Air Force Academy

Dan Caddigan

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Class: Freshman Hometown: Oak Lawn, Ill. High School: Brother Rice

Height: 5-9

HIGH SCHOOL: Brother Rice High School...two-time cross country conference champion..four-time all-region selection...regional champion...two-time all-sectional honoree...two-time state qualifier...served two years as captain of the varsity cross country and track teams...six-time conference track champion...12-time all-conference selection...two-time state qualifier...four-year member of the High Honor Roll...member of the National Honor Society...four-year member of the Student Council...member of the Spanish Honor Society...co-founder of the Ecology Club...president of the Spanish Club...executive member of the Key Club...vice-president of Students Against Drunk Driving...executive officer of the Edmund Rice Society...worked all four years at Edmund Rice Camp, a non-profit summer camp for marginalized children of the Chicagoland area...served as Head Director during the 2012 camp.

PERSONAL: Full name is Daniel Sorin Caddigan...goes by Dan...nicknames are "DC" or "Danny"...son of Daniel and Christine...has two older sisters, Sara and Jessica...planning to major in either aerospace engineering or biology...future career plans include either becoming a C-130 pilot or going into dentistry...was adopted from Bacau, Romania, at the age of three...participated competitively in Irish Dance for eight years, placing at both regional and national competitions...Eagle Scout...for Eagle Scout Project, collected lightly used athletic shoes and sent them to Kenya with the Shoes4Africa organization, which provides running shoes to local communities to help the prevention of diseases caused by barefoot running...hobbies include playing or watching any sport, reading, swimming, biking, hanging out with friends, singing karaoke, supporting the Special Olympics and making people laugh...first member of family to attend the Air Force Academy, although three cousins attended West Point...member of Cadet Squadron 07.