2022 Baseball Roster
Roster
Jersey Number 1
Michael Winaker
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Walnut Creek, Calif.
- High School:
- San Ramon HS
CAREER: Played in 32 games and made 22 starts … Batted .266 with 12 hits including five doubles and one home run … Scored 12 runs and brought in 12.
PEPPERDINE 2022: Had the team’s fifth best batting average at .268 … Played in 25 games and started 20 as a senior… Had 19 hits and nine RBI … Had two stolen bases, one vs. CSU Bakersfield (4/19) and the other vs. Portland (5/21) … Went 2-for-4 vs. Portland and had a two-run RBI single up the middle … Earned WCC All-Academic honorable mention … Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “gold” honors … A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
PEPPERDINE 2021: Played in five games and made one start as a redshirt sophomore ... Batted .286 with two hits ... Had a two-run single vs. LMU (4/25) ... Hit a solo home run at Pacific (5/29) ... Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “gold” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
PEPPERDINE 2020: Appeared in two games as a redshirt freshman in the COVID-19 shortened season ... Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “gold” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
PEPPERDINE 2019: Redshirted his first season ... Earned WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “gold” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from San Ramon Valley High School, located in Danville, Calif., in 2018 ... Played two years of varsity baseball ... For his career, hit .311 with a .426 OBP and stole 24 bases ... As a senior, hit .325 and was named All-East Bay Athletic League honorable mention.
CLUB: Played for the Danville Hoots ... Part of the 2017 Connie Mack World Series runners-up.
PERSONAL: Majoring in finance ... Born in Walnut Creek, Calif. ... Son of Pam and Jeff Winaker ... Younger brother to Matthew ... Started his own athletic training and physical therapy business in high school ... Chose Pepperdine “to focus on career specific studies while playing baseball in the most beautiful area in the country.”
FAVORITES: Favorites include Bryce Harper (pro baseball player), New York Yankees (pro baseball team), Full Black by Brad Thor (book), The A-Team (movie), The Office (TV show), Three Days Grace (musical artist), lobster (food) and football (sport besides baseball).
PEPPERDINE 2022: Had the team’s fifth best batting average at .268 … Played in 25 games and started 20 as a senior… Had 19 hits and nine RBI … Had two stolen bases, one vs. CSU Bakersfield (4/19) and the other vs. Portland (5/21) … Went 2-for-4 vs. Portland and had a two-run RBI single up the middle … Earned WCC All-Academic honorable mention … Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “gold” honors … A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
PEPPERDINE 2021: Played in five games and made one start as a redshirt sophomore ... Batted .286 with two hits ... Had a two-run single vs. LMU (4/25) ... Hit a solo home run at Pacific (5/29) ... Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “gold” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
PEPPERDINE 2020: Appeared in two games as a redshirt freshman in the COVID-19 shortened season ... Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “gold” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
PEPPERDINE 2019: Redshirted his first season ... Earned WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “gold” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from San Ramon Valley High School, located in Danville, Calif., in 2018 ... Played two years of varsity baseball ... For his career, hit .311 with a .426 OBP and stole 24 bases ... As a senior, hit .325 and was named All-East Bay Athletic League honorable mention.
CLUB: Played for the Danville Hoots ... Part of the 2017 Connie Mack World Series runners-up.
PERSONAL: Majoring in finance ... Born in Walnut Creek, Calif. ... Son of Pam and Jeff Winaker ... Younger brother to Matthew ... Started his own athletic training and physical therapy business in high school ... Chose Pepperdine “to focus on career specific studies while playing baseball in the most beautiful area in the country.”
FAVORITES: Favorites include Bryce Harper (pro baseball player), New York Yankees (pro baseball team), Full Black by Brad Thor (book), The A-Team (movie), The Office (TV show), Three Days Grace (musical artist), lobster (food) and football (sport besides baseball).






























