Name: Dominic
Antonio Desando (DAD)
AKA:- Dirty D
Birth Place: Vanwert, OH
Current Residence:
The Hudson, Downtown, Indianapolis, IN
Education:
Pike High School (Basic 98’), Indiana University (B.A. Secondary
Ed./Hist. 04’), IU Indy The Robert McKinney School of Law (1L JD 17’)
Sports:
Football
-1yr
Lincoln Middle School (RB)
-2yr
Semi Pro Kokomo Mustangs (RB) avg. 9.8 ypc
Soccer
-High
School (4yr varsity starter, right outside mid)
-Club
Indy Inferno (U17 State Champs, U14 NCAA Junior Natl. Champs)
Track
-High
School/Middle School (800 meter run) LMS school record holder, best time 1:58
Wrestling
-High School/ Middle
School (152 lb. 4th in State 98’)
Boxing
-Amateur
4-0 record (Silver Gloves Champ- forget what year)
MMA
(mixed martial arts)
-Professional
2-1 record
Baseball
-Little
League (1yr. played right field, best batting average in the league, our team
never won a single game)
Profession:
Firefighter I.F.D. Station 28 “Tip of the Spear”
“Without
the tip, I.F.D. would be but a blunt stick” -A. Guthrie
Greatest Athletic Accomplishment:
I was an unranked senior in 1998 after a broken rib
kept me from the post season junior year.
I won every tournament that year except for the State tournament in
which I placed 4th, nearly pinning the 3rd place finisher
in the final seconds of the match.
Earlier that year I pinned Nick Hardwick, who is now and has been since
college, the starting Center for the San Diego Chargers. Obviously, these are small victories looking
back on life, but it is more significant for me because of how I did it. I decided after Junior year to develop my own
wrestling style, based off of what I new regarding the fundamentals and what
others expected. Literally everything I
did went against all of my coaches wishes, while no one will credit me with the
style of takedown I perfected I see it used today and at the time was the only
person, at least in this state, using it.
Ever since that year I have always tried to think outside the box.
Something you don’t know:
I once played
Jesus in a play/musical for St. Monica’s Catholic Church, my performance was so
great that I received a standing ovation and my parents bought me the game
“Excite Bike” as an award. While this
sounds silly, it is decidedly funny to me more so now than ever.
Soap Box:
Currently, we have the ability to access and share
information instantly, on any topic, at nearly anytime. Yet, misinformation spreads faster than
ever. Absurd and obviously wrong or just
bad ideas are given unjust merit, absent of dissent from logic or critical
parties and it seems to be this way for some strange social want. It is the very technology that binds us or
connects us that also fosters the intelligent and unopposed defense of ignorant
expression and equally ignorant thought.
Many people that struggle with basic tasks or even the modestly easy
task of navigating their own finances, careers, and education feel comfortable
expressing opinions on topics or people they clearly know nothing about. I realize that this is not a new phenomenon,
but now we give these people designer cloths, hundred dollar haircuts, and put
them on TV. This is more frustrating
than ever because it would seem as if we should know better. Lost is the social responsibility to point
out wrong where there is wrong. The wise
are too politically correct and silent while the dumb are too confident and
very loud. I know that this upsets me,
but I do not know a way to actually stop this current ubiquitous social trend
in American culture. More people need to
look themselves in the mirror and ask the question/s “Am I full of shit?” and
“What false truths or misperceptions am I operating under?”
………………………………
KNIBB HIGH FOOTBALL RULES!!!
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