Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

AS A JUNIOR IN 2015
Started 40 games, 35 in right field and five at designated hitter … began season hitting safely in 12 straight games … reached base in first 13 games of the season … was sixth in the OVC and 22nd in the NCAA with a .378 batting average … seventh in the OVC and 33rd best in NCAA with a .628 slugging percentage … was eighth in the OVC and 64th in the NCAA with a .456 on-base percentage … missed 10 games due to an injury … notched 59 hits with 12 doubles, three triples, seven home runs, and 30 RBIs … drew 17 walks … had 19 multi-hit games … had eight multi-RBI games … had the longest Colonel hitting streak at 12 games … went 3-for-4 at East Tennessee with two RBIs and one home run (February 13) … went 3-for-4 against Bowling Green with three runs and one double (February 27) … went 4-for-5 at Louisville with one double, one home run, and three runs (March 3) … earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … 2014-15 Colonel Scholar.
 
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2014
Batted .280 with eight doubles … started 49 games in right field with a .973 fielding percentage … had five home runs … had a .418 slugging percentage … had 12 multi-hit games … went 3-for-5 with four RBIs and a double against Ohio (May 13) … scored three runs, had four RBI and a home run against Eastern Illinois (May 4) … scored 32 runs had had 51 hits during the season … went 3-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs against UT Martin (April 12) … Chi Alpha Sigma inductee (student-athlete national honor society) … earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … 2013-14 Colonel Scholar.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2013
Appeared in 19 games with one start in freshman season … served as pinch hitter in 10 appearances … made 22 plate appearances … recorded four hits with one home run … scored four runs … earned first start of career at West Virginia (March 5) … earned the Ohio Valley Conference Medal of Honor, which is given annually to the student-athletes that achieve the highest grade point average in a conference-sponsored sport … earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … 2012-13 Colonel Scholar.

HIGH SCHOOL
Batted .452 his senior season with 21 doubles, one home run and 35 RBIs at St. Francis DeSales High School in Columbus, Ohio … all-league, all-district, all-metro and all-state performer.

PERSONAL
Full name is Thomas Joseph Alas … son of Tom and Lori Alas … his father, Tom, played collegiate basketball for Manhattan College … his uncle played collegiate baseball at Villanova … majoring in biology.