Matt Alifano - Baseball - Adelphi University Athletics

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Honors and Awards

NE10 Sport Excellence Award (2022)
ABCA All-America Third Team (2022)
D2CCA All-America Third Team (2022)
NCBWA All-America Honorable Mention (2021, 2022)
NE10 Southwest Division Player of the Year (2022)
D2CCA East Region Player of the Year (2022)
NCBWA East Region Player of the Year (2022)
ABCA East Region Position Player of the Year (2022)
NCBWA All-Region First Team (2021, 2022)
ABCA All-Region First Team (2021, 2022)
D2CCA All-Region First Team (2021, 2022)
NE10 All-Conference First Team (2021, 2022)
NCBWA Preseason All-America Honorable Mention (2022)
NCBWA Preseason All-Region First Team (2022)
NE10 Southwest Division Rookie Hitter of the Year (2021)
NE10 All-Rookie Team (2021)
NE10 Academic All-Conference (2022)
NE10 Academic Honor Roll - Academic Distinction (Spring '20, Fall '20, Spring '21, Spring '22)
NE10 Academic Honor Roll - Academic Honors (Fall '21)

2022

Tablesetter atop the Adelphi lineup who started all 46 contests
First Panther since 2009 to bat over .400 in a season (.401) and paced team with 46 RBIs
Led NE10 in almost every offensive category in the regular season, including batting average, hits, walks, doubles and on-base percentage
Drove in nineteen two-out RBIs and had 23 multi-hit games
Went only twelve appearances without registering a hit
Took the fourth pitch of the season deep for a game-tying solo homer vs. Saint Anselm (2/27)
Homered twice and drove in seven RBIs (tied career-high) in 7-4 win at Assumption on 4/23

2021

Started 33 of the 34 games he appeared in at the hot corner
Led the team and ranked in the Top 10 in the NE10 in every offensive category
Mashed to a .394 average with seven home runs and 33 RBI
His .394 average was the highest for any Adelphi player since 2014
Drove in 10 two-out RBI and batted .500 with runners in scoring position and .419 with two outs
Reeled off a 14-game hitting streak between Apr. 28 and May 21, which included four homers and eight multi-hit games

2020

Made all nine starts at third base during the shortened season
Ranked fourth on the team with a .276 BA (8-for-29) as a freshman, while ranking second with nine RBI
Scored eight runs on three doubles and added a triple
Made two appearances on the mound out of the bullpen for a total of 1.2 IP
Allowed one earned run on one hit and two strikeouts
Opponents hit .143 on the season

At Center Moriches

Three year varsity starter in baseball and soccer
Academic All-League, All-League, All-County, and First-Team All-Long Island selection and Max Preps Small School All-American in baseball
Newsday Top 100 Player and League VIII Most Valuable Player in baseball
2019 Suffolk County Gold Glove recipient
2017 state champion in soccer and 2018-19 state champion in baseball
All-League, All-Conference, All-County, and First Team All-State selection for soccer
Member of the Foreign Language Honor Society

Personal

Son of Kristen and Richard
Physical Education major
Mother, Kristen Alifano, played four years of softball and one year of field hockey at Hofstra University
Grandfather, Fred Marden, played two years of professional baseball for the Boston Red Sox
Plans to become a physical education teacher and coach after graduation

Alifano's Career Highs

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