Sujeewa a knowledgeable Baseball Coach

Sujeewa Jayantha Wijayanayake, born in Gampaha, the former head Baseball Coach at Ananda College, became the only professional in South Asia with the International Baseball Umpiring License and the only practising foreign baseball umpire in Japan. Wijayanayake is the first Sri Lankan Baseball umpire who qualified at the International Baseball Federation and Baseball Federation of Asia.

Wijayanayake is one of the youngest chief umpires in baseball in Japan. He umpired in All-Japan University Baseball Tournament final round too. He won the award for the most valuable umpire in the Japan Umpiring Camp, Saitama 2009 from among the 157 Japanese umpires. Sujeewa had his early education at a number of schools in Sri Lanka Nalanda College - Minuwangoda, Mahanama College and Ananda College and he then went abroad to 'Ritzumeiken Asia Pacific University, Japan in April 2006. He graduated in 2010 March as a Specialist in Asia Pacific Tourism and Hospitality Management. He entered the Baseball umpiring school in Miyazaki in 2007.

Wijanayake started his Baseball as a player at Ananda College in 1999 and captained Ananda team in 2002. He then was picked for the National Baseball pool the same year. He coached the Ananda team from 2002 to 2006. He then was picked to go for the Asia Baseball Camp in Thailand. In 2005 he was picked as Sri Lanka National umpire to go for the AAA Asia Baseball Championship held in Korea.

The highlight of Wijayanayake's career was umpiring the final of the AAA Asia Baseball championship held in Korea.