University of Texas Arlington Athletics

CAREER OVERVIEW | Career Statistics
Transferred to UTA following his sophomore season in 2019-20 at South Plains College. He spent his freshman season at Los Angeles Trade-Tech Community College in 2018-19.

Career-High Points: 39 @ Los Angeles Valley (11/8/18)
Career-High Rebounds: 20 vs. Western Texas (3/6/20)
Career-High Blocks: 3, 4x, Last vs. Frank Phillips (2/24/20)

AWARDS
2020-21 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll

AS A JUNIOR (2020-21) | 5.9 PPG, 4.9 RPG | Game-By-Game Stats
Team-best four double-doubles on the year; that total ranked tied for the 7th-most in the Sun Belt Conference for the year … in one of those (Hardin-Simmons on Dec. 11) he had 10 points and 10 rebounds at the under-8 media timeout of the 1st half in only eight minutes of game action (finished with 15 and 15)... also secured double-doubles versus Northwestern State on Nov. 28 (12 points, 10 rebounds), Dallas Christian on Dec. 17 (12 points, 10 rebounds) and Louisiana on Jan. 16 (10 points, 10 rebounds) … season-best 17 points on 9-10 free throws at Little Rock (Jan. 1) ... was the only player on the team to have started each of the first 15 games ... shot 45 percent from the floor – the best rate on the team among players who attempted at least 100 shots … seven double-figure scoring games … appeared in 23 games.
 
AS A SOPHOMORE AT SOUTH PLAINS (2019-20) | Game-By-Game Stats
One of only two members of the team who played in all 31 games … averaged 7.5 points and a team-best 6.8 rebounds per contest – two boards better than anyone else – in only 17 minutes per game … over 40 minutes, his point production averages out to 17.6 per outing and his rebounding numbers average an astonishing 16 per contest … shot an effective 52.2 percent from the floor … registered a season-high 20 points on two occasions … reached double-figure scoring 11 times – 10 of those 11 came over the final 11 games of the year after achieving that mark once over the first 20 contests.
 
AS A FRESHMAN AT LOS ANGELES TRADE-TECH (2018-19) | Game-By-Game Stats
Averaged a double-double for the season with 18.7 points and 11 rebounds in 25 games … shot 45.1 percent from the floor … had 14 double-doubles on the year … six different 30-point double-doubles … delivered a career-high 39-point performance to go along with 11 rebounds in the second game of the year at Los Angeles Valley (Nov. 8) … pulled down a career-best 19 rebounds as part of a 33-point outing at Mount San Antonio (Feb. 8) … had eight games of 15 or more rebounds … 10 contests of 20 or more points.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Trinity International School in Las Vegas … attended Redemption Christian Academy just north of Albany, N.Y., after moving to the United States from the Dominican Republic … when he first moved to the United States he attended a pair of high schools in New York City.
 
PERSONAL
Born on Nov. 16, 1998 … son of Livio Federico De La Cruz (mother) and Yessenia Castro Marte (father) … has an older sister.