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One of the nation's top young players who had a breakout season last year as a sophomore, earning All-Pac-10 honors...will see action either in the outfield or at first base...hits for both power and average and is a base stealing threat...
AS A SOPHOMORE (2009): Batted a team-leading .366 (75-for-205, 5th in Pac-10, .317 vs. Pac-10) with 17 doubles (6th in Pac-10), and a team-leading 12 home runs (7th in Pac-10) and 43 RBI...also had 75 hits (6th in Pac-10), 130 total bases (6th in Pac-10), a .634 slugging percentage (6th in Pac-10), 44 runs and a .444 on-base percentage (8th in Pac-10)...had a team-high 24 multiple hit games and 11 multiple RBI games...had a career-high 19-game hitting streak from March 9-April 10 (30-for-74, .405, 4-2B, 7-HR, 20 RBI)...went 2-for-3 with a career-high four RBI April 25 versus Arizona State....was 2-for-4 with a two-run triple and three RBI April 22 at Stanford...went 5-for-10 with two doubles, a home run and two RBI April 17-19 versus Oregon...was 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI April 15 at UC Davis...went 2-for-4 with two doubles at Stanford April 13...hit a home run at Washington April 9...was 2-for-3 with a double and home run April 1 versus Long Beach State...went 4-for-5 with a double March 29 versus Washington State...hit a two-run homer versus Stanford March 23 and a three-run homer versus the Cardinal March 22...was 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI March 17 at Pacific...went 3-for-4 with an RBI March 13 versus Cal Poly...was 3-for-5 with two home runs and three RBI March 9 at Oklahoma...was the March 3 Pac-10 Player of the Week after going 9-for-20 (.450) with seven runs, two doubles, two home runs and five RBI in Cal's wins over Vanderbilt, at Santa Clara and three-game sweep at Long Beach State...started the season off on an 11-game hitting streak (18-for-45, .400, 4-2B, 3-HR, eight RBI), including four straight two-hit games (Feb. 27-March 4)...was honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic...
AS A FRESHMAN (2008): Batted .270 (17-for-63, .143 vs. Pac-10) with two doubles and six RBI in 35 games...had 12 starts in left field and three as a designated hitter as a true freshman...had a clutch RBI double in the ninth inning May 25 versus UCLA...was 6-for-14 (.455) with a double and four RBI versus Loyola Marymount Mar. 14-16...went a career-high 4-for-4 with three RBI against the Lions in game one March 15...was 2-for-3 versus Stanford Mar. 4.
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: At Bellarmine College Prep was 2007 West Catholic Athletic League MVP, two-time first-team all-section and two-time first-team all-league...helped his team to a 35-4 record and scored the winning run of the 2006 Central Coast Section Championship...batted .365 with 12 home runs as a sophomore, had a .609 on-base percentage with 40 walks as a junior and hit .440 with 11 home runs as a senior...competed in the 2006 High School All-Star Classic in Wareham, Mass...majoring in economics...parents are David and Elaine Canha...born February 15, 1989 in San Jose, Calif.
Canha's Career Statistics YEAR AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SO SB 2008 .270 35 63 10 17 6 2 0 0 12 22 2 2009 .366 53 205 44 75 43 17 1 12 27 37 5 Total .343 88 268 54 92 49 19 1 12 39 59 7Career vs. the Pac-10 AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SO SB TB SLUG vs. UA .308 5 13 2 4 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 5 .385 vs. ASU .250 4 12 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 4 0 3 .250 vs. UO .500 3 10 5 5 2 3 0 1 4 2 1 11 1.100 vs. OSU .308 4 13 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 5 .385 vs. STAN .231 4 13 2 3 6 0 0 2 3 3 0 9 .692 vs. UCLA .143 5 14 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 6 0 4 .286 vs. USC .357 6 14 1 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 6 .429 vs. UW .143 5 14 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 5 .357 vs. WSU .500 3 12 0 6 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 7 .583
Career Bests Most Hits: 4, twice, last time March 29, 2009 vs. Washington State (4-for-5, 2B) Most Runs: 3, four times, last time April 19, 2009 vs. Oregon Most RBI: 4, twice, last time April 25, 2009 vs. Arizona State (2-for-3) Career Grand Slams: None Longest Hitting Streak: 19, March 9-April 10, 2009 (30-for-74, .405, 4-2B, 7-HR, 20 RBI)
