Graduated from Wheaton Academy in 2009…lettered in track under Bill Bickhart…finished second in the Illinois Sectionals for the long jump and third in the 100 meter hurdles…took 10^th place in the long jump at the Illinois State Meet…helped with theater performances in the hair and makeup department…member of the Spanish Club and Mock Trial…voted into National Honor Society…earned the IHSA Scholastic Excellence Award, four Wheaton Academy Academic Excellence awards, Presidential Education Award, and the U.S. Marine Corps Scholastic Excellence Award.

Daughter of Christopher and Sandra Dede…born on August 15, 1991…will major in architecture…enjoys making jewelry and watching movies…likes to eat smoothies…her favorite person is her sister Heather…lists favorite moment as winning the level 5 State Championship with her gymnastics team…when vacationing likes to go to Redwood Forest, California, and Hocking Hills, Ohio…has met Diane Sawyer…favorite sports movie is Rudy.