Santa Clara University

AS A SENIOR IN 2008: Tri-captain ... startedall 55 games at third base ... tied for third in hit by pitch (6)and tied for fourth in sac bunts (3) ... tallied his first home runof the season and drove in three runs on two hits against K-State(Feb. 23) ... had one run, one walk and one RBI against Pacific(Feb. 27) ... posted two runs, a double and a stolen base againstSan Jose State (Feb. 29) ... had one hit, one run, one RBI and onedouble against Frestno State (Mar. 4) ... went 3-for-5 with one runand two RBIs against Cal Poly (Mar. 12) ... went 2-for-5 in gameone of the doubleheader against UC Davis (Mar. 15) with his secondhome run of the season ... posted two RBIs and had two runs,including a solo home run against UC Davis (Mar. 16) ... talliedtwo runs in game one against Cal Poly (Mar. 22) ... his two-rundouble brought in the game winning run against then-No. 14 SanDiego (Mar. 30) ... hit is first collegiate grand slam againstPacific (Apr. 2), posting a career-high four RBIs ... tied hiscareer-high six at-bat appearances while scoring one run anddriving in another against Portland (Apr. 5) ... tied hiscareer-high two walks at Fresno State (Apr. 22) ... registered hisfifth home run of the season against UHH (Apr. 27) ... registeredhis sixth home run of the season and drove in three runs againstthen-No. 3 Stanford (Apr. 28)  

AS A JUNIOR IN 2007: Named All-WCC honorablemention ... one of only three Broncos to appear in all 56 games,starting 55 ... finished eighth in WCC with a .343 batting average... led SCU with 71 hits, 15 doubles, and 37 runs scored ... alsohit three home runs with 33 RBIs ... went 4-for-4 in season openerat Hawaii on Jan. 26 ... turned in 23 multi-hit games on the year... doubled twice against the Rainbow Warriors on Jan. 27 ... drovein three runs on a pair of hits against Utah on Feb. 3 and at UCDavis on Feb. 16 ... hit first home run against Aggies ... went4-for-4 with a double and three RBIs against Cal Poly on Feb. 23... drove in two runs in 3-for-3 effort at San Jose State on March4 ... doubled and drove in three runs at San Francisco on Apr. 7... hit a two-run homer Apr. 14 against Gonzaga ... went 3-for-5with a double against No. 6 San Diego on May 12 ... hit his thirdhome run of the year against the Toreros on May 13. 

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2006: Started 21 of 37 gamesin which he appeared ... batted .253 with seven doubles, a home runand 12 RBIs ... put together a nine-game hitting streak from Feb.21-March 10 ... went 16-for-36 (.444) in that span with fivedoubles, a homer and seven runs batted in ... had two hits in fiveof those contests and three hits in another ... went 2-for-4 withtwo RBIs and two runs scored on April 5 against Cal. 

AT DE ANZA: Played for head coach Scott Hertler... batted .320 on the year and was named first-team All-CoastConference.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2004 graduate of Mt. PleasantHigh School in San Jose, Calif. ... played baseball for head coachJesse Tamez ... was named first-team All-League as senior ...batted .410 his senior season ... also played soccer at Mt.Pleasant ... a four-time first-team all-league selection with thesoccer team ... earned Outstanding Class Athlete Award hissophomore and senior years.

PERSONAL: Born in San Jose, Calif. ... son ofJose and Sylvia Alcantar ... has two older sisters, Gina, 30, andMargarita, 24 ... hobbies include sports, math and music ... goalsare to earn a degree and play professional baseball.

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