Austin Peay State University Athletics

• ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I Southeast Second Team All-Region, 2022
• First Team All-OVC, 2022
• Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award Semifinalist, 2022
• OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll: 2021-22
• APSU Dean’s List: S21, F21
• APSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll: F20, S22

2022

• Opening Day starter at catcher and made 51 starts behind the plate and three starts at designated hitter.
• Nabbed 23 runners caught stealing, becoming the fifth Govs catcher to nab 20 runners in a season and has the fourth most runners caught stealing in program history.
• Led the Govs in batting average (.346), home runs (14), RBI (55), slugging percentage (.649), and on-base percentage (.425) in 55 games played. Also led the Govs with 20 multi-hit games and 17 multi-RBI outings.
• Hit nine home runs and had 25 RBI while batting .333 during OVC play.
• Had a 35-game reached-safely streak (Feb. 25-April 22) – tied for the sixth longest reached safely streak in program history (Lance Wampler, 2000).
• Hit two home runs in final game of the Boston College series (Feb. 20), going 2-for-5 with four RBI.
• Had a 12-game hit streak (March 13-April 1) and then an 11-game hit streak (April 3-23). He was only held hitless eight times during the season.
• Batted .477 (21-of-44) during the 12-game hit streak with 13 RBI, seven doubles, and two home runs as season batting average topped out at .423.
• Also had two home runs at UT Martin (April 9) as part of a 3-for-5, four RBI outing.
• Closed season with a home run in three consecutive games (May 20-24) and five home runs in his final seven games (May 13-May 24). Batted .393 (11-of-28) with five home runs, three doubles, and nine RBI in that final seven-game stretch.
• Closed the regular season against Morehead State (May 21) going 3-for-3, with two doubles, a home run, and three RBI.

• Austin Peay’s Opening Day starter at catcher and played in 53 games, starting 50 games at catcher.
• Batted .281, led the team with 17 doubles, and hit six home runs. He ranked fourth among OVC hitters in total doubles.
• Posted an OVC-best 13 doubles in league play alone, finishing the conference slate with a .295 batting average.
• Closed regular season with a five-game hit streak that he extended to a season-best six games in OVC tournament opener before seeing it snapped in Govs second-round game. Batted .478 (11-for-23) with nine RBI during the streak.
• Also had a 15-game reached-safely streak in season’s final month (April 30-May 27).
• Hit a home run in Govs OVC tournament opener against Southeast Missouri (May 27).
• Posted first career multi-homer game at Murray State (May 21), going 2-for-3 with two home runs and four RBI.
• Twice during the season he reached safely in eight consecutive games, first streak opened the season and then he pieced together another stretch, March 14-26.
• Batted a team-best .364 (4-for-11) during the Eastern Illinois series (May 7-8).
• Hit Govs first home run of 2021 – the first of his collegiate career – at #24 DBU (Feb. 20).

• Played in four games and made three starts during the COVID-19 shortened season at Notre Dame.
• Finished the season with a .583 average, seven hits and eight RBI.
• Set a career high with five RBI and tied career high with three hits in the 13-5 win over Presbyterian.
• One of three Irish to record five RBI in a game during the season.

• Played in 35 games and made 21 starts at Notre Dame.
• Had a career high three hits and three RBI in road win against Pitt, April 20.
• Tallied a career high two runs against No. 19 Florida State, March 23.
• Played summer ball with the Fond Du Lac Dock Spiders in the Northwoods League.

• Played catcher, shortstop and pitched for Kevin Rusk at Mount Paran Christian School in Marietta, Georgia.
• Batted .448 as a senior with five home runs and 24 RBI, finishing prep career with .404 batting average, 10 home runs and 54 RBI.

• Jack Nelson Alexander is the son of Joe and Michelle Alexander.
• Birthday is May 30.