The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2014 Baseball Roster
Roster
Alex Silver
- Position:
- Infield
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- High School:
- Bellaire
2014
Scored game-winning run run against UTPA in the bottom of the 11th inning (Feb. 25) on a Jacob Felts single after reaching base on a walk in his first at bat of the season.
2013
Appeared in 26 games and started 15 ... batted .196 while recording 11 hits, five RBI, four runs scored, 12 walks, and a double ... at Minnesota on March 23 came into the game as a pinch hitter in the second inning and ended up going 3-for-5 on the night with three RBIs, including the go-ahead run in the 10th innning as the Horns won 5-4 ... lone double on the season came against Texas State on March 26 as he went 2-for-3 with two RBIs ... named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the 2012 fall semester.
2012
Made 43 starts in 45 games, batting .267 (44-for-165) with 24 runs, 10 doubles, one triple and 19 RBI ... posted a .342 on-base percentage and .339 slugging percentage ... committed only three errors in 423 chances for a .993 fielding percentage ... registered a 16-game hitting streak from March 13 through April 10 ... went 2-for-3 with two RBI on May 12 in the second game of a doubleheader against Texas Southern ... went 2-for-3 with a walk and one RBI on May 4 at Missouri ... recorded back-to-back 2-for-4 games on April 24 against Central Arkansas and April 27 at Texas A&M ... scored twice in a 2-for-4 performance on April 14 against Oklahoma State ... hit a double in every game of the Texas Tech series (April 5-7) ... recorded a double and a walk while going 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBI on April 7 at Texas Tech ... went 2-for-4 with a double, walk and one RBI on March 28 against UTPA ... posted a season-high three hits with a double and one RBI on March 25 at Kansas State ... went 2-for-5 with a run and one RBI on March 18 at Oklahoma ... knocked in two runs with a double on March 2 against Rice.
2011
Played in 12 games, making eight starts ... batted .172 (5-for-29) with two runs and one RBI ... was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma (cancer) at the start of the season, but made a full recovery after missing the first few months ... recorded his first collegiate RBI on April 10 against Baylor ... registered his first collegiate hit on April 9 against Baylor ... made his collegiate appearance on April 5 against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on April 5 in a pinch-hitting role before finishing the game at third base ... named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll in the fall 2010 and spring 2011 semesters.
HIGH SCHOOL
A three-year letterwinner as a shortstop under Coach Rocky Monuel at Bellaire High School in Houston, Texas ... won three consecutive state titles for Bellaire ... tabbed a Preseason Lousiville Slugger All-American, Rawlings Preseason All-American, Preseason All-Greater Houston and named Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association All-State as a senior ... served as team captain as a senior ... named first-team All-Greater Houston, THSBCA All-State, AHSCA All-Star, and tabbed to the Texas Rangers Area Code team as a junior ... named to the TASO All-Tournament Team and earned all-district as a sophomore.
PERSONAL
Son of Steven and Ronna Silver, both UT graduates ... has two older sisters, Leslie and Stacey, also both UT graduates ... favorite teams are the Houston Astros, Houston Texans and Houston Rockets ... favorite athletes are Derek Jeter, Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods ... favorite movies are Field of Dreams, Wedding Crashers and Django Unleashed ... favorite television shows are Homeland, Lost and Dexter ... enjoys listening to Taylor Swift ... majoring in finance.
