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Jersey Number 24
Slate Alford
- Position:
- Infield
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 220
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Madison, Ala.
- High School/Previous School:
- Bob Jones HS
Bio
2023 (Sophomore Season)
Season: Started 40 out of the 45 games he played in as the third baseman … Tallied 36 RBIs, nine home runs, and 14 walks … Recorded a .248 batting average and a .459 slugging percentage on 39 hits.
VMI (2/17-19): Secured a batting average of .438 on opening weekend...Drove in 2 RBIs in game one and scored three runs over the weekend. ULM (2/22): Picked up his first home run on the 2023 campaign, a two-run shot. Arizona State (2/26): Went 2-for-3 at the plate in game three of the series, picking up an RBI and scoring two runs. Kentucky (3/17): Picked up his fourth multi-hit game of the season on a 2-for-5 day in game one of the series. South Carolina (3/30-4/1): Went 2-for-4 in game one against the Gamecocks...Picked up four hits in the second game of the series, two of which were home runs...Drove in three runs and scored two of his own in the contest. Grambling (4/4): Drove in five runs on a 2-for-5 day, including a grand slam. Alabama (4/6): Went 2-for-5 at the plate in game one against the Crimson Tide, hitting a two-run homer. Ole Miss (4/15): Went 2-for-4 in game two of Super Bulldog Weekend, his ninth multi-hit game of the year.
2022 (Freshman Season)
Season: Appeared in 26 games with 9 starts...Recorded nine hits, with one home run...Drove in three RBIs, drew nine walks...Made his first collegiate appearance vs. Long Beach State (2/19) and his first collegiate start vs Grambling State (3/1).
Grambling State (3/1): Went 1-for-2, getting his first collegiate hit. Princeton (3/11-13): Started first and third game, went 2-for-7 with 3 walks. LSU (4/10): Appeared as a pinch hitter; hit a two-run HR, his first collegiate home run. Jackson State (4/19): Went 1-for-1, drawing two walks and scoring two runs.
High School
Prepped at Bob Jones High School (Ala.) before signing with the Bulldogs...Named a 2021 Rawlings-Perfect Game Third Team Senior Preseason All-American...Rated as the No. 1-rated third baseman in Alabama and No. 11 in the country by Perfect Game...As a senior, he hit .464 with 17 doubles, 14 home runs and 49 runs driven in...Hit .400 during his shortened 2020 junior season with an on base percentage of .589 to go along with a .720 slugging percentage...Was also the starting quarterback at Bob Jones...Chose Mississippi State over offers from Auburn and Tennessee.
Personal
Born on Aug. 23, 2002...Son of Wes and Pam Alford.
Season: Started 40 out of the 45 games he played in as the third baseman … Tallied 36 RBIs, nine home runs, and 14 walks … Recorded a .248 batting average and a .459 slugging percentage on 39 hits.
VMI (2/17-19): Secured a batting average of .438 on opening weekend...Drove in 2 RBIs in game one and scored three runs over the weekend. ULM (2/22): Picked up his first home run on the 2023 campaign, a two-run shot. Arizona State (2/26): Went 2-for-3 at the plate in game three of the series, picking up an RBI and scoring two runs. Kentucky (3/17): Picked up his fourth multi-hit game of the season on a 2-for-5 day in game one of the series. South Carolina (3/30-4/1): Went 2-for-4 in game one against the Gamecocks...Picked up four hits in the second game of the series, two of which were home runs...Drove in three runs and scored two of his own in the contest. Grambling (4/4): Drove in five runs on a 2-for-5 day, including a grand slam. Alabama (4/6): Went 2-for-5 at the plate in game one against the Crimson Tide, hitting a two-run homer. Ole Miss (4/15): Went 2-for-4 in game two of Super Bulldog Weekend, his ninth multi-hit game of the year.
2022 (Freshman Season)
Season: Appeared in 26 games with 9 starts...Recorded nine hits, with one home run...Drove in three RBIs, drew nine walks...Made his first collegiate appearance vs. Long Beach State (2/19) and his first collegiate start vs Grambling State (3/1).
Grambling State (3/1): Went 1-for-2, getting his first collegiate hit. Princeton (3/11-13): Started first and third game, went 2-for-7 with 3 walks. LSU (4/10): Appeared as a pinch hitter; hit a two-run HR, his first collegiate home run. Jackson State (4/19): Went 1-for-1, drawing two walks and scoring two runs.
High School
Prepped at Bob Jones High School (Ala.) before signing with the Bulldogs...Named a 2021 Rawlings-Perfect Game Third Team Senior Preseason All-American...Rated as the No. 1-rated third baseman in Alabama and No. 11 in the country by Perfect Game...As a senior, he hit .464 with 17 doubles, 14 home runs and 49 runs driven in...Hit .400 during his shortened 2020 junior season with an on base percentage of .589 to go along with a .720 slugging percentage...Was also the starting quarterback at Bob Jones...Chose Mississippi State over offers from Auburn and Tennessee.
Personal
Born on Aug. 23, 2002...Son of Wes and Pam Alford.
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