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Coronado’s Trey Gregory-Alford earns Colorado Baseball Player of the Year

Trey Gregory-Alford continues to stack baseball accolades.

It was announced Monday that Gregory-Alford earned Colorado’s baseball player of the year this season and he became the first Coronado baseball player to receive the award.

The Cougars right-handed pitcher joins Pine Creek players Justin Olson (2017-18) and Riley Cornelio (2018-19) as the last Colorado Springs baseball players to win the award.

“I remember (Eaton’s) Walker (Martin) winning it last year and I was like, ‘I’m going for that my senior year,’” Gregory-Alford said. “It feels great to work so hard and get the award.”

The University of Virginia commit posted one of his best seasons on the mound as a senior.

Coronado pitcher Trey Gregory-Alford is gathering attention from the MLB. He pitches during a game against Discovery Canyon on Tuesday, March 20, 2024. ((Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette))
Coronado pitcher Trey Gregory-Alford is gathering attention from the MLB. He pitches during a game against Discovery Canyon on Tuesday, March 20, 2024. ((Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette))

In 11 appearances, Gregory-Alford earned two wins and had a 1.84 earned run average.

Also, in 45 2/3 innings pitched, Gregory-Alford had career marks in: hits allowed (24), runs allowed (26), earned runs (12), walks (21) and retired a career-best 94 batters this season.

As a hitter, Gregory-Alford improved several totals from his junior season including runs (26), hits (29) and doubles (9).

Gregory-Alford doubled his RBI total (34) from last year and hit four more home runs this season (7).

“As a team pitching against Trey, we tried to mix up what we were throwing at him over these last two seasons, and nothing seemed to work,” Harrison coach Max Cupp said in a release. “No matter what we threw, he hit the ball hard. He was a good enough hitter that he was the only guy that we intentionally walked this year, and we did it twice with him.”

The 6-foot-5, 235-pounder is currently ranked 125th on MLB.com’s draft prospect’s list and is one of two Colorado prep athletes in the top 200 with Mountain Vista’s Grant Shepardson at 143.

While Gregory-Alford and his big arm, which clocked in over 101 mph on a fast ball this season, will head to Charlottesville next year, he said the Cougars are not devoid of talent with his departure.

“There was a motto going around that it’s ‘Trey and Coronado,’ not just Coronado,” Gregory-Alford said. “Yes, we had six seniors, but we’re going to have a good amount of juniors and seniors next year. We can go to playoffs again and I think this is motivation for them to make it back to the playoffs.”

Coronado pitcher Trey Gregory-Alford is gathering attention from pro baseball scouts. He pitches during a game against Discovery Canyon on March 20. (Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
Coronado pitcher Trey Gregory-Alford is gathering attention from pro baseball scouts. He pitches during a game against Discovery Canyon on March 20. (Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)


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