Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

AS A SENIOR AT EKU IN 2020
Chosen as the 98th-best hitter in college baseball by D1Baseball.com before the 2020 season … on the Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year watch list … chosen by D1Baseball.com as the 62nd best hitter over the 2019 and 2020 seasons combined … picked by D1Baseball.com as the 12th best catcher in the nation … selected as the Best Senior in the Ohio Valley Conference by D1Baseball.com … chosen to the preseason All-OVC team … only player in NCAA Division I baseball to hit .450 or better, score 15 or more runs and drive in 20 or more during the 2020 season … played in and started 13 games … second on the team with a .451 average … had three home runs, 21 RBIs and 15 runs scored … had seven doubles and two triples … posted an .843 slugging percentage … had nine walks and a .541 on-base percentage … had three stolen bases … tied for first in the OVC in on-base percentage, second in batting average, second in slugging, tied for second in triples, tied for third in RBIs, tied for fourth in doubles and tied for sixth in total bases (43) … seventh in NCAA in slugging, eighth in RBIs per game (1.15), 11th in hits per game (1.77), 14th in batting average, 25th in RBIs, 25th in on-base percentage, 34th in total bases and 39th in triples … ended the season having reached base in 13 straight games … started the season by going 3-for-5 with two runs and four RBIs at Presbyterian (Feb. 14) … went 2-for-5 and drove in a run in EKU’s 2-0 Friday night victory at No. 11 LSU (Feb. 21) … in three games against No. 11 LSU, Lewis was 4-for-11 with two doubles, a run and three RBIs … finished 3-for-4 with three runs and five RBIs against Siena College (Feb. 29) … chosen as OVC Co-Player of the Week (March 2) after hitting .545 with three doubles, one home run, six runs and seven RBIs in three games against Siena College … went 9-for-13 with four runs and seven RBIs in a three-game sweep of Norfolk State.

AS A JUNIOR AT EKU IN 2019
On the Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year watch list in 2019 … played in and started 54 games … was the starting catcher 40 times, started three games in left field and 11 as the designated hitter … hit .303 with 45 runs scored, 10 doubles, nine home runs, a team-best 49 RBIs and 17 stolen bases … had a .521 slugging percentage … drew 33 walks and posted a .434 on-base percentage … went 2-for-5 with two runs, a home run and three RBIs against Prairie View A&M (Feb. 17) … was 2-for-3 with two walks, three runs and three RBIs against Tennessee-Martin (March 22) … drove in four runs at Northern Kentucky (April 10).

AT JOHN A. LOGAN COLLEGE
Played one season at John A. Logan College … was named all-conference as a sophomore.
 
AT UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
Appeared in 17 games as a freshman, earning four starts, during the 2017 season … tallied one hit in 23 at-bats with two runs scored and an RBI while drawing three walks … doubled in his first collegiate game against Eastern Michigan (Feb. 17) and drew a walk … scored the game-winning run as a pinch hitter in Mizzou’s come-from-behind win over South Carolina (May 14) to help the Tigers to an SEC series win over the Gamecocks.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Played four years at Mount Carmel High School … 2015 Tournament of Stars participant … 2016 Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American Central Region … 2016 all-region second team … 2015 Underclassmen Pre-Season All American … Chicago White Sox Ace (Amateur City Elite) Player … led Mount Carmel to a runner-up finish in the state tournament and a conference championship as a junior … hit .390 with four homers as a senior at Mount Carmel under head coach Brian Hurry … finished his high school career with 10 homers … named to the Mount Carmel high honor roll during all four years of high school … Mount Carmel Student-Athlete of the Year as a senior.

PERSONAL
Full name is Alfred Gerald Lewis Jr. … son of Alfred Lewis Sr. … majoring in communication studies.