2004-05: Redshirted.
High School A graduate of Marcos de Niza High School in Tempe...team won the state 5A title in 2002, 2003 and 2004...won the state 130 championship in 2004 with a 45-0 record one year after winning the same crown with a 42-0 mark as a junior...earned all-state honors his last two seasons...team's MVP in 2004...went 157-9 for his career...was a four-time regional champion...holds school records for technical falls in a season with 16 and takedowns in a season with 167...lettered four times in wrestling and captained the team as a senior.
Personal Major is undeclared...parents are Francisco and Dalila Varela...has one sibling, Alba...born June 18, 1986, in Phoenix...full name is Alexander E. Varela.