Nov. 11, 2010
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - San Diego State men's soccer player Jose Altamirano (San Diego/Southwest HS) has been named a 2010 Pac-10 All-Academic First-Team selection, the league announced Thursday.
Altamirano is the second Aztec player to earn first-team all-academic honors since SDSU joined the Pac-10 in 2005 and the first since Freddy McDonald, who accomplished the feat in 2006 and 2007.
To be eligible for selection to the academic team, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.0 overall grade-point average and be either a starter of significant contributor.
Altamirano, a sophomore undeclared major with a 3.61 GPA, has been one of the top contributors for San Diego State in 2010, starting all 18 games this season. He leads the team with nine assists and is second with 11 points. His 0.50 assists per game are tied for 15th in the nation.
The Aztecs (10-6-2, 3-5-1 Pac-10) play host to eighth-ranked UCLA (13-4-1, 7-2-0 Pac-10) Saturday in the final regular season home match for seniors Brad Byrns (Alamo, Calif.), Khadim Diouf (Dakar, Senegal), Raymundo Reza (Denver, Colo.), Michael Rocha (Pasadena, Calif.) and Falke Verwer (Delft, Netherlands).