Alexa Strid Athlete Profile - SFB

Alexa Strid

Shortstop Outfielder #16

Class

Senior

Hometown

Stephens City,

Virginia

Last School

Homeschooled

Roster Years

2014-2018

Career Summary

After redshirting her first season, Alexa Strid became a four-year starter for the Cougars and helped them win the conference title and advance to NCAA Regionals each of those seasons. She began her BYU career at shortstop as a freshman, spent sophomore year in the outfield and moved back to shortstop as a junior and senior. An All-West Coast Conference First Team selection in 2016 and 2017, she was also named to the All-WCC Second Team in 2018. A team captain her senior year, Strid finished the season ranked No. 3 in on-base percentage (.491) among all seniors in program history.

Personal

Parents Jim and Mary
One older brother Jamey
Major is sociology

Before BYU

Played for the Georgia East Cobb Bullets
Led her team to a top 5 finish at the 2013 18-U Premier Nationals
Led her team to a top 10 finish at 2012 18-U Premier Nationals
Hitting coach was Jim Brackin, a member of the ASA National Softball Hall of Fame
One of her biggest sports thrills to date is having a picture of her playing softball at ESPN's Wide World of Sports appear on Disney's home page, a Dick's Sporting Goods catalog and two large murals in The Milk House at ESPN's Wide World of Sports building

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2015

Drove in two runs in the 8-7 win over Fresno State in the Eugene NCAA Regional
Went 2 for 3 in the third game against San Diego
Notched her first collegiate home run in the second game against Oklahoma State
Hit 1-for-2 against Northwestern with a double and a run scored
Drove in two RBI in the 9-0 win over UTEP while going 2-for-3 at the plate
Started 47 of 49 games played

Sophmore Year 2016

All-WCC First Team
Third on the team in batting average (.328)
Went 3 for 3 in the win over Harvard
Totaled three hits, three RBI and two runs in three games against LMU
Went 2 for 4 with three RBI at Pacific
Tallied two hits in each of 10 of 15 conference games, including in all three games at San Diego

Junior Year 2017

All-WCC First Team
Started all 59 games at shortstop
Notched a career-high 4 RBI vs. Detroit Mercy
Tied her career-high 3 hits vs. Sacramento State on 3/4 hitting
Went 2/3 with 2 runs and 2 RBI vs. Maine
Tallied 2 hits, 2 runs and a homer against Dartmouth
Went 2/3 with 4 RBI vs. Pacific
Went a perfect 3/3 with 2 runs vs. San Diego
Career-high 3 runs at Santa Clara
Went 3/4 with 2 RBI and 2 stolen bases at Saint Mary's
Went 2/4 with an RBI against Utah in the NCAA Regionals

Senior Year 2018

2018 All-WCC Second Team selection
Finished the season ranked No. 3 in on-base percentage (.491) among all seniors in program history
Team captain
Started and played in 57 games this season
Went 2/3 in six games
Hit first home run of the season against LBSU (2/17)
Hit another dinger against CSUN (2/23)
Went a perfect 2/2, including a triple, against Northwestern (3/3)
Went a perfect 3/3 with two runs, including a double and a home run, against SUU (3/16). She also had five RBI
Went 3/4 with two doubles at Utah St. (4/4)
Went 3/3 a second time this season with one run and two RBI (4/30)
Hit a solo shot against Utah Valley (5/1)
Went 2/3 with two runs against LMU (5/12) and hit the first of back-to-back home runs