2008 Preseason First Team All-MAAC
2007 First Team All-MAAC
2007:
First Team All-MAAC selection...Named to the Northeast Region Second Team by ABCA...Held the nation’s longest hitting streak at 35 games from April 18, 2006 - March 25, 2007...Streak is the best in school and MAAC history...Named ‘Louisville Slugger’s’ National Player of the Week on March 19, 2007...Ranked third in the conference in batting (.379) and second with 66 hits and 42 RBIs...Led Niagara in eight offensive categories...Was tops on the squad with 39 runs, 11 doubles and eight home runs...Recorded 19 multiple-hit games, including two four-hit outings...Had multiple-RBI games on 11 occasions, including a pair of four-RBI games...Had a team-best slugging percentage (.603) and on-base percentage (.444)...Collected 13 two-out RBIs and batted .367 with runners in scoring position...Went 3-for-4 with five runs, four RBIs and two home runs in a win over UMES (March 14)...Collected four hits against Canisius in the Big 4 Classic (April 24).
2006: Started 31 of 39 games, 25 at designated hitter...Posted a team-high .379 batting average… Recorded the second-highest batting average against conference opponents (.419)…Posted the third-highest slugging percentage (.516), and the fourth-highest on-base percentage (.419)…Was 13-for-16 in stolen bases, ranking second on the team…Ranked fifth on the squad in runs scored (27)…Was second on the team and fifth in the MAAC with three triples…Had 14 multiple-hit games…Finished the season riding a 22-game hit streak that started against St. Bonaventure (April 18)…Was 37-86 at the plate for a .430 batting average, 20 runs scored, 14 RBI, nine extra base hits, 10 stolen bases and only nine strikeouts during streak…Recorded at least one hit in 26 of 27 games between April 8 and the season’s end…Reached base safely in 32 of 37 games, including a streak of 28 consecutive games…Batted .448 against left-handed pitchers…Was third on the squad in slugging percentage (.516) and fourth in on-base percentage (.419)…Reached base 14 of 20 times when leading off an inning…Recorded his first career home run, a solo shot, at Siena (May 16)…Was 5-6 with four RBI and two doubles in a 12-8 win at St. Bonaventure (May 2)…Went 2-4 at the plate with two RBI, two runs, a triple and a stolen base in the 12-5 win at Iona (March 6)…Named team’s Most Improved Player.
2005: Started six of 14 games, including four in left field and two in right...Hit .316 with runners on...Recorded two multi-hit games...Registered first collegiate hit, a double, in a loss at South Carolina (Feb. 26)...Collected a season-high two hits in wins at Saint Peter’s (April 16) and at St. Bonaventure (April 19)...Had best day at the plate vs. the Bonnies, going 2 for 4 with a season-best three RBI and a triple...Scored and plated two runs in the win over the Peacocks...Had a .379 slugging percentage…Sported a perfect fielding percentage.
C. W. Baker High School: Earned third-team all-state accolades as a senior…First-team all-area…Named first team as a senior and second-team all-league and all-conference as a junior and sophomore…Played in the Exceptional Senior game…Three-year letterwinner…Helped team to a 20-2 overall record, 18-2 conference mark and a Section III title in 2004…Team MVP as a senior…Hit .602 with 41 hits, 30 runs, 41 RBI, 10 doubles, two triples and three home runs as a senior…Posted a .447 batting average, 93 hits, 65 runs, 74 RBI, 20 doubles, three triples and eight home runs in three seasons…Perfect in stolen bases (28)…Played two seasons at first base and his senior year in center field…Won a bronze medal as a junior with the Central Region Empire State Team…Member of the Babe Ruth U16 World Series Championship Team in 2003 and a World Series All-Tournament selection…Played two seasons on the football team and basketball team…Second-team all-league and team MVP on the basketball team…Named the 2004 Outstanding Male Athlete at C.W. Baker.
Personal: Born Sept. 3, 1986, in Syracuse, N.Y.…Son of Butch and Kim Alberts…Has two older brothers, Kyle, and Wes…Father played in six games for the Toronto Blue Jays in 1978 and for 10 years total with the Syracuse Skychiefs... Majoring in criminology and criminal justice.
