Alvin Cruz

Alvin Cruz
Personal information
Born (1982-04-24) April 24, 1982
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Nationality Puerto Rican
Listed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight 185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school Florida Air Academy
(Melbourne, Florida)
College Niagara (2001–2005)
NBA draft 2005 / Undrafted
Playing career 2005–present
Position Point guard
Number 10, 28
Career history
2005 Erdgas Basket Jena
2005 Turow Zgorzelec
2006 Znicz Sokolow Jaroslaw
2006–2007 Vaqueros de Bayamón
2008 Soproni KC
2008–2009 Gigantes de Carolina
2010 Leones de Ponce
2010–2011 Fuerza Regia Monterrey
2011–2012 Piratas de Quebradillas
2013 Mets de Guaynabo
2014–2017 Capitanes de Arecibo
2018 Cariduros de Fajardo
2018 Caballos de Coclé
Career highlights and awards
  • BSN champion (2016)

Alvin Cruz (born April 24, 1982) is a professional basketball player who played for the Niagara University men's university basketball team from 2001 to 2005. He is currently playing in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Cruz played with the Puerto Rico U21 National Team-01 and Puerto Rico National Team-05 as well as in several different professional teams overseas.

Early years

Cruz was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He attended Florida Air Academy in Melbourne, Florida, a private military academy, and played high school basketball for the Florida Air Falcons. The Falcons won state championship while undefeated during his senior season.

Career Highs

Alvin is #2 on the all time assist list at Niagara University with 630 assists. Alvin is one of the top 50 players in the all time assist list in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional.

Professional career

After playing for the Niagara Purple Eagles in college, Cruz performed as a professional basketball player overseas in Europe and Mexico. In 2008, he started for the Soproni sÖrdögök in the Hungary-A Division where he averaged 17.6 ppg.

Since 2006 he has played and started for six teams in the Puerto Rican professional basketball league Baloncesto Superior Nacional. He played for the Capitanes de Arecibo from 2014 to 2017, reaching the league finals on 4 seasons and winning the championship in 2016. He currently plays for the Caballos de Coclé in the Professional Basketball League in Panama.

He has played in the FIBA Americas League representing Puerto Rico and Arecibo since 2014.

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