Florida Gators

2016 Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist
2016 D1baseball.com First Team All-America
2016 NCBWA First Team All-America
2016 Perfect Game/Rawlings First Team All-America
2016 ABCA/Rawlings Second Team All-America
2016 Baseball America Third Team All-America
2016 ABCA All-South Region First Team
2016 All-SEC Second Team
2016 NCAA Gainesville Regional Most Outstanding Player
2015 SEC All-Tournament Team
2014 NCBWA Second Team Freshman All-American
2014 SEC All-Freshman Team

AS A JUNIOR (2016): Appeared in 58 games this season, starting 57 as the Gators primary third baseman…Led the team and ranked 4^th in the SEC with a .374 batting average (79-211), the highest for a Gator since Matt LaPorta hit .402 in 2007…Tallied 60 RBI and 51 runs scored…32 of his 79 hits went for extra bases, including 14 home runs and 18 doubles…His .659 slugging percentage led the conference by over 56 percentage points…Had an even strikeout to walk ratio of 31:31…His .469 OBP led the team as he was the only Gator over .400…Had a .319 (29-91) batting average in SEC play while playing in 24 games…Led the Gators with 6 home runs in SEC despite playing in 5 less games due to a fractured bone in his hand…Hit .500 (16-32) in the NCAA Tournament with 5 home runs and 13 RBIs…Led the team with 18 multiple RBI games over the course of the season and ranked second with 25 multi-hit games…He also led the team in HBP with 10…Named the NCAA Gainesville Regional Most Outstanding Player, where he hit 8-14 with 3 home runs and 8 RBI…Named to the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) All-South Region Team…Named to the All-SEC Second Team…Named a Third-Team All-American by Baseball America…Named the ABCA/Rawlings Second Team All-America…Named a First-Team All-American by Perfect Game/Rawlings, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and D1baseball.com…Semifinalist for the Dick Howser trophy along with Logan Shore, an award given to the best collegiate baseball player each year…Only committed 5 errors on the season for a fielding percentage of .991…Selected with the 64^th overall pick in the 2^nd round of the MLB draft by the New York Mets.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2015): Missed the Gators’ first 30 games of the season while recovering from a broken foot…Started 39 games at first base and hit .301 with 33 runs, 32 RBI, 10 doubles, five homers and a pair of triples…Committed just one error and registered a .997 fielding percentage…Turned in 13 multiple-hit58 games and nine multiple-RBI efforts and reached base in UF’s final 20 games…Had a .282 average in 21 SEC contests, with 16 RBI, 15 runs, seven doubles and three homers…Ranked second on the Orange and Blue with a .340 (18-for-53) clip in 15 postseason outings, with 17 runs, 15 RBI, eight walks and seven extra-base hits (three doubles, two triples and two homers)…Hit the two longest homers in TD Ameritrade Park history during the NCAA College World Series – a 429-foot blast against Virginia on June 20 and a 421-foot shot versus Miami on June 17…Drove in a team-high seven runs for the Gators in Omaha and was 5-for-18 (.278)…Batted .400 (4-for-10) during the sweep of Florida State in the NCAA Gainesville Super Regional and was 3-for-5 with a career-high three runs in Game 2…Roped a two-run single in the winner’s bracket game of the NCAA Gainesville Regional victory over USF…Was named to the SEC All-Tournament Team after going 6-for-13 (.462) with five RBI, five runs and five walks as Florida brought home the title…Matched his career best of three walks in the 2-1 decision over No. 1 LSU…Was a perfect 3-for-3 and tallied three RBI in the 11-2 triumph over Auburn…Over four games against the Tigers during the campaign, Alonso hit .538 (7-for-13) and had six RBI…Keyed the sweep of Mississippi State in Starkville by going 7-for-12 (.583), highlighted by a career-best 4-for-5 outing in the finale in which he clubbed two homers and had a double as part of a four-RBI afternoon…Went 2-for-4 in the series opener against No. 21 South Carolina with two RBI and scored twice…Making his season debut, Alonso delivered a two-run double during the 5-1 win at Missouri.

AS A FRESHMAN (2014): Chosen as a second-team Freshman All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA)…One of three Gators named to the SEC All-Freshman Team…Batted .264 with 32 RBI, 19 walks, 18 runs, six doubles, four homers and two triples in 60 games…Started 58 games for the Gators, 30 as the designated hitter, 24 at first base and four at third base…Hit .290 in SEC play, was second on the club with 23 RBI and all four of his round-trippers during the season came in league action…Drove in a pair of runs as UF eliminated No. 22 Mississippi State from the SEC Tournament…Blasted a three-run homer in the first meeting at Tennessee and was 2-for-5 in the extra-inning victory over the Vols…Went 3-for-4 and tallied four RBI as the Orange and Blue finished off a weekend sweep of No. 20 Alabama with a 13-3 triumph…Delivered a two-run double in the third inning, an RBI single in the fifth and a solo shot in the seventh…Notched a career-high five RBI and was 3-for-4 in the 7-1 win over Missouri on April 25 that gave the Gators the SEC lead…Was a homer shy of the cycle after a two-run single in the second, an RBI triple in the sixth and a two-run double in the eighth…Went 2-for-4 with an RBI single in the 7-1 victory at FGCU…Scored twice in the shutout of No. 1 Florida State in Tallahassee…Hit .538 (7-for-13) in the weekend series at No. 19 Kentucky, with a three-run homer in the finale that brought the visitors within 9-8…Moved the Gators in front of No. 4 LSU with a two-run single in the fourth inning, leading the way to a sweep of the Tigers…Collected a pair of hits as UF downed Texas A&M in game one at Blue Bell Park…Opened the scoring in the SEC opener with an RBI grounder against Arkansas…Went 3-for-4 in the second meeting with Illinois…Roped his first career triple and was 2-for-5 as the Gators edged No. 17 Miami (FL), 6-4…Lofted a sacrifice fly in the third inning against North Florida for his first RBI as a Gator…Started at designated hitter on opening night versus Maryland and was 1-for-2 with a run scored.

SUMMER: Played for the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod League last summer…Participated in the Home Run Derby during the CCBL All-Star Game…Batted .255 in 26 regular-season games, with 13 RBI, nine walks, five runs and three doubles…Had a .267 (4-for-15) average in four playoff games and was 4-for-7 (.571) in the Braves’ sweep of Wareham…Rated the No. 4 prospect in the Northwoods League by both Baseball America and Perfect Game in 2014…Played for the Madison (Wis.) Mallards that summer with Gator teammate Kirby Snead and was named the league’s Most Valuable Player…Ranked No. 2 on the Northwoods League Top 200 released by the league office and was tabbed the best overall hitter…Named as a first-team Summer Collegiate All-American by Perfect Game…Among the league leaders, he was second in homers (18), third in batting average (.354) and fifth in RBI (53)…Scored 43 runs and drew 20 walks in 59 games…Alonso’s total of 18 round-trippers was a Mallards’ single-season record…Chosen as the NWL All-Star Game Star of Stars Most Valuable Player after belting a three-run shot in the South Division’s 3-0 victory…Tallied five RBI in his second game of the year, going 3-for-5 with a homer.  

HIGH SCHOOL: Infielder from Plant High School who played for head coach Dennis Braun…Three-time member of Tampa Bay Times’ All-Suncoast Team…Alonso was a second-team Preseason All-American and was named to the Florida All-Region First Team by Rawlings/Perfect Game prior to his senior year…Ranked No. 19 in the state of Florida and No. 2 at third base in the Class of 2013 Final Rankings from Perfect Game…Rated No. 116 nationally and No. 7 among third basemen from Perfect Game…Turned in a career high school batting average of .460 (116-for-252) and drove in 99 runs…Sported an on-base percentage of .517…Almost 47 percent of his hits went for extra bases, as Alonso had 36 doubles, 17 homers and a triple…Hit .387 as a senior, with 24 runs, 22 RBI, nine doubles and seven homers…Named to the Tampa Tribune’s All-Hillsborough County team and collected his team’s leadership award… Received the 2013 Wade Boggs Athletic Achievement Award, based upon outstanding athletic skills, exceptional academic achievement, good sportsmanship and exemplary conduct…Other former Gators who have earned the honor include Tommy Toledo (2007) and Alex Panteliodis (2008), while Preston Tucker (2008) and Daniel Gibson (2010) were honorable mention recipients…Was invited to the USA Baseball 18-U National Team trials in the summer preceding his final prep season…Led all public school hitters in 2012 with a .485 clip…Also had 24 RBI, 11 doubles, six homers and a .912 slugging percentage that season…Before transferring to Plant before his junior year, Alonso set single-season school records at Jesuit High School in hits (54) and RBI (53)…He batted .495 as a sophomore, with 16 doubles and four homers for the Class 4A state finalist Tigers, driving in 16 runs in eight postseason games…Was chosen to MaxPreps Sophomore All-American team in 2011…Two-time winner of team’s best hitter award…Member of the National Honor Society at Plant.

ALONSO'S CAREER STATS

ALONSO'S CAREER HIGHS

Hits: 4, Texas A&M, Apr 02, 2016; at Mississippi State, Apr 19, 2015
Doubles: 2, Eastern Michigan, Feb 23, 2016
Triples: 1, 4 times
Home runs: 2, at Mississippi State, Apr 19, 2015; Bethune-Cookman, Jun 03, 2016
Total bases: 11, at Mississippi State, Apr 19, 2015
RBI: 5, Missouri, Apr 25, 2014
Runs scored: 3, Texas A&M, Apr 02, 2016; Bethune-Cookman, Jun 03, 2016; at Florida State, Jun 06, 2015
Walks: 3, at UCF, Mar 01, 2016; at Georgia, May 02, 2015; vs LSU, May 23, 2015
Hit by pitch: 1, 22 times
Struck out: 3, Vanderbilt, May 08, 2014
Sac flies: 1, 9 times
At bats: 5, 25 times
Stolen bases: 1, Texas A&M, Apr 02, 2016; Florida Gulf Coast, Feb 19, 2016; Florida State, Mar 18, 2014
Caught stealing: 1, at Arkansas, Apr 16, 2016
Field chances: 19, UConn, Mar 07, 2014
Putouts: 18, UConn, Mar 07, 2014
Assists: 5, Florida Gulf Coast, Feb 27, 2014; Auburn, May 15, 2015