DURHAM – Senior catcher
Alex Stone was named one of the top-50 best catchers in college baseball this season, as announced by
D1Baseball on Tuesday. The Andover, N.J., native was slotted as the No. 11 catcher in all of college baseball heading into the 2024 campaign.
The 6-foot-5 catcher started 61 of the 62 games he appeared in last season for the Blue Devils, posting a .315 average at the plate and tied for the team lead in hits with 80. Stone bashed 17 home runs during the 2023 run to the Super Regionals, moving him into a tie for sixth all-time in a single season and tied for 10th in career home runs with 27.
Additionally, Stone tallied a 30-game hitting streak in 2023, the third longest in program history and the longest under head coach
Chris Pollard. He also posted the longest reached base streak in the Pollard era, reaching safely in 36 straight games. Following the 2023 season, Stone was tied for second in batting average on the team (.315), tied for first in hits (80), tied for first in home runs (17), first in RBI (62), and third on the team in slugging percentage (.579). He was also tied for the team lead with 23 multi-hit contests and led the team with 18 multi-RBI games.
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