Editor’s note: This is a regular feature profiling senior athletes at Bryant High School.
Evan Caddy
NAME: Evan Caddy
PARENTS: John and Lana Caddy
SIBLINGS: I have one brother, Anson. He’s a sophomore in college so he’s 20. I have two sisters, Kaylin is in eighth grade and Grayson is a 10th grader.
FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL: English
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN YOUR SPARE TIME? Play piano, the drums and soccer.
FAVORITE FOOD: Cheese fries
FAVORITE MUSIC ARTIST OR GROUP: The Fray
FAVORITE MOVIE: Batman, the Dark Knight
FAVORITE TV SHOW: The Office
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A KID? Just my drumset.
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL? To attend Arkansas State University. I’m thinking Business.
OTHER THAN YOUR PARENTS, WHO HAS HAD THE BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON YOUR LIFE? Probably my grandfather, Bob Rigo, and Coach (Jason) Hay; Coach Hay was always there for me my first three years of high school and Coach (Brett) Haugh is doing the same this year. My grandpa has just always been somebody that I could look up to and make decisions after.
FAVORITE THING ABOUT SOCCER: Being able to work as a team and just build relationships.
POSITION: I’m the left wing.
WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE IS YOUR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY ON THE FIELD? To get back on defense, move the ball up the field and just get the ball to people up top to score.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE SEASON SO FAR? I think we’re definitely doing good so far and I think we have a lot expected of us in the post-season and that we should do pretty good.
WHAT’S BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT TO THE SEASON SO FAR? Probably beating Benton then shutting them out the second time we played them.
WHEN THE TEAM’S PLAYING WELL, WHAT GOING ON? We’re communicating well out there, moving the ball, playing to feet and just playing together as a team well.
WHAT’S IT GOING TO TAKE FOR THE TEAM TO BE SUCCESSFUL THE REST OF THE SEASON? Just not going through the motions; we’ve got to keep working hard in every game we play and realize that one game is not any more important than another; just play in the moment.
INDIVIDUALLY, WHAT ABOUT YOUR GAME ARE YOU MOST CONFIDENT ABOUT? I’m pretty confident about moving the ball up and down the field and crossing it in from the wing to get it inside the 18.
WHAT DO YOU WORK HARDEST TO IMPROVE? Probably just trying to hustle as much as everybody else does, like Bryce Denker and Davis Nossaman. They’re pretty good about hustling and I just try to model myself after them, to hustle as hard as they do.
AFTER YOU’RE THROUGH PLAYING SOCCER AT BHS, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’LL REMEMBER MOST FONDLY ABOUT IT? Probably the fact that I just made a bunch of friends that I feel like are going to be life-long friends and just the relationships I’ve made with my brothers out here.
