2024 Baseball Roster

14 Alec Ritch

  • Position Outfielder
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Height/Weight 6-2 / 220
  • Bat/Throw R/R
  • Hometown Kentfield, Calif.
  • High School The Branson School
  • Prev School Middlebury
  • Instagram @alecritch

Biography

Accolades
  • ABCA/Rawlings First-Team All-Region 1 (2022)
  • D3baseball.com Second-Team All-Region (2022)
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District II (2022)
  • NESCAC Player of the Year (2022)
  • All-NESCAC First Team (2022)
  • NESCAC Player of the Week (2022)
  • NESCAC All-Academic (2020), (2022), (2023)
At Cal
2024 (Gr.)
  • A graduate student entering his first season with the Golden Bears.

2023 (Sr.) (Middlebury) 
  • Graduated as career record holder with 69 stolen bases.
  • Played in 25 games making 21 starts. 
  • Hit .310 (22-for-71) 
    • 11 of his 22 hits were extra base hits (five doubles, a triple, and five home runs)
  • Tied program record with most runs scored in a single game (five) against Wesleyan on 4/8/23.
  • Tied for first with most walks in a single game (four).
  • Third all-time with 67 career walks.
  • Named team captain.
  • NESCAC All-Academic
2022 (Jr.) (Middlebury)
  • Set single-season program marks for runs scored (50), stolen bases (41), RBI (54), walks (33)
  • Tied for first with most triples in a single game (2) against Colby on 4/10/22.
  • Third on single-season list with 152 at-bats.
  • ABCA/Rawlings First-Team All-Region 1
  • D3baseball.com Second-Team All-Region
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District II
  • NESCAC Player of the Year
  • All-NESCAC First Team
  • NESCAC All-Academic
  • NESCAC Player of the Week
2020 (So.) (Middlebury)
  • NESCAC All-Academic
  • Season cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019 (Fr.) (Middlebury)
  • Played in 30 games making 21 starts as a freshman
  • Slashed .256/.385/.359
  • Had four multi-hit games. 
  • Had 17 steals in 22 attempts. 
  • Also played football at Middlebury as a wide reciever/cornerback.
High School
  • Graduated from The Branson School in 2018
  • Earned First Team All-Marin County Athletic League honors in baseball
  • Two times All-MCAL Second Team honors
  • Earned All-MCAL Honorable Mention
  • Four time letter winner for Branson in baseball
  • Three sport athlete for Branson, also lettered in football and basketball
Personal
  • Full name is Alec Benedetto Ritch
  • Born January 17, 2000 in San Francisco
  • Parents are Sarah Benedetto and Joel Ritch
  • Has a sister named Rose
  • Postgraduate plans are to either coach in college baseball or work in the front office of a Major League Baseball organization. 

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