GENERAL
●Extremely gifted athlete who can help the Black & Gold in numerous ways
●Powerful right arm will supply valuable depth at the back end of the Rams bullpen
●Contact hitter who provides depth off the bench

2009/FRESHMAN
●The two-way product appeared in 31 games with 23 starts in the field
●Finished the season with a .281 batting average
●Recorded 27 hits with 11 RBI and four doubles
●In a double header against Long Island (2/27), he went 5-for-6 with three RBI, a run and three walks
●Came off the bench and went 2-for-2 with a double, run and RBI against ODU (5/9)
●Went 2-for-5 with a double and a run against Delaware (5/15)
●Registered a hit in nine of his first 10 games as a Ram
●Offensively, posted a season-high two walks against Long Island (2/27)
●Made 11 appearances on the mound with one start
●Logged 19.2 innings and tallied 11 strikeouts

HIGH SCHOOL
●Four-sport athlete for nearby Trinity Episcopal
●Played five years of baseball, four years of football, four years of basketball and one year of volleyball
●Helped the Titans reach the State Quarterfinals in each of his final three baseball seasons
●Named MVP and captain of his baseball squad for his junior and senior seasons
●Was First-Team All-Conference and First-Team All-State in baseball for his final two years
●Current Trinity Episcopal record holder for single-season home runs with eight, set during his senior campaign
●Earned First-Team All-State honors in football during his final three years

PERSONAL
●Son of Tom and Lynn Alford
●Born July 10, 1989
●Majoring in biology at VCU
● Uncle, Dale Travis, was a basketball standout at Christopher Newport University