JACKSONVILLE - The Jacksonville State baseball program and head coach Jim Case announced the addition of junior college transfer Alex Webb to the 2019 recruiting class on Wednesday.

Webb, from Columbia, Tennessee, via Chipola College, becomes the eighth member of the class, joining Brook Brannon (Tuscaloosa, Ala.), Taylor Craven (Wadley, Ala.), Carson Crowe (Tuscaloosa, Ala.), Michael Gilliland (Boaz, Ala.), Isaiah Magwood (Hazel Green, Ala.), Jackson Tavel (Corner, Ala.) and Evan Veal (Hoover, Ala.), who all inked with Jax State during the NCAA fall signing period.

The multi-position player began his career in Tuscaloosa, Alabama as a member of the Alabama program from 2016-17.  He sat out the 2016 season as a redshirt and played in 31 games for the Crimson Tide as a redshirt freshman.  Webb was primarily a catcher at UA with the ability to play first base.  He made 14 starts during his time with the Tide and batted .328 (21-64) with five doubles, two home runs, nine RBI, seven runs scored and three walks by season's end.  in SEC play, he maintained a .314 (16-51) average that included all five of his doubles, one home run, five RBI and four runs scored in 19 games of action (12 starts). 

Webb owned a six-game hitting streak from April 21-May 6, maintaining a .455 (10-22) average with three doubles, a home run, two RBI and three runs scored during that time.  He accumulated four multi-hit games across the streak and scored one run on three occasions.  Webb actually made his first career start against JSU on February 28 and had a hit in the 2-1, 10-inning win by JSU.  He was a member of the 2016 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll and earned a spot on the 2017 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.

After departing Tuscaloosa following the 2017 season, Webb enrolled at Chipola College, a highly-respectable junior college baseball program in Marianna, Florida under the direction of head coach Jeff Johnson. 

In 2018, Webb has played in 31 of the 43 games-played by the Indians, who have posted a 33-10 overall mark and a 13-4 record in the Panhandle Conference of the Florida State College Activities Association.  Webb, who bats left and throws right, has accumulated 33 hits this season and producing a .311 clip at the plate.  He has turned in 29 RBI and scored 15 runs.  Webb has eight eta base hits this season, including a pair of home runs.  He registered a home run in the second game of the season on January 27 and hit the second home run on March 31.  Through April 11, Webb has eight multi-hits contests and has an on-base percentage of .345 and a slugging mark of .425.

Webb had a prolific prep career in the state of Tennessee.  He was rated Perfect Game USA's top-ranked catcher from the state of Tennessee. Webb had a standout career at Columbia Central High School in Columbia, Tenn. and named to PG USA's 2014 Underclass Second Team and was named Underclass Honorable Mention the year prior. He led CCHS in home runs as a senior with 13 and claimed all-state honors during his junior and senior seasons.  He also earned All-District 8-AAA honors during his sophomore, junior and senior seasons, earning District MVP in his final year.