Alex Lontayo

Alex Lontayo is one of the co-founders of SportsForce. Alex is a former professional baseball player and was a DI student-athlete at Tulane University where he earned a degree in Sports Management and a Minor in Business – 1998.

After an All-American high school baseball career, Alex received a full scholarship to Tulane University before embarking on a seven-year professional baseball career. Alex played with some of the most respected organizations in Major League Baseball (Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Angels) reaching as high as AAA while also playing parts of three seasons in the Mexican professional leagues during the summer and winter.

Professional Baseball Profile & Stats:
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/L/Alex-Lontayo.shtml

Alex brings his professional sports experience and enthusiasm for sports and international business to the table for SportsForce. Alex’s ability to speak English and Spanish combined with his wealth of sports industry contacts within the U.S. and Latin American sports markets are essential to the SportsForce vision to start educating an international sports audience.

Athletic and Academic Achievements:
• Finished second in Minor League Baseball with 12.37 K/9, 1999
• 7 Seasons of professional baseball (Highest level AAA)
• Played for Bourne in the Cape Cod Summer Baseball League, 1995-1996
• Tulane University Top 10 All Time for Games Started, Innings, and Strikeouts
• Dean’s Honor List, Tulane University, 1996-1997
• 3.0 Student-Athlete Club, 1995-1997
• 1994 – Accepted Full Baseball Scholarship to Tulane University
• AAU High School All-American, 1994
• All CIF, 1993-1994
• Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year for Metro Area, 1994
• Metro Conference Co-Player of the Year, 1994
• All Metro Conference, 1991-1994
• Area Code Games Team Member (619) 1991-1993

News & Articles:
• http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Baseball/News/2005/07/30/1153633-sun.html
Most Memorable Sports Moment: Winning South Atlantic League Championship – 1999
Favorite Athlete of All Time: Will Clark – San Francisco Giants (MLB)
Favorite Sports Quote: “My will shall shape the future. Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man’s doing but my own. I am the force; I can clear any obstacle before me or I can be lost in the maze. My choice; my responsibility; win or lose, only I hold the key to my destiny.”
Favorite Quote: “He who laughs last, thinks slowest!”