"I liked the small class sizes...DA really felt like family to me...Davidson Academy's 'gift' to me was teaching me how to learn...DA was a springboard for my success at Vanderbilt and subsequent selection as an Air Force pilot...when I first came to DA, I was not saved...Davidson provided a safe, nurturing environment to develop me as a Christian...I did not know how extraordinary an institution like DA was until I got out into the world."