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17 Alex Clemons

  • Height
    6-1
  • Weight
    215
  • Position
    Pitcher
  • Class
    Junior
  • Hometown
    Bettendorf, Iowa
  • High School
    Pleasant Valley H.S.
  • Major
    Human Biology

Biography

PRONUNCIATION


HONORS AND AWARDS 

  • College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team (2023)
  • Summit League All-Academic Baseball Team (2023)
  • Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence (2023)
  • Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023) 

2023: Tied for second on the team with 19 appearances, including a pair of starts … averaged 11.74 strikeouts per nine innings pitched, fanning 42 batters in 30 2/3 innings … tallied at least one strikeout in 17 of his 19 appearances … struck out three batters over 1 2/3 scoreless innings in first outing of the season, at Little Rock (2/19) … credited with first career victory after tossing two innings of relief at Utah Tech (3/5) … fanned five batters over two scoreless innings in making first career start, versus Iowa (3/17) … tossed three scoreless innings with 3 K’s in first game of home doubleheader against Omaha (4/16) … followed with 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief with three strikeouts versus St. Thomas in Game 1 of twinbill to pick up the win (4/23) … started opener of final regular season at North Dakota State, logging 2 2/3 inning and striking out five in no-decision (5/18) … made two appearances in Summit League Baseball Championship (5/24-27) … played for the Willmar Stingers of the Northwoods League during the summer of 2023

2022: Proved to be a reliable reliever for the Jackrabbits during his freshman season … tied for the team lead with 17 appearances – all in relief – but did not factor into any decisions … struck out at least one batter in 15 of his 17 appearances … struck out one over two innings in collegiate debut against Purdue (2/19) … in longest outing of the season, tossed 2 1/3 scoreless innings at Incarnate Word (2/24) … pitched two scoreless and hitless innings in series finale at Wichita State (3/13) … began streak of four consecutive scoreless appearances with one shutout frame in Summit League opener at Oral Roberts (3/25) … struck out season-high four batters in 1 2/3 innings of second game of doubleheader against Western Illinois (4/9) … closed season by retiring all four batters he faced in Summit League Baseball Championship opener at Oral Roberts (5/26) 

BEFORE SDSU: Alex was selected as conference player of the year and was a first-team all-state honoree as a senior at Pleasant Valley High School … primarily pitched out of the bullpen as he recorded nine saves and posted a 1.30 earned run average while striking out 56 batters in 32.1 innings in 2021 … member of the National Honor Society and a three-time Academic Excellence Award recipient

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 39

    2022Freshman

    Pitcher
    6'1" 185 lbs
    39
  • 26

    2023Sophomore

    Pitcher
    6'1" 205 lbs
    26
  • 17

    2024Junior

    Pitcher
    6'1" 215 lbs
    17
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