2010-11 Women's Golf Roster
Roster

Anya Alvarez
- Height:
- 5-1
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Jenks, Okla.
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
Date | Score | Tournament | Overall Place | Place On Team |
Sept. 20-22 | DQ-71-72-141 (-1) | WSU Invitational | 68th of 69 | 5th of 5 |
Oct. 4-6 | 71-76-70-217 (+1) | Edean Ihlandfeld Invitational | T9th of 75 | 1st of 5 |
Oct. 25-27 | 73-70-71-214 (-2) | Las Vegas Showdown | T10th of 96 | 1st of 5 |
Nov. 5-7 | 73-73-76-222 (+9) | PAC 10-SEC Challenge | T24th of 108 | 2nd of 5 |
Feb. 19-20 | 78-67-145 (+3) | Peg Bernard Classic | 3rd of 70 | 1st of 5 |
Feb. 28-March. 1 | 73-76-70-219 (+3) | Juli Inkster Spartan Invite | 3rd of 65 | 1st of 5 |
March 25-27 | 74-75-81-230 (+14) | Bryan National Collegiate | T25th of 89 | 1st of 5 |
April 1-3 | 70-77-81-228 (+12) | PING/ASU Invitational | T46th of 90 | 1st of 5 |
April 17-19 | 78-73-77-228 (+12) | Pac-10 Championships | 29th of 50 | 2nd of 5 |
May 5-7 | 70-78-78-226 (+10) | NCAA Regionals | T25th of 125 | 2nd of 5 |
May 16-19 | 74-76-72-76-289 (+10) | NCAA Championship | T32nd of 126 | 2nd of 5 |
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
Date | Score | Tournament | Overall Place | Place On Team |
Oct. 6-8 | 75-74-79-228 (+12) | Edean Ihlanfeldt Invite | T10th of 73 | 1st of 9 |
Oct. 16-18 | 70-69-70-209 (-4) | Stanford Intercollegiate | T3rd of 80 | 1st of 5 |
Oct. 26-28 | 69-73-83-225 (+9) | Las Vegas Showdown | T22nd of 93 | 2nd of 5 |
Nov. 2-4 | 74-75-72-221 (+5) | Turtle Bay Invitational | T14th of 94 | 1st of 5 |
Feb. 13-14 | 72-77-149 (+7) | Peg Bernard Classic | T4th of 60 | 1st of 5 |
Feb. 22-23 | 80-75-155 (+13) | Arizona Wildcat Invite | T48th of 91 | 2nd of 5 |
March 1-3 | 76-76-71-223 (+7) | Bruin Wave Invitational | T29th of 96 | 3rd of 5 |
March 26-28 | 76-86-77-239 (+23) | Longhorn Invitational | T63rd of 90 | 3rd of 5 |
April 9-11 | 70-77-80-227 (+11) | PING/ASU Invitational | T57th of 90 | 2nd of 5 |
April 19-21 | 72-81-75-228 (+12) | Pac-10 Championships | 26th of 50 | 3rd of 5 |
May 6-8 | 79-76-84-239 (+23) | NCAA Regionals | 109th of 121 | 5th of 5 |
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
Date | Score | Tournament | Overall Place | Place On Team |
Oct. 6-8 | 79-75-74-228 | Edean Ihlanfeldt Invite | T10th of 68 | 2nd of 9 |
Oct. 17-19 | 73-74-17-218 | Stanford Intercollegiate | T29th of 90 | 1st of 5 |
Oct. 27-29 | 68-66-69-203 | Las Vegas Showdown | 4th of 92 | 1st of 5 |
Feb. 22-24 | 77-79-73-229 | Arizona Wildcat Invite | T33rd of 89 | 1st of 5 |
March 9-11 | 79-69-67-215 | UNLV Spring Invitational | 3rd of 96 | 1st of 8 |
March 24-25 | 75-75-77-227 | BYU Dixie Classic | T11th of 82 | 1st of 8 |
April 6-7 | 82-88-73-243 | Lady Gator Invitational | 3rd of 78 | 1st of 5 |
April 18-19 | 71-78-71-220 | Lady Buckeye Invitational | 3rd of 75 | 1st of 5 |
April 24-26 | 75-74-76-225 | Pac-10 Championship | T24th of 50 | 2nd of 5 |
May 7-9 | 77-76-85-238 | NCAA Central Regional | T61st of 108 | 4th of 5 |
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
Date | Score | Tournament | Overall Place | Place On Team |
Oct. 8-10 | 79-75-78-232 | Ihlanfeldt Invitational | T38th | 2 |
Oct. 19-21 | 76-83-85-244 | Stanford Intercollegiate | T80th | 5 |
Feb. 25-27 | 77-78-76-231 | Arizona Invitational | T40th | 1 |
March 3-4 | 80-73-84-237 | Spartan Invitational | T42th | 4 |
March 10-12 | 72-74-74-220 | UNLV Spring Invitational | T25th | 2 |
March 24-25 | 76-77-76-229 | Duck Invitational | T16th | 1 |
April 4-6 | 75-67-78-220 | PING/ASU Invitational | T15th | 1 |
April 11-12 | 72-75-147 | Peg Barnard Collegiate | 5th | 2 |
April 21-23 | 77-73-75-225 | Pac-10 Championships | T14th | 1 |
May 8-10 | 83-82-77-242 | NCAA Central Regional | T91st | 4 |
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
YEAR | ROUNDS | STROKES | AVG | LOW |
2007-08 | 29 | 2227 | 76.80 | 67 |
2008-09 | 30 | 2246 | 74.87 | 66 |
2009-10 | 31 | 2379 | 76.74 | 69 |
2010-11 | 32 | 2368 | 74.00 | 67 |
CAREER | 122 | 9220 | 75.57 | 66 |
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