Naval Academy Athletics

2004-05 -- Recorded an 8-2 record in his first season as a member of the varsity squash team ... won his first five matches, including the season opener against Kenyon ... dropped his first match to the fourth-ranked team in the country, Yale. 2004-05 -- Member of the JV squash team. 2003-04 -- Member of the Navy tennis team ... did not see any varsity action. High School -- A 2003 graduate of Modesto High School where he lettered four years in tennis and also ran cross country ... served as team captain of the tennis team as a senior ... garnered team MVP honors and was named all-city in `03 ... earned all-district honors in both singles and doubles as a junior and senior ... led Modesto High to the 2002 section finals and the doubles city championship. Personal -- Full name is Daniel Patrick Hellier ... son of Don and Pat Hellier ... born April 15, 1985, in Fresno, Calif. ... brother, Matthew, was the co-captain of the Air Force cross country team last fall and graduated from the Academy in the spring of `06 ... majoring in electrical engineering ... has been named to the Commandant[apos]s List all six semesters and the Superintendent[apos]s List five times ... ranked among the top 20 percent of the Class of `07 with a 3.57 grade-point average.