Texas A&M International University Athletics

One of the leading returning defenders in the Heartland Conference has played in 45 career games with 44 starts ... earned second-team All Heartland Conference honors last season ... participated in inaugural class of Latino Leadership Initiative at Harvard University in 2010 ... D.D. Hachar Honors Program participant ... works as a student employee at the TAMIU Office of Student Success ... lettered in soccer, track and field and cross country at Alexander High School ... District 29-5A Defensive Player of the Year as a senior ... National Honor Society ... National Art Honor Society. Personal: Son of Segundo and Luz María De la Fuente ... majoring in systems engineering ... favorite book is [quote]Primal Leadership: Learning To Lead With Emotional Intelligence[quote] ... favorite quote is [quote]The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page[quote] by St. Augustine ... in addition to pursuing a career as a systems engineer, aspirations include [quote]establishing a non-profit dedicated to helping Laredo students strive for educational excellence.[quote]