2016 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Annie Alvarado
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Corona del Mar
- Hometown:
- Newport Beach, Calif.
2016
Team co-captain for the second consecutive year … Started in 21 games and played in all 22 … Scored three goals with a career-high six assists … Scored the game-winning goal in the NCAA 2nd Round vs. Nebraska … Scored the game-winning goal with a volley in a 1-0 victory over No. 5 USC in the regular season finale … After her game-winner against USC, she was named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week, UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week and selected to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week … Scored on a diving header against No. 6 Florida … Assisted on the game-winners against No. 25 Pepperdine and Washington State … Rated No. 63 on Top Drawer Soccer’s Midseason Top 100 … Earned honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic honors for the third-straight year.
2015
Team captain … Started all 19 games and ranked third on the team in goals (three) and points (eight) … Tied for the team lead in game-winning goals with two, netting the game-winners via penalty kick against Pepperdine in the 90th minute and Colorado in the 77th minute … Earned Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention for the second consecutive year … Named to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week Sept. 22 after her game-winner against Pepperdine.
Started in 23 of 24 games, her only non-start coming on Senior Day … Finished the season with one goal and two assists … Scored her first career goal in the 2-1 win over Stanford and also had an assist on the game-tying goal … Earned multiple awards following her heroics against Stanford, being named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week and College Soccer 360 Primetime Player of the Week, as well as being selected to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week … Honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic.
2013
Saw action in 20 games … Played in a season-high 51 minutes against Cal State Northridge.
High School/Club
Three-time All-CIF and all-league honoree … Earned all-county honors in 2012 … Totaled seven goals and a team-high seven assists during her senior season despite missing a month with an injury … Named her team’s Offensive MVP as a junior after scoring 13 goals with nine assists and was the Dream team Player of the Year for Newport-Mesa … Recorded 10 goals with 11 assists as a sophomore … Helped lead Corona del Mar HS to a No. 1 national ranking for several weeks in 2012 … Named to the “Best Eleven” at the 2012 US Youth Soccer National Championships … Won three state championships and a regional title with the SoCal Blues … Scored the only goal for SoCal FC in the 2015 WPSL championship match.
Personal
Full name is Anna Marie Alvarado … Born in Newport Beach, Calif. … Describes her greatest athletic thrill as committing to UCLA ... Admires Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant … Hobbies include surfing, going to the beach and playing beach volleyball … Parents are Mike and Julie Alvarado … Has an older sister, Kate, and younger siblings Joe and Jen … Both of her parents and her older sister attended UCLA … Political Science major.
