CDA’s Cody Giddings Heads for West Point

Posted On August 31, 2011 by PUSC

In his own words…

“Over the past three years as a CDA player, I have been focused on my college search and West Point was a clear stand out. There is an incredible amount of history there, with great academic standards, an incredible amount of prestige, and the honor of serving your country. Furthermore, the coaching staff at West Point under Russell Payne and Leo Cullen, both of whom helped Maryland reach national titles, have each had incredible soccer careers themselves and are what made West Point a simple choice. They are the type of coaches who will drive me to develop into the best player I can be and help me attain all of my goals as a Division 1 soccer player. Under their coaching and guidance, I am optimistic I will have an incredible future at West Point. Also, I am looking forward to becoming a Black Knight and having the honor and privilege of serving my country as a United States Army Officer. Throughout my soccer career I always desired to play at the highest level. I started playing competitive soccer with Placer United at the under-10 age group and learned all about the game of soccer and continued to improve every year I played. With great coaching I developed into a well-aware, technical, and physical player whose only desires were to win games and improve as a player. When CDA was established a few years ago, I knew that was the next step for me to become a better player and I joined the program which eventually helped me become the player I am today. I can only hope that I will learn to be of the same caliber of leader as all of my coaches are and that I will make an impact in the world when all is said and done. I would like to thank everyone who supported me along the way from all of my teammates (most of whom I spent more time with than my own family it seemed like) and to all of my coaches whom I was fortunate enough to have along the way: Paul Orien, Brian Willey, Jason Gantt, Anthony Chimienti, Nathan Williams, Josh Fitzgerald, and Jeff Alcala. I would also like to thank all of my friends, and most of all, my parents for guiding me through this entire process and helping me whenever I needed it most. Without any of you I couldn’t have achieved any of this. I will never forget all of your support and I will make all of you proud at West Point

Duty, Honor, Country. Go Army!”