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Team co-captain in 2007...named to the Wallace Award Watch List in the preseason...preseason first-team All-American by NCBWA and Collegiate Baseball...preseason second-team All-American by Rivals.com...only three-time letterman on the team...has a .991 career fielding percentage...a career .306 hitter with 39 doubles, 42 homers (ninth-most in Tiger history), and 167 RBIs in 194 games...hitting .339 with a .474 on-base percentage, eight doubles, five homers, and 16 RBIs in 19 career NCAA Tourney starts...is 16-for-26 (.615) with four home runs and 48 RBIs with the bases loaded...has eight career two-homer games.
Head Coach Jack Leggett on D'Alessio: "Andy is a preseason All-American and has a chance to be one of the better defensive first-basemen we've had. Offensively, he's clutch and hits with men on base. He gives us power that we need out of a first-baseman. He can take this team to another level as one of our captains. We're excited that he came back to school."
2006: Drafted in the 10th round (293rd overall pick) by the Los Angeles Dodgers...one of 16 semi-finalists for the Dick Howser Trophy...one of 30 semi-finalists for the Brooks Wallace Award...first-team All-American by NCBWA...first-team All-American by College Baseball Foundation...second-team All-American by ABCA...third-team All-American by Baseball America...third-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball...honorable mention All-American by Rivals.com...first-team All-Atlantic Region by ABCA...First-Team All-ACC selection...first-team All-ACC by SEBaseball.com...hit .312 with 15 doubles, 23 home runs, 85 RBIs, and seven stolen bases in 69 starts (all at first base)...one of only three Tigers to start every game...had a .648 slugging percentage...led the team in home runs, RBIs, and slugging percentage...his 23 homers were tied for seventh-most and his 85 RBIs were third-most in a season in Clemson history...first Tiger since Tim Teufel in 1980 to lead the ACC in RBIs...tied for second in the nation in home runs, just one behind the national leader Kellen Kulbacki of James Madison...led the ACC in home runs by eight, led the ACC in RBIs by 14, third in total bases, and second in slugging percentage...led the nation in RBIs; no other player had more than 79...had a school-record six two-homer games, therefore 12 of his 23 homers (52 percent) came in multi-homer games...had 85 RBIs on only 78 hits...had 33 two-out RBIs...started 25 games in the #7 spot, 20 in the #6 spot, 20 in the #5 spot, and four in the cleanup spot in the batting order...hit at least one home run in all nine innings during the season...hit 13 homers against lefties and 10 homers against righties...Clemson had a 16-1 record in games that he homered; the only loss was a narrow 12-11 defeat at #19 Georgia when he hit two home runs...hit .327 with 13 homers and 39 RBIs in 30 ACC regular-season starts...was 8-for-11 (.727) with two doubles, two homers, and 23 RBIs with the bases loaded...hit .333 with 11 homers, 25 RBIs, and a .827 slugging percentage in 20 starts on opponents' home fields...hit .339 with 13 homers, 44 RBIs, and a .771 slugging percentage in 30 night starts...hit .354 in Tiger wins and .180 in Tiger losses...had 24 multi-hit games and a team-best 26 multi-RBI games, including 17 games with at least three RBIs...committed just three errors in 666 chances (.995 fielding percentage)...was not hit by a pitch and did not ground into a double play...named National and ACC Player-of-the-Week twice...had a 13-game hitting streak from late March to mid April...hit a team-best .364 in March...named to the Clemson Regional All-Tournament team after going 4-for-9 with a double, two homers, and five RBIs in three games...totaled two doubles, three homers, and 10 RBIs in eight NCAA Tournament games...went 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs in the second game of a doubleheader against Mercer on Feb. 26...went 3-for-5 with a three-run homer that tied the score in the eighth inning against William & Mary on Mar. 8...went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and a stolen base against Gardner-Webb on Mar. 15...went 2-for-4 with a go-ahead three-run homer against Elon on Mar. 21...had three RBIs, including a towering two-run homer, against Elon on March 22...went 2-for-4 with a first-inning grand slam against #12 N.C. State on Mar. 24...went 3-for-5 with two home runs, three RBIs, and three runs scored at #19 Georgia on Mar. 28...went 2-for-4 with four RBIs against #19 Georgia on Mar. 29...went 3-for-5 with two doubles, three RBIs, and a steal of home at #11 Miami (FL) on Mar. 31...went 2-for-4 with two home runs and three RBIs at #11 Miami (FL) on Apr. 1...went 1-for-3 with a double and three RBIs at #11 Miami (FL) on Apr. 2; in the three-game series at Miami, he was 6-for-12 with three doubles, two homers, and nine RBIs...named Pro-Line Cap National Player-of-the-Week by NCBWA and one of five national players-of-the-week by Collegiate Baseball, and ACC Player-of-the-Week after he was 11-for-21 (.524) with four homers, four doubles, and 16 RBIs in five games from Mar. 28 to Apr. 2...went 2-for-4 with a grand slam and five RBIs against Maryland on Apr. 9...went 3-for-5 with a homer and three RBIs at Western Carolina on Apr. 11...hit a two-run double and walked twice against #7 South Carolina on Apr. 12...went 2-for-4 with a solo home run at #10 Georgia Tech on Apr. 14...went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs against Virginia Tech on Apr. 28...went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and two stolen bases against Virginia Tech on Apr. 30...hit two solo home runs in the first game of a doubleheader at Duke on May 8...hit two home runs with three RBIs at Duke on May 9; he hit four home runs in the series...went 2-for-3 with a towering home run into a stiff wind and two RBIs against #13 Florida State on May 14...named one of three national players-of-the-week by Collegiate Baseball and ACC Player-of-the-Week after going 9-for-20 with five homers and nine RBIs in six games from May 8-14...went 2-for-3 with two homers and three RBIs against #22 Wake Forest on May 18...went 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs in the second game of a doubleheader against #7 Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament on May 27...went 3-for-3 with two homers, a double, three RBIs, and two walks against Elon in the Clemson Regional on Jun. 3; he and Taylor Harbin became the first pair of Tigers in recorded history to hit back-to-back homers twice in one game...went 2-for-3 with a three-run homer in the eighth inning to give Clemson the lead against #4 Georgia Tech in the College World Series on Jun. 16...hit a two-run double in the first inning and had a stolen base against #2 Cal State Fullerton in the College World Series on Jun. 20...played for Harwich in the Cape Cod League in the summer, where he hit .344 with a homer and 10 RBIs in 22 games...#1 defensive first baseman in the ACC in the preseason by Baseball America.
2005: Hit .276 with 14 doubles, 15 homers, and 60 RBIs in 65 games (60 starts, all at first base)...his 15 homers tied for third-most in the ACC...had 60 RBIs with only 58 hits, 30 of which went for extra bases...hit seven homers with 30 RBIs in 29 ACC regular-season games...hit .333 with runners in scoring position...had a team-high 25 two-out RBIs...was 6-for-9 with two homers and 18 RBIs with the bases loaded...had 17 multi-RBI games, including a team-high four games of at least four RBIs...hit a team-best .471 in June...hit a two-run homer against #18 California-Irvine on Feb. 27...hit two home runs, including his first career grand slam, and had six RBIs at Auburn on Mar. 6...hit a three-run double against Furman on Mar. 16...hit a long three-run homer to give the Tigers the lead against #9 North Carolina on Mar. 20...hit a long home run and had three RBIs in the second game of a doubleheader at Maryland on Mar. 26...went 3-for-4 with an RBI against #25 Coastal Carolina on Mar. 30...went 3-for-5 with a double and two RBIs at Georgia on Apr. 5...hit a walkoff single against Virginia on Apr. 16; he also made a diving stop in the eighth inning to save a run...went 2-for-3 with a homer and two RBIs against Western Carolina on Apr. 19...came off the bench and hit an opposite-field grand slam in his only at-bat against Wofford on Apr. 27...went 3-for-5 with a double, homer, and three RBIs against #6 Georgia Tech on Apr. 29...went 2-for-4 with a long home run against #6 Georgia Tech on Apr. 30...went 3-for-4 with two homers, four RBIs, and a walk at Virginia Tech on May 8; he reached base in all five plate appearances...went 3-for-6 with a three-run homer, a double, four runs scored, and six RBIs at Wake Forest on May 14; he also made a game-saving play on a ball in the hole with two outs, the score tied, and the bases loaded in the ninth inning...hit a long solo homer and had two RBIs against #20 College of Charleston on May 17...went 2-for-3 with two doubles and two walks against North Carolina A&T in the Clemson Regional on Jun. 3...went 2-for-3 with a double, two runs scored, two walks, and a stolen base against #22 College of Charleston in the Clemson Regional on Jun. 4...went 3-for-3 with a double, homer, and three RBIs against Oral Roberts in the Clemson Regional on Jun. 5...named the Clemson Regional MVP along with earning unanimous Clemson Regional All-Tournament honors thanks to going 7-for-9 with four runs scored, four doubles, a homer, four RBIs, four walks, a hit-by-pitch, and a stolen base in three games; his batting average (.778) and on-base percentage (.857) were the best of any player in the NCAA Regionals, while his four doubles tied for the most and 1.556 slugging percentage was second-best...played for Hyannis in the Cape Cod League in the summer, where he hit .254 in 134 at-bats (37 games)...#4 prospect in the ACC for the 2006 draft, #1 defensive first baseman in the ACC, and #17 sophomore in the nation in the preseason by Baseball America...preseason second-team All-ACC by SEBaseball.com.
2004: Clemson's hottest hitter the second half of the season...hit .333 overall (third-best on the team) with 10 doubles, four homers, and 22 RBIs in 180 at-bats (60 games and 51 starts)...made a team-high 50 starts at first base and a team-high 39 starts batting sixth in the lineup...walked 35 times and had a .440 on-base percentage...was ninth in the ACC in walks per game and fifth in on-base percentage...was 47-for-125 (.376) in his last 37 starts...hit safely in 24 of his last 27 starts, which included a 13-game hitting streak...led the team and was sixth in the ACC with a .371 batting average in ACC regular-season games...had a .483-on base percentage in ACC regular-season games, tops on the team by over 100 points and second-best in the ACC...hit .536 (15-for-28) against lefthanders, best on the team by 157 points, and was 13-for-his-last-20 (.650) against lefties to end the season...hit .347 as a starter...had four sacrifice bunts, tied for second-most on the team...led the team with a .362 batting average on opponents' home fields...hit .354 against top-25 ranked teams...had 16 multi-hit games...had a double, his first hit as a Tiger, at East Carolina on Feb. 28...had two hits, including a two-run double, against #7 Auburn on Mar. 12...hit his first career homer against Coastal Carolina on Mar. 16; he hit a towering shot that landed on top of the batting cages and was hit into a stiff wind...went 3-for-4 with an RBI at Texas Tech on Mar. 20...hit an opposite-field, three-run homer against Wake Forest on Mar. 26...had three hits, including a double, and two runs scored against #6 South Carolina on Apr. 7...hit a double, single, and scored two runs at #6 South Carolina on Apr. 14...went 1-for-1 with an RBI and three walks against N.C. State on Apr. 25...went 3-for-6 with a double and two RBIs against #24 Florida State on May 3...went 2-for-4 with a homer at #15 Georgia Tech on May 15...went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two stolen bases against N.C. State in the ACC Tournament on May 28...hit a two-run homer at #10 Georgia in the Athens Regional on Jun. 5...#5 freshman in the nation and #3 newcomer in the ACC in the preseason by Baseball America.
BEFORE CLEMSON: First-team All-American and first-team all-state selection at Barron Collier High...Baseball America Preseason All-American before his senior year...member of three conference championship teams and one region title team...drafted in the 10th round of the 2003 draft by the Reds...lettered four times in baseball and three times in football...coached by Ted Parsons.
PERSONAL: Two-time member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll...majoring in sport management...pronounced duh-LEHS-ee-oh...born Andrew Anthony D'Alessio on Sept. 23, 1984 in Newark, NJ.
| D'Alessio's Overall Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | HBP | SF | OB% | SB |
| 2004 | .333 | 60-51 | 180 | 29 | 60 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 82 | 35 | 0 | 1 | .440 | 2-2 |
| 2005 | .276 | 65-60 | 210 | 36 | 58 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 60 | 119 | 29 | 2 | 2 | .366 | 1-4 |
| 2006 | .312 | 69-69 | 250 | 55 | 78 | 15 | 0 | 23 | 85 | 162 | 30 | 0 | 4 | .380 | 7-8 |
| Total | .306 | 194-180 | 640 | 120 | 196 | 39 | 1 | 42 | 167 | 363 | 94 | 2 | 7 | .393 | 10-14 |
| D'Alessio's ACC Regular-Season Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | HBP | SF | OB% | SB |
| 2004 | .371 | 22-20 | 70 | 10 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 35 | 16 | 0 | 1 | .483 | 0-0 |
| 2005 | .271 | 29-27 | 96 | 20 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 54 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .377 | 0-1 |
| 2006 | .327 | 30-30 | 107 | 25 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 39 | 79 | 11 | 0 | 1 | .387 | 5-5 |
| Total | .319 | 81-77 | 273 | 55 | 87 | 13 | 1 | 22 | 81 | 168 | 43 | 1 | 3 | .409 | 5-6 |
| D'Alessio's ACC Tournament Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | HBP | SF | OB% | SB |
| 2004 | .267 | 4-4 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .353 | 2-2 |
| 2005 | .333 | 4-4 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .375 | 0-0 |
| 2006 | .238 | 5-5 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 0-0 |
| Total | .275 | 13-13 | 51 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .351 | 2-2 |
| D'Alessio's NCAA Tournament Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | HBP | SF | OB% | SB |
| 2004 | .294 | 5-5 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .368 | 0-0 |
| 2005 | .471 | 6-6 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .609 | 1-1 |
| 2006 | .280 | 8-8 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 1 | .441 | 1-1 |
| Total | .339 | 19-19 | 59 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 43 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .474 | 2-2 |
