, just shy of the top 15 in Big Ten ... Topped MSU and ranked 15th in B1G with a .394 on-base percentage ... Second on team with 56 hits, going 56-for-184 at the plate, with nine double, one triple and one home run ... Also second on team with 26 RBI and shared team-lead with 22 walks ... Added three stolen bases, along with three sac flies and two sac bunts ... Also second on team by getting hit-by-pitch seven times ... Made 40 starts at second base, 11 at third base and two at shortstop ... Led team with a 16-game on-base streak April 5-27) ... Posted a pair of seven-game hit streaks, coming in the first seven games of the season (Feb. 15-14) and then late in the season (May 5-14), as part of a hit in nine of the last 10 games and 12 of the last 15 games, as well as two separate six-game streaks (March 9-17; April 5-13) ... Finished the season hitting 21-for-55 (.382) with 11 RBI and five doubles over last 15 games of season, raising average from .271 to season-ending average of .304, reaching as high as .312 after going 3-for-4 twice in weekend series at Iowa, sandwiched around at 1-for-3 outing (May 10-12) ... Ranked second on team with 14 multiple hit outings, including 11 two-hit games, two three-hit outings and season-high four hits, going 4-for-5 vs. Northwestern (April 27), with two RBI and two runs scored ... Recorded eight multi-RBI games with seven games with two ribbies and one three-RBI game, going 2-for-4 with three RBI and a run scored vs. Ohio State (March 9) ... Had a smashing return to action, after missing most of 2018 season with an injury, by blasting a home run in the second inning in first at bat of new season, ending the game 2-for-4, adding a triple ... Had streak of three-straight games with a double, all three coming vs. Northwestern (April 26-27) ... Shared the Big Ten lead by getting hit by pitch three times in a game, vs. Illinois (May 18) ... In the field, ranked second on team and tied for 10th in B1G with 117 assists, as well as leading MSU and ranking tied for 14th in B1G as part of 27 fielding double plays, adding 68 putouts.
2018 (JUNIOR): Academic All-Big Ten honoree ... Injury-limited season, played in 16 games with 13 starts ... Batted .286 with five runs, one double and five RBI, also swiping five stolen bases ... Posted a .310 slugging percentage and .333 on-base percentage ... Recorded season-high and tied career-best with four hits vs. Clemson (March 7), one of three multi-hit outings ... Drove his season-high and career-high tying two vs. Furman (March 17) ... Swiped two stolen bases in a game twice, both vs. Niagara, (March 15) and (March 17) ... In the field, made season-high eight putouts and four assists while playing second base vs. Niagara (March 15).
2017 (SOPHOMORE): Academic All-Big Ten selection... Appeared in 50 of the 52 games, making 48 starts at shortstop ... sixth on the team with a .281 average, rapping out 48 hits which ranked seventh on the team ... tallied seven doubles, one triple and two HR, finishing with 19 RBI ... added eight stolen bases ... had a .943 fielding percentage and ranked 14th in the B1G in assists (142) ... part of 30 double players, ranking third on the team ... posted season and career-long six game hitting streak (March 17-24) ... logged 11 multiple hit games, including two games with three hits and career-best four hitting outing at Northwestern (April 29), going 4-for-5 with two RBI, two runs scored and swiping career-high three stolen bases ... had career-long 13-game reached base streak.Â
2016 (FRESHMAN): Saw action in 43 games, making 38 starts, all at shortstop ... posted a .966 fielding percentage in Big Ten play, having committed just two errors in 18 games (14 starts), tallying a .945 fielding percentage overall ... part of 17 double plays, ranking tied for second on the team ... had two five-game hitting streaks in an 11-game stretch, including a season-high three hits vs. Furman (Feb. 20) and added season-high two RBI in same game, which matched vs. UCF (Feb. 28) ... logged a triple in back-to-back games vs. Texas State and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Feb. 26-27) ... has a season-high eight-game reached base streak.
PRIOR TO MSU: Three-year member of the Canadian Junior National Team ... Played for the Ontario Blue Jays where he hit .303 with 25 RBI in final season and hit .444 with 35 RBI in prior season ... Represented Canada at the 2015 18U World Cup in Osaka, Japan ... Named to the 2014 Perfect Game High School Showdown All-Tournament Team ... Selected to the Perfect Game WWBA World Championship All-Tournament Team ... Won the Mickey Mantle World Series with the Ontario Blue Jays two seasons ago, becoming the first Canadian team to win the title ... Attended John Fraser Secondary School ... Ranked the No. 1 shortstop in Canada and the No. 9 overall player in Canada by Perfect Game as a junior.
PERSONAL: Son of Hiroki and Yoko ... Born August 3, 1997.
2019 (SENIOR): Earned Academic All-Big recognition ... Played in all 54 games, one of three Spartans to play in every game, and shared team-lead in started with 53 ... Led MSU hitting .304, just shy of the top 15 in Big Ten ... Topped MSU and ranked 15th in B1G with a .394 on-base percentage ... Second on team with 56 hits, going 56-for-184 at the plate, with nine double, one triple and one home run ... Also second on team with 26 RBI and shared team-lead with 22 walks ... Added three stolen bases, along with three sac flies and two sac bunts ... Also second on team by getting hit-by-pitch seven times ... Made 40 starts at second base, 11 at third base and two at shortstop ... Led team with a 16-game on-base streak April 5-27) ... Posted a pair of seven-game hit streaks, coming in the first seven games of the season (Feb. 15-14) and then late in the season (May 5-14), as part of a hit in nine of the last 10 games and 12 of the last 15 games, as well as two separate six-game streaks (March 9-17; April 5-13) ... Finished the season hitting 21-for-55 (.382) with 11 RBI and five doubles over last 15 games of season, raising average from .271 to season-ending average of .304, reaching as high as .312 after going 3-for-4 twice in weekend series at Iowa, sandwiched around at 1-for-3 outing (May 10-12) ... Ranked second on team with 14 multiple hit outings, including 11 two-hit games, two three-hit outings and season-high four hits, going 4-for-5 vs. Northwestern (April 27), with two RBI and two runs scored ... Recorded eight multi-RBI games with seven games with two ribbies and one three-RBI game, going 2-for-4 with three RBI and a run scored vs. Ohio State (March 9) ... Had a smashing return to action, after missing most of 2018 season with an injury, by blasting a home run in the second inning in first at bat of new season, ending the game 2-for-4, adding a triple ... Had streak of three-straight games with a double, all three coming vs. Northwestern (April 26-27) ... Shared the Big Ten lead by getting hit by pitch three times in a game, vs. Illinois (May 18) ... In the field, ranked second on team and tied for 10th in B1G with 117 assists, as well as leading MSU and ranking tied for 14th in B1G as part of 27 fielding double plays, adding 68 putouts.
2018 (JUNIOR): Academic All-Big Ten honoree ... Injury-limited season, played in 16 games with 13 starts ... Batted .286 with five runs, one double and five RBI, also swiping five stolen bases ... Posted a .310 slugging percentage and .333 on-base percentage ... Recorded season-high and tied career-best with four hits vs. Clemson (March 7), one of three multi-hit outings ... Drove his season-high and career-high tying two vs. Furman (March 17) ... Swiped two stolen bases in a game twice, both vs. Niagara, (March 15) and (March 17) ... In the field, made season-high eight putouts and four assists while playing second base vs. Niagara (March 15).
2017 (SOPHOMORE): Academic All-Big Ten selection... Appeared in 50 of the 52 games, making 48 starts at shortstop ... sixth on the team with a .281 average, rapping out 48 hits which ranked seventh on the team ... tallied seven doubles, one triple and two HR, finishing with 19 RBI ... added eight stolen bases ... had a .943 fielding percentage and ranked 14th in the B1G in assists (142) ... part of 30 double players, ranking third on the team ... posted season and career-long six game hitting streak (March 17-24) ... logged 11 multiple hit games, including two games with three hits and career-best four hitting outing at Northwestern (April 29), going 4-for-5 with two RBI, two runs scored and swiping career-high three stolen bases ... had career-long 13-game reached base streak.Â
2016 (FRESHMAN): Saw action in 43 games, making 38 starts, all at shortstop ... posted a .966 fielding percentage in Big Ten play, having committed just two errors in 18 games (14 starts), tallying a .945 fielding percentage overall ... part of 17 double plays, ranking tied for second on the team ... had two five-game hitting streaks in an 11-game stretch, including a season-high three hits vs. Furman (Feb. 20) and added season-high two RBI in same game, which matched vs. UCF (Feb. 28) ... logged a triple in back-to-back games vs. Texas State and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Feb. 26-27) ... has a season-high eight-game reached base streak.
PRIOR TO MSU: Three-year member of the Canadian Junior National Team ... Played for the Ontario Blue Jays where he hit .303 with 25 RBI in final season and hit .444 with 35 RBI in prior season ... Represented Canada at the 2015 18U World Cup in Osaka, Japan ... Named to the 2014 Perfect Game High School Showdown All-Tournament Team ... Selected to the Perfect Game WWBA World Championship All-Tournament Team ... Won the Mickey Mantle World Series with the Ontario Blue Jays two seasons ago, becoming the first Canadian team to win the title ... Attended John Fraser Secondary School ... Ranked the No. 1 shortstop in Canada and the No. 9 overall player in Canada by Perfect Game as a junior.
PERSONAL: Son of Hiroki and Yoko ... Born August 3, 1997.
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