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Edgewood University Athletics

Edgewood University Eagles

Madison, Wisconsin

2009 Baseball Roster

10 Alex Berta

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Normal, Ill.
  • Highschool Normal West
  • Position Infield
  • Height 5-9
  • B/T R/R

Biography

Career Statistics

2009: Named First Team All-Northern Athletics Conference as a second baseman... Led team in most offensive categories before a season-ending knee injury on April 23... Finished season as team leader in slugging percentage at .500... Finished career second in school history in hits with 170... Owns sixth-highest career batting average in Eagle history at .348... Has more assists (388) and more double plays turned (70) than any player in school history... Hit his first career home run, in his 449th career at-bat, on April 4 against Concordia Wisconsin... Went 4-for-5 with three runs batted in, in victory over Ramapo College on March 19... Went 3-for-3 with three runs batted in, in the final game of his career on April 23 against UW-Platteville... Had multiple hits 13 times during his senior season... Named Edgewood College position player of the week for March 2-8.

2008: Named honorable mention for the All-Northern Athletics Conference team... Led team and finished fifth in NAC in batting with a .384 average... Finished second in the league with a .486 on-base percentage... Started in 33 of 35 games played... Had seven stolen bases in nine attempts... Collected four hits, all singles, in second game against Marian on April 23... Drove in four runs with a double and a triple against Concordia Chicago on April 26...Named Edgewood College baseball athlete of the week for March 17-23 for batting .692 during six games in Florida... NAC Scholar-Athlete.

2007: Started in all 39 games for the Eagles... Batted .270 in 137 at-bats driving in 33 RBIs, second best on the team... Hit eight doubles on the season and stole seven bases on seven attempts...Defensively had a .943 fielding percentage.

2006: Voted LMC Rookie of the Year as well as LMC All-Conference for second base ... started 40 of the 41 games he played ... batted .370 in 138 at bats.

High School: Career .326 hitter at Normal Community West (Ill.) High School … holds the single-season record for runs (50), plate appearances (160), and assists (76) … earned All-Big 12 honorable mention … participated in the Intercity Pantagraph all-star game … helped the Wildcats to regional and sectional championships in 2005 under head coach Chris Hawkins ... also played football for the Wildcats.

Personal: Alex serves as an Edgewood College Ambassador, assisting the college’s admissions office with recruiting efforts at his former high school and Bloomington-Normal (Ill.) area ... born April 22, 1987 ... majoring in Accounting/Business ... son of Ray and Karen Berta ... Alex's brother Nick Berta played four years of college baseball at Benedictine University (2001-2005).

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2006Freshman

    INF
    5'9" 170 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2007Sophomore

    INF
    5'9" 170 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2008Junior

    INF
    5'10" 180 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2009Senior

    Infield
    5'9" 188 lbs
    10