Vanessa Alexander

Photo by: Jim Dedmon/Tim Cowie Photography

Class:
Junior
Position:
Shortstop/Second Base
Height:
5-8
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Hometown:
Land O' Lakes, Fla.
High School:
Academy at the Lakes

2025: Appeared in and started 40 games at shortstop ... Finished the season with a .162 batting average, six hits, three RBI, three runs scored and seven walks ... Went 2-for-3 with an RBI against Merrimack (March 1) ... Had two hits and an RBI in a doubleheader against Stonehill (March 19) ... Had a hit and an RBI against Cornell (April 4).

2024: Appeared in 42 games, making 39 starts ... Named Ivy League Player of the Week (March 4) ... Hit .208 with 21 hits, one double, 18 runs scored and three RBI ... Was 4-for-4 with an RBI and run scored against Longwood (March 2) ... Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored against Merrimack (March 16) ... Had a hit, including one double in all three games of the series at Yale (March 22-24) ... Posted three-straight games with a hit from April 7-9 ... Had two hits and two RBI in the series at Princeton (April 27-28) ... Finished the year with two hits and three runs scored against Penn (May 3-4).

2023: Appeared in 29 games, making 28 starts ... Hit .209 on the season with 14 hits, 11 runs scored and five RBI ... Posted a .312 on base percentage with eight walks ... Finished the season 3-for-4 in stolen base attempts ... Upped her average to .220 during Ivy League play ... Went 2-for-3 against Colgate (March 12) ... Was 2-for-3 with a run scored against Columbia (March 19) ... Was 2-for-3 with a double, two RBI and two runs scored at Holy Cross (April 11) ... Collected two hits and scored two runs against Dartmouth (April 15) ... Drove in three runs in the series opener against Penn (April 22) ... Had two hits with a run scored in a win over Yale (April 28).

2022: Appeared in 24 games, making 21 starts ... Hit .286 with 18 hits, including two doubles ... Added 11 RBI and scored four runs ... Picked up her first-career hit and two RBI against Stony Brook (Feb. 26) ... Went 1-for-1 with two RBI in the first game of a doubleheader against Bryant (March 30) and added a double and RBI in the second game ... Was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored at Dartmouth (April 10) ... Went 2-for-4 against Columbia (April 16) ... Had back-to-back two-hit games against Harvard (April 24) and Rhode Island (April 27) as part of a six-game hit streak from April 16-30.

Before Brown: Earned First Team All-State in 2018 and 2019 … Gained Mircale Sports All-State accolades in 2018 and 2019 … Posted a .361 batting average and .468 on-base percentage as a sophomore … Hit .373 with a .455 OBP as a freshman… Played for head coach Elizabeth Munn … Competed on the club level for Georgia Impact and Clearwater Bullets … Also played soccer … Took home NFCA Scholar-Athlete laurels … Gained Academic All-State twice … An AP Scholar with Distinction and National Honor Society student.

Personal: Vanessa is the daughter of Linda and Fidencio Alexander … Has one older brother, Fidencio Alexander Jr. … Plans to concentrate in Chemistry.

Why Brown? “I chose Brown for the combination of high-level academics and Division I athletics. All the people I met when I visited campus, especially the softball players and coaches, were welcoming and genuine, so I knew right away that this was the perfect environment for me.”