UC Irvine's Keston Hiura (Aaron Fitt)

GSA Spotlight: UCI’s Keston Hiura

SAN DIEGO — Seventy-six-year-old Mike Gillespie has been a college baseball coach since 1971, and he’s seen his fair share of outstanding hitters in his day. He’s coached six players who went on to become major league All-Stars, including Aaron Boone, Bret Boone, Geoff Jenkins and Morgan Ensberg during his tenure at Southern California.

So when Gillespie says that UC Irvine junior outfielder Keston Hiura stacks up with the best of the players he has coached, it carries some serious weight.

“He’s special. He just is really special,” said Gillespie, who is in his ninth season at[…]