Alex Hawley

Alex Hawley (born February 1 1986 in Mississauga, ON), is a Canadian Interuniversity Sport baseball pitcher for the Guelph Gryphons at the University of Guelph. In his second season with the club, he guided the Gryphons to becoming the top ranked team in the country in baseball. [cite web | url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Baseball/Canada/2005/11/22/1317286-ca.html | title=Hawley, Sukhraj Top Dogs | publisher=CANOE -- SLAM! Sports | author=Bob Elliot and Jim Jurgaitis | date=2005-11-22 | publisher=Canoe.ca] He is known for having incredible accuracy whilst throwing fastballs, and for pitching in consecutive games without any days rest.

High School Career

Hawley was the ace for Lorne Park Secondary School’s Men’s Baseball throughout most of his time at the institution, posting a remarkable strikeout percentage and guiding the team to OFSAA’s Prentice Cup Semi-Finals at the Rogers Centre in 2004. [cite web | url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorne_Park_Secondary_School | title=Lorne Park Secondary School | publisher=Wikipedia | publisher=Wikipedia.org]

University Career

Due to his tremendous career at Lorne Park, Hawley was highly lauded by many universities and eventually chose the University of Guelph due to its ranking as the 2nd best comprehensive university in Canada in 2004. [cite web | url=http://communications.uwaterloo.ca/macleans.php | title=UW's Historical Rankings in Macleans Magazine | publisher=University of Waterloo | publisher=uwaterloo.ca] During his second season, Alex won the league’s Most Valuable Pitcher award [cite web | url=http://www.gryphons.ca/static/Baseball_History.pdf | title=Men's Baseball History | publisher=University of Guelph | publisher=uoguelph.ca] and earned a scholarship to the University of British Columbia for his efforts. He also competed in the 2005 College Showcase of Players and hit two home runs, one of which was estimated at 400ft. [cite web | url=http://www.canadiansport.com/news/news_view_e.cfm?id=8191&search=&show=&month=&year=2003&search_where | title=Hamilton Gets 2006 SANDLOTT 15 and Under World Series | publisher=Canadian Sports News Online | publisher=canadiansport.com] Unfortunately, the later year's of Hawley's career have not been so kind. After half of a season at UBC, he decided to go back to Guelph where he would see more inning's as a starter. The arm that was once rubber, seemed to have turned to jello. In his most recent outing for his summer team, the Oakville A's, Hawley gave up ten plus runs in only two innings of work. Asked after the game what happened, Hawley responded "too much beer." A later interview, however, revealed he hadn't been drinking at all.

References

External links

* [http://www.athletics.uoguelph.ca/Varsity_Sport/_Teams/Baseball/Roster/2449 University of Guelph Player Profile]