2027 Baseball Roster
Roster
Hunter Alvord
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 195
- Position:
- IF
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
- Class:
- Senior
- Experience:
- 1L
- Hometown:
- McPherson, Kan.
- HS/Prev Schools:
- McPherson HS / Barton CC / Cowley County CC
- Years in College Baseball:
- 3
- Eligibility Remaining:
- 2
2026 Season
One of 2 Bearkats to start all 58 games, making every start at shortstop ... led the Kats with 45 runs scored ... hit .231 with 9 doubles, 8 home runs and 33 RBI ... collected 49 hits and finished second on the team with 40 walks ... posted a .358 on-base percentage ... stole 24 bases in 29 attempts ... one of 4 Bearkats with 20 or more stolen bases, marking the first time in program history 4 players reached that mark in a single season ... recorded 11 multi-hit games ... went 3-for-4 with a home run, 3 RBI and a season-high 4 runs scored against Prairie View A&M (3/7) ... hit a solo homer to account for the only run in a 1-0 win over WKU (3/27) ... homered twice and drove in 3 runs at Missouri State (4/3) ... stole a season-high 3 bases against Middle Tennessee (4/24) ... delivered a go-ahead 3-run double to cap a 6-run eighth inning in the 14-13 CUSA Tournament win over Louisiana Tech (5/20)
Barton CC
2025 Season
Second team All-KJCCC West selection ... helped the Cougars win the program’s 12th Jayhawk West championship ... played in 54 games and hit .342 with 13 doubles, 3 triples and 17 home runs ... set Barton’s single-season home run record and led the Jayhawk West in home runs ... collected 67 hits and drove in 55 runs ... led the team with 68 runs scored ... stole 29 bases in 32 attempts ... drew 37 walks and posted a .456 on-base percentage and .699 slugging percentage ... recorded 19 multi-hit games and 16 multi-RBI games
Cowley CC
2024 Season
Played in 30 games as a freshman ... hit .264 with 6 doubles, 1 triple and 2 home runs ... collected 23 hits, scored 25 runs and drove in 11 runs ... stole 8 bases in 9 attempts ... posted a .398 on-base percentage and .425 slugging percentage ... drew 17 walks with 16 strikeouts
McPherson HS
Helped the Bullpups win back-to-back Class 4A state championships in 2022 and 2023, the first state titles in program history ... named Sports in Kansas Class 4A Player of the Year in 2022 and 2023 and All-Classes Player of the Year in 2023 ... selected to the 2023 ABCA/Rawlings High School Region 5 All-Region Team ... earned KABC first team all-state honors as a middle infielder ... named Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail Division III Player of the Year ... hit .517 with 12 doubles, 7 triples, 6 home runs and 48 RBI as a senior ... collected 46 hits, posted a 1.570 OPS and stole 31 bases ... struck out just 7 times ... hit .459 with 4 home runs, 25 RBI and 25 stolen bases as a junior ... went 8-2 on the mound with a 1.00 ERA and 54 strikeouts in 49.0 innings ... also played quarterback, helping McPherson reach the state semifinals ... finalist for Sports in Kansas Offensive Player of the Year in football in 2022
Personal
Father, Aaron, was an all-state baseball player at Canton-Galva HS and was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 7th round of the 1996 MLB Draft ... sister, Karter, is a member of the Bearkat softball team
