Completed Event: Baseball versus Murray State on June 9, 2025 , Loss , 4, to, 5
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2022 Baseball Roster
Stone, Alex
Jersey Number 5
Alex Stone
- Position:
- Catcher
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 235
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Andover, N.J.
- High School:
- Newton
- B/T:
- R/R
Bio
Awards
2024: Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award Semifinalist … All-ACC Second Team Catcher … Started and appeared in all 60 games that the Blue Devils competed in during the 2024 season … Tallied 77 hits and drove in 59 RBI … He scored 45 runs and collected 19 double and 13 home runs … Finished his Duke career ranking Third in home runs (40), 23rd in doubles (42), 13th in RBI (138), tied for seventh in slugging percentage (.552) … Was third on the team with 23 multi-hit contests, including six three-hit days and one four-hit day against Pittsburgh (4/13) … Tallied a multi-home run day at NC State (3/24) and drove in five RBI against Longwood (5/5)
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2023: Tallied a 30-game hitting streak in 2023, the third longest in program history, marking the longest under head coach Chris Pollard… Posted the longest reached base streak under coach Pollard with 36 games… Moved into a tie for 10th all-time in career home runs with 27… His 17 home runs in 2023 moved into a tie for sixth all-time in a single season… Finished tied for second in batting average (.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)… His 16 doubles were second on the team behind Alex Mooney… Was the primary catcher for the Blue Devils starting 61 of the 63 games played… Posted a career high four hits against NC State (5/23)… Scored four runs against Virginia (4/28) and tallied four RBI against Pittsburgh (4/2)… Tallied two home runs in the Conway Regional winner take all game against Coastal Carolina (6/4)… Tied for the team lead with 23 multi-hit games, including two four-hit contests… Led the team with 18 multi-RBI days…Â
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2022: Split time behind the dish, appearing in 40 games and starting 32 ... finished tied for the team lead with 10 home runs and second on the team in slugging (.538) ... tallied nine of his 10 long balls in ACC play, tying for the 14th-most in the ACC ... opened the season strong, going 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs against VMI (2/18) ... enjoyed a strong pair of games at Florida State (3/26-27), going 5-for-9 with three solo home runs ... went 2-for-2 with a double and a home run against Wake Forest (4/10) ... finished 4-for-8 with a solo home run and four runs scored at Georgia Tech (4/23-24) ... capped his season with a 2-for-5 performance with two home runs and four runs scored in the series-opener at Virginia Tech (5/19).
2021:Â Saw action in 10 games, starting two ... started both games of the double-header at Coastal Carolina on opening weekend (2/21), recording a hit in each game ... drew a hit by pitch in Duke's game against NC Central (4/6) ... Tallied 13 putouts and three assists for a 1.000 fielding percentage.
Prior to Duke: The second-ranked catcher in the state of New Jersey and the ninth-best prospect in the state according to Perfect Game USA … a letterwinner at Newton High School, hailing from Andover, N.J. … batted at an impressive .519 clip his sophomore campaign, on his way to earning first team all-county recognition while also receiving all-state recognition … an active member in the community, he served as an assistant basketball coach in a local recreation program … was a member of the honor roll in each of his semesters at Newton, while serving as a member of both the peer leaders group and the student council.
Personal: Born Alexander Charles Stone on Nov. 3, 2001 … son of Steven and Andrea Stone … has two brothers, Andrew and Aaron.
- ACC All-Tournament Team (C)
- Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award Semifinalist (2024)
- All-ACC Second Team Catcher (2024)
- Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award Watch List (2024)
- Preseason Bobby Bragan National Collegiate Slugger Watch List (2024)
2024: Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award Semifinalist … All-ACC Second Team Catcher … Started and appeared in all 60 games that the Blue Devils competed in during the 2024 season … Tallied 77 hits and drove in 59 RBI … He scored 45 runs and collected 19 double and 13 home runs … Finished his Duke career ranking Third in home runs (40), 23rd in doubles (42), 13th in RBI (138), tied for seventh in slugging percentage (.552) … Was third on the team with 23 multi-hit contests, including six three-hit days and one four-hit day against Pittsburgh (4/13) … Tallied a multi-home run day at NC State (3/24) and drove in five RBI against Longwood (5/5)
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2023: Tallied a 30-game hitting streak in 2023, the third longest in program history, marking the longest under head coach Chris Pollard… Posted the longest reached base streak under coach Pollard with 36 games… Moved into a tie for 10th all-time in career home runs with 27… His 17 home runs in 2023 moved into a tie for sixth all-time in a single season… Finished tied for second in batting average (.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)… His 16 doubles were second on the team behind Alex Mooney… Was the primary catcher for the Blue Devils starting 61 of the 63 games played… Posted a career high four hits against NC State (5/23)… Scored four runs against Virginia (4/28) and tallied four RBI against Pittsburgh (4/2)… Tallied two home runs in the Conway Regional winner take all game against Coastal Carolina (6/4)… Tied for the team lead with 23 multi-hit games, including two four-hit contests… Led the team with 18 multi-RBI days…Â
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2022: Split time behind the dish, appearing in 40 games and starting 32 ... finished tied for the team lead with 10 home runs and second on the team in slugging (.538) ... tallied nine of his 10 long balls in ACC play, tying for the 14th-most in the ACC ... opened the season strong, going 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs against VMI (2/18) ... enjoyed a strong pair of games at Florida State (3/26-27), going 5-for-9 with three solo home runs ... went 2-for-2 with a double and a home run against Wake Forest (4/10) ... finished 4-for-8 with a solo home run and four runs scored at Georgia Tech (4/23-24) ... capped his season with a 2-for-5 performance with two home runs and four runs scored in the series-opener at Virginia Tech (5/19).
2021:Â Saw action in 10 games, starting two ... started both games of the double-header at Coastal Carolina on opening weekend (2/21), recording a hit in each game ... drew a hit by pitch in Duke's game against NC Central (4/6) ... Tallied 13 putouts and three assists for a 1.000 fielding percentage.
Prior to Duke: The second-ranked catcher in the state of New Jersey and the ninth-best prospect in the state according to Perfect Game USA … a letterwinner at Newton High School, hailing from Andover, N.J. … batted at an impressive .519 clip his sophomore campaign, on his way to earning first team all-county recognition while also receiving all-state recognition … an active member in the community, he served as an assistant basketball coach in a local recreation program … was a member of the honor roll in each of his semesters at Newton, while serving as a member of both the peer leaders group and the student council.
Personal: Born Alexander Charles Stone on Nov. 3, 2001 … son of Steven and Andrea Stone … has two brothers, Andrew and Aaron.
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