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‘His desire to do better has made him great’

Cadet from Cumming ranked No. 2 in nation

Andrew Gomez talks about the ranking as well as his past experiences at the University of North Georgia as a cadet in the Army ROTC program. - photo by Bradley Wiseman

Cadet — Andrew Gomez talks about the ranking as well as his past experiences at the University of North Georgia as a cadet in the Army ROTC program. - photo by Bradley Wiseman

When 21-year-old Andrew Gomez opened an official letter announcing he was ranked second in the nation out of 5,536 other Army ROTC cadets, at first he didn’t believe it. The moment felt unreal, and warily he waited for somebody to wake him from this marvelous dream.