Alvin Cruz Explained

Alvin Cruz
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Weight Lbs:185
Nationality:Puerto Rican
Birth Date:24 April 1982
Birth Place:San Juan, Puerto Rico
Highschool:Florida Air Academy
(Melbourne, Florida)
College:Niagara (2001–2005)
Draft Year:2005
Career Start:2005
Career Number:10, 28
Career Position:Point guard
Years1:2005
Team1:Erdgas Basket Jena
Years2:2005
Team2:Turow Zgorzelec
Years3:2006
Team3:Znicz Sokolow Jaroslaw
Years4:2006 - 2007
Team4:Vaqueros de Bayamón
Years5:2008
Team5:Soproni KC
Years6:2008 - 2009
Team6:Gigantes de Carolina
Years7:2010
Team7:Leones de Ponce
Years8:2010 - 2011
Team8:Fuerza Regia Monterrey
Years9:2011 - 2012
Team9:Piratas de Quebradillas
Years10:2013
Team10:Mets de Guaynabo
Years11:2014 - 2017
Team11:Capitanes de Arecibo
Years12:2018
Team12:Cariduros de Fajardo
Years13:2018
Team13:Caballos de Coclé
Years14:2019
Team14:Leones de Ponce
Years15:2020
Team15:Vaqueros de Bayamón
Years16:2021
Team16:Vaqueros de Bayamón
Years17:2022
Team17:Grises de Humacao
Highlights:
  • BSN champion (2016, 2020)
  • Panamá Guard of the Year (2018)

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 for the Grises de Humacao. 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. In 2020, he set a new career record in assists with a 5.8 average, while also being the top leader in a/e (assists per errors) for the season.

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 eight 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 played in the FIBA Americas League representing Puerto Rico and Arecibo from 2014 to 2017.

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