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2007 Baseball

8 Alex Nwaka

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 190
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Burtonville, Md.
  • Highschool Georgetown Prep

Biography

2007: Started 38 games ... Finished second on the team in batting average (.324), hits (46) and runs (32) and tied for the team lead with nine stolen bases ... Hit safely in five of his last six games of the season ... Had five hits, including a home run, four RBI and three runs scored in Princeton series (4/21-22) ... Collected three hits against Lehigh (4/17) ... Went 2-for-4 and scored a run in the nightcap at Cornell (4/14) ... Had three hits and drove in two at Yale (4/7) ... Went 2-for-4 with a double and scored three runs against Columbia (3/24) ... Had two hits and scored two runs against Fordham (3/10) ... Hit safely in his first six games of the season ... Went 3-for-4 with a home run against Boston College (3/5) ... Had three hits and scored a run vs. Maine (3/3). 

2006: Started all 39 games for the Quakers... Batted .304 on the season ... Led team in doubles (11) and stolen bases (12) and tied for first in total bases (67) and RBI (26) ... Second on the team in triples (1) and hits (45) ... Belted a three-run home run and scored two runs at Princeton (4/24) ... Went 2-for-4 driving in two runs at Princeton (4/23) ... Scored two runs against Cornell (4/16) ... Went 4-for-7 in doubleheader against Cornell (4/15) ... Went 4-for-7 with a homer, two runs scored and three RBI in doubleheader at Dartmouth (4/9) ... Went 2-for-5 with a homer and four RBI against Saint Joseph’s (4/4) ... Went 5-for-8 including two doubles and three RBI in doubleheader against Yale (4/2) ... Scored two runs against Saint Joseph’s (3/29) ... Had two doubles at Villanova (3/28) ... Went 3-for-4 with two doubles and scored two runs at Columbia (3/26) ... Scored two runs at Lafayette (3/22) ... Drove in two runs versus Lehigh (3/18) ... Had two RBI versus Maine (3/11) ... Scored two runs at Saint Leo (3/6).

2005: Made 22 appearances ... Went 2-for-6 in doubleheader at Cornell (4/24) ... Had a pinch-hit home run against Lehigh, the first of his collegiate career (4/20) ... Went 1-for-2 with an RBI in 14-3 victory over Saint Joseph’s (4/13) ... Recorded a hit and an RBI in first career at bat against Columbia (3/25) ... Scored winning run as a pinch runner in Penn’s 3-2 win over Lafayette in the Liberty Bell Classic (3/22) ... Made collegiate debut against Southern Utah, stealing a base and scoring a run (3/5).

High School: Letterwinner in baseball ... Earned first-team all-county and first-team All-Journal honors during junior and senior seasons ... Member of the IAC championship baseball team (17-4) during junior season ... Member of the junior varsity basketball and soccer teams ... Earned the Princeton Review Award for outstanding performance ... Black Student Union Treasurer ... HOBY Leadership Ambassador ... Dean’s List.

Personal: Born Feb. 3, 1986 ... Son of Chuck Nwaka and Shannon Cunningham ... Enrolled in Wharton with a concentration in finance.

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2005Freshman

    INF
    6'1" 185 lbs
    15
  • 8

    2006Sophomore

    INF
    6'1" 185 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2007Junior

    OF
    6'2" 190 lbs
    8