Biography
Career Notes
4-year letterwinner
2019 RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll
All-Time Rankings
Most combined shutouts: t-8th (1)
Highest fielding pct.: 17th (.979)
Most double plays turned: t-19th (34)
Single-Season Rankings
Most combined shutouts: t-6th (1 in 2021)
Most times reached on fielder's choice: t-8th (9 in 2019)
Highest fielding pct.: 15th (.991 in 2021)
Most double plays turned: t-17th (28 in 2019)
2021 | Senior
Played in 31 games, including eight starts among 12 pitching appearances, during the condensed 2021 season … Had 21 all-inclusive starts for the year … Compiled a 6.92 earned-run average in 53.1 innings on the bump in his 12 appearances on his way to a 5-2 record … Ended the season with 50 strikeouts, the second-most strikeouts on the team, while allowing 43 runs (41 earned), 63 hits, and 13 walks … Matched a career-high eight strikeouts while giving up one run, four hits, and two walks over 7.0 innings in the Rangers’ 7-2 pod win to finish season competition against Adams State on March 27 in Grand Junction, Colo. … Set a career-high eight strikeouts while surrendering six runs and 11 hits through 6.0 innings pitched in Regis’s 8-6, doubleheader-closing road win against the Grizzlies of Adams State on March 20 … Earned his first win of the season by pitching 6.0 scoreless innings in which he struck out six and gave up just five hits and a walk in RU’s 3-0, doubleheader-closing win over Washburn on Feb. 20 … Registered a 3-for-4 day, including a grand slam and a double, to go along with three runs scored, a game-high and career-high eight RBI, and a walk in the Rangers’ 33-16, series-closing win at ASU on March 21 … Posted a 3-for-5 performance, including a game-high two home runs, in addition to three runs scored, a share of the game-high three RBI, and a walk in Regis’s 22-7, series-opening road win over the Grizzlies on March 19 … Commenced the season with a 1-for-3 showing, including a home run, and had a game-high three runs scored, two RBI, and a game-high two walks in RU’s 15-10, season-opening victory over the Ichabods of Washburn on Feb. 19 … Accumulated a .294 batting average, including four home runs and four doubles, 21 runs scored, 17 RBI, and 10 walks … Recorded a .991 fielding percentage, including 84 putouts and 21 assists.
2020 | Junior
Started in four of the 14 games he played in during the shortened 18-game season … Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a stolen base in the Rangers’ 7-5, series-closing win at Concordia Irvine on Feb. 9 … Had a 1-for-2 game at the plate, including a double, to go along with two RBI and one walk in Regis’s 6-3, doubleheader-opening victory over Northern State on Feb. 29 … Had a .235 batting average, with one double, in addition to five runs scored, two RBI, three walks, and one stolen base for the year … Claimed a 1.000 fielding percentage, consisting of 20 putouts and four assists … Also pitched in two games for a combined 5.1 innings of work in which he struck out six while giving up nine runs (eight earned), seven hits and five walks … Struck out three while allowing two earned runs, four hits, and two walks in 3.0 innings on the mound during RU’s 10-2, series-opening road win over WU on Feb. 21 in Lawrence, Kan.Â
2019 | Sophomore
Started 38 of 42 games appeared in ... Put together a .979 fielding percentage with 251 putouts and 32 assists ... Helped turn 28 double-plays at first base ... Collected 34 hits in 138 at-bats for a .246 batting average ... He tallied multiple hits in eight games, including two games with three hits ... Alexander recorded eight doubles, one triple and two home runs ... Had 19 RBI to his name with a .320 on-base percentage ... Stole three bases on the year.
2018 | Freshman
Made 10 starts while appearing in 18 games for the Rangers ... Collected seven hits, including his first-career home run against Wayne State College on Feb. 18 ... Added two doubles ... Accounted for two RBI and stole one base ... Made eight putouts and eight assists in the field.
High SchoolÂ
A 2017 graduate from Bonneville High School in Idaho Falls, Idaho ... Earned three varsity letters as a member of the baseball team … Made First Team All-Area both as a shortstop and as a starting pitcher … Batted .412 and .446 during his junior and senior years, respectively, with the Bees of the 4A Great Basin - East Conference … Graduated high school with honors … Played for the Idaho Falls Bandits Summer Ball club team.Â
Personal
Son of Ryan and Cala Alexander ... Has a sister named Grace ... Plans to attend law school after college and later become a lawyer.