Sophomore - 2011: Started 55 of 57 games on her way to earning a spot on the All-Sun Belt Conference First Team for the second season in a row...Led FIU with 183 at bats and finished second on the team with a career-high seven homeruns...Belted a team-high tying six homeruns in conference play...Finished the season with a .262 average and .415 slugging percentage...Drove in 26 runs, good for third-most on the squad...A threat on the base paths, swiping 10 bags in 11 attempts, the second-best mark on the team...Scored the fourth-most runs on the team with 29 and finished third in total bases with 76...Was plunked a team-high six times...A solid defensive player, Alfonso recorded a team-high 121 assists from third base and shortstop ...Her best performance of the season came in the second game of a doubleheader against ULM (4/9), going 3-for-4 with two home runs and three RBI...Recorded 12 multi-hit games and notched a hitting streak of seven games (3/26-4/3), also scoring at least one run in each of those games...Belted first-career grand slam in the SBC Tournament against Middle Tennessee (5/12), finishing with five RBI and helping FIU move on with an 11-5 victory in extra innings...Homered in back-to-back games in a doubleheader versus Troy (4/2).
Freshman - 2010: Started all 57 games played while seeing time at shortstop, third base, designated player and outfield ... Earned NFCA All-South Region First Team honors ... Named to the All-SBC First Team after recording a team-leading batting average of .432 on the strength of 35 hits in 81 at bats in league action ... Also contributed 22 runs, 19 RBIs, four home runs and four doubles in 24 SBC games played ... Earned her first-career SBC Player of the Week nod on April 19 ... For the season, registered 63 hits in 181 at bats en route to the third-best batting average on the team (.348) ... Scored a team-high 48 runs, a total which ranked second in the Sun Belt and is third all-time at FIU for a single season ... Tallied 0.84 runs per game to rank 76th in the nation at season's end ... Her four runs scored and four hits versus Bethune-Cookman (2/19) each tie a single-game school record ... Posted 32 RBIs on the season, driving in a season-high four runs versus North Texas (4/3) ... Recorded her first-career triple versus Robert Morris (3/5) ... Contributed nine doubles and five home runs on the season ... Led FIU in stolen bases with 18 steals in 24 attempts, reaching a season-high with three stolen bases versus Boston University (3/6) ... Posted 18 multiple-hit games and eight multiple-RBI outings ... Recorded a hit in 10-straight contests (4/10-4/25) ... In the field, tallied a team-best 90 assists, including a season-high six assists on two occasions.
Prior to FIU - Coral Park High School: Named Rookie of the Year at Coral Park ... Received Silver Slugger and Gold Glove awards ... Named first team all-state and first team all-county ... Held a batting average of .537 and tallied 20 homeruns and 69 RBIs over her career ... Named MVP as a senior ... Summer league team is Miami Lady Canes.
Personal: Born January 19, 1991 ... Daughter of Manuel and Ana Alfonso ... Has one brother, Manny, and one sister, Jenny, who is also a member of the FIU softball team ... Enjoys hanging out with friends, paintballing and watching chick flicks ... Majoring in physical education.
