| Monica Alnes |
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SDSU Career Rankings: 2nd in batting average (.338), 2nd in slugging percentage (.502), 2nd in on-base percentage (.415), T-8th in home runs (7), T-9th in doubles (20)
An All-American candidate ... A gap hitter who can also hit for power ... A natural leader who should see more innings in the circle in 2007.
2007 NCAA Rankings: 32nd in toughest to strikeout (1K/18.3 at-bats)
2007: SDSU Single-Season Rankings: T-7th in home runs (4)
Sophomore class captain ... Saw action at all infield positions except third base and catcher ... Had four homers, which ties her for seventh 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 ... 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) with eight RBI to lead SDSU to a 5-0 record ... One of only two Aztecs (Wells) with more walks (19) than strikeouts (8) ... Tied Knudsen for the team lead with five game-winning RBI ... 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 ... 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 ... Also homered against UNLV (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, Utah ... 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 logged 6 1/3 innings in the circle.
2006: SDSU Single-Season Rankings: 2nd in slugging percentage (.557), 3rd in batting average (.379), 5th in on base percentage (.447), T-6th in doubles (6), 7th in RBI (32), 8th in runs (33)
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 in slugging percentage (third, .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-MWCselection ... 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 ... Pitched a perfect two innings of relief to pick up her third win of the season in a 5-4 SDSU victory over Utah (game two) on May 7 ... Tossed an inning at UNLV and gave up an unearned run on two hits ... Pitched the final 2 1/3 innings against New Mexico in game two to pick up the win on April 23, striking out two without allowing a walk ... Pitched for the first time as an Aztec in their come-from-behind 6-5 victory over New Mexico on April 7 ... Tossed the final four innings to earn the victory.
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.
