Alex Echazarreta Season 2023

2023 / AS A FIFTH YEAR

• Appeared in 52 games with 48 starts
• Recorded two complete game shutouts in the circle
• Pitched a total of 116.1 innings with five complete games
• Led the team with a .638 SLG%
• Produced a personal best of 44 hits for the season
• Finished the season with 79 strikeouts with a season-high of 11 strikeouts in a complete game shutout against NC State (2/18)
• Hit 12 home runs through the season with a home run in every game of the Penn State series (5/5) (5/6) (5/7)
• Secured a season-high of three RBI against Columbia (2/24) with 34 total RBI through the season
• Scored a total 22 runs in the season
• Notched a total of eight doubles
• Registered a total of 28 catches, three putouts, and 24 assist with only one error
• Fielded season-high against James Madison (3/5) with four catches, two putouts, and two assists as well as with four strikeouts in the circle 

2022 / AS A SENIOR

• Voted to the NFCA Second Team All-Region Team in the utility/pitcher position
• Academic All-Big Ten honoree
• Posted a 3.60 ERA
• Earned 10 wins in the circle, finishing the year with a 10-8 record
• Totaled four complete games over 105 innings in the circle
• Led the Boilermakers to a complete-game shutout at No. 22 USF, allowing just two hits in the program’s first top-25 victory since 2009
• Notched 12 strikeouts vs. Lafayette College (3/11/22)
• Struck out 107 batters, including 27 looking
• Allowed just seven homers while pitching, the third-lowest mark among Big Ten pitchers
• Offensively, posted seven home runs, the most by a Boilermaker in a single season since 2019, in addition to helping Purdue to the team’s most home runs since 2007’s record-setting year.
• Ranked No. 11 in the Big Ten with a .449 on-base %
• Secured a .578 slugging %, good for No. 18 in the league
• Earned 25 walks, 14^th-most in the Big Ten
• Recorded a .336 batting average, second on the team.
• Blasted a grand slam vs. Illinois (3/27/22) in the third inning, ending the day with four RBI, a season-high
• Registered a season-high three hits at the plate vs. East Carolina (2/11/22)
• Notched multiple runs on three occasions: vs. East Carolina (2/11/22), at Penn State (4/3/22) and at Iowa (5/8/22)

2021 / AS A JUNIOR 

• Academic All-Big Ten honoree
• Played in 35 games with 34 starts 
• Was pitcher, first baseman and designated hitter over the course of the season
• Saved nine games from the circle
• Tallied 21 strikeouts
• Ranked fourth on the team in doubles (6), home runs (2), and RBIs (12) 
• Registered a fielding percentage of .980 
• Played in 13 games with 9 starts as a pitcher 
• Recorded 87 putouts 
• Posted a three-hit game vs. Iowa (3/27)
• Pitched 37.1 innings and faced 154 batters 
• Hit two of three with one run, two doubles, and two RBIs vs. Northwestern (Game 2 of 2) 

2020 / AS A SOPHOMORE

• Academic All-Big Ten honoree
• Recorded a 2-2 record with five appearances and four starts
• Allowed 18 hits and 10 runs over 18.2 innings of work
• Registered 12 strikeouts and no triples
• Tallied a 2.25 ERA after seeing 70 batters
• Pitched a full seven innings vs. Fairfield (2/23), allowing just one run in the process
• Went errorless over 6.2 innings of work at UNC Greensboro (2/22)
• Recorded one save

2019 / AS A FRESHMAN

• Appeared in 38 games, making 12 starts
• Earned a record of 4-1
• Third on the team with a 5.36 ERA
• Registered two runs and two RBI

HIGH SCHOOL

• Club Team: Jersey Intensity
• A four-time all-conference, all-region and all-state selection
• Guided the Lady Warhawks to back-to-back Virginia 6A State Championship in 2017 and 2018
• Led James Madison to three conference championships in 2015, 2017 and 2018
• Pitched a shutout with 12 strikeouts against Woodgrove in the 2018 Virginia State Championship
• Dealt 232 strikeouts in 133 innings as a senior
• Registered a 0.36 ERA with 163 strikeouts in 119 innings pitched as a junior
• Batted above .400 all four seasons with 28 home runs and 104 RBI
• Guided James Madison to a perfect 28-0 record in 2018 and a 22-1 showing in 2017
• A member of the honor roll

CLUB TEAM

• Played for New Jersey Intensity
• Attended PGF Nationals every year

PERSONAL

• Full name: Alexandra Anne Echazarreta
• Major: Psychology
• Minor: Law & Society
• City Born: Sierra Vista, Ariz.
• Parents: Sergio and Katherine Echazarreta
• Siblings: Sergio and Miguel (brothers)