Eastern Washington University Athletics

Alvin Snow became EWU’s first basketball All-American after 22 years at the NCAA Division I level when he received honorable mention All-America honors from Associated Press in 2004. Snow became the first Eastern player and just the 17th in the first 41 years of the Big Sky Conference to earn first team All-Big Sky Conference three times (now 20 total through 54 league seasons). He was the Big Sky MVP in the 2003-04 season (the first such honor for an EWU player) and was the league's inaugural Defensive Player of the Year in the 2001-02 season. Snow helped Eastern to its first-ever berths in the NCAA Tournament (2004) and National Invitation Tournament (2003). He led EWU to 69 victories in four seasons, including a league-best 41-17 record in the Big Sky Conference. He was honored on four all-tournament teams during his time as an Eagle, including his last two Big Sky Tournaments. In addition, he was Big Sky Conference Player of the Week five times. Snow finished with 212 career steals, and at the time ranked sixth in league history (eighth through the 2016-17 season) and second all-time at EWU (remains second through 2016-17). He’s the only player in school history to lead the team in steals four-straight seasons. As a senior he became the first player to lead Eastern in scoring, rebounding and assists in the same season, and led in steals as well. With 1,396 career points, he became the school's all-time leading scorer at the NCAA Division I level at the time (22 seasons), and currently ranks ninth in school history (through the 2017-18 season). His 318 assists were the most for the Eagles in 14 seasons, and ranked seventh at the time in EWU history (now eighth). A finalist for Inland Northwest Amateur Male Athlete of the Year, he went on to a more than 10-year professional career that included stops domestically in the Continental Basketball Association and the early stages of the NBA Developmental League. He also played internationally in Poland, Turkey, the Dominican Republic, Germany, Israel, Cyprus, Slovenia, Ukraine and Kosovo. He played professionally for more than 10 years, and he works in Seattle is a player representative for Worldwide Sports Management. His mission is to carry out the tradition of his hometown and home state, while finding unique ways to help kids and adults alike to push for greatness and elevate themselves and each other. He currently represents several former Big Sky players, including former Eagle Jacob Wiley now with the Brooklyn Nets of the NBA and the Long Island Nets of the NBA G League. Snow credits his mother, Sherri Charleston, for being his inspiration throughout his life on and off the basketball court. Plus, he calls his 4-year-old son, Christian Snow, his motivation to “work daily towards becoming the greatest version of myself that I can.”