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Jersey Number 14
Alec Ritch
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Height/Weight:
- 6-2 / 220
- Bat/Throw:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Kentfield, Calif.
- High School:
- The Branson School
- Prev School:
- Middlebury
Accolades
At Cal
2024 (Gr.)
2023 (Sr.) (Middlebury)
- ABCA/Rawlings First-Team All-Region 1 (2022)
- D3baseball.com Second-Team All-Region (2022)
- CoSIDA Academic All-District II (2022)
- NESCAC Player of the Year (2022)
- All-NESCAC First Team (2022)
- NESCAC Player of the Week (2022)
- NESCAC All-Academic (2020), (2022), (2023)
At Cal
2024 (Gr.)
- A graduate student entering his first season with the Golden Bears.
2023 (Sr.) (Middlebury)
- Graduated as career record holder with 69 stolen bases.
- Played in 25 games making 21 starts.
- Hit .310 (22-for-71)
- 11 of his 22 hits were extra base hits (five doubles, a triple, and five home runs)
- Tied program record with most runs scored in a single game (five) against Wesleyan on 4/8/23.
- Tied for first with most walks in a single game (four).
- Third all-time with 67 career walks.
- Named team captain.
- NESCAC All-Academic
- Set single-season program marks for runs scored (50), stolen bases (41), RBI (54), walks (33)
- Tied for first with most triples in a single game (2) against Colby on 4/10/22.
- Third on single-season list with 152 at-bats.
- ABCA/Rawlings First-Team All-Region 1
- D3baseball.com Second-Team All-Region
- CoSIDA Academic All-District II
- NESCAC Player of the Year
- All-NESCAC First Team
- NESCAC All-Academic
- NESCAC Player of the Week
- NESCAC All-Academic
- Season cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic
- Played in 30 games making 21 starts as a freshman
- Slashed .256/.385/.359
- Had four multi-hit games.
- Had 17 steals in 22 attempts.
- Also played football at Middlebury as a wide reciever/cornerback.
- Graduated from The Branson School in 2018
- Earned First Team All-Marin County Athletic League honors in baseball
- Two times All-MCAL Second Team honors
- Earned All-MCAL Honorable Mention
- Four time letter winner for Branson in baseball
- Three sport athlete for Branson, also lettered in football and basketball
- Full name is Alec Benedetto Ritch
- Born January 17, 2000 in San Francisco
- Parents are Sarah Benedetto and Joel Ritch
- Has a sister named Rose
- Postgraduate plans are to either coach in college baseball or work in the front office of a Major League Baseball organization.
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