Alvin Cruz

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.

Alvin Cruz
Personal information
Born (1982-04-24) April 24, 1982
San Juan, Puerto Rico
NationalityPuerto Rican
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High schoolFlorida Air Academy
(Melbourne, Florida)
CollegeNiagara (2001–2005)
NBA draft2005 / Undrafted
Playing career2005–present
PositionPoint guard
Number10, 28
Career history
2005Erdgas Basket Jena
2005Turow Zgorzelec
2006Znicz Sokolow Jaroslaw
20062007Vaqueros de Bayamón
2008Soproni KC
20082009Gigantes de Carolina
2010Leones de Ponce
20102011Fuerza Regia Monterrey
20112012Piratas de Quebradillas
2013Mets de Guaynabo
20142017Capitanes de Arecibo
2018Cariduros de Fajardo
2018Caballos de Coclé
2019Leones de Ponce
Career highlights and awards
  • BSN champion (2016)
  • Panamá Guard of the Year (2018)

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.

Awarded Guard of the Year in 2018 at the Professional Basketball League in Panama for averaging 18.9 ppg, 4.8 rebounds and 4.9 assists.

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. In 2018, he was playing for the Cariduros de Fajardo, and received an Honorable Mention in the BSN. He played for the Caballos de Coclé in the Professional Basketball League in Panama and in 2018 was awarded Guard of the Year. He currently signed to play with the Leones de Ponce in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional.

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

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