Sandy Springs, GA — This week, Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA) announced Sixth District students who were nominated by her office to attend a United States military service academy. In total, 30 students from the Sixth District received nominations to the following academies (two students received nominations to multiple academies): 10 students received a nomination to attend the United States Military Academy at West Point, 10 students received a nomination to attend the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, 10 students received a nomination to attend the United States Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, and 2 students received a nomination to attend the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point. 

    

“Once again, I am impressed by the desire to serve demonstrated by these young people,” McBath said. “30 driven men and women from our community have earned the honor of a congressional nomination to a military service academy and will now be considered by their respective academies of choice for selection and an appointment to attend next fall. These nominees and their families should be exceedingly proud of this accomplishment, and I wish each of them the best as they move on to the next step of this fiercely competitive process.” 

    

All students who received a nomination from McBath’s office must now be selected by the service academy for a formal appointment to attend in the fall of 2023. The following students* received a congressional nomination to attend a United States military service academy in the 2023-2024 academic year:

    

• Northview High School student Katarina Andrade of Johns Creek received a nomination to the United States Military Academy.

• Lassiter High School student Amit Balaji of Marietta received a nomination to the United States Military Academy.

• Chattahoochee High School student Ernest Chan of Johns Creek received a nomination to the United States Military Academy.

• Centennial High School student Cameron Cooper of Alpharetta received a nomination to the United States Military Academy.

• Marist School student Howard Heller of Tucker received a nomination to the United States Military Academy.

• Dunwoody High School student Jaxon Jester of Dunwoody received a nomination to the United States Military Academy.

• Alpharetta High School student Mitchell Jiang of Alpharetta received a nomination to the United States Military Academy.

• Marist School student Alexandra Kurtz of Chamblee received a nomination to the United States Military Academy.

• Walton High School student Jacob Siler of Marietta received a nomination to the United States Military Academy.

• Roswell High School student John Crary of Roswell received a nomination to the United States Naval Academy.

• Marist School student Lena Glaser of Alpharetta received a nomination to the United States Military Academy and the United States Naval Academy.

• Blessed Trinity Catholic High School student Jaclyn Johns of Marietta received a nomination to the United States Naval Academy.

• Roswell High School student Zachariah Lee of Roswell received a nomination to the United States Naval Academy.

• Roswell High School student Lilian Melton of Roswell received a nomination to the United States Naval Academy.

• George Walton Comprehensive High School student Hannah Ograbisz of Marietta received a nomination to the United States Naval Academy.

• Sprayberry High School student Noah Senzer of Marietta received a nomination to the United States Naval Academy.

• Dunwoody High School student Josephine Sherry of Dunwoody received a nomination to the United States Naval Academy.

• Wheeler High School student Andrew Sinclair of Marietta received a nomination to the United States Naval Academy.

• Alpharetta High School student Kate Zurinskas of Alpharetta received a nomination to the United States Naval Academy.

• Johns Creek High School student Benjamin Coval of Johns Creek received a nomination to the United States Air Force Academy.

• Blessed Trinity Catholic High School student Madelyne Fuller of Roswell received a nomination to the United States Air Force Academy.

• Walton High School student Grace Hoyte of Marietta received a nomination to the United States Air Force Academy.

• Chamblee High School student Samantha Nichols of Atlanta received a nomination to the United States Air Force Academy.

• Lassiter High School student Luke O’Malley of Marietta received a nomination to the United States Air Force Academy and the United States Merchant Marine Academy.

• Marist School student Robert Perez of Brookhaven received a nomination to the United States Air Force Academy.

• Roswell High School student Stone Smith of Roswell received a nomination to the United States Air Force Academy.

• Northview High School student Connor Stalheim of Johns Creek received a nomination to the United States Air Force Academy.

• Milton High School student Andrew Walser of Alpharetta received a nomination to the United States Air Force Academy.

• Praise Academy student Owen Morris of Dallas received a nomination to the United States Merchant Marine Academy.

     

*This list does not contain all Sixth District students who received a congressional nomination to a U.S. service academy.

   

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