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Jersey Number 5
Alexis Canales
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-9 / 165
- Position:
- Midfielder/Defender
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- El Paso, Texas
- High School:
- Franklin
- Major:
- Biology
Bio
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 Grand Canyon |
2021 | Senior
- Earned Academic All-WAC honors.
- Appeared in 15 games while starting in 13.
- Scored his first career goal against Incarnate Word on Oct. 28.
- Recorded an assist against Dixie State.
- Finished the season with three points.
- Earned Academic All-WAC honors.
- Started six games and appeared in nine games for the Lopes.
- Played a total of 544 minutes, the most in his three years at GCU.
- Recorded an assist in a 3-1 win against California Baptist.
- Started four games for the Lopes and appeared in 14 games on the season.
- Played a season-high 90 minutes in a 1-0 loss to Seattle U on Oct. 13, 2019.
- Received academic All-WAC recognition.
- Made his GCU debut in a win against No. 20 Creighton on Aug. 31.
- Earned his first career start in the regular season finale at UNLV on Nov. 2, a 2-1 Lopes win where he played a season-high 71 minutes.
 Franklin HS |
El Paso, Texas  |
- Played every minute of every game in two seasons at Franklin HS.
- Helped lead team to its first district championship in 13 years.
- Was named to the all-district first team and became a district and bi-district champion.
- Was teammates with former GCU player Nikolai Shumov at the Real Salt Lake Academy and they both attended Mission Heights Prepatory in Casa Grande, Ariz.
- Played for Real Salt Lake Academy for three years.
- Cites top moment as playing against the Manchester United U20 team in Gordon Jago Super Group in the Dallas Cup and winning the club's group during the playoffs for three straight years.
 Personal |
- Parents are Fernando and Sylvia Canales.
- Chose GCU for "the excellent opportunity that it gives me as a student and an athlete."
- If he wasn't playing soccer, he'd be playing tennis.
- Favorite TV show is Breaking Bad.
- Favorite vacation spot is Cancun.
- Three favorite players to watch: Lionel Messi, Rafael Marquez and Frank Lampard.
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