Alyssa Francona

Position:
3B
Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Chestnut Hill, Mass.
High School:
Pennsbury

2008: As a junior, appeared in 58 games with 57 starts at third base • Scored 15 runs and drove in 20 with four home runs on the year • Tallied seven multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games on the year • Was a perfect 3 for 3 against Charlotte on April 9 • Went 2 for 3 with two runs scored and three RBIs against NC Central on Feb. 9 • Posted the exact same line a week later against College of Charleston on April 16 • Drove in three runs on a 3 for 6 hitting performance in a doubleheader sweep of Florida State on Feb. 24.

2007: As a sophomore, missed the season due to injury.

2006: As a freshman, appeared in 42 games, starting 30, primarily at third base • Had two hits and two RBIs in the win over No. 10 Georgia on Feb. 11 • Recorded another two-hit game against Arkansas on Feb. 12 • Hit her first career home run in the Campbell win on March 22 • Hit a pinch-hit grand slam in the win over Elon on April 5 • Drove in three runs in the win at UNC Greensboro on April 11.

At Pennsbury High School in Fairness Hills, Pa.: Captain of both the softball and volleyball teams • Received the Falcon Award as her school's best female athlete • Member of 2005 PIAA state championship softball team • All-district in both softball and volleyball • Secretary of the National Honor Society • U.S. Marine Corps Outstanding Scholar Athlete • Graduated in the top five percent of her class • Also played basketball for two seasons.

Personal: The daughter of Jacque and Terry Francona • Born Alyssa Leanne Francona on April 7, 1987, in Tucson, Ariz. • Her father Terry is the manager of the Boston Red Sox and her brother Nick played baseball at Penn • Has two sisters, including Leah a freshman on the team.

More on Francona: Majoring in journalism • Veteran Leader in the Carolina Leadership Academy • Made the Dean's List Fall 2008 • Serves on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee • Winning a state championship as a senior in high school ranks as her biggest sports thrill • Lists her father as the person who has had the greatest influence on her athletic career • "Law & Order" and "24" are her favorite TV shows.

Francona's Career Statistics

Year	Avg.	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	Slg.	BB	SO	SB-SA
2006	.195	42-30	87	12	17	0	0	3	26	19	.299	10	21	0-0
2007	.000	5-1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	2	1	0-0
2008	.260	58-57	123	15	32	4	0	4	48	20	.390	22	29	1-1
Totals	.228	105-88	215	28	49	4	0	7	74	40	.344	34	51	1-1