As a Redshirt Senior (2017)
Made 23 appearances and a career-high nine starts, fourth-most on the team ... Posted a 3-4 record, his second-straight season with three wins ... Finished the year with just 16 walks in 55.1 innings and never walking more than two in an outing ... Struck out a career-high 48 batters ... Tallied five or more strikeouts twice against Miami (Ohio) (Feb. 19) and at Louisiana Tech (Feb. 28) ... Nine appearances in SEC play, good for third on the team, with 24 innings pitched ... One of six Arkansas pitchers with two or more saves ... Closed out games against Bryant (Feb. 24) and Memphis (April 19) at Dickey-Stephens Park ... Totaled 10 scoreless outings, four against SEC opponents (Mississippi State - March 19; at Texas A&M - May 19; vs. Mississippi State - May 25; vs. Auburn - May 25) ... Pitched a career-long 5.1 innings at Louisiana Tech (Feb. 28), allowing two hits and striking out seven, also a career-high ... Earned his first win as a starter against Mississippi State (March 19), scattering five hits and not allowing a run in the 6-1 win, earning a sweep.
As a Redshirt Junior (2016)
Was one of Arkansas’ most effective pitchers out of the bullpen … Posted a 3-1 record in a career-high 25 appearances for a 3.90 ERA … Doubled his strikeout total from 2015 with 40 punchouts in 32.1 innings of work, giving up just 14 earned runs and 11 walks ... Strikeout total was the fourth-highest on the team … Tied for most appearances in SEC play (13), going 16.2 innings … Compiled a 2.70 ERA in the SEC, good for the lowest ERA out of any Razorback with 10 or more appearances … Did not allow an earned run in 14 of first 15 relief appearances … Allowed only three runs over his first 15 appearances ... Equaled a career-high of 4.0 innings vs. Missouri (April 1), recording three strikeouts … Tallied a career-high five strikeouts vs. Auburn (March 25) in a 3-2 victory.
As a Redshirt Sophomore (2015)
Converted to a pitcher for the 2015 season and made 22 appearances on the mound with a 1-2 record and 3.77 earned run average … Posted 20 strikeouts in 31.0 innings of work and added one save … Did not allow a run in 13 of his 22 appearances … Tallied a season-high three strikeouts against Gonzaga (March 10), Memphis (March 24) and Mississippi Valley State (April 7) … Earned his first win against Eastern Illinois (March 2), working 3.0 hitless innings with two strikeouts … Recorded a save against Oral Roberts at the NCAA Stillwater Regional.
As a Redshirt Freshman (2014)
Appeared in 12 games and recorded a .125 batting average in 16 at bats … Came on in relief in the SEC Tournament and produced two RBI against No. 10 Ole Miss, including a single in the 8th inning to plate the tying run and make it 8-8 in a game Arkansas trailed 6-0 … Made his first start in the SEC Tournament against No. 8 LSU in the semifinal round … Scored the winning in 4-3 walk-off victory in 10 innings against Auburn on April 15 … Made diving catch into stands on March 19 that landed on SportsCenter’s #SCTop10 plays of the day at No. 9 … Made his collegiate debut in the season-opening win against Appalachian State.
As a Freshman (2013)
Alberius redshirted the 2013 season.
Little Rock Christian Academy
Earned all-state recognition twice in his high school career and was a four-time all-conference honoree … Selected to the All-Arkansas team by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette … Twice named to the central U.S. super regional team by the National Christian School Athletic Association … Selected to play in the 2012 Arkansas High School Coaches Association All-Star Game … Also played basketball, football and golf at Little Rock Christian.
Personal
Son of Randy and Lisa Alberius … Has two brothers, Nate and Cole … Crop, soil, and water science major.
Made 23 appearances and a career-high nine starts, fourth-most on the team ... Posted a 3-4 record, his second-straight season with three wins ... Finished the year with just 16 walks in 55.1 innings and never walking more than two in an outing ... Struck out a career-high 48 batters ... Tallied five or more strikeouts twice against Miami (Ohio) (Feb. 19) and at Louisiana Tech (Feb. 28) ... Nine appearances in SEC play, good for third on the team, with 24 innings pitched ... One of six Arkansas pitchers with two or more saves ... Closed out games against Bryant (Feb. 24) and Memphis (April 19) at Dickey-Stephens Park ... Totaled 10 scoreless outings, four against SEC opponents (Mississippi State - March 19; at Texas A&M - May 19; vs. Mississippi State - May 25; vs. Auburn - May 25) ... Pitched a career-long 5.1 innings at Louisiana Tech (Feb. 28), allowing two hits and striking out seven, also a career-high ... Earned his first win as a starter against Mississippi State (March 19), scattering five hits and not allowing a run in the 6-1 win, earning a sweep.
As a Redshirt Junior (2016)
Was one of Arkansas’ most effective pitchers out of the bullpen … Posted a 3-1 record in a career-high 25 appearances for a 3.90 ERA … Doubled his strikeout total from 2015 with 40 punchouts in 32.1 innings of work, giving up just 14 earned runs and 11 walks ... Strikeout total was the fourth-highest on the team … Tied for most appearances in SEC play (13), going 16.2 innings … Compiled a 2.70 ERA in the SEC, good for the lowest ERA out of any Razorback with 10 or more appearances … Did not allow an earned run in 14 of first 15 relief appearances … Allowed only three runs over his first 15 appearances ... Equaled a career-high of 4.0 innings vs. Missouri (April 1), recording three strikeouts … Tallied a career-high five strikeouts vs. Auburn (March 25) in a 3-2 victory.
As a Redshirt Sophomore (2015)
Converted to a pitcher for the 2015 season and made 22 appearances on the mound with a 1-2 record and 3.77 earned run average … Posted 20 strikeouts in 31.0 innings of work and added one save … Did not allow a run in 13 of his 22 appearances … Tallied a season-high three strikeouts against Gonzaga (March 10), Memphis (March 24) and Mississippi Valley State (April 7) … Earned his first win against Eastern Illinois (March 2), working 3.0 hitless innings with two strikeouts … Recorded a save against Oral Roberts at the NCAA Stillwater Regional.
As a Redshirt Freshman (2014)
Appeared in 12 games and recorded a .125 batting average in 16 at bats … Came on in relief in the SEC Tournament and produced two RBI against No. 10 Ole Miss, including a single in the 8th inning to plate the tying run and make it 8-8 in a game Arkansas trailed 6-0 … Made his first start in the SEC Tournament against No. 8 LSU in the semifinal round … Scored the winning in 4-3 walk-off victory in 10 innings against Auburn on April 15 … Made diving catch into stands on March 19 that landed on SportsCenter’s #SCTop10 plays of the day at No. 9 … Made his collegiate debut in the season-opening win against Appalachian State.
As a Freshman (2013)
Alberius redshirted the 2013 season.
Little Rock Christian Academy
Earned all-state recognition twice in his high school career and was a four-time all-conference honoree … Selected to the All-Arkansas team by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette … Twice named to the central U.S. super regional team by the National Christian School Athletic Association … Selected to play in the 2012 Arkansas High School Coaches Association All-Star Game … Also played basketball, football and golf at Little Rock Christian.
Personal
Son of Randy and Lisa Alberius … Has two brothers, Nate and Cole … Crop, soil, and water science major.