Softball

2024: All-SAC third team at SS... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete... CSC Academic All-District... Division II Athletic Directors Association (D2 ADA) Academic Achievement Award... Only of only two players to see action in all 52 games... Recorded 60 hits (third-most on team; tied for 10th in a TU season), 39 runs (third on the team), 11 doubles (second-most on team), one triple, nine home runs (tied sixth for TU season), 29 RBI, 10 walks, and 13 steals in 153 at bats (third on the team)... Averaged .392 with a .439 OBP and team-high .654 slugging percentage (10th in TU single-season)... Added five hit by pitches, three sacrifice flies (tied sixth in a TU season), and four sacrifice bunts... Credited with 84 putouts and 66 assists for a .943 fielding percentage... Aided in nine double plays... Broke the single-game hit by pitch record (3 at Anderson on Mar. 27)... Tied the single-game steals mark (4 at UVA Wise on Apr. 8)... Tied ninth in single-season total bases (100), just the 10th to ever reach triple digits... Game highs include: four at bats (15 times), three runs, three hits (six times), two doubles, four RBI (twice), two walks, four steals, three hit by pitches, eight putouts, six assists, two double plays.

Bellarmine: Attended the Louisville, Ky. Division I institution for one year... Coached by Caitlyn De La Haba... Named Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete... ASUN Honor Roll recipient... Appeared in 25 games and made 19 starts, earning reps at second base… Tallied three hits the first day of the season, singling for first career hit against Toledo in season opener and going 2-for-2 with a pair of base knocks against Presbyterian later in the day… Singled, drew a walk and stole first two career bases against Towson on Feb. 18… Recorded first ASUN hit with a single at Lipscomb on March 19.

High School: Graduated from Yorkville (Ill.) HS... Coached by Jory Regnier and Megan Leadbetter... Lettered four seasons on the diamond and twice in basketball... Two-time first team all-conference... 2022 all-state... Named academic all-conference, offensive player of the year, The Record first team all-area, Chicago Tribune first team all-area, and SPC scholar athlete in 2021-22... National Honor Society... Summa Cum Laude... High Honor Roll from 2019-22... Two-time conference and region champion... 2021 sectional champion... Career (17) and single-season home run record (10)... .464 batting average, .517 slugging percentage, 80 RBI, and 17 stolen bases... Played for Dennison Silverhawks club team, coached by Thijs Dennison... 2022 PGF Midwest Regional champion... Finished with .370 average, 199 RBI, 282 runs, 82 steals, 25 homers, .421 OBP, .536 slugging percentage, and .963 fielding clip.

Personal: Full name is Gabrielle... Born Jan. 8, 2004 in Aurora, Ill... Daughter of Abby and Waldy Alvarez... Brother Ben plays football at Harvard... Grandfather Buck Nesson played football at Michigan State (1962-65)... Elementary education major with a coaching minor... SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll... Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Plans after graduation: Become a fifth grade or high school PE teacher and coach softball... Hobbies: Fishing, hiking, baking, hunting, working out, and going on adventures with her dog... Favorite class at TU: SPED 201 (Survey Of The Regular And Special Needs Population Within The School Environment)... Favorite midnight snack: Goldfish... Favorite movie: "Moneyball"... Favorite musical artists: Kip Moore and Tate McRae... Favorite song: "Read Me My Rights"... Favorite sports team: Chicago Cubs... Favorite athlete: Javy Baez... Advice to kids: "Surround your life with people who make you happy and always be kind to those around you.'... Favorite food: Rice and beans... Most famous person ever met: Randy Johnson... What people don't know about her: She's been skydiving.