Alex Markes

Class:
Sophomore
Height:
6-0
Weight:
180
Hometown:
Valencia, CA
High School:
Harvard-Westlake

As a Senior in 2014: Named Second Team All-Ivy … Played in 13 games in the backfield after missing the first four due to injury, starting eleven … Named to the Capital One Academic All-District First Team … Named a men’s soccer candidate for the Senior CLASS Award prior to the season … Helped stake Brown to a second place Ivy finish with a 0.98 team goals against average … Took eight shots over the course of the season, with three on goal.

As a Junior in 2013 | Stats: Started 12 of 13 matches, missing part of the season due to injury…Earned Honorable Mention All-Ivy honors as a defender…helped lead the Bears’ backfield to four shutouts and a team goals against average of 1.16… recorded an assist in the Bears’ 2-1 double overtime win against Penn…tallied five shots on the season, including one on frame.

As a Sophomore in 2012|Stats : Started all 19 games on defense … Played 18 complete games, totaling 1763 minutes on the season … Earned an assist in 1-1 tie with Yale … Took 11 shots on the season, including three on goal.

As a Freshman in 2011: Started all 20 games on defense … Played 17 complete games, totaling 1800 minutes on the season … Scored his first collegiate goal, the game-winner, in 2-0 victory over Boston University on September 23^rd … Earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors on September 12^th after helping Brown to a 3-0 record en route to the 2011 Brown Soccer Classic Title … Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week on November 7^th after the Bears earned their ninth shutout of the season with a 1-0 overtime win over Yale, as the defense did not allow a single shot to the Bulldogs … Named Defensive MVP of South Carolina’s Gamecock Classic and earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team.

Before Brown: A three-year member of the soccer team at Harvard-Westlake, Markes also ran track for three years … Helped to lead Harvard-Westlake to the 2009-10 Division I CIF SS Finals … Named First Team All-Mission League as both a sophomore and a junior … Earned Second Team All-CIF Honors as a junior … Also played for the Real SoCal Academy Program … Helped to lead Real SoCal Academy team to the Dallas Cup Championship and the San Diego Surf Cup Championship in 2009 … Finished in third place at the 2008 U.S. Youth Soccer Nationals while a member of the U15 Valley United Blast … Personal: The son of Thomas and Felicia Markes, Alex has two brothers, Thomas and Eric … Member of Cum Laude National Honor Society and Japanese National Honor Society … Concentrating in Biology.

Career Highs
Goals: 1, vs. Boston University (9/23/11)
Assists: 1, 2x, last vs. Penn (11/2/13)
Points: 2, vs. Boston University (9/23/11)
Shots: 3, vs. Yale (11/3/12)
Shots on Goal: 1, 6x, last at New Hampshire (10/8/13)