WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said today that Christopher M. Haijsman of McClelland has received an appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, for the 2013-2014 school year.
Haijsman is the son of Sherry and Michael Haijsman. He will graduate in May from Treynor High School. Haijsman is a member of the National Honor Society and the Academic Quiz Bowl Team and participated in cross country. He is a Cadet Commander in the Civil Air Patrol.
“Admission to the service academies is highly competitive and a great honor,” Grassley said. “Students work very hard to earn this kind of opportunity, and I join in wishing Christopher Haijsman well and thank him for his commitment to serve our nation.”
Haijsman joins a number of other Iowa students who have been selected this year for admission to the U.S. service academies. They are:
• Nicholas Heth of Cedar Falls, Taylor Pluim of Sioux City, Jacob Romitti of Madrid, and Cody Winkler of Keokuk have been appointed to the U.S. Air Force Academy.
• Orion Boylston and Bernard Forney of Ames and Matthew Lee and Jackson Peplow of Iowa City have been appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy.
• Adam Bradley of Dubuque, Brett Morales of Davenport, Patrick Mullin of Cedar Rapids, Wilson Pingrey of Coon Rapids, and William Krone of Johnston have been appointed to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
• Michael Miller of Fairfield has been appointed to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.
All of these students were among the Iowans Grassley nominated this year for appointments to the U.S. service academies. Information about seeking nominations is posted at /students/academy-nominations.
For more than 200 years, these academies have educated and trained individuals to lead and command the U.S. armed forces.