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- No current football player is assigned to #88, so we'll highlight one of our incoming freshmen - we'll continue with the Defensive Line

Daniel Nash





Class: Freshman
Hometown: Holly Springs, N.C.
High School: Holly Springs HS
Height / Weight: 6-3 / 215
Position: DL

Prior to Western Carolina: Earned All-Tri-Nine Conference accolades as a senior, garnering first team defense honors ... Selected as the Holly Springs High Defensive Player of the Year ... Played as a defensive lineman and linebacker as a prep ... Was named the overall MVP as a junior at the National Underclassmen combine held in Greensboro.

Personal: Full name is Daniel Lawrence Nash ... Is the son of Evelyn Worthy and step-father, Patrick Worthy ... Was born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. ... Has an older brother, Michael Bayon Jr ... Is a member of the media ministry at his church, Wake Chapel, where he operates the boom camera during Sunday services.

Courtesy WCU Media Relations