Anthony
Dedeaux Defender
Redshirt Freshman
5-9 • 165
Huntington Beach, CA
Mater Dei HS
FULLERTON: Sat out the 2003 season as a redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterman at Mater Dei High School
in Santa Ana ... Team MVP as a senior for Coach Martin Springer... Earned
first-team All-CIF, All-Orange County and All-Serra League honors as a senior...
Played in the Orange County All-Star Match... Was first-team all-league
and third-team All-CIF as a junior... MVP of the Marina Tournament... His
sophomore team won the CIF championship... Played two years of baseball
for the Monarchs.
PERSONAL: Born on Dec. 2, 1984, in Long Beach, California... Parents
are Terry and Christine Dedeaux... Has an older sister, Galyn (20), and
two younger brothers, Adam (17) and Patrick (13)... His grandfather is legendary
baseball coach Rod Dedeaux, who won 11 national championships at USC and
was voted coach of the century by Baseball America... Anthony won a scholarship
from the North Huntington Beach Futbol Club, for whom he played for eight
years... His under-11 team won the state cup... He credits NHB Coach Ed
Montoya for teaching him "not only the game of soccer, but the importance
of dedication, hard work and effort in everything I do"... Business
administration major... Chose Cal State Fullerton because of its strong
soccer program and its proximity to the beach.
