Former Salt Lake Community College shortstop Eddy Alvarez
recently announced on his Instagram account that he is playing for the Chicago
White Sox.
According to ESPN, Alvarez signed a minor league contract
that has him playing in Arizona.
Alvarez gained sporting fame by helping the U.S.
Speedskating team win silver during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia in the
5,000-meter short track relay. The U.S. long track team had not won a medal in
12 events, while the short track team had not reached the podium through seven
events prior to the 5,000 relay, which was Alvarez’s fifth of five scheduled
events during the Olympics.
The Miami-born son
of Cuban immigrants moved to Utah to train at the world-renowned Utah Olympic
Oval in Kearns. While in Utah he attended Salt Lake Community College and in
2011 walked on to the College’s baseball team as a shortstop, batting an
impressive .303 and making the All-Conference team. Alvarez, 24, fought back
from double knee surgery in 2012 to make the U.S. Olympic speed skating team.
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