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Vince Altamura

Class: Senior Hometown: Manhattan Beach, CA High School: Mira Costa

Height / Weight: 5-10 / 175 Position: S

2010: Altamura, whose siblings have won the Cardinal and Gold, will serve as a backup setter as a sophomore in 2010 ...

2009: Altamura was a backup setter as a redshirt freshman in 2009 ... Overall while appearing in 8 matches (he started once), he had 28 assists, 8 digs, 3 kills and 1 block ...

2008: He redshirted in 2008 as a first-year freshman backup setter ...

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 Brad Keenan and Steven Mochalski 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, was on the USC women's volleyball team in 2007 ... He has a B average at USC (2.99 GPA) ... Birthdate is Dec. 13, 1988.

Career single-match highs: 3 kills (New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2009), 5 digs (New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2009), 1 block (New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2009)