2024 Baseball Roster
Alford, Slate
Slate Alford
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Madison, Ala.
- High School:
- Bob Jones HS
- Prev School:
- Mississippi State
Bio
Georgia Career (2024-25): Posted a .314 average with 160 hits, 29 doubles, two triples, 36 home runs and 132 RBI while starting all 120 games the past two seasons...Helped Georgia go a combined 86-34 and play host to a pair of NCAA Athens Regionals as a No. 7 national seed
2025 (Senior/Georgia): Selected in the 9th round of the 2025 MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Angels
*Started all 60 games for the second straight year (57-3B, 3-2B) for a team that went 43-17 (18-12 SEC) and advanced to the NCAA Athens Regional as the No. 7 national seed
*A First Team All-SEC selection after batting .331 with 16 doubles, two triples, 19 home runs and 63 RBI overall including a team-best ,323-11-24 in SEC action
*Named to NCAA Athens Regional All-Tournament Team after batting .455 (5-for-11) with four runs scored, one double, two home runs and three RBI with three walks in three games
*A Second Team ABCA/Rawlings All-Southeast Region selection
*Team-leading 24 multiple-hit games, 19 multiple-RBI games and a 37-game on base streak
*Posted three lead-off home runs in games against No. 23 Kentucky, Queens and at #19 Vanderbilt and hit two home runs in a game against No. 23 Kentucky and Queens
*Blasted go-ahead two-run home run in the top of the ninth of 4-2 win over Missouri
*Registered the two hardest hit home runs by a Bulldog with an exit velocity of 115 miles per hour (mph) against No. 13 Florida and 112 mph against No. 1 Arkansas
*Fielded .938 in 128 total chances
2024 (Junior/Georgia): Started all 60 games (38-2B, 12-3B, 8-DH, 2-1B) for the squad that went 43-17, advanced to the NCAA Athens Super Regional and finished ranked No. 10 nationally
*Batted .300 with 13 doubles, 17 home runs, 69 RBI and a .539 SLG% plus 1-for-1 in SB
*Smashed grand slams against Georgia Southern at SRP Park in N. Augusta, S.C., versus Northern Colorado and one to run-rule Ole Miss 17-6 in Athens
*Named to NCAA Athens Regional All-Tournament Team after batting .428 with three RBI
*Earned SEC Player of the Week honors after Opening Weekend when he hit .428 (6-for-14) with three home runs, five runs scored and nine RBI
*Hit two home runs in a game against UNC Asheville, Northern Colorado and Ole Miss
*Fielded .947 in 171 total chances seeing action around the infield
2023 (Sophomore/Mississippi State): Appeared in 45 games with 40 starts at third base as the Bulldogs went 27-26 under coach Chris Lemonis
*Hit .248 with nine home runs and 36 RBI overall including .272-7-23 in SEC action
*Recorded 12 multi-hit games including a four-hit game (two home runs) against South Carolina and a three-hit performance in the season finale against Texas A&M
*Fielded .835 with 18 putouts, 48 assists and turned three double plays in 79 total chances
2022 (Freshman/Mississippi State): Appeared in 26 games with nine starts as MSU went 26-30
*Batted .209-1-3 in 43 at bats overall including .200-1-2 in 20 SEC at bats
*Hit first career home run (two-run blast) against No. 16 LSU
*Made his first collegiate appearance vs. Long Beach State
*First collegiate start came against Grambling State and registered one hit
High School: A graduate of Bob Jones where he played for Jared Smith
*Named a 2021 Rawlings-Perfect Game Third Team Senior Preseason All-American
*Rated as the No. 1-rated third baseman in Alabama and No. 11 in the country by Perfect Game
*Hit .464 with 17 doubles, 14 home runs and 49 RBI as a senior for the Patriots
*Hit .400 during the shortened 2020 junior season with a .589 on base percentage and a .720 slugging percentage
*Also played football and served as the starting quarterback
Personal: Born Aug. 23, 2002
*Son of Wes and Pam Alford
*Major: Sport Management
2025 (Senior/Georgia): Selected in the 9th round of the 2025 MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Angels
*Started all 60 games for the second straight year (57-3B, 3-2B) for a team that went 43-17 (18-12 SEC) and advanced to the NCAA Athens Regional as the No. 7 national seed
*A First Team All-SEC selection after batting .331 with 16 doubles, two triples, 19 home runs and 63 RBI overall including a team-best ,323-11-24 in SEC action
*Named to NCAA Athens Regional All-Tournament Team after batting .455 (5-for-11) with four runs scored, one double, two home runs and three RBI with three walks in three games
*A Second Team ABCA/Rawlings All-Southeast Region selection
*Team-leading 24 multiple-hit games, 19 multiple-RBI games and a 37-game on base streak
*Posted three lead-off home runs in games against No. 23 Kentucky, Queens and at #19 Vanderbilt and hit two home runs in a game against No. 23 Kentucky and Queens
*Blasted go-ahead two-run home run in the top of the ninth of 4-2 win over Missouri
*Registered the two hardest hit home runs by a Bulldog with an exit velocity of 115 miles per hour (mph) against No. 13 Florida and 112 mph against No. 1 Arkansas
*Fielded .938 in 128 total chances
2024 (Junior/Georgia): Started all 60 games (38-2B, 12-3B, 8-DH, 2-1B) for the squad that went 43-17, advanced to the NCAA Athens Super Regional and finished ranked No. 10 nationally
*Batted .300 with 13 doubles, 17 home runs, 69 RBI and a .539 SLG% plus 1-for-1 in SB
*Smashed grand slams against Georgia Southern at SRP Park in N. Augusta, S.C., versus Northern Colorado and one to run-rule Ole Miss 17-6 in Athens
*Named to NCAA Athens Regional All-Tournament Team after batting .428 with three RBI
*Earned SEC Player of the Week honors after Opening Weekend when he hit .428 (6-for-14) with three home runs, five runs scored and nine RBI
*Hit two home runs in a game against UNC Asheville, Northern Colorado and Ole Miss
*Fielded .947 in 171 total chances seeing action around the infield
2023 (Sophomore/Mississippi State): Appeared in 45 games with 40 starts at third base as the Bulldogs went 27-26 under coach Chris Lemonis
*Hit .248 with nine home runs and 36 RBI overall including .272-7-23 in SEC action
*Recorded 12 multi-hit games including a four-hit game (two home runs) against South Carolina and a three-hit performance in the season finale against Texas A&M
*Fielded .835 with 18 putouts, 48 assists and turned three double plays in 79 total chances
2022 (Freshman/Mississippi State): Appeared in 26 games with nine starts as MSU went 26-30
*Batted .209-1-3 in 43 at bats overall including .200-1-2 in 20 SEC at bats
*Hit first career home run (two-run blast) against No. 16 LSU
*Made his first collegiate appearance vs. Long Beach State
*First collegiate start came against Grambling State and registered one hit
High School: A graduate of Bob Jones where he played for Jared Smith
*Named a 2021 Rawlings-Perfect Game Third Team Senior Preseason All-American
*Rated as the No. 1-rated third baseman in Alabama and No. 11 in the country by Perfect Game
*Hit .464 with 17 doubles, 14 home runs and 49 RBI as a senior for the Patriots
*Hit .400 during the shortened 2020 junior season with a .589 on base percentage and a .720 slugging percentage
*Also played football and served as the starting quarterback
Personal: Born Aug. 23, 2002
*Son of Wes and Pam Alford
*Major: Sport Management
Georgia Baseball - NCAA Regional vs Oklahoma State - Postgame Press Conference
Sunday, June 01
Georgia Baseball - NCAA Regional vs Duke - Postgame Press Conference
Saturday, May 31
Georgia Baseball - NCAA Regional vs Binghamton - TV Highlights
Friday, May 30
Georgia Baseball - NCAA Regional vs Binghamton - Postgame Press Conference
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