Caden Aoki

Position:
RHP
Height:
6-0
Weight:
185
Class:
Graduate Student
B/T:
R/R
Hometown:
Huntington Beach, Calif.
Prev School:
USC

2025 (Senior/USC): Posted a 3.99 ERA with a 6-4 record for Andy Stankiewicz as the Trojans went 37-23 and advanced to the 2025 NCAA Corvallis (Ore.) Regional Final
*Made 17 appearances with 16 starts and tallied 90 strikeouts in 97 innings
*Posted a 6.43 strikeout-to-walk ratio, which led the Big Ten and ranked seventh nationally
*Registered a career-high 10 strikeouts over seven innings and allowed one run on three hits against Vanderbilt to earn Big Ten Conference Pitcher of the Week honors
*Tossed a complete game at Minnesota to become the first Trojan to do that since 2015, allowing one run with nine strikeouts to earn Big Ten Conference Pitcher of the Week honors
*Went seven scoreless innings with six strikeouts against UCLA
*Earned All-Big Ten Conference Third Team honors
*Named to the NCAA Corvallis (Ore.) Regional All-Tournament Team
*Selected to the ABCA All-West Region Second Team
*Named Academic All-Big Ten Conference

2024 (Junior/USC): Went 2-3 in 46.2 innings for Andy Stankiewicz as the Trojans went 31-28
*Made 11 starts and tallied a 3.91 ERA with 42 strikeouts
*Threw 4.0 scoreless innings and posted four strikeouts versus Utah
*Lost no-hit bid after allowing a one-out single in the seventh inning of the Pac-12 title game against Arizona in Scottsdale and got a no decision after the Wildcats posted a 4-3 walk-off for the final league crown
*Named to the Pac-12 All-Tournament Team
*Named to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll

2023 (Sophomore/USC): Led the Pac-12 in ERA (2.98) as the Trojans went 34-23-1 for Andy Stankiewicz
*Made 13 appearances with 11 starts
*Posted a 4-3 mark with 52 strikeouts in 63.1 innings
*Tallied a season-high eight strikeouts versus UCLA and at Arizona
*Threw eight scoreless innings against Arizona to earn Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week honors
*Had a streak of 23.1 straight scoreless innings from late February to mid-April
*Named to the All-Pac-12 Conference squad and to the All-West Region second team

2022 (Freshman/Notre Dame): Attended Notre Dame where he played for Link Jarrett as they went 41-17 and advanced to the College World Series after beating top-ranked Tennessee in Knoxville
*Posted an 0-2 mark and 3.86 ERA across four relief appearances
*Tallied 9.1 innings with 10 strikeouts and only two walks
*Tossed a season-high 3.1 innings and three strikeouts in his collegiate debut against Delaware

High School: A four-year letterman and graduate of Huntington Beach where he played for Benji Medure
*A four-year letterman, an All-League Selection and Sunset League Pitcher of the Year in 2019
*Threw an eight-inning complete game shutout in the CIF playoffs
*Posted a 9-0 record, 0.93 ERA with 46 strikeouts and 10 walks plus hit .378 with 40 runs, nine home runs, 25 RBI and five steals, threw 45.1 innings as a senior
*Helped squad go undefeated to capture the league championship
*Graduated magna cum laude

Personal: Born Aug. 21, 2002
*Son of Damon and Deborah Aoki
*Caden got to play the 2023 season at USC with his brother, Connor, who served as one of the starting catchers after earning All-Conference honors during a four-year career for Binghamton