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Pablo Pelaez Season 2019

#8
PositionMIDFIELDER
Weight145 lbs
Height5-8
ClassRedshirt Senior
HometownSan Diego, Calif.

2018 & 2019 Second-Team All-Pac-12
Pac-12 Player of the Week (Oct. 1, 2019)
2019 Courtyard Marriott San Diego Central Aztec Soccer Classic All-Tournament Team

2018 Team Captain & MVP

2018 Courtyard Marriott San Diego Central Aztec Soccer Classic Most Outstanding Offensive Player
2018 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention

2016 NSCAA First-Team All-Far West Region
2016 Second-Team All-Pac-12
2016 Top Drawer Soccer Freshman Best XI Second Team
2016 College Soccer News Second-Team All-Freshman
2016 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention

2019 Season
Started all 18 matches and played 1,489 minutes, tied for the most on the team… Was named to the All-Pac-12 Second-Team… Led the Aztecs with 12 points… Tied for the team lead with four assists… Was second on the team with our goals scored… Led the team in shots (54) and shots on goal (21)… Had eight points in SDSU’s first three matches… Had a goal and an assist at Brown and was named Pac-12 Player of the Week… Was named to the Courtyard Marriot San Diego Central Aztec Soccer Classic All-Tournament team after scoring two goals against Belmont… Was one of three team captains… Played 90 or more minutes five times.

2018 Season
Started all 17 matches he appeared in... Led the team with six goals and 15 points... Tied for the team lead with three assists... Was fourth on the team with 1,221 minutes played... Second on the team in shots (29) and shots on goal (12)... Scored a goal in three straight matches early in the season... Had a goal and an assist against LIU Brooklyn... After the year was named to the All-Pac-12 Second-Team.

2017 Season
Started the first 11 matches before suffering a season ending injury... Finished with 18 shots, putting five on goal... His 18 shots attempted was tied for the third most on the team... Played a season-high 95 minutes in the Aztecs' 2-1 win over Vermont...Played full-time in four of the first six matches... Had a shot on goal in each of the first three matches of the season.

2016 Season
Made a huge splash in his first season on The Mesa, becoming the first Aztec since 2011 (Daniel Steres) to receive first-team all-Far West Region recognition from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) ... Also garnered second-team all-Pac-12 accolades and earned a spot on the Top Drawer Soccer Freshman Best XI second-team list before collecting second-team all-freshman honors from College Soccer News ... Started all 18 matches he appeared in, compiling seven points on two goals and three assists ... Played full time in nine games, including SDSU's historic 1-0 victory over No. 1 Akron (Sept. 2) ... Scored his first career goal at eventual national champion Stanford (Oct. 13) ... Logged his first game-winner in a Scarlet and Black uniform in the finals seconds of regulation at No. 11 Washington to help the Aztecs complete their first-ever season sweep of the Huskies ... Shared team lead with 40 shots on the year, including 26 in Pac-12 play, which ranked sixth in the conference ... Ranked 21st on Top Drawer Soccer's Freshman Top 100 list at midseason ... Was one of a school-record 10 SDSU players to earn Pac-12 all-academic distinction after receiving honorable mention.

High School
Attended high school at San Diego's Mt. Everest Academy ... Has landed on the rosters of the U-20, U-18, U-17 and U-16 United States Men's National Teams … 2014 NSCAA All-American … Top Drawer Soccer (No. 27) and College Soccer News (No. 26) top-30 recruit ... Played club with San Diego Surf.

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Redshirt Freshman
2016

MIDFIELDER
5-8 / 145 lbs
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Redshirt Sophomore
2017

MIDFIELDER
5-8 / 145 lbs
Pelaez

Redshirt Junior
2018

MIDFIELDER
5-8 / 145 lbs