WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said today that Michael Miller of Fairfield has received an appointment to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York, for the 2013-2014 school year.
Miller is the son of Jennifer and Luke Miller. He will graduate from high school in May. Miller is a home-school student dual enrolled in the Cardinal Community School District in Eldon, where he was active in marching band, concert band, pep band, track and field, and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Miller also is an Eagle Scout.
“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 Michael Miller well.”
Miller joins a number of other Iowa students who have been selected this year for admission to the U.S. service academies.
• 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, and Wilson Pingrey of Coon Rapids have been appointed to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
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 http://grassley.senate.gov/info/academy_nominations.cfm.
For more than 200 years, these academies have educated and trained individuals to lead and command the U.S. armed forces.