University of San Francisco Athletics

AT TAFT COLLEGE (2005-07): Batted .304 with 31stolen bases which led the conference and broke a school record...earned All-Central Valley Conference honors his senior year.PREP CAREER: Played four years of baseball,football and track at Timpanogos High School... helped baseballteam win back-to-back State Championships his junior and seniorseasons... earned All-Region and All-State accolades... in footballwas named to the First Team All-Region and First Team All-Valleysquads... was Utah Valley Athlete of the Year his junior year.PERSONAL: Alex Lyons... goal for the season is todo whatever it takes to win... chose USF because of the greatcoaching staff and successful program... thinks the best thingabout being a student-athlete is always staying busy... listsskiing, biking, and fishing as hobbies... would like to be CoachMoore for a day... the best advice he's ever been given is to stayin the present moment... most impressive person he's met is hisgrandfather... favorite sports hero is Pat Tillman... favoritequote is "You can either give up, or fight like Hell" by LanceArmstrong... favorite movie is Boondock Saints... favorite book isWay of the Peaceful Warrior... favorite musical artist is HankWilliams Jr.... favorite food is spaghetti... parents are Bryce andKaye Lyons... born on September 12, 1986 in American Fork Utah.GIARRATANO ON LYONS: "Alex is a kid that can seesome time in the future of our program and we look for Alex to pushus each and every day to make us better."