Georgia Southern University Athletics

HONORS AND AWARDS
College Soccer News Team of the Week (9/29/20)
2020 Sun Belt Conference Preseason All-Conference Team
2019-20 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
2019 All-Sun Belt Conference First Team Midfielder
Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week (10/8/19)
2019 Sun Belt Conference Preseason All-Conference Team
2018 Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team
2018 Sun Belt Conference Preseason All-Conference Team
2017-18 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
2017 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year
2017 All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team Defender
Sun Belt Conference co-Defensive Player of the Week (10/3/17)

AS A SENIOR (2020)
Started nine matches for the Eagles as a senior ... Named to the 2020 Sun Belt Conference Preseason All-Conference Team ... Earned College Soccer News Team of the Week honors on Sept. 29 for tallying a pair of assists in the Eagles' 3-2 win over UAB ... Scored a goal against Sun Belt foe Central Arkansas on Oct. 10 ... Logged 683 minutes of action, taking seven shots on the season ... Played all 90 minutes, taking two shots vs. Georgia State on Oct. 16 ... Played all 99 minutes of the Eagles' overtime loss at Coastal Carolina on Oct. 25.

AS A JUNIOR (2019)
Played in 17 matches, making 14 starts, as a junior for the Eagles ... Earned first-team All-Sun Belt Conference honors as a midfielder ... Scored five goals with two assists for 12 points ... Ranked ninth in the Sun Belt in total points and in goals scored ... Took 21 shots, 11 on goal ... Earned Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week honors on Oct. 8 for his two second-half goals vs. Wofford in a 3-2 come-from-behind win over the Terriers, his first multi-goal match as an Eagle ... Delivered a free kick goal in the 89th minute to defeat North Florida, 2-1, on Sept. 13 ... Also tallied goals against Mercer (Sept. 27) and against Winthrop (Oct. 22) ... Played all 90 minutes in six matches during the season.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2018)
Played in 16 matches, making 15 starts, for the Eagles as a sophomore ... Tallied two goals and a Sun Belt Conference-leading seven assists for 11 points, third-most on the team ... Named to the 2018 Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team ... Notched a pair of assists in the Eagles' come-from-behind 5-3 win at Jacksonville on September 15 ... Also notched assists against North Florida, Florida Atlantic, Howard and twice against Appalachian State ... Scored the Eagles' lone goal at Coastal Carolina on Nov. 2 ... Also tallied a goal in the 2018 Sun Belt Conference Tournament Championship Match vs. Georgia State on Nov. 11 ... Took 17 shots on the season, nine on goal.

AS A FRESHMAN (2017)
Named the 2017 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year, the second Eagle to earn Sun Belt Freshman of the Year honors (Thor Sveinbjornsson, 2014) ... Also earned second-team All-Sun Belt honors ... Started all 18 matches as a true freshman, notching three goals ... Logged 1,487 minutes of action at midfield and at defender, third-most on the team ... Earned Sun Belt Co-Defensive Player of the Week honors on Oct. 3 ... Collected his first collegiate goal on Sept. 16, notching the game-winner in the Eagles' 2-1 win over preseason Sun Belt favorite Coastal Carolina on Sept. 16 ... Tallied a goal in 90 minutes of action in the Eagles' 2-1 win over Jacksonville on Sept. 27 ... Earned the game-winning goal in Georgia Southern's 2-1 win over Stetson on Oct. 24 ... Played every minute in 11 of the Eagles' last 13 games ... Converted the decisive penalty kick in the Eagles' Sun Belt first-round match against Appalachian State, helping Georgia Southern advance 5-4 in the PK shootout ... Took 16 shots on the season, seven on goal. 

HIGH SCHOOL
Played for three seasons at Cairo HS ... Three-time All-State selection and a four-time All-Region selection ... Scored 108 goals in three seasons at Cairo HS, also tallying 59 assists ... Three-time Region Player of the Year honoree ... Played club soccer for Atlanta United, including starting at left back in the U18 US Soccer Development Academy Program last season.

PERSONAL
Born Aldair Cortes on March 25, 1999, in Mexico ... Son of Ivis and Iris Cortes ... Has two brothers and one sister.

MAJOR
Construction Management