#8 Alex Feinberg

Coach Corbin Quote: Alex is one of the most motivated kids I’ve ever been around. He’s very determined to excel. He’s an unorthodox player, but he doesn’t make mistakes. He’s a key ingredient to our team.

2007: Hit .317 with four homers and 44 RBI in 66 games (62 starts) … RBI and homers both new career highs, surpassing 23 and one he had in 2006 … Was 5-for-9 (.556) with a double and three runs scored in the LSU series … Recorded three hits against the Tigers (5/19) and made game-saving diving play in the eighth to preserve a one run lead … Hit fourth homer against Auburn (5/11) … Went 7-for-11 in the Georgia series including a career high 5-for-5 game with six RBI in the finale (5/6) … Had three hits in final game of Florida series (4/29) … Went 2-for-4 in the first two games of the Tennessee series (4/20 & 4/21) … Was 3-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored against Middle Tennessee (4/18) … Had two hits, including second homer of the year, with three RBI against Kentucky (4/13) … Went 2-for-5 with a double and RBI against Alabama (4/8) … Was 2-for-3 with an RBI against Middle Tennessee (3/28) … Was 2-for-4 with two runs scored against Western Kentucky (3/20) … Went 4-for-11 (.364) with a double and a run scored in the Ole Miss series … Moved to leadoff spot in the order for first time this season and responded with 3-for-5 day against Ole Miss (3/18) … Was 2-for-3 with a double and run scored against Belmont (3/14) … scored a season-high three runs against Illinois-Chicago (3/10) … Had a career day with 4-for-4 showing against Illinois-Chicago (3/9) … Scored three runs against Xavier (3/2) … Went 2-for-4 with two RBI against Ohio (2/18) in first game of doubleheader … Had two hits, including first career homer at Hawkins Field, and an RBI against Ohio (2/17) … Had three hits and two RBI against Arizona State (2/10) … Opened the season with 2-for-5 day with a double, two RBI and two runs scored in win over then No. 1 Rice (2/9) … Academic All-District IV member and SEC Scholar Athlete.

2006: Hit .322 with a homer, 10 doubles and 23 RBI in 56 games (54 starts) … Made the move from third to second where he made all of his starts … Only made three errors all season (.985 fielding percentage) … Finished with 18 multi-hit and four multi-RBI games … Batted .327 with eight doubles and 14 RBI in 29 starts in SEC play … Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … Lone homer of the year came in the final game of the year against Georgia Tech (6/4) … Went 6-for-14 (.429) during the NCAA Atlanta Regional and ended the season with a six game hitting streak … Went 3-for-4 against Georgia (5/24) in the SEC tourney … Had a solid series against Kentucky (4/28-4/30), going 6-for-10 with five runs scored. Went 3-for-3 in the opening and closing game of the three game series against the Wildcats … Was 3-for-5 with career best four RBI in series clinching win over Florida (4/2) … Went 6-for-13 (.462) in Ole Miss series with a double and four RBI … Had a 3-for-4 showing against Brown (3/11) … Missed nine games due to injury before returning to the lineup against Creighton (3/7) … Led off the Commodores season with a base hit against San Diego (2/17).

2005: Hit .335 with four doubles in 46 games (40 starts) … Best game was 3-for-3 showing against Connecticut (2/27) with two doubles … Also had three hits against LSU (4/30) and Ohio (5/18) … Had 16 multi-hit games on the year … Was 3-for-3 in stolen bases … named to SEBaseball.com’s SEC All-Freshman team … Also garnered SEC Academic All-Freshman honors … Played for the Hyannis Mets of the Cape Cod League over the summer … Hit .224 with 11 runs scored in 36 games.

High School: Ranked as the #154 overall prospect and the #18 middle infielder in the nation by Team One Baseball … Regarded as one of the top shortstop prospects in the country … Played for the elite NorCal Baseball Program … Helped NorCal to a runner-up finish in the Perfect Game WWBA Championship (Marietta, Ga.) … Named to the Sunbelt Classic all-tournament team…Played for the Milwaukee Brewers in the Area Code Games (Long Beach, Calif.) … High School Coach was Vince Dell’Aquila

Personal: Alexander Eugene Feinberg … born 4/29/86 … Son of Seth and Suzanne Feinberg … An economics major … Favorites include: the movie Scarface, TV show The Daily Show, Paul Simon, Will Ferrell and the Oakland A’s … Craziest ambition is to be a 70’s glam rock star … Lists Babe Ruth as the greatest baseball player of all time.