Alex Call

Photo by: Ball State University Creative Services

Position:
Outfield
Height:
6-0
Weight:
188
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
River Falls, Wis.
Prev School:
River Falls HS
High School:
River Falls

Awards and Honors:
2016 Louisville Slugger All-America First Team
2016 MAC Player of the Year
2016 All-Mid-American Conference First Team
2016 Mid-American Conference All-Defensive Team
2016 CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team
2016 Ball State Team MVP
2015 All-MAC Second Team
2015 CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team
2015, 2016 MAC Baseball Distinguished Scholar-Athlete
2014 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America Team

Call's Statistics:
CAREER | 2016 GBG | 2015 GBG | 2014 GBG

2016 (Jr.): Started all 58 games in the outfield, 57 in right field and once in center field … led the league in hits (87), runs scored (67), doubles (24), triples (6), total bases (162) and slugging (.667) while ranking among the top-five players in the MAC in home runs (13), batting average (.358), stolen bases (17) and on-base-percentage (.443) … ranked among the national leaders in total bases (sixth), runs (seventh), doubles (ninth), and slugging percentage (18th) … his 24 doubles was one shy of the program’s single-season record (Kolbrin Vitek, 25 in 2009) … finished with 28 multi-hit games, tied with Caleb Stayton for most on the team … put together a team-best 16-game hitting streak beginning in mid-March … went 3-for-4 with a home run, triple, double, five RBIs and four runs scored in the win over Ohio on April 2 … his seventh inning two-run home run propelled Ball State to a 3-1 win over Bowling Green on April 23 … went 4-for-6 with two home runs, a double and five RBIs against Eastern Michigan on May 7 … taken in the third round of the Major League Baseball Draft by the Chicago White Sox.

2015 (So.): Played in 55 games with 55 starts … named the team's Offensive Player of the Year . . . led the Cardinals in hitting with a .339 batting average … led the team with 78 hits … led the team with 45 runs scored … led the team in slugging percentage at .465 … led the team with 107 total bases … second on the team with 42 RBIs, third on the team in on-base percentage (.392) … tallied 11 multi-RBI contests … managed a 16-game hitting streak during the season … second in the MAC in hits … fourth in the league in total bases.

2014 (Fr.): Played in 53 games with 52 starts … led the Cardinals in hitting with a .354 batting average … ranked second on the team in hits (73), second in doubles (15), second in on-base percentage (.437), third in runs scored (40), third in slugging percentage (.442) and third in total bases (91) … led the Cardinals in multiple-hit games (23) … tallied five multi-RBI contests … managed a 13-game hitting streak during the season, the second longest for any Ball State player in 2014 … ended the season with a streak of 41 games of reaching base safely.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letter winner at River Falls High School for Coach Ryan Bishop … all-conference honorable mention as a sophomore … all-conference as a junior and senior … managed a .413 batting average as a senior … all-district and third team all-state as a junior … all-district, all-state and River Falls’ Most Valuable Player as a senior … two-year letter winner in football … all-conference honorable mention as a junior … second team all-conference as a senior … two-year letter winner in basketball.

PERSONAL: Majoring in entrepreneurial management … born Sept. 27, 1994, in Burnsville, Minnesota … son of Marv and Katy Call … mother played volleyball at Bethel College … one brother and one sister … full name Alex M. Call.