| #10 Alex Berta
Position: INF
Height: 5-10
Weight: 180
Class: Junior
Hometown: Normal, Ill.
High School: Normal West
Career Statistics (through 2008)
2008: Named honorable mention for the All-Northern Athletics Conference team... Led team and finished fifth in NAC in batting with a .384 average... Finished second in the league with a .486 on-base percentage... Started in 33 of 35 games played... Had seven stolen bases in nine attempts... Collected four hits, all singles, in second game against Marian on April 23... Drove in four runs with a double and a triple against Concordia Chicago on April 26...Named Edgewood College baseball athlete of the week for March 17-23 for batting .692 during six games in Florida... NAC Scholar-Athlete.
2007: Started in all 39 games for the Eagles... Batted .270 in 137 at-bats driving in 33 RBIs, second best on the team... Hit eight doubles on the season and stole seven bases on seven attempts...Defensively had a .943 fielding percentage.
2006: Voted LMC Rookie of the Year as well as LMC All-Conference for second base ... started 40 of the 41 games he played ... batted .370 in 138 at bats.
High School: Career .326 hitter at Normal Community West (Ill.) High School … holds the single-season record for runs (50), plate appearances (160), and assists (76) … earned All-Big 12 honorable mention … participated in the Intercity Pantagraph all-star game … helped the Wildcats to regional and sectional championships in 2005 under head coach Chris Hawkins ... also played football for the Wildcats.
Personal: Alex serves as an Edgewood College Ambassador, assisting the college’s admissions office with recruiting efforts at his former high school and Bloomington-Normal (Ill.) area ... born April 22, 1987 ... majoring in Accounting/Business ... son of Ray and Karen Berta ... Alex's brother Nick Berta played four years of college baseball at Benedictine University (2001-2005).
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