Born:

Parents:

Daniel and Jody Alcaraz

Major:

International Relations, Spanish

Nickname:

E

The best thing about Stanford is:

The 3am debates that start about if Pepsi is better than Coke and end up with what is the meaning of life...oh! And Stanford Men's Gymnastics

My favorite place on campus is:

Outside my house, at the benches eating dinner, in the spring, watching the sun set over the lake.

Ten years from now I hope to be:

An NCAA Team Champion, graduate of law school, bartender, entering my political career and still loving life.

My favorite class at Stanford:

Buddhist Political and Social Theory/ Human Behavioral Biology

Something people would be surprised to know about me:

I am a certified SCUBA diver as was a huge X-Files fan.

The place I would most like to visit:

The Moon and Area 51

My favorite pre-meet rituals are:

Watching our team videos, Mushroom Clap, and feeling like a million bucks when the whole team walks out on the floor decked out in Stanford Gear.

Stanford Men's Gymnastics will be fun to watch this year because:

We are going to win and we have style and class.

My greatest athletic moment was:

Nailing my floor routine at last year's Stanford Open to help us to a team victory. It is my favorite because when I finished I yelled out of joy, but couldn't hear my own voice because a crowd of 1,300 was cheering even louder back at me.

The athlete I admire most:

Jordan Jovtchev

The current or former Stanford athlete I most enjoying watching perform:

Dan Gill (Men's Gymnastics), Cynthia Barboza (Women's Vollyball)

Since coming to Stanford, I have learned:

The best pick-up line ever.

Best book I have ever read:

The Game, The Stanford Spirit, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

Favorite food:

Hot Cheetos

Least favorite food:

Lima Beans

If I had to cook all of my meals, I'd probably survive on:

Hot Cheetos, eggs, otter pops, no beans chili, Ketchup, Pizza My Heart coupons, and vanilla frosting

Favorite movie:

The Alcaraz Family Christmas 1990 (do home movies count?)

Favorite TV show:

Lost, Heroes, South Park

Favorite actor:

Al Pacino

Favorite actress:

Keira Knightly

My ultimate SportsCenter highlight would be:

Stanford Gymnastics Winning 4 in a row.

My favorite musical group:

Alkaline Trio and Dashboard Confessional

The best advice I ever received was:

Never pass up anything free.

If I could invite three people to dinner in history, they would be:

The original Buddha, William Jennings Bryan, Thurgood Marshall

I'd like to switch places for a day with:

A Dinosaur

If I could bring anything from my hometown to Stanford it would be:

My family

If I had one CD to listen to it would be:

"Good Morning" -Alkaline Trio

One wish I would make for the 21st Century:

Solve sustainability, cure death, make humans able to fly.