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CAREER NOTES: Through two seasons at Pepperdine owns an 11-9 record and 4.55 earned-run average ... Has struck out 106 batters through 138.1 innings pitched ... Struck out his 100th batter on 5/10/09 at Portland ... Since 1999, claims the program's fourth-lowest opponents' batting average at .235 (minimum 100 innings pitched), which ranks him behind Noah Lowry (.201), Randy Wolf (.211) and Mauricio Estavil (.223) ... In the field, has made one error through 43 chances ... 14 of 29 (48.3 percent) potential base stealers have been caught stealing on his watch. CAREER HIGHS: Strikeouts: 9, 3/18/09 vs. Washington State; Walks: 5 (6x), Last: 3/7/09 vs. Evansville; IP (start): 7.2, 4/26/09 at San Francisco; IP (relief): 4.0, 4/29/08 vs. UCLA; Winning Streak: 2g (2x), Last: 5/4-5/18/08; Losing Streak: 2g, 4/26-5/16/09; Low-hit CG: 3 (7.0 IP), 2/28/09 at UC Davis.
2009 SPRING: Finished the year with a 4-5 record and 4.11 earned-run average ... Appeared in 16 of 54 games with 10 starts, lasting 65.2 innings pitched ... Compiled 60 strikeouts and limited opposing batters to a .230 average ... Fellow southpaws batted .154 against him ... Was the only Pepperdine starter not to surrender a home run ... Induced a team-best nine double play balls and averaged 10.01 ground outs per game ... Fly out/ground out ratio of 0.6 was second on the team to Nathan Newman ... Voted by the West Coast Conference coaches to the All-WCC Honorable Mention Team ... Appeared in six conference games, including two starts, and posted a 2-1 record with a 2.31 ERA and 23 strikeouts ... Held WCC hitters to a team-best .167 opponents' batting average, which included just two extra-base hits ... Finished the season with a No. 29 national ranking for fewest hits allowed per nine innings at 7.12 ... Named WCC/Rawlings Co-Pitcher of the Week on March 2 (w/San Francisco's Matt Lujan) after pitching a seven-inning complete game shutout at UC Davis (2/28) ... Allowed three base hits to the Aggies and struck out four in the 10-0 victory ... Was one of five WCC pitchers this season to be credited with a shutout ... Finished second on the team to Aaron Gates with three pickoffs and helped catch five possible base stealers in 12 attempts - a success rate of 41.7 percent ... Did not commit an error through 23 chances ... Struck out a career-high nine batters through six innings in a 5-2 home win vs. Washington State (3/18) ... Established a career high with 7.2 innings pitched at San Francisco (4/26), but suffered a 4-2 loss despite striking out seven Diamond Dons ... Picked up the win in relief against Saint Mary's (4/9), pitching 3.1 scoreless innings in which he struck out six batters ... Did not allow a baserunner through three innings of relief vs. Santa Clara (5/16), striking out five in his final appearance of the season - an 8-4 victory for him and the Waves ... Through six appearances as reliever, finished with a 2-1 record, 2.84 ERA and 4:1 K/BB ratio.
2008 FALL: Picked up the victory following Pepperdine’s 14-3 win over Long Beach State in the second game (11/9) of their exhibition series ... Tossed the first two innings and allowed an earned run on three walks, two wild pitches and a hit batsman ... In the first game (11/1) vs. the Dirtbags, pitched a scoreless second inning with a hit and strikeout ... Made two appearances for the Blue Team at the Blue and Orange World Series ... Suffered the loss in game 1 (11/12) after surrendering Colin Rooney’s three-run home run in the eighth inning ... Started the third game (11/15) and gave up three runs through three innings ... Finished second on the Blue Team to Robert Dickmann with six strikeouts. 2008 SPRING: WCC All-Freshman Team selection ... As a rookie, limited opposing hitters to a .239 average (sixth lowest in the WCC) en route to posting a 7-4 win-loss record with a 4.95 earned-run average ... Made 16 appearances and 11 starts, lasting 72.2 innings ... Struck out 46 batters, which was the team’s second highest total behind Nathan Newman’s 70 Ks ... 35 of his strikeout victims went down swinging ... Allowed the fewest hits of any Pepperdine starter with 62 ... Lefties only hit .181 against him, and held batters to a .206 average with runners on base ... Allowed just two earned runs and struck out four in his victorious collegiate debut against Wake Forest (2/24) ... Went 7.1 innings in his next outing against Minnesota (3/2), striking out four ... Also went a season high 7.1 in a 10-2 win over Oral Roberts (3/25), in which he surrendered just one run on three hits ... Fired six strikeouts in a non-decision at defending NCAA champion Oregon State (3/21) ... Struck out a season and then-career high seven batters through six innings in a 8-5 win at Cal Poly (5/13), a game which also served as his final start ... Five of his final seven appearances were out of the bullpen ... In his relief debut against UCLA (4/29), picked up the win after allowing just one run on one hit through four innings of work while striking out three ... Pitched 1.1 innings of no-hit ball in Pepperdine’s 7-4 NCAA regional win over UC Davis (5/31) ... While on the hill, allowed just eight stolen bases on 17 attempts for a team-best success rate of 47.1 percent.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Cardinal Newman High School, located in Santa Rosa, Calif., in 2007 ... A three-year letterwinner ... Named the All-Empire and North Bay League’s Player of the Year in 2007 ... Holds school records for career and single-season strikeouts in a season ... Led Cardinal Newman to the 2007 North Bay League crown ... Drafted in the 37th round of the 2007 MLB First-Year Player Draft (Cincinnati Reds) ... Played summer ball with the Sonoma County Rebels.
PERSONAL: Born in Santa Rosa, Calif. ... Son of Richard and Maryann Alexander ... Has three brothers, Chris, Stuart and Jason ... Stuart plays in the Florida Marlins organization ... Chose Pepperdine because of the “baseball program and academics.”
FAVORITES: Hobbies include fishing, going to the beach, playing ping-pong and playing video games ... Favorite thing about baseball is “competing” ... Favorite pro baseball player is Barry Zito ... Favorite pro baseball team is the Oakland Athletics ... Favorite book is Moneyball ... Favorite movie is 300 ... Favorite TV show is Entourage ... Favorite musical artist is Bone Thugs N’ Harmony.
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Courtesy: Ron Hall
