June 22, 2001

EASTON, Pa. (www.lafayette.edu) - Lafayette freshmen Adam Rosenberg (Ocean Grove, N.J./Neptune) and Craig Alexander (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) have earned honorable mention status on the 2001 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American Team.

Rosenberg hit .383 for the season and led the team in overall hits (51), doubles (11) and stolen bases (8). The All-Patriot League Second-Team selection was the only player on the Lafayette squad to start all 42 games, earning the starting nod in rightfield. Rosenberg started off the season by collecting Patriot League Player of the Week honors in the first week. He went 9-for-12 (.750) with seven RBI in the Leopards' first four games.

Alexander, too, was an All-Patriot League Second-Team honoree. The Rochester, N.Y. area native hit .321 while playing in 31 games in 2001. He led the club in home runs with seven while cranking out 23 RBI in 84 at-bats. Alexander earned Patriot League Player of the Week honors on April 10 following a week in which he hit .643 over a five-game span. Alexander homered in all five of those games to finish the week with nine RBI in 14 official at-bats.

Rosenberg and Alexander are the first two freshmen to be recognized by Collegiate Baseball on Louisville Slugger's Freshman All-America since Bob Osipower '00 burst onto the scene as a freshman in 1997 and batted .377 with 28 RBI.