[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 57 (Monday, April 3, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E425]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     RECOGNIZING DOMINIC BARANDICA

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                            HON. JEFF DENHAM

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 3, 2017

  Mr. DENHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and congratulate 
Dominic Barandica, who will soon be named California's Young Man of 
Distinction by Youth Focus, Inc.
  Dominic is deserving of the highest commendation for his dedication 
to the advancement of safety in high school football. Using helmet 
sensors, Dominic has extensively researched the consequences of 
repetitive head impacts by high school players. Since starting, he has 
obtained a sensor for every football athlete in the Modesto City High 
School system and has been a featured speaker on the issue at the 
Doctors Medical Center Sports Medicine Symposium. An accomplished 
athlete himself, Dominic has already accepted an early decision offer 
to play football for Case Western Reserve University.
  In addition to his athletic accomplishments, Dominic has proven to be 
an incredible leader, serving as Gregori High School's Freshman Class 
President and Commissioner of Community Service, the President of the 
Inter High School Council of ASB Presidents of Modesto City High 
Schools, and as student representative to the Modesto City School 
Board, representing over 40,000 high school students.
  He's shown his dedication to academics as an active member of the 
Mock Trial and Science Bowl Teams, and has been recognized as an AP 
Scholar with Distinction for his continued scholastic achievements. 
Finally, Dominic has embodied an unwavering commitment to community 
service as an Eagle Scout, a recipient of the President's Volunteers 
Service Gold Award and the American Red Cross Youth Hero Award.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in congratulating Dominic Barandica for 
his recognition from the Youth Focus Group as California's Young Man of 
Distinction. His outstanding achievements and dedication to our 
community deserve to be commended.

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