Rachael Duval of Hebron Christian Academy and Jarrod Oliver of Buford High School have been accepted to the U.S. Military Academy, and Michael Carothers of Greater Atlanta Christian has been accepted to the U.S. Naval Academy.
Duval is from Auburn, Oliver is from Buford and Carothers is from Flowery Branch.
U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., said that 30 Georgia students whom he had nominated to the United States military academies have now received appointments to the prestigious schools.
The annual nomination of young people to the nation' s military academies is the responsibility of each member of Congress. Nominees who are accepted into the academies are awarded full four-year scholarships, which are valued at approximately $350,000 each and include tuition, books, board, medical and dental care.
The Isakson nominees who have been accepted by the Academies this year (listed with their current schools and hometowns) are:
U.S. Air Force Academy:
David Adams - Campbell High School, Mableton
Donald Adkins - Tift County High School, Tifton
James Collins - Greater Atlanta Christian, Norcross
Jacob Fulton - Chapel Hill High School, Douglasville
James Hill - Fayette County High School, Fayetteville
Rachel Mittleman - Starr s Mill High School, Peachtree City
Kevin Rosen Dunwoody High School, Dunwoody
U.S. Military Academy (West Point):
Thomas Carney - Woodward Academy, Peachtree City
Rachael Duval - Hebron Christian Academy, Auburn
Matthew Joiner - Collins Hill High School, Lawrenceville
Nathan Markette - Deerfield Windsor School, Albany
Jarrod Oliver - Buford High School, Buford
Colin Patrick - Norcross High School, Norcross
Timothy Schmidt - Home Schooled, Loganville
Jessica Sexauer - Adairsville High School, Cartersville
Jev Valles - Pope High School, Marietta
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy:
Michael Jeffers - St. Pius X, Atlanta
Mikhail Manalo - Brookwood High School, Lawrenceville
Bernard Underwood - Balboa Academy, Martinez
U.S. Naval Academy:
James Brigham - Fellowship Christian School, Roswell
Michael Carothers - Greater Atlanta Christian, Flowery Branch
Tina Estrem - Union Grove High School, McDonough
Kyle Gentry - The Walker School, Woodstock
Paul Neidhardt - Brookwood High School, Lawrenceville
Daniel Perme - Blessed Trinity High School, Alpharetta
Robert Rountree - Tucker High School, Tucker
Hayden Van Dyke - Bremen High School, Villa Rica
Eric Von Behren - Camden County High School, Kingsland
Michael White - McIntosh High School, Peachtree City
Nathan Woodason - Northwest Whitfield, Dalton
West Point
Navy ship
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