Alex Sobczak

Class:
Senior
Position:
UT
Height:
5-7
B/T:
R/R
Hometown:
Bloomfield, Mich.
High School:
Mercy

Senior (2019)
• All-Big Ten second team (first base); Big Ten All-Defensive Team
• All-Great Lakes Region third team
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement
• Appeared in 54 games, starting 48 at first base and three at designated player
• Boasted career highs in all offensive categories, including a .336 batting average, 33 runs, 47 hits, a team-best 10 home runs and 42 RBI
• Posted 11 multi-hit and 10 multi-RBI games
• Went 3-for-3 with a double and a home run vs. #16 James Madison in the NCAA Regional finale (May 20)
• Posted two hits, including a two-run homer in the third, and scored two runs at Ohio State-1 (April 13)
• Scored three runs, including the game-winner in the seventh, as part of a two-hit, three-RBI effort in the series finale vs. Indiana (April 7)
• Named Big Ten Player of the Week after posting a .667 batting average, .714 on-base percentage and 1.500 slugging percentage in wins against Central Michigan and Rutgers (March 26-30); tallied a home run in all three games against Rutgers, going 6-for-9 in the series with nine RBI
• Posted back-to-back multi-hit games in U-M's first home series against Kent State (March 14-17) and combined for five RBI, including a three-run homer in the third inning of the opener
• Registered a season-best three hits and scored two runs at #16 Arizona State (March 7); drove in U-M's first run on a fourth-inning RBI single and scored a key insurance run off a throwing error in the seventh

Junior (2018)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement
• Appeared in 38 games, starting 22
• Posted two RBI singles vs. Detroit Mercy (March 28)
• Went 2-for-3 with two runs and four RBI, including a bases-clearing triple, vs. Robert Morris (March 18)
• Also posted multi-hit games vs. Illinois State (Feb. 11) and Dayton (March 17)

Sophomore (2017)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award
• Appeared in 37 games with 18 starts -- 16 at catcher, two at third base
• Posted two hits and three RBI -- on a two-run double and solo homer -- in the home finale vs. Western Michigan (May 2)
• Went 3-for-4 in the Indiana doubleheader (April 28), knocking out a solo home run in the nightcap
• Registered RBI doubles in the series finales at Wisconsin (April 23), vs. Penn State (March 26)
• Knocked out a solo home run vs. Notre Dame at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge (Feb. 19)
• Went 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored vs. St. John's (Feb. 12)
• Used a first-inning RBI single to drive in the winning run in a 4-2 win vs. Illinois State (Feb. 11)

Freshman (2016)
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award
• Appeared in 29 games, starting 25 at catcher
• Recorded a pair of hits with a double and a solo homer in the Indiana series (April 1-3)
• Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week after hitting .444 (4-for-9) at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge
• Posted two hits, a walk and two RBI vs. Virginia Tech (Feb. 21)
• Knocked out a home run in the fifth inning at #13 Florida State (Feb. 20)
• Went 2-for-3 with six RBI, including a fifth-inning grand slam, at USF (Feb. 13)
• Made collegiate debut in season opener vs. South Carolina (Feb. 12)

Prep
• Graduated from Mercy High School (2015)
• Named to the National Honor Society, French Honors Society, Honor Roll and was a Valedictorian Finalist
• Named Michigan's 2015 Miss Softball recipient
• Finalist for the 2015 Detroit Athletic League (DAC) Female Athlete of the year
• Recipient of Mercy HS' 2015 Garn Griffin Athletics Award
• Ranked as the 51st overall recruit by FloSoftball/Full County Sports
• Two-time All-state first team (2014, '15)
• Two-time all-regional (2014, '15), three-time all-district selection (2012, '14-15)
• Finalist for 2015 Catholic League Athlete of the year, two-time All-Catholic League selection (2014, '15)
• Served as Mercy team captain as a senior (2015)
• Played Finesse Fastpitch 18U Dreher travel team (2012-15)
• Named MVP of Louisville Slugger Hit Club Class of 2015, selected to Adidas All-Star team (2012)

Personal
• Alexandria Therese Sobczak was born on February 16, 1997
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, majoring in biopsychology, cognition & neuroscience
• Daughter of John Sobczak and Jackie Paul
• Her mother attended the University of Michigan