2008 Men's Soccer Roster

Highlander Staff
Highlander Staff
Highlander Staff

13 Jon Alas

  • Position Midfielder/Forward
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Long Beach, CA
  • High School Millikan HS

Biography

2008 Earned his first start for UC Riverside and took the first shot of his collegiate career in a 3-1 loss at California on August 29 ... Took a career-high three shots on two occasions - in a 1-0 loss at Cal State Northridge on October 5 and in a 2-1 loss to CSU Bakersfield on October 25 ...

2007
Saw his first action as a member of the Highlanders in the team's 3-2 win at Central Arkansas on September 1...

High School
Four-year letter winner at Millikan High School in Long Beach under Head Coach Rod Petkovic ... Helped the Rams to a league championship each of his last three seasons accumulating a four-year record of 100-25-2 ... Named to the First Team All-Moore League in 2005, 2006 and 2007 … Team made the CIF semifinals in 2007 and quarterfinals in 2006 … Named to the 2007 Best in the West Dream Team by the “Long Beach Press-Telegram” ... Named to 2007 Southern California High School All-Star Team … Four-time member of Cal South ODP program and twice selected to the regional team … Participated in National pool in 2004-05 … Team won Manchester United Premier Cup in 2003, placing tenth overall in World Finals, the best-ever finish for a US team … Won Nomads Spring and Thanksgiving tournaments three times each … Member of ODP ’89 team that won the 2006 national championship in Frisco, TX … Played club soccer for Irvine Strikers ... Graduated with AP Honors and over 100 hours of community service ... Volunteered on church missions to help the poor in Mexico ...

Personal Jonathan Elias Alas is the son of Orlando and Edilma Alas ... Majoring in business ... Roots for Manchester United and the Los Angeles Lakers ... Lists Cristiano Ronaldo, Kobe Bryant, and Reggie Bush as his favorite athletes ... Enjoys reading the works of Langston Hughes ... Favorite novel is “Fahrenheit 451” ... Loves eating Mexican and Chinese food ... Favorite movie is “Friday” ... Watches "The Simpsons," "That ‘70s Show" and "The Fox Sports Channel" ... Listens to Outkast, Lil Wayne, and Kanye West ... Hobbies include playing poker and golf ... His most memorable sports moment was winning the 2006 US Youth Soccer ODP National Championship ... Biggest influence has been his brother, Giovanni, who has always pushed him to be the best player he can be ... His career goal is to play professional soccer or work for a Fortune 500 company ...



Year Team GP-GS G A Pts Sh Shot% SOG SOG% YC-RC GW PK-ATT
2007 UCR 7-0 0 0 0 0 ---- 0 ---- 0 0-0
2008 UCR 18-3 0 0 0 10 .000 4 .400 0 0-0
  Totals 25-3 0 0 0 10 .000 4 .400 0 0-0

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2007Freshman

    Midfielder/Forward
    5'10" 170 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2008Sophomore

    Midfielder/Forward
    5'9" 170 lbs
    13