UNLV: Transferred to UNLV after playing two seasons (2018 & ’20) at El Camino College.
2022: Named to All-Mountain West Second Team … Selected to Mountain West Preseason All-Conference Team … Named Mountain-West Player of the Week (Mar. 28) ... Ranked in the top 100 of four NCAA statistical categories: seventh in runs per game (1.30), 11th in runs (74), 63rd in hits per game (1.49) and 74th in hits (85) … Also ranked 124th in doubles (18) … Led the Rebels in runs with 74 (tied with Kryszczuk) … Started in all 57 games played … Batted .343 with 85 hits, 29 of which going for extra bases (18 doubles, 10 home runs, and one triple) … Knocked in 53 RBI and scored 74 runs … Had a slugging percentage of .544 and a .420 on-base percentage … Had 28 multiple-hit games, which included a season-high four vs. New Mexico (Apr. 22) … Had 11 multiple-RBI games, which included a season-high four on three different occasions … Had 27 multiple-run games, which included a season-high four at New Mexico (Apr. 3) … Had a season-high two home runs against Fresno State (May. 15) … Had two stolen bases … Walked 28 times.
2021: Ranked in the top 100 of three NCAA statistical categories: eighth in doubles per game (0.45), 77th in toughest to strikeout (9.1), and 93rd in hits per game (1.39) … Also ranked 127th in doubles (15) … Led the Rebels in doubles (15) … Started in all 33 games played … Batted .336 with 46 hits, 18 of which going for extra bases (15 doubles, two home runs, and one triple) … Knocked in 24 RBI and scored 28 runs … Had a slugging percentage of .504 and an on-base percentage of .409 … Had 15 multiple-hit games, including a season-high four vs. UNR (Feb. 27) … Had 10 multiple-run games, which included a season-high two on 10 occasions … Had five multiple-RBI games, which included a season-high four at San Diego State (Mar. 14) … Had one stolen base … Walked 15 times.
2018 & ‘20 El Camino College (BIO): Earned ABCA/Rawlings Pacific Association Division Gold Glove honors in 2018, committing only five errors in 212 chances … Team combined for 44-25 overall (2018: 28-19 and 2020: 16-6) and 23-10 conference (2018: 13-9 and 2020: 10-1) records … Played in 67 contests during two-year period … Hit .340 with 97 hits, 28 of which went for extra bases (21 doubles and seven home runs) … Knocked in 52 RBI and scored 60 runs … Had a .488 slugging percentage … Had 30 multiple-hit games, which included a career-high four hits on three occasions: at West LA (March 28, 2018); vs. Compton (April 24, 2018) and at Bakersfield (Feb. 8, 2020) … Owned six hitting streaks of at least five games: four streaks occurred in 2018 and two took place in 2020 … Had a season- and career-best 11-game hitting streak to open the 2020 campaign, which included six multiple-hit games and a .392 batting average (20-for-51) with 20 hits, four doubles and two home runs, 11 RBI and eight runs … Delving deeper, the first five games of the 11-game stretch were of the multi-hit variety and resulted in a .478 batting average (11-for-23), two doubles and two home runs, seven RBI and five runs … Walked 33 times.
High School: A 2017 graduate of Robert A. Milllikan HS in Long Beach, CA … Lettered three years in baseball … Helped the Rams to 24 wins in 2015 and a Moore League Championship... Batted a career high .333 in 2017... Awarded the Robert A. Millikan High School Golden Ram Award...
Personal: Diego A. Alarcon was born on May 29th, 1999 in Long Beach, CA … The son of Isaura and Ernesto Alarcon … Has rwo older siblings named Ernie and Hugo... Majoring in Sociology. Transfer from El Camino Community College