16 Alex MAKAREWICH

Right-Handed PItcher

6-0 • 185 • Junior • R/R Keller, Texas • Keller HS

2023 No. 16 Southland Conference MLB Draft Prospect (D1Baseball.com)

2022 Southland Conference All-Academic First Team

2022 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll 2020-21 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll 2022 Season:

• Made 16 appearances out of the Demon bullpen, tied for the third most on the team.

• his 33 strikeouts in relief were second among Demon relievers and his 13.7 K/9 led the team.

• struck out four in 1 2-3 dominant innings at McNeese on May 8.

• spun a perfect seventh inning at Louisiana Tech on April 20.

• worked 6 2-3 consecutive scoreless innings across five appearances from Feb. 27-March 23.

• struck out at least two in his first six appearances of the season, including four in a Feb. 20 win against Stephen F. Austin.

• struck out two in a clean seventh inning against Grambling on March 23.

• worked two scoreless innings in a March 2 loss at UL Lafayette.

2021 Season:

• Made 15 relief appearances in his first collegiate season.

• struck out 39 batters, second most among Demon relievers.

• struck out a pair on a scoreless ninth inning against Nicholls in the series finale to earn his second save of the season.

• tossed 3 2-3 shutout innings of relief in an April 11 loss to Lamar.

• earned his first career save, working two scoreless innings and striking out four against Incarnate Word on March 12.

• combined with Cal Carver on a three-hit shutout of Austin Peay, tossing two scoreless innings on March 6.

• tossed a career-long 4 2-3 innings of scoreless relief, striking out four against Tarleton on Feb. 26.

• made his NSU debut, earning the win against Southern Miss (Game 2) on Feb. 21, striking out four and allowing a run.

High School:

• Three-year letterman for coach Rob Stramp’s Indians.

• worked nine innings, striking out 17 and allowing one run in two starts of his pandemic-shortened senior year.

• team went 43-20-1 in his first two years, reaching the fourth round of the state playoffs his sophomore season.

• graduated with a 3.98 grade point average and was a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the Environmental Club and the Society of Young Gentlemen.

Personal:

• Born Jan. 17, 2002.

• son of Lourdes Ramboa and Patrick Makarewich.

• has one younger brother, Zach.

• majoring in industrial engineering technology and has a 3.92 grade point average.

• plans to become an industrial engineer.

• life’s ambition is to “make myself and the people around me proud of not only my accomplishments but the person that I become.”

Game Highs:

Innings Pitched: 4.2, vs. Tarleton, Feb. 26, 2021

Strikeouts: 5, vs. South Alabama, March 26, 2021

Game Highs:

At-Bats: 3, 2x (last at UT Arlington, March 6, 2022)

Hits: 1, 2x (last at LSU, May 17, 2022)

Runs Scored: N/A

RBI: 1, at LSU, May 17, 2022

Stolen Bases: N/A

Walks: 1, vs. Alcorn G1, March 12, 2022

Home Runs: N/A