Alex Michaels

Height:
6-3
Weight:
205
B/T:
L/R
Class:
Freshman
High School:
St. Mary's HS

Expected to back up Jordan Ellis in center field and Nick Torres in right field in third season at Cal Poly.

2013: Played in first six games of sophomore season with five starts in left field before suffering season-ending leg injury in slide at third base in Kansas State series ... granted medical redshirt ... hit .308 with pair of doubles and one RBI prior to injury ... doubles were against Washington on March 2 and Kansas State on March 9 ... did not play summer ball as he continued his rehabilitation.

2012: In first collegiate season hit .400 in 33 games (17 starts) with three doubles, three triples, pair of home runs and 16 RBI … hit first Mustang homer against Cal State Fullerton on April 21, snapping a 6-6 tie with a two-run pinch-hit shot down the right-field line for the 8-6 win … other home run was a solo shot at Bakersfield on May 15 … 10-for-17 as a pinch-hitter … seven multiple-hit games, including three-hit contest against Bakersfield, and five multiple-RBI games … had a five-game hitting streak in March … in first college at-bat, singled as a pinch-hitter against Oklahoma State … went 8-for-14 in final six games of season to lift average 47 points … hit .462 with bases empty and was 4-for-6 with bases loaded … played summer ball for Corvallis Knights in West Coast Collegiate Baseball League, compiling .221 average (23-for-104) with five doubles and 13 RBI.

High School: A 2011 graduate of Saint Mary's High School in Stockton ... injured his shoulder in second game of senior season and was sidelined the rest of the year ... Rams went on to capture CIF-Sac-Joaquin Section Division I championship under head coach Pete Pijl, finishing 24-10 and first in the Tri-City Athletic League ... Alex was a wide receiver on the Rams' football team in 2010, catching 62 passes for 1,147 yards and five touchdowns ... over 100 receiving yards in six of 12 games played ... also averaged 35.1 yards on 39 punts, with 11 inside the 20-yard line ... earned first-team All-Area honors as selected by the Stockton Record and was Tri-City Athletic League Co-Offensive Player of the Year ... Rams were 11-2, won the TCAL title and reached the semifinal round of the CIF-Sac-Joaquin Section Division II playoffs ... 120 career catches for 2,129 yards and 17 touchdowns ... as a junior in 2010 hit .482 with 53 hits, 30 RBIs, 14 doubles, one home run and seven stolen bases en route to first-team All-Area and second-team all-state underclassmen honors ... Area Code finalist and played for the San Francisco Giants scout Team ... hit .420 as a sophomore ... lettered four times in both baseball and football and also lettered in basketball as a freshman and sophomore ... Honor Roll student ... received offers from Pacific, UNLV and UC Davis, choosing Cal Poly because it has "a great coaching staff and academics is second to none."

Personal: Son of Steve and Kristi Michaels ... one brother, Scott ... cousin Vic Moreno wrestled at Cal Poly while another cousin, Amanda Moreno, was a runner at UC Santa Barbara ... enjoys ping-pong and golf as hobbies ... aspires to be a Major League baseball player ... born April 9, 1993, in Stockton, Calif. ... majors in recreation, parks and tourism administration with a concentration in sports management.