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Sports one reason San Antonio senior selects UHV

Monday, July 26, 2010 | By Thomas Doyle
<p>Business and soccer.</p> <table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="3" style="bordercollapse: collapse;" width="100"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="bordercollapse: collapse;"><img alt="Jorge Macias" src="images/Uploads/underclassmen/MaciaJorgeWeb.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; float: right;" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="middle" style="bordercollapse: collapse;"><font size="1">Jorge Macias</font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>That&rsquo;s what led Jorge Macias, a recent graduate of John Jay High School in San Antonio, to join the FIRST 200 freshmen at the University of Houston-Victoria in the fall.</p> <p>He first heard about UHV when a recruiter came to his school to share with his classmates. What the recruiter said caught Macias&rsquo; attention.</p> <p>&ldquo;It was awesome. UHV had everything that I wanted,&rdquo; he said.</p> <p>Macias plans to eventually earn his Master of Business Administration degree and hopes to play for the new UHV Jaguars men&rsquo;s soccer team.</p> <p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been playing soccer since I was 7 years old, and I want to keep playing it,&rdquo; he said.</p> <p>Macias played soccer and basketball for his high school and was a member of the National Honors Society.</p>