Anya Alvarez Class: Sophomore Hometown: Jenks, Okla. High School: Jenks Height: 5-1 Experience: 1V

Washington Notes
• One-year letterwinner for the Huskies
• Led the team in stroke average as a freshman (76.80)
• Tallied one career top-10 finish, placing fifth at the 2008 Peg Barnard Collegiate
• UW's top finisher at the 2008 Pac-10 Championships, tying for 14th

2007-08 (Freshman)
• Competed in 10 of 11 tournaments
• Led the squad with a 76.80 stroke average
• Team's top finisher in four events, including three of the last five
• One of the team's top-two finishers at seven tournaments
• Tallied one top-10 finish, placing a season-best fifth at the Peg Barnard Collegiate (5-over 147)
• Recorded five top-25 finishes
• Team's top finisher at the Pac-10 Championships, tying for 14th (12-over 225)
• Tied for 91st at the NCAA Central Regional (26-over 242)
• Shot a career-low 5-under 67 in the second round of the PING/ASU Invitational (April 5), matching Christina Yoon for the lowest round of the season
• Twice tallied season-low 54-hole scores of 4-over 220 at the UNLV Spring Invitational (tied for 25th) and at the PING/ASU Invitational (tying for 15th)
• Tallied team-high honors tying for 16th at the Duck Invitational (13-over 229)
• Team's second-best finisher in collegiate debut at Ihlanfeldt Invitational; tying for 38th (16-over 232)

Jenks HS/Junior Golf
• Three-year golf letterwinner at Jenks HS
• Won state title as a junior, finished as state runner-up as a senior and freshman
• Two-time regional champion
• Qualified for six national tournaments
• Competed in the U.S. Junior Girls Championship, the Westfield and the PubLinks - placing in all three tournaments twice

Personal
• Full name is Anya Sarai Alvarez
• Parents are Pamela McMinn and Alex Alvarez
• Older sister Paola played golf at Oral Roberts University
• Father Alex played golf at Texas A&M
• Cousin Angela Johnson attended Washington
• Was nominated to appear in Seventeen Magazine as a young woman who is changing the world
• Appeared on Dr. Phil and the Early Morning News Show to bring awareness to the issue of teen dating violence

ANYA ALVAREZ'S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR	ROUNDS	STROKES	AVG	LOW
2007-08	29	2227	76.80	67		CAREER	29	2227	76.80	67	Career Best Finish: 5th, Peg Barnard Collegiate, April 11-12, 2008 Career Top-10 Finishes: 1 Career Best 54-Hole Score: 220, UNLV Spring Invitational, March 10-12, 2008; PING/ASU Invitational, April 4-6, 2008 Career Best 18-Hole Score: 67, PING/ASU Invitational, April 5, 2008

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