Hall of Fame
He is only of only two Incarnate Word athletes to win a national championship while competing for UIW. In the spring of 1996, he and Jonas Andersson (2005 Hall of Fame) captured the NAIA doubles crown in the NAIA. That same spring, as well as the season of 1995, he was voted NAIA All-American after UIW finished fourth in the team competition for the University highest ending ever for a team sport.
Javier and Jonas won another national doubles title, this one the Rolex Small College title. He even played one season with the UIW soccer team after his tennis eligibility was done. He received his UIW batchelor’s degree in the spring of 1998 in the fields of international business and business administration.
A native of Mexico, he now resides in Mexico City. He worked four years in sales with Aceites Industriales. For the past five years he has been a marketing representative for Nike in Mexico City. Among his duties there have been work with the Mexico National Soccer team in advance of the 2006 World Cup competition. Also, he is involved with a program between Nike de Mexico and Fundacion Merced.
