8   Alex Balcer
	Class: Senior Hometown: Tucson, Ariz. High School: Catalina Foothills HS Height: 5-8 Position: D Experience: 3L

2011 NSCAA ALL-WEST REGION SECOND TEAM
2011 NSCAA WOMEN'S COLLEGE SCHOLAR ALL-AMERICA TEAM
2011 FIRST-TEAM ALL-BIG WEST
2011 BIG WEST ALL-ACADEMIC HONORS
2011 BIG WEST TOURNAMENT MVP
2010 SECOND-TEAM ALL-BIG WEST
2010 COSIDA/ESPN ALL ACADEMIC DISTRICT 8 THIRD-TEAM

2011: Selected to the NSCAA All-West Region Second Team ... Also garnered first-team All-Big West honors and was tabbed the Big West Tournament MVP ... Finished the season with one goal and four assists ... Anchored a back line that posted a 0.79 goals against average ... Scored her first career goal in a 2-1 season-opening win at No. 25 USC ... Set up the game-winner in the Big West championship game at UC Irvine ... Also had an assist at Marquette, vs. UNLV and vs. UC Davis ... Earned Big West All-Academic honors and was named to the NSCAA Women's College Scholar All-America Team.

2010: Earned second-team All-Big West honors ... Started every game at defender ... Anchored a back line that posted a 1.02 goals against average ... Totaled one assist and 11 shot attempts on the season ... Recorded her first helper in a 5-2 win at Cal State Fullerton on Oct. 17 ... Had a career-high three shots at Saint Mary's (Sept. 10) ... Named to the CoSIDA/ESPN All-Academic District 8 Third Team.

2009: Started 18 of 19 games played ... Tallied six shots on the year ... Had two attempts, both on goal, against Cal State Fullerton (Oct. 22).

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Catalina Foothills High School ... Led the Falcons to back-to-back 4A State Championships in 2006 and 2007 ... Two-time first-team all-state selection

USA National Team: Invited to the United States U-15 National Team camp in 2006.

Club: Member of the Arizona Rush 91.

Personal: Younger sister, Lara, is a member of the 49er women's soccer team ... Majoring in biology-physiology.