| Monica Alnes |
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A natural leader, both on the field and off ... Solid all-around player who
missed the 2008 season with a back injury ... Can play multiple positions, but
will most likely see the majority of time at first base ... Can hit for average
or power ... A scholar-athlete.
SDSU Career Rankings: 2nd in slugging percentage (.502), 2nd in OPS
(.917), 3rd in batting average (.338), 3rd in on-base percentage (.415), 6th in
hardest to strikeout (1K/13.67 AB), T-7th in sacrifice flies (3), T-9th in home
runs (7), T-10th in doubles (20)
HONORS:
2007 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
Two-Time Academic All-Mountain West
Conference (2006-07)
2006 All-Mountain West Conference Team
2006 Mountain
West Conference All-Tournament Team
Two-Time MWC Player of the Week (April 25,
2006 and March 20, 2007)
2008 Season: Utilized her redshirt season
nursing a back injury.
2007 Season: NCAA Rankings: 32nd in toughest
to strikeout (1K/18.3 at-bats) SDSU Single-Season Rankings: T-8th in home runs
(4)
Sophomore class captain ... Saw action at first base, second base,
shortstop, pitcher and as the designated player ... Sang the national anthem
before SDSU's final home game against UNLV on May 6 ... Had four homers, which
ties her for eighth on the single-season home run list ... Struck out just eight
times in 147 at-bats, or one time every 18.3 at-bats ... The mark was the
second-highest on the team (Tamani Wells) and the 32nd-best in the nation .. Led
the team in RBI (25) for the second consecutive season ... Tied for the team
lead with Brittany Knudsen and Melissa Owens with four home runs ... Finished
second on the squad with 19 walks and was third on in doubles (8) and on-base
percentage (.385) ... Was named an Academic All-Mountain West Conference
selection for the second straight year ... Named MWC Player of the Week on March
20 after going 9-for-17 (.529) to lead SDSU to a 5-0 record during the week.
Also led the team over the five games in hits (9), RBI (8), total bases (16),
slugging percentage (.941) and on-base percentage (.556) ... One of only two
Aztecs (Wells) with more walks (19) than strikeouts (8) ... Tied Brittany
Knudsen for the team lead with five game winning RBI ... Was fourth on the team
with 10 multiple-hit games and five multiple-RBI contests ... Hit safely in nine
consecutive games from March 10-21 which tied Wells for the third-longest streak
on the team ... Batted .519 (14-for-27) over the nine games ... Started the
final 43 games of the season, the second-longest active start streak behind
Wells' 80 ... Batted .369 (24-for-65) when she started at first base and .357
(20-for-56) from the No. 5 batting spot in the order ... Was 3-for-9 (.333) with
one home run and seven RBI with the bases loaded ... Led the team with a .417
batting average (5-for-12) over four games against MWC champion Brigham Young
... Had her first career grand slam in SDSU's 7-1 win over Fordham on March 16
... Had a three-run homer in the Aztecs' 8-0 win over Long Beach State on Feb.
25 ... Homered in the fourth to give San Diego State its first run in a 5-0
victory over UNLV on April 21 ... Went 2-for-3 with a homer, two walks and four
RBI in the Aztecs' 11-3 win over Brigham Young in Provo ... The effort helped
SDSU hand the Cougars their first home loss of the season ... Had two hits in
four consecutive games from March 17-21 and batted .615 (8-for-13) over the
stretch ... Drove in at least one run in four straight contests from April 14-21
... SDSU went 24-10 when she had at least one hit, 9-1 when she had two or more
hits, 13-2 when she scored a run and 13-2 when she drove in at least one run ...
Also tossed 6 1/3 innings in the circle for the Aztecs where she struck out
four.
2006 Season: SDSU Single-Season Rankings: 2nd in slugging
percentage (.557), 2nd in OPS (1.004), T-3rd in extra-base hits (17), T-4th in
batting average (.379), 6th in on base percentage (.447), 6th in fielding
percentage (.992), T-6th in doubles (12), 7th in chances (376), 7th in putouts
(348), T-7th in sacrifice flies (2), T-8th in times hit by pitch (3), T-9th in
RBI (32)
Had one of the most prolific offensive seasons in school history as a
freshman ... Did not play first base in high school but earned the job in the
fall after winning over the coaching staff with her leadership abilities ...
Ranked among the Aztec single-season leaders (bettered in some categories one
year later) in slugging percentage (second, .557), batting average (third,
.379), on base percentage (fifth, .447), doubles (tied-sixth, six), RBI
(seventh, 32) and runs (eighth, 33) ... Led the team in runs, RBI and triples
(two) ... Was second in batting average, hits (53), doubles, slugging
percentage, on base percentage and fielding percentage (.992) ... Named
all-Mountain West and was an academic all-MWC selection ... Received MWC
all-tournament team honors after going 6-for-10 (.600) with a home run, three
RBI and six runs scored in four games ... Batted .556 (25-for-45) with 17 RBI
over a career-long and SDSU season-high 15-game hitting streak from April 15-May
13 ... Named MWC Player of the Week on April 25 after going 8-for-14 with seven
runs and seven RBI in four Aztec wins at Colorado State and New Mexico ... Hit
for the cycle and had career highs of five RBI and four runs in the Aztecs'
21-5, five-inning win over New Mexico on April 23 ... The four runs in a game
tied a school record set by Tiffany Goudy (April 26, 2002) ... Tied for the team
lead with four others with seven multi-RBI games ... A clutch player, Alnes led
the team with nine game-winning plays (six GW RBI, three GW runs), meaning she
was responsible for a game-winning play 26.5 percent (9-of-34 wins) of the time
... Led the team with her .416 batting average (32-for-77) (minimum 20 at-bats)
with runners on base and a .444 average (24-for-54) (minimum 15 at-bats) with
runners in scoring position ... Also topped SDSU with 21 two-out RBI and tied
for first with four bases-loaded hits ... Hit for a remarkable .453 average
(24-for-53) in MWC contests, second on the team, while her 16 MWC RBI was the
most on the squad ... Hit for a .667 (8-for-12) average with a homer and seven
RBI in four games against MWC opponent New Mexico ... Also batted .500 or above
against conference foes Brigham Young (.526), Utah (.500) and UNLV (.500) ...
Had three games with three or more hits ... Reached base safely in 18 of her
final 20 contests ... Batted .434 (36-for-83) over the final 28 games with 20
RBI, 20 runs scored and a team-high .627 slugging percentage ... Raised her
batting average 81 percentage points during that stretch ... Aztecs were 20-3
when she scored a run, 17-2 when she recorded an RBI and 23-9 when she had a hit
... Went 3-0 in the circle with a 2.27 ERA in 12 1/3 innings ... Allowed only
one run in her final 8 1/3 innings after allowing three earned runs in her first
four innings ... Had an impressive 3.5-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
High School: Played four years at Palos Verdes Peninsula High School in Rancho
Palos Verdes, Calif. ... Earned all-Bay League accolades all four seasons ...
Was named the South Bay most valuable pitcher in 2005 ... Selected to the
all-CIF first team in 2005 and the second team in 2004 ... Named to the all-area
first team from 2003-05, after garnering second team honors in 2002 ... Also
chosen as the 2005 all-area most valuable player ... Led Palos Verdes Peninsula
to a first-place finish in the Bay League in 2005 and to a top 10 ranking in the
state ... Was the team captain her senior year ... Also competed for various
club teams, including the So Cal Athletics (U-18) in 2005 ... Was involved in
AVID all four years of high school and was the president of the organization her
final three years.
Personal: Monica Elizabeth Alnes was born Sept. 15, 1987, in
Redondo Beach, Calif. ... Daughter of Jolene and Tom Alnes ... Double-majoring
in public administration and international security and conflict resolution.
