2024 Men's Cross Country

Miguel Daez

Miguel Daez

  • Height:
    5-9
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Major:
    Youth Ministry
  • Hometown:
    Sterling, Va.
  • High School:
    Holy Family Homeschool

Summary

Biography

Academic Awards:

  • 2024-25 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
  • 2024 USTFCCCA All-Academic 
  • 2024 PAC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2022-23 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
  • 2022 PAC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2021 PAC Academic Honor Roll 
  • 2021 USTFCCCA All-Academic 
  • 2019 AMCC Academic All-Conference 
  • 2019 AMCC Peak Performer 

Honors and Awards:

  • 2024 NCAA Great Lakes All-Region
  • 2024 All-PAC Second Team
  • 2022 PAC Runner of the Year
  • 2022 All-PAC First Team
  • 2021 NCAA Great Lakes All-Region
  • 2021 All-PAC First Team
  • 2020-21 All-PAC First Team
  • 2019 AMCC Newcomer of the Year
  • 2019 AMCC All-Conference (Second Overall)


2020-21: Ran a season best time of 16:15 at the PAC Championship in the shortened season of all 5K races ... placed in 7th in the season opener at Saint Vincent ... earned a 4th place finish at the PAC Championships to help the Barons win the first PAC title of any sport in Franciscan history.

2019: Ran in seven meets for the Barons, with his season ending at the NCAA Regional meet ... Ran a season best 25:33.8 to place second at the AMCC Championships ... earned a 5th place finish at the Fisher Invite with a time of 25:55.55, against many future PAC schools ... placed 40th at the NCAA Mideast Regional Meet with a time of 25:54.7.

Prior to FUS: Course Record Holder of the Spire XC Invitational with a time of 15:50. 1st place 800 meter dash (1:59). Finished 25th out of 222 at the 2016 Foot Locker Cross Country South Regional Championship Junior Boys 5k Race.2018 Stoa USA National Champion in Open Interpretation (Speech and Debate)

Personal: Son of Roby & Shelley Daez ... Majoring in Communication Arts with a Minor in Theology ... Why Franciscan? "Because of the great Catholic identity and excellent cross country team it has." ... Upon graduation, he plans on doing a year of mission work then work at EWTN if I can ... In his spare time, he enjoys running, singing and acting (not at the same time) ...  patron saint is St. Anthony of Padua.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

  • 2020-21Sophomore

  • 2021Junior

    5'10"

  • 2022Senior

    5'9"

  • 2024Graduate Student

    5'9"