First day of the Stanford Classic at Cypress Point
Senior (2012-13) ... Played in all five fall tournaments, with five starts ... Posted a season-best 46th place at the Windon Memorial Classic (Sept. 23-24) ... Averaging 76.08 strokes per round in second season ... Shot 11-of-12 rounds below 80, with four at-or-below 75 ... Shot a career-best one-under 70 in the third round of the Alister MacKenzie Invitational (Oct. 15-16) ... Averaging 228.25 per 54-hole event ... Tallied a career-best 54-hole tournament total of 218 (73-75-70) at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational.
Junior (2011-12) ... Academic All-Big Ten ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement ... Walked onto the Wolverine program following fall tryout ... Started all 11 tournaments, one of three Wolverines to do so ... Played in all five fall tournaments and six spring tournaments ... Led U-M in one event ... Posted one top-20 finish ... Posted a season-best 17th place finish at the Inverness Intercollegiate (Sept. 26-27) ... Averaging 76.92 strokes per round in first season ... Shot 19-of-24 rounds below 80, with ten at-or-below 75 ... Shot a career-best two-under 70 in the first round of the Furman Intercollegiate (Mar. 16-18) ... Averaged 230.00 per 54-hole event ... Tallied a career-best 54-hole tournament total of five-over 221 (70-72-79) at the Furman Intercollegiate (Mar. 16-18).
Sophomore (2010-11) ... Did not play varsity golf.
Freshman (2009-10) ... Did not play varsity golf.
Prep Career ... Birmingham Brother Rice (2009) ... Four-year varsity letterwinner ... Two-time MHSAA Division 1 All-State First Team (2006, '08) ... All-Region (2006, '08) ... All-District (2006, '08) ... All-Area (2006, '08) ... All-Catholic League (2006, '08) ... Team Captain (2009) ... Team MVP (2006, '08) ... Helped Brother Rice to runner-up finish at the 2006 Division 1 State Championships and sixth place team finish in 2008 ... Medalist runner-up at 2006 Regional and fifth in 2008 ... Third at both the 2006 and 2008 District Championships ... During 2006 regular season was the medalist runner-up at the University of Detroit Invitational (68), third at the Brighton Invitational and fourth at the Eccentric Invitational (73) ... Amateur Career: Second alternate at 2011 U.S. Amateur Championship qualifier (72-73/145) ... Qualified for 2010 U.S. Amateur (71-71/142) ... Did not advance to match play ... Qualified for 2011 Michigan Open and advanced to weekend play, tying for 64th (75-72-82-73/302) ... Qualified for 2010 Michigan Open, missed cut for weekend (71-78/149) ... Michigan Junior Amateur: Earned 14th seed for 2009 match play (73-77-74/224) ... lost 4-and-2 in semifinal match to Blake English ... Earned 13th seed for 2008 match play (73-71-76/220) ... lost 4-and-3 in championship match to Blake English ... Did not advance to 2006 match play (79-80/159) ... AJGA Coca-Cola at Boyne Highlands: Tied for 15th (68-77-76/221) in 2007 and Tied for 26th (80-75-75/230) in 2008 ... Medalist (70-70/140, -4) at 2007 Adams Junior Tour Championship ... Medalist (74) at 2006 Michigan Junior PGA Tour Tournament ... Medalist (71-73/144) at 2006 MET Interclub Invitational.
Personal ... Given Name is Matthew Charles Alessi ... Son of Arlene and Ken Alessi ... Born on December 18, 1990 in Pontiac, Mich. ... Enrolled in College of Literature, Science and the Arts ... Economics major.
What is in Alessi's Bag? ... Driver: Titleist 910D2 ... Woods: Titleist 910F ... Irons: Mizuno MP53 ... Wedges: Titleist Vokey 54 degree and TaylorMade RAC 60 degree ... Putter: TaylorMade Rossa ... Ball: Titleist Pro-V1x ... Glove: FootJoy ... Favorite Club: 8-iron ... Favorite Course: Birmingham Country Club (Birmingham, Mich.) ... Best Career Round: 68, five times ... Superstitions: None .
