Alex Madera

Graduate student Alex Madera reacts to a play as he rounds the bases at Mark Light Field in Coral Gables, Fla., on Sunday afternoon. The Tar Heels topped the Hurricanes, 18-6.

Photo by: AINSLEY E. FAUTH

Position:
INF
B/T:
L/R
Height:
5-10
Weight:
179
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Delran, N.J.
High School:
Delran

AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2025)
• Started all 61 games at shortstop for the Diamond Heels.
• Led the team in batting average at .332, while adding eight doubles, a triple, and two home runs.
• Named an ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Finalist.
• Led all ACC shortstops in defensive runs saved at 13.90.
• Finished second on the team in steals, going 13-14.
• Wrapped the year tied with Kane Kepley for the most multi-hit games on the year at 22.
• Tied a career-high with four hits in the series finale against Duke (4/05), his single through the right side gave the Heels a walk-off win in the bottom of the 14^th.
• Lifted his first home run of the season as part of the team’s six homer game against Pitt (4/25).
• Knocked three hits and four RBIs against Queens (4/30), launched his second home run of the year in the second inning before recording a pair of singles in the fourth inning.
• Named to the All-ACC Academic Team.

AS A SENIOR (2024)
• Hit .303 with nine doubles, two triples and two homers, knocking in 34 RBIs.
• Had a .991 fielding percentage with 88 putouts, committing only two errors on 223 chances.
• Played in and started 63 games for the Tar Heels, only missing the season opener due to injury.
• Named an ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove finalist.
• Finished third in the ACC with eight sac bunts.
• Singled up the middle to drive home the winning run in the top of the 10^th inning of the regional championship game against LSU.
• Went 4-for-5 with three doubles against Princeton (3/1).
• Scored four times with three walks vs. William & Mary (5/1).

AT ARCADIA (2020-23)
• Four-year letterman at Aracadia University
• Named 2022 and 2023 MAC Freedom Player of the Year.
• Three-time first team all-conference.
• 2023 Rawlings/ABCA and D3baseball.com Second Team All-America and First Team All-Region IV.
• 2022 Rawlings/ABCA and D3baseball.com Second Team All-Region IV.
• Compiled a four-year batting average of .432 with three home runs and 100 RBIs in 138 games played.
• Banged out 218 career hits with 27 doubles, nine triples, and 86 stolen bases.
• Registered 66 career multi-hit games, including 31 with three or more.
• As a senior in 2023, he started all 46 games with a .458 batting average, 81 hits, 48 runs scored, 12 doubles, five triples, three home runs, 52 RBIs, 31 walks, and 16 stolen bases.
• Set the school single-season records for hits (83) and stolen bases (38) in 2022.
• Led the MAC Freedom in hits and triples (5).
• Finished second in the conference in batting average, slugging percentage (.633) and OPS (1.166), and third in in on-base percentage (.533).

HIGH SCHOOL
• Graduated from Delran High School.
• Four-year baseball letterman.
• Named Papa Bear 2018 MVP,
• Three-time Burlington County BCSL All-County Team.
• 2019 Burlington County Carpenter Cup Champions.

PERSONAL
• Son of Amy and Jo Madera
• Born Oct. 27, 2000 in Delran, N.J.
• Has an older brother, Drew.