FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Former Peoples Academy (PA) three-time state champion Ben Alekson earned top Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) honors after he and his Fairfield University baseball team had a record-breaking season this past spring.
The Stags’ season came to an end two weeks ago in the NCAA Regional in Conway, S.C., against nationally-ranked Florida after setting a program record with 39 wins and winning the MAAC Championship. Fairfield is coached by former University of Vermont skipper Bill Currier, who won nearly 500 games with the Catamounts prior to the baseball program at UVM going dormant after the 2009 season. Currier took over the Stags’ program in 2012 and has led them to the NCAA National Tournament twice in the last five years.
After a sensational freshman campaign at Fairfield that saw Alekson make the MAAC All-Rookie team with a 6-1 record, he took it to another level this spring, emerging as the Stags’ ace. The big righty from Stowe tied a program record with nine wins, pitched a team-high 94.1 innings (84 strikeouts), and led the pitching staff with a 3.34 earned run average (ERA). Alekson was named to the All-MAAC First Team for his efforts, as well as being selected to the ABCA-Rawlings All-Region Second Team after earning the win with six innings of work and right strikeouts against Sacred Heart in the first round of the MAAC Tournament. He posted a perfect 6-0 record against MAAC opponents, holding them to a .223 batting average. He also led the conference with a 1.12 WHIP and finished second in ERA. Alekson was also one of 52 pitchers nationwide named to the National Pitcher of the Year Watch List.
Alekson finished his Vermont high school career with three consecutive state titles, including a complete game shutout gem against Hazen Union at Centennial Field in 2022. He was named 2023 Vermont Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year and signed a letter of intent to Currier and the Stags. Zach Davis, son of former Craftsbury Academy great Jeff Davis, took home top Gatorade honors on the diamond last spring after an outstanding high school career at Colchester. He just finished his freshman season at Bryant University.
