ASIJ senior Woochan Nam batted .564 with a 1.079 OPS, 14 extra-base hits and 31 RBIs for the Far East Division I tournament champion Mustangs. (Photo by Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan – Who says you can’t go home again?
Woochan Nam flipped that narrative on its head in confident fashion, leading American School In Japan to the Far East Division I Tournament title at Camp Humphreys, South Korea – the land of his birth.
But the senior catcher said he didn’t want to take too much for granted in the six-team, four-day tournament played at Humphreys High School’s Blackhawks Field.
“I didn’t want to be overconfident,” said Nam, who was born in Seoul in 2008. “We hadn’t played Humphreys or Kadena or Kubasaki, so I didn’t know how good the other teams were. I thought we could win, but that we should expect the unexpected. I didn’t want to be cocky about it.”
So, Nam and the Mustangs put together a 5-0 run through the Far East tournament, outscoring opponents 35-10 and winning the title April 25 via a 9-2 victory over Nile C. Kinnick. Nam was named the D-I tournament’s Most Valuable Player.
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