Alvaro Fonseca

27 APR 2023: The 2024 Mountain West Men's Golf Championship is held at Emerald Valley Golf & Resort in Creswell, OR. Jamie Schwaberow/NCAA Photos

Photo by: Jamie Schwaberow/NCAA Photos

Photo by: U.S. Air Force photo by Justin R

Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Temecula, Calif.
High School:
Hemet

JUNIOR | 2024-25: Played in 14 of the 32 rounds and had a season stroke average of 75.36…Matched his collegiate-best round of 70 (-2) in the final round of the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational-Individual Event…Tied for 11^th at the GMFI Individual with a 217 (+1)…Placed 12^th at the Commander-in-Chief’s Cup with a 147 (+3) … Named to the Mountain West spring all-academic team.

SOPHOMORE | 2023-24: Team MVP … Led the team with a season stroke average of 74.23 and had a team-high eight rounds at par or better this season … The team’s highest finisher in five of the 10 tournaments … At the Mountain West Championships, placed 12^th with a career-best 54-hole score of 215 (-1) … His place and score are the best by a Falcon at the conference championship since 2017 … Collegiate career best round was a 70 (-2) in the first round of the MW Championships … Named to the Cobalt GCAA Golf All-America Scholar Team … Was the eighth Falcon to earn the honor and the first since Tate Tatom in 2018 … Named to the Mountain West spring all-academic team.
FRESHMAN | 2022-23: Played 29 of the team’s 32 rounds and was third on the team with a 76.83 season stroke average … Season best round of 71 came in the second round of the TPC Colorado at Heron Lakes tournament … Best 54-hole score of 223 (+7, 75-71-77) came in the TPC Colorado where he placed 28^th and was the top Falcon finisher … Five rounds of 73 or better on the season … Was the top Falcon in three tournaments, including the season-opening Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational with a 225 (+9, 73-77-75) … Shot 73 in his first ever college tournament … Placed 37^th and was the top Falcon at the Grier Jones Shocker Invitation with a 224 (+11, 75-73-76) … Shot 225 (+9, 77-74-74) at the Mountain West Championships … Named to the Mountain West spring all-academic team.

BEFORE AIR FORCE: Lettered four years in golf … Named all-league three times and was the league MVP twice … CIF Student-Athlete of the Year in 2021-22 … Graduated with a 4.3 GPA and was in the top 10 percent of his class.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 16 … Major is management … Son of Natasha and Alvaro Fonseca … Plans to go into the Space Force after graduation … Has been on the Dean’s and Athletic’s Lists … In the summer of 2025, was a cadre for both Falcon Summer Sports Camps and Basic Cadet Training … Is an assistant flight commander in his squadron … Hobbies are swimming, fitness and listening to music … If he had a walk-up song, it would be Twizzy Rich by Yeat … Plays the guitar … Has recorded six hole-in-ones … Best tournament round was a 65 during the league finals at Moronga Golf Club Champions Course … Father served in the Army … On the Dean’s and Athletic Director’s Lists … Is his squadron’s flight chief … This past summer, traveled to Vandenberg SFB, Calif., on Operation Air Force to learn more about the Space Force.