2014: Went 2 for 3 with a walk and a stolen base on Feb 2 vs La Sierra... Went 1 for 3 with double and a RBI on the Mar 2 win vs Claremont... Went 2 for 4 with an RBI in the Mar 10 win vs. Drew... Went 1 for 4 with two runs scored and an RBI on the Mar 22 win vs. Rutgers-Newark...
2013: Drove in 14 runs and posted .292/.344/.340 while playing five positions for the Tigers in 2013... as a spot starter, Strain went 3-0 with 2.29 ERA on the mound... Compiled four hits, two RBIs and two runs in the series finale at Austin College (Feb. 3)... went on a nine-game hitting streak from Feb. 3 to March 9, hitting .471 during the stretch... started his first game of the season on the mound on March 8 vs. Caltech and threw five scoreless innings while striking out four batters... was 2 for 4 with a triple and a run scored in a 10-0 shutout in Game 2 of the series vs. Caltech (March 9)... went 2 for 3 in a 3-1 win over No. 19 Bridgewater College (March 11)... allowed only one earned run in five innings on the mound vs. Ithaca College (March 13)... went 3 for 4 with a run scored in a 5-3 win over Redlands on April 5... knocked in two runs and scored a run on a 2 of 4 hitting in a 11-5 win at La Verne (April 12)... plated a run on a double in a 4-3 win over La Verne in Game 1 of doubleheader on April 13... recorded a quality start and a win in a 10-3 victory over Caltech (April 27), tossing six innings and allowing just two runs on three hits... 2013 Season Stats
2012: Started game 2 vs Caltech and struck out three batters in four scoreless innings pitched, earning his first win of the season...Ended the season with a batting average of .300, 7 runs and 1 home run in 23 games played...As pitcher appeared in 11 games with an ERA of 6.19. 2012 Season Stats
High School: Graduated from Del Campo High School in 2010 after playing 2 Varsity seasons with the Cougars. Alec was named Academic Athlete of the year for baseball in 2008, named to the All-Capital Athletic League First Team as a junior, and named to the All-Capital Athletic League Second Team as a senior.
Personal: Alec James Wallace Strain was born December 27, 1991 in Fair Oaks, CA. He is the youngest child of Wallace Strain and Shawn Strain. He has one older sister Megan, age 28. Alec has not yet declared his major.
Favorites
Movie: Good Will Hunting, Dumb & Dumber
Music: Alan Jackson, Randy Travis, Billy Currington
Food: Chipotle, In & Out, Del Taco
Athlete: Omar Vizquel
Quote: "Your mind is like a parachute, it only works if it is open."
