Utah Tech University Athletics

2014
Named to the PacWest Third Team … Appeared in 51 games, started in 49 as a junior … hit .306 with 37 runs, four doubles, two triples, one home run and 21 RBI … slugged .375 with a .424 on-base percentage … drew a team-high 28 walks and seven hit by pitch … logged 16 multi-hit games, posting a three games with three hits … batted .320 in 31 conference games, registering 21 runs and 14 RBI …  stole eight bases in nine attempts
 
2013
Named to the PacWest Third Team … Appeared in 46 games, started in all of them as a sophomore … hit .325 with 26 runs, three doubles, one triple and 21 RBI … slugged .366 with a .468 on-base percentage … drew a 27 walks and seven hit by pitch … batted .295 with 17 runs, two doubles, one triple and 10 RBI in 34 conference games, registering 21 runs and 14 RBI …  stole six bases 
 
2012
Appeared in 52 games, started in 45 as a freshman … hit .287 with 32 runs, one double, one home run and 18 RBI … slugged .320 with a .470 on-base percentage … drew a team-high 43 walks … batted .276 with 22 runs and 15 RBI in 39 conference games …  stole seven bases
 
High school
Prepped at Juan Diego Catholic High School in Draper, Utah … as a senior, hit .500 with 11 doubles and 35 runs scored … he played in three straight state championship games, winning two consecutive as a sophomore and junior ...  hit .522 as a sophomore and .446 as a junior garnering all-state recognition both years ... Utah 3A First Team as a senior, Second Team as a junior, honorable mention as a sophomore, 

At the age of 12, Kata played in the Little League World Series for Chiba City, Japan. Here is an excerpt from a MLB.com article about Kata's play in an 11-0 win over Canada:
Sakamoto also benefited from some nifty defense, highlighted by second baseman Yuto Kata. The heady Kata saw the catcher flash the sign for a fourth-inning pitch and shaded toward the base, anticipating a ball hit his way. Moments later Kata dove to his right, snared a skipping grounder and fired to first to rob a hit.
"When it came, I reacted quickly and made the play," Kata said through a translator.