2024 Baseball Roster
Makarewicz, Alec
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Thursday, May 29
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Tuesday, June 11
Game Two Press Conference: Athens Super Regional
Sunday, June 09
Game One Press Conference - Athens Super Regional
Saturday, June 08
Jersey Number 99
Alec Makarewicz
- Position:
- INF
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 234
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Longwood, Fla.
- B/T:
- S/R
- Major:
- Graduate: Sport & Entertainment Venue Management
- High School (Last School):
- Lake Brantley (East Carolina)
Bio
2024 ABCA Second Team All-American, 3B
2024 Baseball America Second Team All-American, 3B
2024 D1Baseball Second Team All-American, 3B
2024 NCBWA Third Team All-American, 3B
2024 ABCA/Rawlings All-Atlantic Region First Team
2024 Second Team All-ACC
2024 - Graduate Season
2023 – Second-Year Junior Season (East Carolina)
2024 Baseball America Second Team All-American, 3B
2024 D1Baseball Second Team All-American, 3B
2024 NCBWA Third Team All-American, 3B
2024 ABCA/Rawlings All-Atlantic Region First Team
2024 Second Team All-ACC
2024 - Graduate Season
- Turned in a historic All-American season for the Wolfpack, finishing the year as one of four Pack9 players to play and start in all 61 games
- Made 60 starts at third base and one start as the designated hitter
- Led NC State in a plethora of offensive categories, including batting average (.378), hits (98), home runs (24), RBI (84), total bases (195), slugging percentage (.753), on-base percentage (.438), multi-hit games (32) and multi-RBI games (23)
- Set a single-season program record with 195 total bases
- His 84 RBI (second), 24 home runs (T-fourth), .753 slugging percentage (T-sixth) and 98 hits (T-eighth) all rank inside the top 10 in NC State single-season history
- Ranked second on the team with 25 doubles, a mark that ranks tied for fifth in single-season program history
- Logged a team-best 21-game hitting streak during the season, while his reached-base streak of 21 games ranked second on the team
- Ranked second on the team with 66 runs scored
- Recorded three multi-homer games and hit a home run from both sides of the plate twice, homering from the right side and left side at Hawaii (Feb. 23) and at UNCW (April 9)
- Set a career-high with six RBI at Hawaii on Feb. 23, going 2-for-5 with two home runs and three runs scored
- Tied a career-high of four hits in a single game four times, logging two of those performances in the postseason against Virginia Tech (May 22) and at No. 10 Georgia (June 8)
- Set a career-high with four runs scored against Virginia Tech in the ACC Tournament on May 22
- Set and then tied a career-high with three doubles against Towson on March 3 and Bryant on May 31
- Named ACC Player of the Week on March 4 after batting .455 with a team-high 10 hits, four doubles, 13 RBI, 20 total bases and six extra-base hits as the Pack went 5-0 during the week
- Led the team with a .429 batting average, six hits, four doubles and five RBI in the NCAA Raleigh Regional to be named to the All-Regional Team and the Regional’s Most Outstanding Player
- Led NC State with a .395 batting average, 35 total bases, 15 hits, five doubles, five home runs and a .921 slugging percentage in the NCAA Tournament
- Named to the 2024 Men’s College World Series All-Tournament Team after going 3-for-9 with a team-high two homers, nine total bases, 1.000 slugging percentage and four RBI
- Homered in five of his final six NCAA Tournament games, including homers in back-to-back games at the Men’s College World Series
- Ranked second on the team with a .316 batting average, 25 runs scored, 23 RBI, 70 total bases, nine doubles and eight home runs in ACC play
- Tabbed the 46th All-American in NC State Baseball history, earning honors from the ABCA, Baseball America, D1Baseball and the NCBWA
- Finished his career as the active leader in all of college baseball (Division I-III) with 264 games played
- Finished with 101 assists and 40 putouts at third base, helping turn 10 double plays
2023 – Second-Year Junior Season (East Carolina)
- Only East Carolina player to start all 66 games, batting .258 with 11 homers, 11 doubles, three triples, 49 RBI, 44 runs scored and 109 total bases
- Tied for the team lead in triples
- Batted .321 in American Athletic Conference play, finishing the league season with 15 runs scored, six doubles, two triples, four home runs and 23 RBI
- Logged 13 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI efforts
- Crushed his second homer of the season in a 6-5 victory over No. 12 UNC in Chapel Hill (Feb. 26)
- Recorded a multi-home run contest and his first-career four-hit game in ECU’s 10-2 win over Liberty (March 11)
- Posted three multi-hit contests in the ACC Tournament
- In total, was named an eight-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll recipient and a three-time American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team selection (2020-22)
- One of the only three ECU players to start all 67 games, tying the program single-season record
- Made 64 starts at third base and three in left field
- Tied for the team lead with 15 doubles
- Batted .270 with 52 runs scored, 11 homers, 45 RBI and 28 walks
- Batted .297 in American Athletic Conference play, starting all 24 games while adding 19 runs scored, seven doubles, five home runs, 21 RBI and 11 walks
- Recorded 19 multi-hit games and 13 multi-RBI efforts
- Notched game-winning RBI in victories over College of Charleston (March 18), UCF (April 14) and Cincinnati (April 29)
- Went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and four RBI in a 12-2 win at Duke (March 1)
- Started 50 of 58 games played (28 in left field, 19 in right field and three at designated hitter)
- Batted .295 with six home runs to go along with nine doubles (fourth on the team) and two triples
- Tallied 33 RBI and 30 runs scored
- Recorded 12 multi-hit and seven multi-RBI games
- Had a career performance against North Carolina (March 30), tallying four RBI, six total bases and three hits against the Tar Heels
- Hit .259 in league play with three homers and three doubles
- Batted a team-high .357 in five NCAA postseason games
- Appeared in 12 games coming off the bench as a true freshman
- Made his college debut against William & Mary (Feb. 15)
- Tallied his first collegiate hit at Campbell (Feb. 19) and scored the first run of his career
- Logged the second hit of his college career at Charlotte (March 7), lacing an RBI double off the bench in ECU’s 15-5 victory
- Three-year letterwinner for coach Eric Entriken
- Helped the Patriots to a 60-25 three-year varsity composite record that included a pair of district championships (2018-19)
- Was rated the No. 39 shortstop prospect (No. 200 overall in the state) by Perfect Game
- Named 2019 Preseason All-Florida Region Honorable Mention by Perfect Game