Kurt Suzuki

Kurtis Kiyoshi Suzuki (Japanese: 鈴木 清, Hepburn: Suzuki Kiyoshi, born October 4, 1983), is an American professional baseball catcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Oakland Athletics, Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves. Prior to playing professionally, Suzuki attended Cal State Fullerton and won the Johnny Bench Award and Brooks Wallace Award.\n', ' Suzuki was born to Warren and Kathleen Suzuki in Wailuku, Hawaii and attended Henry Perrine Baldwin High School from which he graduated in 2001. Suzuki was mentored as a youth by Hawaiian MLB scout Walter Isamu Komatsubara. He managed a .328 batting average as a senior at Baldwin.\n', ' Suzuki attended California State University, Fullerton, where he played college baseball for the Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team. Cal State Fullerton appeared in the 2003 College World Series and captured the 2004 College World Series championship, thanks to Suzuki\'s two-out RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning, giving the Titans a 3-2 win over the Texas Longhorns.\n', '