Collegiate Honors
2007 Top Drawer Soccer 100 Freshmen to Keep an Eye On
2010: Appeared in a career-high 13 matches ... Logged 275 minutes, also a career best ... Had the game-winning assist in SDSU[apos]s 4-3, overtime victory over Washington on Oct. 3 ... It was his first collegiate assist and point ... Had his second shot of his career on Oct. 22 against California ... Owned the second-best +/- rating per 90 minutes at 1.309, meaning when he was on the field the Aztecs outscored the opposition by 1.309 margin per 90 minutes of play ... The team average was 0.354 ... Played in nine of the team[apos]s 10 Pac-10 games ... Logged 53 minutes on Sept. 24 against Houston Baptist ... Played a season-high 55 minutes on Nov. 5 at Oregon State ... San Diego State was 7-5-1 when he played in a match ... The Aztecs were 5-1-1 when he played at least 15 minutes in a game.
2009: Played in 11 games without a start ... Logged 241 minutes over the 11 matches ... Played 10 minutes in the season-opener against Loyola Marymount (Sept. 1) ... Saw his playing time increase over four games from two minutes (San Diego - Sept. 6), to 25 minutes (Pennsylvania - Sept. 11), to 35 minutes (Wisconsin - Sept. 13) to a season-high 45 minutes (Wisconsin-Green Bay - Sept. 18) ... Appeared in five Pac-10 games, averaging 23.6 minutes per contest (averaged 20.5 minutes per match in six non-conference matches) ... Played 35 minutes at Oregon State (Oct. 4) and 42 at home against Stanford on Oct. 16.
2008: Appeared in four games after battling injuries ... Logged 73 minutes, while attempting one shot ... Made his first appearance at Stanford on Oct. 10 (12 minutes) ... Also played 11 minutes at California on Oct. 12, 38 minutes against Cal State Bakersfield on Nov. 9 and 12 minutes vs. UCLA on Nov. 15 ... Lone shot attempt came against the Roadrunners (Nov. 9) in SDSU[apos]s 6-0 victory ... Aztecs were 2-1-1 when he played in a match.
2007: Made the 2007 Top Drawer Soccer 100 Freshmen to Keep an Eye On list ... Redshirted his first season on The Mesa ... A scholar-athlete.
High School: Three-year letterwinner at Beaverton (Ore.) HS ... Member of U.S. U-17 National Team pool ... Region IV ODP starter and captain of Oregon ODP team ... Named to Top Drawer Soccer[apos]s Players to Watch List ... Two-time all-Metro League Most Valuable Player ... Led the team in scoring in 2005, and was captain in 2006.
Personal: Gemechu Solomon Abraham was born Dec. 12, 1990, in Ethiopia ... Son of Ansha Tulu and Solomon Gelgelu ... Also was recruited by Washington, Oregon State, UConn, Santa Clara and New Mexico among others.