Prior to UIC: Played the 2007 season at the College of South Idaho in Twin Falls, Idaho...Second Team All-Region 18 selection...hit .322 with 15 doubles, 45 runs scored, 26 RBI, a trio of triples and 19 stolen bases...played freshman year at Minnesota State University Mankato...hit .296 as a rookie for the conference champion Mavericks, earning the team's freshman of the year award.

Prep/Personal: Two-year letterwinner at second bases for Lakeville H.S....guided Panthers to a Class 3A state title in 2005...All-Lake Conference selection...also a left winger for three years on the Lakeville hockey team...born February 16, 1987...son of Bob and Tammy Altavilla...majoring in communication.