Grassley Announces Nominations of Young Iowans to U.S. Service Academies


            WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today announced that he has nominated several young Iowans to the United States Service Academies.


           

            “Every year we see a high caliber of young men and women from Iowa who are interested in our service academies,” Grassley said.  “These young people are high achieving Iowans who will represent our state well.  They’ve worked hard to get to this point and I’m honored to nominate them.”


           

           According to Grassley, the highly competitive selection process makes it difficult to narrow the list of nominees each year.   Grassley nominates several young Iowans each year for a select few spots.  Each academy then selects students based on the number of vacancies for the 2006-2007 school year.  Often, because of the high quality of nominations from Iowa, several students are selected to attend each academy.

 

            Grassley praised the outstanding group of Iowa students who applied for academy nominations in past years and encouraged eligible students to consider submitting applications in the future.  “U.S. military academies are an excellent option for students committed to pursuing a higher education,” said Grassley.

 

            Grassley will issue announcements when appointments to the academies are offered.

 

Here are Grassley’s nominations.

 




U.S. Naval Academy   

·        Alex Clark, of Bettendorf (Bettendorf High School)

·        Kevin Dolan, of Muscatine (Muscatine High School)

·        Jacob Epstein, of Urbandale (Urbandale High School)

·        Jason Falk, of West Des Moines (Valley High School)

·        Marcus Heyland, of Muscatine (Fort Madison High School)

·        Tristan MacLeod, of Dubuque (Senior High School)

·        Christopher Parcher, of Northwood (Northwood-Kensett High School)

·        Alex Ryan, of Des Moines (Lincoln High School)

·        Michael Sandy, of Spirit Lake (Spirit Lake High School)

·        Georg Schroeder, of Des Moines (Dowling Catholic High School)

 

U.S.
Air Force Academy

  • Nicolas Aguilar, of Solon (Solon High School)
  • Matthew Freese, of West Des Moines (Iowa Christian Academy)
  • Matthew Gilbert, of Waukee (St. John’s Northwestern Military Academy)
  • Brady Knutson, of Hubbard (South Hamilton High School)
  • Trevor Koenck, of Denison (Denison High School)
  • Samuel Lepley, of Des Moines (Roosevelt High School)
  • Drew Martin, of Belle Plaine (Belle Plaine High School)
  • Eric Parks, of Cedar Rapids (Washington High School)
  • Christopher Poulsen, of Atlantic (Atlantic High School)
  • Alex Volesky, of Newhall (Benton Community High School)

 

Military
Academy at West Point

  • Zachary Ballard, of Altoona (Southeast Polk High School)
  • Heather Fremont, of Cedar Falls (Northern University High School)
  • Daniel Hewins, of Des Moines (Roosevelt High School)
  • Scott Kennett, of Grinnell (Grinnell Community High School)
  • Bryce Martens, of Ames
  • Josiah McCoy, of Climbing Hill (Woodbury Central High School)
  • Nathan Neisgeier, of Manchester (West Delaware High School)
  • Lincoln
    Stein, of Portsmouth (Harlan Community High School)
  • Erik Tonsfeldt, of Le Mars (Le Mars Community High School)
  • Matthew Traynelis, of Iowa City (West High School)

 

 

 

 

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