Anya Alvarez

Class: Senior Hometown: Jenks, Okla. High School: Jenks

Height: 5-1 Experience: 4V

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Washington Notes
• Four-year letterwinner for the Huskies
• Led the team in stroke average three times: as senior (74.00), as a sophomore (74.37) and as a freshman (76.80)
• Holds UW record for lowest three round total after shooting a 203 (68-66-69-203) at Las Vegas Showdown (Oct. 27-29, 2008).
• Shot a 66 in the second round of the Las Vegas Showdown on Oct. 28, 2008, which is tied for the second best single-round score in UW history.
• Tallied five career top-10 finish (four in 2008-09, one in 2007-08)
• Top finish is third, which she did three times as a sophomore(UNLV Spring Invitational, Lady Gator Invitational and Lady Buckeye Invitational)
• UW's top finisher in seven of 10 events as a sophomore and has been the team's top finisher in a total of 11 events during her career.
• UW's top finisher at the 2008 Pac-10 Championships, tying for 14th

2010-11 (Senior)
• 2011 Honorable Mention All-Pac-10.
• Was 32nd at the NCAA Championship, tying for 8th best finish in UW history.
• Played in 11 event and placed first or second among UW finishers in 10 of those tournaments.
• Teams top finisher in six events.
• Four Top-10 finishes this season, including season-best 3rd twice.
• Averaged a career-best 74.00 strokes per round, which is the third-best average in UW history.
• Shot a season-best 67 in the final round of the Peg Barnard Invitational.
• Her career-low 203 in 2008 at the Las Vegas Showdown ranks as the school's lowest 54-hole score in team history.
• Played in 118 rounds during her career, tied for the 8th most in UW team history.

2010-11 RESULTS BY TOURNAMENT

2009-10 (Junior)
• Competed in all 11 tournaments, and was the top Husky finisher in four tournaments (Edean Ihlanfeldt Invite, Stanford Intercollegiate, Turtle Bay Invitational, Peg Bernard Classic)
• Second on the squad with a 76.33 stroke average
• Placed with first or second on the team in six events were consecutive from Oct. 6-8 Edean Ihlanfeldt Invite through February 22-23 Arizona Wildcat Invite
• Recorded season-low 69 in consecutive weekends at Stanford Invitational (second round) and Las Vegas Showdown (first round).
• 3-under 72 first round at Las Vegas Showdown was second-best round of the year for a Husky competitor. • Recorded two top-five finishes and three top-10 finishes out of 11 events.
• Tallied two rounds in the 60's.

2009-2010 RESULTS BY TOURNAMENT

2008-09 (Sophomore)
• Competed in all 10 tournaments
• Led the squad with a 74.37 stroke average
• Team's top finisher in seven out of 10 events, and second in two other events. All seven events were consecutive from Oct. 17-19 Stanford Intercollegiate through April 18-19 Lady Buckeye Invitational
• Broke UW record for lowest three round total after shooting a 13-under 203 (68-66-69) at Las Vegas Showdown (Oct. 27-29).
• Shot a 66 in the second round of the Las Vegas Showdown on Oct. 28, which is tied for the second best single-round score in UW history and was tied for 12th in the nation as the lowest round in Division I in 2008-09.
• Top overall finish was third, which she accomplished three times(UNLV Spring Invitational, Lady Gator Invitational and Lady Buckeye Invitational)
• Recorded four top-five finishes and five top-10 finishes out of 10 events.
• Tallied five rounds in the 60's.
• Had a last round average score of 73.60, which ranked 43rd in the nation out of 2250 competitors.

2008-2009 RESULTS BY TOURNAMENT

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)

2007-2008 RESULTS BY TOURNAMENT

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

Career Best Finish: 3rd (5Times), last Juli Inkster Spartan Invitational, Feb. 28-March 1, 2011
Career Top-10 Finishes: 10
Career Best 54-Hole Score: 203 (-13), Las Vegas Showdown, Oct. 27-29, 2008
Career Best 18-Hole Score: 66 (-6), Las Vegas Showdown, Oct. 28, 2008