2009: Was ASU's starting left fielder in 51-of-54 games ... also appeared in one game as a substitute ... ranked third on team with 51 RBI and fourth with 13 doubles and eight home runs ... led team with five sacrifice bunts and tied for team lead with seven sacrifice flies ... first ASU home run came in the only game that he appeared in as a substitute — Feb. 24 at Wake Forest ... drove in at least one run in 10 of ASU's first 14 games, including a string of six-straight games with an RBI from Feb. 22-March 4 ... hit .392 (11-for-28) during a season-best eight-game hitting streak from March 7-20 ...  went 3-for-5 with two doubles, a home run and five RBI in 15-5 win at Davidson (March 29) ... in the very next game, hit another home run and drove in four runs in a 17-7 triumph at UNC Asheville (March 31) ... just four days later, went 4-for-7 with a double, another home run, three runs and a season-high six RBI in a 24-4 rout over Furman (April 4) ... collected three more RBI the next afternoon at Furman (April 5) ...drove in a run and walked a season-high three times in ASU's first win over Tennessee in 19 years (April 7) ... the performance at UT wrapped up a torrid stretch of 19 RBI in seven games for Alessandria ... went 4-for-5 with three RBI in a 14-3 win over Radford (April 28) ... gave ASU perhaps its most dramatic hit of the season with a ninth-inning, go-ahead grand slam at UNC Greensboro (May 10) ... drove in three runs in 16-6 win over Longwood (May 14) ... had just one hit in 12 at-bats during the SoCon Tournament.

Previous Colleges : Hit .369 with 11 doubles and two triples and drove in 44 runs en route to team MVP and second-team all-conference honors in his only season at Polk C.C. ... also excelled in the classroom at PCC with a 3.66 grade point average ... was named to the Dean’s List and earned the school’s Scholastic Athlete of the Year award ... coached by Joe Arnold ... transferred to Polk after one year at Florida Gulf Coast University ... started in the outfield and compiled a 3.75 GPA in his only year at FGCU.

High School : Was a first-team all-conference, all-county and all-district selection as a prep at Nease H.S. in Jacksonville, Fla. ... as a middle infielder, set a Florida H.S. record by turning 39 double plays as a senior ... high-school teammate of 2007 Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow ... coached by Greg “Boo” Mullins.

Personal : Full name is Christopher David Alessandria ... born Aug. 21, 1988 (21 years old) ... son of Sunni and Chris Alessandria ... majoring in physics with a minor in mathematics ... is a member of Dean’s List ... aspires to be a Navy fighter pilot.