Alex De La Fuente Class: Senior Hometown: Laredo, Texas High School: Alexander Height: 6-3 Position: D

One of the leading returning defenders in the Heartland Conference has played in 45 career games with 44 starts ... earned second-team All Heartland Conference honors last season ... participated in inaugural class of Latino Leadership Initiative at Harvard University in 2010 ... D.D. Hachar Honors Program participant ... works as a student employee at the TAMIU Office of Student Success ... lettered in soccer, track and field and cross country at Alexander High School ... District 29-5A Defensive Player of the Year as a senior ... National Honor Society ... National Art Honor Society.

Personal: Son of Segundo and Luz María De la Fuente ... majoring in systems engineering ... favorite book is "Primal Leadership: Learning To Lead With Emotional Intelligence" ... favorite quote is "The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page" by St. Augustine ... in addition to pursuing a career as a systems engineer, aspirations include "establishing a non-profit dedicated to helping Laredo students strive for educational excellence."