Summer 2019: His 181 plate appearances team and 14 stolen bases led the Healdsburg Prune Packers of the California Collegiate League, while finishing amongst the team leaders in games played runs (T-1st, 48), (2nd-40), walks (T-2nd, 23), doubles (4th-10), home runs (3rd-7), extra-base hits (T-3rd, 17), total bases (4th-80), hit by pitch (4th-8), hits (5th-49), RBIs (5th-34), batting average (7th, .327).
Sophomore (2019): Played in and started 57 games … delivered the game-winning hit in the bottom of the ninth in a 6-5 win over Southern Miss March 30 … slashed .316/.465/.523, with 19 doubles - one off the team lead - seven home runs, 43 runs and 48 RBIs … led the team with a 38-game on-base streak … recorded 18 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI performances … deliverd three knocks on five different occasions … smacked two doubles in a game three times … ranked fourth in the league and 66th in the country with 19 doubles … was hit-by-pitch 19 times, which placed him second in C-USA and 15th nationally … his .467 on-base percentage was third best in the league and 61 in the country … finished 10th in the league with 40 walks.
Prior to UTSA: Played at Howard College from the fall of 2017 through spring of 2018 … coached by Rob Martinez … hit .403 with 19 homers, 76 RBI and 32 steals in 2018 … named first-team all-conference and third-team junior college all-American.
High School: Two-sport athlete … played at Seven Lakes for Coach J.R. Voyles …. played club for Twelve Baseball … signed with TCU and attended the Fort Worth campus until the fall of 2017.
Personal:Full name is Alexander Bryan Sturges … Born in Beaumont, Texas … son of Art and Jill Sturges … has two older sisters, Briana and Ari, and a younger brother, Brock … grandfather Joe Sturges played football at Grambling State and brother Brock is playing football at Arizona State.
CAREER HIGHS (as of Feb. 13, 2020)
Hits: 3, 5x; Last: at Texas A&M - CC, April 16, 2019
Doubles: 2, 3x; Last: at LA Tech, April 5, 2019
Home runs: 1, 7x; Last: vs. Florida Atlantic, May 22, 2019
Total bases: 8, at Rice, March 24, 2019
RBIs: 4, 2x; Last vs. WKU, April 27, 2019
Runs scored: 3, 2x; Last: vs. WKU, May 24, 2019
Walks: 2, 8x; Last: at Charlotte, May 18, 2019
Hit by pitch: 2, 2x; Last vs. Texas State, April 30, 2019
At bats: 5, 4x; Last: at Charlotte, May 17, 2019
Stolen bases: 2, vs. Bradley, March 3, 2019