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2008: Altamura, whose siblings have won the Cardinal and Gold, will serve as a backup setter as a first-year freshman in 2008 and he might redshirt ... HIGH SCHOOL: He made the 2007 Volleyball Magazine All-American first team, Volleyball Magazine Fab 50, All-CIF Division I first team, Los Angeles Times All-Star first team, South Bay Daily Breeze All-South Bay first team and All-Bay League as a senior at CIF Division I finalist Mira Costa High in Manhattan Beach (Calif.) ... He had 724 assists, 85 digs, 32 kills, 31 blocks and 34 aces in 2007 ... He was on the 2006 South Bay Daily Breeze All-South Bay second team and All-Bay League first team as a junior when he had 787 assists, 119 digs, 80 blocks ... Current Trojans Andy Clemens, Hunter Haley and Brad Keenan also prepped at Mira Costa ... PERSONAL: He was the 2005 USA Junior Olympics 16 Open All-Tournament MVP and made the 2004 USA Junior Olympics 15 Open All-Tournament team ... His real first name is Vincenzo ... His brother, Gio, lettered at USC for 4 years (2004-07) after transferring from Ohio State, while his twin sister, Alexa, is a freshman on the USC women's volleyball team ... He has a B- average at USC (2.75 GPA) ... Birthdate is Dec. 13, 1988. |
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