| Andrew Wiand |
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Local product, from South
Bend's Riley High School, who
earned a spot on the Irish roster
team via walk-on tryouts in
the fall of 2007 ... speedy outfielder
who was timed in a
team-best 4.38 during 40-meter
dash testing (Jan. '08) ... picked
up a pair of stolen bases for
Blue team in Blue-Gold
intrasquad series (fall '07; 0-for-
3, K) ... recent ND student-athletes
who were Riley HS
products include swimmers
David and Louis Cavadini and
golfer K.C. Wiseman ... first
Irish player to wear #48 in
recent memory ... was enrolled in Quarknet High
Energy Physics Program at Notre Dame, in summer
of '06 ... posted 3.24 GPA in '07 fall semester.
PREP & PERSONAL: Three-sport athlete at
Riley HS, totaling seven varsity letters while competing
in baseball (3), football (3) and swimming
... two-year team captain who played center and
right field while earning all-conference honors all
three seasons, plus second team all-state as a senior
(also academic all-state) ... led team in batting
average as a sophomore (.356, in '05) and senior
(.420), also setting RHS stolen-base record with 29
in '06 ... led team in stolen bases each season ...
homered in '07 game at Coveleski Stadium (home
of single-A S.B. Silverhawks) ... three-year starting
quarterback on RHS football team ... two-year
captain in football, earning all-conference as a
sophomore and team MVP as a senior (also academic
all-state) ... recognized at Indianapolis
Colts game, as quarterback on
'06 Colts Academic All-Star
Team ... member of RHS swimming
team that won conference
title in his sophomore
season ... scholar-athlete
award recipient his final three
years at RHS ... received 2007
Grand Kiwanis Award (finalist
in '06) and Moose Krause
Scholar Athlete Grand Prize ...
served as junior and senior
class president and co-valedictorian
... received Community
Foundation Lilly Scholarship
... principal cello player for
South Bend Youth Symphony
('02-'05) and three-year attendee of the Drake
Summer Chamber Music Academy ('03-'05) ...
played cello in Hawthorne Quartet (directed by
ND music professor Karen Buranskas) and has
received 35 medals at regional and state ISSMA
music competitions ... was principal cellist at
South Bend Symphony Side-By-Side Concert in '04
and '05 and two-time winner at SBS Young Artists
Competition ('05 string division; '06 grand prize)
... member of National Honor Society and a
national merit commended scholar ... father Dale
Wiand played basketball at Franklin College and
received his master's degree from Notre Dame
('73) ... born Feb. 11, 1989, in South Bend, Ind. ...
son of Dale and Lauren Wiand ... full name is
Andrew Dale Wiand ... enrolled in First Year of
Studies ... intends to major in biology/pre-professional
science.
