• 2008 Louisville Slugger Preseason Second Team All-American • 2008 Preseason Watch List for Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Award •2008 Baseball America Preseason First Team All-American • 2007 Louisville Slugger Third Team All-American • 2007 Baseball America Second Team All-American • 2007 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Second Team Selection
At Miami
Named to the preseason watch list for the 2008 Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Award ... Named a 2008 Louisville Slugger second team preseason All-American by Collegiate Baseball ... Named second team All-American by Baseball America and third team Louisville Slugger All-American by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper as a sophomore in 2007 ... Named second team All-ACC in 2007 ... Rated the No. 2 prospect in the Cape Cod League by Baseball America last summer ... Rated the No. 5 college prospect in the class of 2008 by Baseball America ... Named a 2007 Cape Cod League All-Star and earned All-Cape Cod League honors after hitting .338 for the Brewster Whitecaps with a team-high 51 hits, which included 12 doubles and four home runs, 25 RBI and 36 walks. He owned a .468 on-base percentage and slugged .497. Alonso led the Cape in on-base percentage and had the third-best batting average. He ranked second in the league in total hits and doubles ... Became only the second freshman in Miami history in 2006 to lead the team in home runs and RBI (Ryan Braun, 2004) ... Spreads the ball all over the field ... Can play first or third ... Named the top prospect in the Virginia Valley League by Baseball America during the summer of 2006 after hitting eight home runs in 99 at-bats for Luray.
Sophomore (2007)
Led the team and ACC with 18 home runs while hitting a team-best .376 in 61 games.
Had a team-high 74 RBI, which also tied for first in the ACC.
Drew a team-high and ACC-best 64 base on balls, which ranks sixth all-time in a single season at Miami.
Also ranked in the top 10 in the ACC in individual batting (6th, .376), runs scored (10th, 57 runs), total bases (4th, 148 total bases), on-base percentage (2nd, .519), slugging percentage (2nd, .705).
Second among Miami regulars fielding .985.
Started all 61 games at first base for the Hurricanes.
Hit .291 in 30 ACC games finishing with 30 hits, 25 runs scored, five doubles, eight home runs, 31 RBI, 31 walks and a perfect 7-for-7 in stolen base attempts.
Had 21 games with at two hits or more and 20 games with two RBI or more.
Ended the season on a season-long nine game hitting streak which started on May 17 at home against Duke.
Columbia (Mo.) Regional Highlights(6/1-3):
Posted three hits in the NCAA Regional adding two runs scored, a double and three walks; 2-for-4 with one run scored against Louisville.
ACC Tournament (5/23-27):
Hit .400 in the tournament finishing with five walks, two RBI and a run scored; 2-for-4 with a double and RBI against Clemson in the opening game.
Regular Season Highlights
vs. Mercer (2/2-3): Hit .666 (4-for-6) with one RBI, a home run and five walks; 3-for-3 with two runs scored and one home run in the season opener.
vs. UCLA (2/9-11): Hit .571 (4-for-7) with six RBI, two home runs and four walks; Set a career-high with four hits going 4-for-4 with two home runs, four RBI and three runs scored in game two of the series.
at Florida (2/16-18): Hit .500 (6-for-12) with three runs scored, six RBI, two home runs and three walks; 2-for-4 with three RBI and a home run in game two of the series; 3-for-4 with three RBI, a double and a home run in the series finale.
vs. Clemson (3/30-4/1): Hit .333 (4-for-12) with six RBI and two home runs; Finished 2-for-5 with four RBI and two home runs in the series opening 10-3 win; 2-for-3 with two RBI in the series finale.
vs. FIU (4/4; 4/11): Finished 3-for-4 with three RBI in the first meeting in Coral Gables; 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs and a home run in the second game at University Park.
vs. NC State (4/13-4/15): Batted .500 (5-for-10) with three walks and one RBI in the series; 3-for-5 in the opening game.
vs. Florida State (4/27-4/29): Batted .375 (3-for-8) with four RBI, two home runs and four walks; 2-for-4 with four RBI and two homers in the series opener.
vs. Duke (5/17-5/19): Closed out the regular season with a 7-for-13 performance in the Duke series; 2-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI in the series opener; 4-for-5 with a career-best six RBI, two doubles and a home run in the series finale.
Freshman (2006)
Led the team with 69 RBI, 10 home runs, eight sacrifice flies and 587 putouts at first base- only the second freshman in Miami history to lead the team in home runs and RBI (Ryan Braun, 2004).
Also led Miami's regulars with a .994 fielding percentage.
Started every game at first base and hit .295 with 48 runs scored, 18 doubles and 32 walks.
College World Series Highlights (6-17, 19, 20):
Hit .273 in the series with two walks.
2-for-3 with a pair of singles and a walk against Rice.
Oxford Super Regional Highlights(6/10-12):
Hit .385 with two home runs and five RBI against Ole Miss; 1-for-4 with a RBI walk and scored Miami's final run of the Super Regional in the eighth inning; 3-for-4 in the Game 2 with two runs scored and hit a solo home run to lead off the eighth inning; 1-for-5 with a three-run home run in the second inning of Game 1.
Lincoln Regional Highlights(6/2-5):
Hit .200 in the Regional with 33 putouts.
Recorded 16 putouts at first base in the Regional Championship against Manhattan with a walk and run scored at the plate; singled, walked and stole a base in the 8-2 win against Manhattan; 1-for-3 with a run, RBI single in the third inning and a walk in the Regional opener against San Francisco.
Regular Season Highlights
vs. Wright State (5/5-7): Hit .444 (4-for-9) for the series with a 1.222 slugging percentage and 11 total bases on two home runs and a double; led the team with six RBI in the series; 2-for-3 with a a run and two RBI in the series finale with a double and sac fly; hit a three-run home run in the first inning of the 14-1 win; 1-for-4 with a solo home run in the fourth inning to snap a 1-1 tie in the series opener.
at N.C. State (4/28-30): Went 3-for-11 in the series with three RBI and a pair of doubles;tied a career high with three runs scored in the series finale and went 2-for-4 with a double, walk and two RBI; scored the game-tying run in the seventh inning of the series finale win.
vs. Virginia (4/21-23): Went 5-for-13 with two doubles and had an RBI in each game; closed out the series going 3-for-5 with a double, RBI and two runs scored.
at Maryland (3/24-26): Totaled three hits, two doubles, three runs scored, two RBI and three walks in the series at Duke (3/17-19): Hit .500 in the series with three RBI, a home run and a double; hit a two-run home run in the first inning of the second game.
vs. Manhattan (3/15): Went 2-for-4 with three RBI.
vs. Fordham (3/14): Recorded a season-high 17 putouts at first base.
vs. Virginia Tech (3/10-12): Led the team with eight RBI in the series; hit .300 in the series with a double, home run and two walk; hit his third home run of the season in the second game of the series and drove in four runs; doubled and drove in three runs in the series opener.
vs. Michigan State (3/8): Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and threw out a runner at home with the bases loaded in the fourth inning.
vs. Bethune-Cookman (2/24-26): Reached base seven times in the series on four hits and three walks; posted a .636 on-base percentage and a .500 batting average.
vs. Florida (2/17-19): Hit .384 for the series (5-of-13) with two doubles and three RBI; 3-for-5 with a double, two RBI and two runs scored in the series finale.
vs. Louisville (2/15): Went 2-for-3 with a three-run home run in the sixth inning and scored two runs.
vs. Winthrop (2/3-5): Went 8-for-13 in the series with a home run, two doubles and eight RBI; first career hit came in the series opener, a three-run home run to begin a 3-for-4, six RBI day.
vs. FIU (1/28-1/29): Made his collegiate debut in the season opener and drew three walks; totaled two runs and stole one base with an RBI in the series.
Coral Gables
Played for head coach Israel Camacho at Coral Gables ... Three-time team MVP ... Captained his team and set school records for single-season average (.530), runs batted in (33) and walks (33) ... Two-time all-state selection and three-time All-Dade pick ... Team Offensive Player of the Year three times and was the Dade Offensive Player of the Year as a senior ... Florida Sports Writers Association 2005 6A First-Team All-State infielder.
Senior (2005): Hit .530 with six home runs, 33 walks and 33 RBI ... named team MVP and Miami-Dade Offensive Player of the Year.
Junior (2004): Miami Herald First-Team All-Dade selection in the infield ; Batted .420 with 28 RBI and five home runs.
Sophomore (2003): Hit .510 with five home runs, 16 doubles and 25 RBI.
Freshman (2002): Knocked in 30 runs and hit .405 with four home runs.
Personal
Son of Luis and Damaris Alonso.
Has one younger sister, Yainee.
Majoring in criminology.
Born in Cuba and moved to the U.S. when he was nine years old.
Selected in the 15th round of the 2005 MLB Draft by the Minnesota Twins.
High school teammate of pitcher Jason Santana and catcher Ben Vazquez.
Attended the same high school as former Florida Marlin star Mike Lowell.
