Bob Jones Players Selected As Collegiate Baseball All-Americans
MADISON- Two of the best players to ever wear the colors of the Bob Jones baseball team have earned additional honors for their outstanding play as seniors for the squad in 2021. Slate Alford and Max Soliz, Jr. have been selected as Collegiate Baseball All-Americans.
Alford (6-foot-2, 215-pound) third baseman was selected for First Team while Soliz (6-5, 225) was named to the Second Team as a catcher.
Alford signed with Mississippi State after a stellar season for the Patriots as he batted .464 with 17 doubles and 49 RBIs. He also set school records in his senior season with 14 homeruns, scored 62 runs and had 64 hits. He was a nominee for Alabama’s Mr. Baseball and regarded as one of the top prospects in the state within the class of 2021. He was named First Team All-State and among the AHSAA Super Team. He’s had numerous looks by professional scouts who have indicated his a chance at professional baseball as an infielder are very high.
For Soliz, he recently attended a Major League Baseball Draft Combine in Arkansas, which just happens to be the home state for his college commitment as he signed play in the SEC with the Arkansas Razorbacks. The tall and agile catcher for the Patriots batted .408 with 31 hits, six homers and 35 RBIs in 2021.
Like Alford, Soliz was also named to the Perfect Game All-American squad presented by Rawlings Sporting Goods.
