Trinity University Tigers junior defender Kyle Altman of Albuquerque, N.M. (Albuquerque Academy), has received an additional honor from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA).

Altman has been elected to the NSCAA/adidas College Men’s Scholar All-America First Team. The 6-foot-1, 170-pound Altman, a biochemistry major, is the only junior on the senior-dominated first team. The team consists of players from NCAA Divisions I, II and III.

Earlier this month, Altman was selected for the NSCAA All-America First Team and the D3Kicks.com All-America Third Team. Altman also was chosen as the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Year.

Altman was a key part of the Tiger defense which yielded only 17 goals (.80 average) while scoring 83 (3.86 per game). He scored eight goals (four game-winners) and dished out three assists.

Trinity’s men, led by head coach Paul McGinlay, won their 10^th SCAC Championship and competed in the NCAA Division III postseason tournament for the 10^th time. The Tigers (19-1-1) beat Hardin-Simmons in the opening round of the NCAA tournament and lost to California-Santa Cruz in the second. Both games were played on the Tigers’ field. Trinity held a No. 1 national ranking for much of the season and McGinlay was elected SCAC Men’s Coach of the Year.

The Tigers captured the NCAA Division III national crown in 2003.