8 - Max Alvarez
| Year: | Fr. |
| Position: | Fwd |
| Height: | 5-10 |
| Weight: | 155 |
| Experience: | HS |
| Hometown: | Napa, Calif. |
| Previous School: | Napa HS |
AS A FRESHMAN (2009)
Posted a spectacular freshman campaign as team's leader in goals and points...earned second team all-Freshman honors by Soccer America and second team all-MPSF recognition...led the MPSF in scoring with 10 goals and 23 points...the goal total ranks in a tie for the second highest single-season mark in program history while ranking third in points in a season...scored one of the biggest goals in Hornet history in the second round of the NCAA Tournament against UCLA...connected on an equalizing goal in the 75th minute from nearly 30 yards out to tie the match at 1-1...he totaled two goals in a game on three occasions which included both Sacramento State goals in a 2-1 upset of then No. 15 San Francisco...appeared in all 21 matches, making 18 starts.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2009 graduate of Napa HS in Napa, Calif...was a four-year letterwinner for the Indians...three-time all-Monticello Empire League and all-Napa County...2008 Napa County Player of the Year after scoring 42 goals, leading Napa to a 15-9-2 record and the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs...scored 108 goals during the final three years of his career...also a standout on the football field, being named Napa County Special Teams Player of the Year after converting on 39-of-41 PAT's, five field goals and registering 23 touchbacks...also earned all-league honors in golf...competed for Davis Legacy '91 at the club level...led the Legacy to the Disney Soccer Showcase championship in 2009, while earning tournament MVP honors.
PERSONAL
Born June 16, 1991...parents are Sal and Antonia Alvarez...majoring in business administration.
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