CAL STATE FULLERTON FRESHMAN (2014): Appeared in 16 games in his first season in a Titan uniform…Scored two goals, collected six shots and totaled four points on the year…Scored the first goal of the game on Sep. 14 against No. 14 UMBC that spurred the Titan comeback for the first win of the season, 4-3, in double overtime…Earned his first Big West Tournament goal in the 3-0 semifinal win at UC Riverside on Nov. 12, scoring the third Titan goal in the 76th minute to put the game out of reach.
HIGH SCHOOL A 2014 graduate of Bellflower High School in Bellflower, Calif…played four years (2011-14) on the varsity squad for head coach Brad Norman…in 2014, led Bellflower to its first Suburban League championship since 2007, scoring 34 goals (two short of the school record) while adding 28 assists…was named Suburban League Offensive MVP, and was named to the CIF Southern Section Division IV First Team…played in the Division IV all-star game and was named MVP at the Dan Bosco Tech Championship game…also during his senior season won the Coach’s Award, was named all-Academic Suburban League and served as team captain…was a two time Suburban League Second Team selection (2012 & 2013), scoring 12 goals and adding 12 assists as a junior…scored six goals with eight assists as a sophomore…was a two-time scholar-athlete (2011 & 2013) and earned the Coach’s Award in 2012…also competed in football during his junior and senior seasons as the team’s place kicker earning first-team all-league honors both years…was also Special Teams MVP his senior year…ran cross-country and track and field his junior year and was part of the 4x100 relay championship team.
PERSONAL Born in Lynwood, Calif…parents are Victorino and Alicia Sanchez…has four brothers, Victor, Julian, Edgar and Geovanny…major is undeclared…played five years of club soccer for Strikers FC, HG Titans and Cerritos United…played for the Chivas USA U18 Academy in Bell Gardens, Calif., for one year traveling to Maryland and Indiana for playoff competition.