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Luis Antonio Alamia Jr. Is remembered as a leader In the City of Edinburg.
A born and raised member of the community, Mr. Alamia served as a St. Joseph Catholic Church member and an educator at the Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District. He consistently put the needs of others before his own, and his devotion to his family and the community is exemplified by that dedication.
Mr. Alamia graduated from Edinburg High School with athletic honors and attended New Mexico Highlands University and Pan American University. He would later wear the title of the “Prince of Thieves” as a baseball player after having set a national NAIA record for stolen bases at New Mexico Highlands.
At Highlands, he continued to break several records before returning home to finish his career in baseball at Pan American. Mr. Alamla went on to play semi-pro ball for a number of years and was inducted into the Rio Grande Valley Sports Hall of Fame In 2010.
Mr. Alamia continued his career at ECISD as a social studies teacher and later a head baseball coach. After leaving Edinburg for a few years, he became an administrator and returned to Edinburg High School as Assistant Principal. He would later transfer to Edinburg North High School In 1991 as an Assistant Principal, where he retired In 2013.
Mr. Alamia’s legacy lives on through the Luis A. Alamia Jr. Memorial Scholarship, set up for student athletes in the Edinburg School District.
