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Jose Altamirano
7  Jose Altamirano
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
San Diego, Calif.

High School:
Southwest HS

Height / Weight:
5-7 / 135

Position:
Midfielder

Experience:
2L

11/21/2011

Nine Aztecs Named to Pac-12 All-Academic Team

MS: Aztecs land nine on Pac-12 All-Academic Team

11/15/2011

Daniel Steres Named a First-Team All-Pac-12 Pick

MS: Steres named a first-team all-Pac-12 pick

11/10/2011

M. Soccer Hosts No. 6 UCLA Saturday on Senior Day

M. Soccer hosts No. 6 UCLA Saturday on Senior Day

11/08/2011

Former Aztec Joe Corona Called Up to U.S. U-23 Camp

MS: Joe Corona called up to U.S. U-23 Camp

11/03/2011

Men's Soccer Travels to Stanford and California

Men's Soccer travels to Stanford and California

Collegiate Honors

  • U.S. U-20 National Team Member
  • 2011 Top Drawer Soccer Top-100 Player
  • 2010 All-Pac-10 (Second Team)
  • 2010 Pac-10 All-Academic Team (First Team)
  • 2010 Top Drawer Soccer Pac-10 Player to Watch
  • 2010 Middleton Sports and Fitness Festival Most Valuable Player
  • 2009 All-Pac-10 (Honorable Mention)
  • 2009 College Soccer News 100 Freshmen to Keep an Eye On
  • 2009 XKSanDiego.com's 50-Most Influential in San Diego County Soccer

    2010: Was named a second-team all-Pac-10 selection after earning honorable mention accolades as a freshman ... Also was named a first-team Pac-10 All-Academic Team pick ... Had 11 points, which ranked second on the team ... Led the team with nine assists ... The nine helpers ranked third in the Pac-10, while his 0.47 assists per game was second ... The nine assists were the most by an Aztec since Kenny Fechner had 10 in 2003 and tied for the 12th-most in program single-season history ... Three of his assists led to game-winning goals ... Was one of five Aztecs to start all 19 games ... Logged 1,549 minutes (81:32 per game), the most of all midfielders and forwards ... Took 75.3 percent (64-of-85) of the team's corner kicks ... Had an assist in the opener at Loyola Marymount (Sept. 1), and also vs. Oakland (Sept. 12), vs. Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Sept. 19), vs. Albany (Sept. 26) and Oregon State (Oct. 1) ... Had his first multi-assist game of his career with two helpers against Washington on Oct. 3 ... Assisted on a goal and had a career-high eight corner kicks against California on Oct. 22 ... Added a helper against Cal State Fullerton (Oct. 30) ... Scored his second career goal and first-ever game-winner at Oregon State in a 1-0 SDSU win on Nov. 5 ... Recorded a career-high three shots on goal versus UCLA on Nov. 13 ... San Diego State was 5-2-2 when he had at least one point.

    2009: Had a solid first season, that went on well into 2010 after he played with the U.S. Under-20 Men's National Team ... Assisted on the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps at the Dallas Cup XXXI on March 29 ... Earned honorable mention all-Pac-10 honors ... Was one of just six freshmen on the 45-member all-conference squad ... Came into the season as College Soccer News' 100 Freshmen to Keep an Eye On and XKSanDiego.com's 38th-Most Influential Person in San Diego County Soccer ... Scored one goal and added two assists ... Added 17 shots (six on net) ... One of three Aztecs to play in all 18 games ... Started nine of those 18 games ... Played 1,362 minutes (75.7 minutes per game), the second-most among non-defenders and goalkeepers ... Had three points (one goal, one assist) in league action ... Made his collegiate debut in the opener, registering one shot in 54 minutes off the bench in SDSU's 2-1 loss to Loyola Marymount ... Put together a string of five consecutive games with at least one shot from Sept. 11-Sept. 27, averaging 97.8 minutes per game over that span ... Had the assist on Raymundo Reza's game-winning goal in San Diego State's 4-2 win over No. 6 UC Santa Barbara on Sept. 25 ... Had a career-high four shots in a 1-0 Aztec win over Princeton on Sept. 27 ... Scored the team's first career goal in a 2-1 loss at Oregon State on Oct. 4 ... Fired two shots (one on net) and added an assist in the Aztecs' 2-0 win at No. 11 California on Oct. 25 ... Had a shot on goal in four of the team's final five contests ... SDSU was 3-2-4 when he earned the starting nod.

    High School: Comes to The Mesa as one of the most heralded recruits in the program's history ... A member of three U.S. national team age groups (U-20, U-18, U-17) ... Ranked No. 3 recruit by ESPNRISE.com and No. 5 by Top Drawer Soccer ... Three-time NSCAA Youth All-American at local Southwest High School ... Also garnered All-America accolades from EA Sports, Parade Magazine and ESPNRISE.com after the 2008 campaign ... Named the CIF Player of the Year and San Diego County's Player of the Year.

    Personal: Jose Luis Altamirano was born July 17, 1991, in San Diego ... Son of Gabriela Jimenez ... Undecided on a major.

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