Tom Hickel

Height:
6-4
Weight:
275
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Danville, CA
High School:
De La Salle HS

2013 -- Member of squad but did not play in anygames as a sophomore ... expected to back up Derek Sabo and RossBerry at right guard this fall.

2012 -- Played in one game against Idaho Stateas a redshirt freshman on the offensive line.

2011 -- Redshirt.

2010 -- Committed verbally to Army and attendedthe U.S. Military Academy Prep School for the 2010-11 school year,playing football on both the offensive and defensive lines.

High School -- A teammate of Chris Lawrence asa senior in 2009 at De La Salle High School ... anchored a De LaSalle offensive line that helped the Spartans win the Californiastate open championship with a 28-14 victory over Crenshaw inDecember 2009 at the Home Depot Center in Carson ... under headcoach Bob Ladouceur, helped De La Salle average almost 300 yards agame rushing ... Spartans finished 13-2 overall, 7-0 for firstplace in the East Bay Athletic League and claimed the CIF-NorthCoast Section Division I championship en route to the berth in thestate open game ... earned All-Metro first-team honors as well asfirst-team All-East Bay Athletic League, All-NorCal and all-stateaccolades ... as a junior at De La Salle, earned All-EBAL honorablemention ... also played lacrosse at De La Salle ... Honor Rollstudent all four years.

Personal -- Son of Randy and Catherine Hickel... one sister, Christy ... wants to serve in the U.S. Army or be asuccessful businessman ... claims to have won the salsa dancingstate championship in 2011 ... born June 4, 1991, in Livermore,Calif. ... majors in industrial technology.