2009: Alex is one of the best centers in the Pac-10 Conference and is a certain postseason honors candidate ... expected to be an area of concern in 2008 after the graduation of Kyle DeVan, Alex quickly put those concerns to rest as he thrived in the critical position. 2008: started all 13 games ... Pac-10 Academic Honorable Mention. 2007: Played in two games. 2006: Redshirt CAPITAL: Rivals.com three-star athlete and rated the 14th best center in the country ... first team all-state as a junior and senior ... rated the third best snapper in the summer of 2005 at the Ray Guy Camp ... participated in summer camps in 2005 at Wake Forest, Washington, Washington State, Idaho and Oregon ... second team All-Narrows Bay as sophomore ... Tacoma News Tribune All-Area First Team as a junior and senior, and an All-Area selection by The Olympian ... Tacoma News Tribune Honorable Mention NW Nuggets Team. PERSONAL: Born in Olympia, Washington ... son of Bill and the late Vikki Linnenkohl ... Bill played football at Puget Sound after transferring from the Air Force Academy and is a retired Lt. Col ... his brother Brett was an outfielder at Wake Forest University (graduated in 2008) and is now pursuing graduate school ... has two sisters, Kyla, a graduate student and Jamie, who is studying to be a nurse ... chose OSU because of the "academics, coaching staff and location" ... majoring in business. |
 
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