Alex Beckmann Class: Sophomore Hometown: Batavia, IL High School: Batavia Height / Weight: 5-10 / 165 Position: IF Experience: HS B/T: L/R

2009: Hit .227 with 27 hits, 16 runs, eight RBI, four doubles and 24 walks in 44 games, 33 starts ... Made Huskie debut against Mississippi State (2/20), posting three walks and a hit in four plate appearances ... Scored twice and knocked in two more vs. SIU (3/6) ... Had a 2-for-4 day with a run at Saint Louis (3/10) ... Knocked in a run on a base hit and scored a run at Southeast Missouri (3/15) ... Recorded a season-high three hits in a win vs. Buffalo (3/21) ... Drove in a pair of runs vs. Bowling Green (3/27) ... Went 2-for-3 with an RBI vs. Toledo (4/18) ... Finished third on the team in walks (24).

High School: Earned all-state honors and was a two-time first team all-conference and all-area selection ... Two-time team captain ... Collected IHSBCA All-State, first team All-Western Sun Conference, and Daily Herald and IHSBCA all-area accolades as a junior ... Ranked by Prep Baseball Report as Illinois' No. 53 prospect ... Played for Team Illinois at the Jack Kaiser All-Star Game ... Earned team's Bulldog Award after hitting .505 with 55 hits, 42 runs scored and four home runs during his junior year ... Named team MVP and first team all-conference, and garnered all-area selection by the Daily Herald and IHSBCA as a sophomore ... Set the school season record with a .530 batting average while totaling 61 hits, 33 runs and two home runs in his sophomore season ... National Honor Society member.

Personal: Born Aug. 21, 1990 ... Parents are Peter and Janice Beckmann ... Aspires to become a baseball coach.

Long Hit Streak: 6 (2009)

buonavolanto's Career Highs

Hits: 3, 2x, last vs. Southeast Missouri, 3/15/09

Runs Batted In: 3, 2x, last vs. Bradley, 3/25/08 (G2)

Runs Scored: 4, 2x, last vs. Buffalo, 3/21/09

Doubles: 3, vs. Akron, 4/13/08 (G1)