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1. 1. USO | Support Our Troops | Find Your Local USO | US Locations

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   Published on: 7/13/2008   Last Visited: 7/13/2008

   Joe Aldaz, DirectorE-mail: jaldaz@uso.orgPhone: (719) 201-6016
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   Joe Aldaz, DirectorE-mail: jaldaz@uso.orgPhone: (719) 201-6016

2. 2. Colorado Springs STARS Basketball

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   Published on: 12/1/2007   Last Visited: 12/1/2007

   Joe Aldaz: President, STARS Girls Elite Head Coach, STARS 15s Boys Head Coach
   
   Joe is the President and founder of the Colorado Springs STARS B-BALL Academy and brings 22 years of coaching and athletic administration experience to the program.Joe founded the STARS program in January 2004 and launched the inaugural season of the STARS Select Team Program in March 2004 with two successful girls' high school select teams.A retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, his passion is to develop a premier youth basketball organization for the Colorado Springs metro area and the state of Colorado.He recognizes the scarce opportunities for high-caliber Colorado Springs basketball players to compete at the national tournament level.This lack of opportunity places our players at a significant disadvantage when competing for collegiate athletic scholarships.To that end, Joe founded the Colorado Springs STARS B-BALL Academy to make a difference in the lives of our young athletes by developing sound fundamental skills in a college-prep environment and increase their opportunities to play at the college level.Since the inception of the STARS program, 65% of his athletes have received college athletic or academic scholarships.Additionally, the Shooting STARS Basketball Enrichment Program has been developed to provide basketball training opportunities for middle school to high school athletes.
   
   Joe has coached college, military, high school, middle school and club team basketball.He has coached over 20 NCAA Division I athletes, served as the head coach for seven programs and was a former head coach of the Air Force Academy Prep School women's team.Under his leadership, players have earned 5 Most Valuable Player honors, over 20 All-Tournament Team selections, 2 national club basketball championships, 24 tournament championships, a 1,000 point career high school scorer, a 2006 Denver Nuggets/ Qwest Leadership Challenge Award recipient, and the 2003 Gold Crown Foundation 8th Grade Girls' Student Athlete of the Year honor.Joe also has over four years of athletic administration experience as the former Director of Athletics at the Air Force Academy Prep School . He serves as the Gold Crown Foundation Southern Colorado Basketball Division Coordinator and is the USO (United Service Organizations) Director for the Rocky Mountain Region.He also has served as the President and CEO of the

3. 3. www.gazette.com

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   Published on: 5/20/2007   Last Visited: 5/25/2007

   As executive director of the Colorado Springs Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Joe Aldaz Jr. works on a variety of projects to promote and strengthen the group.
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   Aldaz was hired last summer as executive director of the Colorado Springs Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, to lead the chamber in a new, more professional direction.
   
   As founder and owner of the nonprofit Colorado Springs Stars B-Ball Academy, he seeks to mold the leaders of the future.
   
   "We pride ourselves on having a program where we're developing leadership and character through the platform of basketball," he said.
   
   He also challenges more Hispanic business owners to step forward as community leaders.
   
   "I think we owe that to our youth here, because we still have a significant dropout rate with minorities, and especially Hispanics.So they need to see those role models and those successful Hispanic leaders so they can see you need an education to get to this point in your life."
   
   It was Aldaz's leadership qualities and character that helped net him the job as executive director of the Hispanic chamber.His formal title has evolved into chamber president and chief executive officer.
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   Aldaz, who grew up in Raton, N.M., is an Air Force Academy graduate who served 21 years in the Air Force, retiring as a lieutenant colonel.He is married to Tami, his high school sweetheart, and they have two children, Alyssa, 18, and Steven, 14.
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   The word "all" is a recent addition to the mission statement - and a critical one, said Joe Aldaz Jr., chamber president and chief executive officer.