Biography
2017 (Junior): Became the first MEAC Player of the Year in school history … First-team All-MEAC utility selection … Selected in the 27th round of the 2017 MLB Draft (No. 812 overall) by the New York Yankees … One of nine semifinalists for the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award … Ranked first among the team’s regulars and ninth in the MEAC with a .345 batting average … Ranked second in the MEAC in slugging percentage (.528), third in doubles (17) and 10th in on-base percentage (.427) … Ranked 48th in the nation in doubles per game (0.37) … Also hit three triples and one home run and tallied 11 stolen bases in 14 tries … Scored 28 runs and knocked in 27 … Also one of the top pitchers in the conference, Mauricio went 4-4 on the mound with a 3.49 ERA and 55 strikeouts in 59.1 innings pitched in 11 starts … Ranked sixth in the MEAC in opponent batting average (.247) and ninth in ERA … Named the team’s Co-MVP along with Brian Beard … Played in 17 games at second base, 12 at first base, eight at designated hitter, two at shortstop and one in right field in addition to his 11 starts at pitcher … In his first career start on the mound, pitching six scoreless innings with nine strikeouts and allowed just five hits in the season-opening win over Villanova … Batted 5-for-7 with two doubles and two RBI in the second and third games of the Villanova series, helping the Spartans pull off their first-ever sweep of a Big East team and earning Mauricio MEAC Player of the Week honors … Matched his career high with nine strikeouts in his next start, a loss to Niagara … Fanned eight over 6.1 scoreless innings in a no-decision against Delaware State … The following week, went 2-for-4 with three runs scored, two RBI and a pair of doubles in a win at Richmond … Allowed just two hits and one unearned run while striking out six in a win at Maryland Eastern Shore in late March … Had two three-hit games in a series sweep of Coppin State, going 6-for-8 with two triples, one double and four RBI in the two games that weekend in which he batted … Posted his third straight three-hit game, going 3-for-3 with a solo home run in a loss at Delaware State the following week to collect his second MEAC Player of the Week award for the year … Pitched his first and only career complete game a week later against MDES, striking out seven and yielding just one unearned run over seven innings in an 11-1 victory … Batted 6-for-10 with five RBI, two doubles and one triple in the same series with MDES, which was part of a season-long 10-game hitting streak … Allowed no earned runs in his second start against Coppin State, earning the win in a five-inning performance …Tied his career high with four hits, finishing 4-for-6 with four runs scored and three RBI in a win at Longwood … Batted 2-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI in the second matchup with Longwood a week later.
2016 (Sophomore): All-MEAC first-team relief pitcher … Also started 44 times in the infield (11 at shortstop, 33 at third base) … Named to the watch list for the John Olerud Award for the nation’s top two-way player … Tied for the MEAC lead with five saves … Tied for the team lead with five home runs … Led NSU with 35 RBI while also batting .283 with nine doubles, 31 runs scored and eight stolen bases in 10 attempts … As a relief pitcher, tallied a 3-1 record with a 3.23 ERA in 16 appearances, all out of the bullpen … Allowed just 22 hits and a .210 opponents’ batting average with 22 strikeouts in 30.2 innings of work … Hit two home runs, including a grand slam, while knocking in a career-best five runs in the third game of the Lehigh series … That was the first of 13 multi-hit games on the year for Mauricio … Batted 2-for-4 with three runs scored and an RBI in the first game with NJIT … Struck out three in two perfect innings pitched to get his first save of the year in the series-opener with Towson … Matched his career high with three runs scored in the second victory over Towson … Finished that game 3-for-5 with a double and also stole home … Batted 7-for-16 with seven RBI in the first three-game series with MDES … Went 3-for-5 with three RBI in the series opening, 2-for-6 with two RBI in the second game and 2-for-5 with two RBI in the final game … In game 3 of that MDES series, Mauricio hit a two-run homer in the top of the seventh and final inning to help the Spartans force extra innings, where they went on to complete the rally … Also earned the pitching victory in that game with 1.1 scoreless innings of work … Had a career-high four hits, going 4-for-4 with a solo homer, two runs and two RBI in the second game of the first series with Coppin State … Took the pitching loss at VCU despite allowing just one run and three hits in 4.1 innings pitched … One week later, struck out four in four innings pitched to get the win relief against William & Mary … Added another three-hit game against CSU (3-for-5) in the second series later in April … In the same series, hit a two-run double and picked up a save with two scoreless innings of relief of his brother Jonathan in the CSU series finale in late April … Had two two-hit games in the final CSU series … Posted saves in three straight appearances in early May, against Delaware State, Richmond and Coppin State … Named MEAC Co-Player of the Week after leading NSU to a 3-0 record against Richmond and CSU, going 5-for-8 at the plate with two saves on the mound in that span … Hit the game-tying two-run double in the top of the ninth to force extra innings in the game at Duke … Was 2-for-5 in that contest … Earned the win with 3.1 innings of scoreless relief, fanning three in the MEAC tournament win over Coppin State … Also went 2-for-4 with an RBI in the MEAC tournament win over Florida A&M … Pitched for the Peninsula Pilots of the Coastal Plain League during the summer … Went 2-1 with a 4.26 ERA and 18 strikeouts in 19 innings pitched for the regular-season champion Pilots.
2015 (Freshman): Mauricio started 26 times and played in 31 games in his rookie campaign … Played shortstop, third and second bases at various points during the year … Also made two pitching appearances, logging 2.2 innings … Batted .256 with 10 RBI and 16 runs scored while also stealing five bases … Hit the go-ahead two-run single to help NSU win the rubber game of the season-opening series at N.C. Central … Also pitched in that game, striking out two in 2.1 innings of work … Won MEAC Rookie of the Week honors for his performance in the NCCU series … Notched his first multi-hit game as a collegian with a 2-for-3, one-RBI effort in the final game of the IPFW series … Batted 2-for-5 with a double, an RBI and a run scored in the first game of April’s series at Coppin State … Finished that series by recording a season-high three hits (3-for-3) and an RBI as the Spartans swept the Eagles, helping Mauricio win his second conference Rookie of the Week Award … Had a six-game hitting streak from late April to early May … Including in the stretch was another three-hit game in the victory over VCU, matching his season high … Had one RBI in the first four games of that six-game hit streak … Scored two runs in a game three times, all in the final six games of the year … Won his third MEAC weekly honor by going 5-for-12 in the four games with VCU and Jackson State … Went 1-for-2 with two runs scored in the MEAC Tournament win over MDES … Pitched over the summer for the Waynesboro Generals of the Valley Baseball League in the western portion of Virginia … Named to the VBL all-star game … Went 1-0 with a 1.48 ERA and three saves, recording 35 strikeouts in 30.1 innings pitched in the regular season for Waynesboro … Helped Waynesboro to the VBL playoff semifinals, pitching 4.1 scoreless innings with six strikeouts in three playoff pitching appearances.
High School: Three-year letterwinner in baseball and also a two-year standout for the MHS volleyball team … In baseball, Mauricio went 2-3 with a 2.13 ERA and batted .333 en route to second-team All-Conference 12 honors at both pitcher and utility as a senior … Was second-team All-Dominion District pick as a junior … Won the team’s Defensive MVP Award as a senior and Offensive MVP Award as a junior … Ranked the ninth-best right-handed pitcher in the state as a senior by Perfect Game … Also a 2013 Underclass Honorable Mention All-America selection by PG.
Personal: Alexander James Mauricio was born on Sept. 24, 1996 … Son of Romuald and Carolina Mauricio … Older brother, Jonathan, also played for NSU from 2014-17 … Alex is majoring in sociology.
