Friday, December 9, 2011

Local Students Nominated for U.S. Service Academies

WASHINGTON, D.C.—


U.S. Representative Frank Guinta has announced the names of the students from New Hampshire’s First Congressional District who received his nomination for appointments to the U.S. Service Academies.

“I have the distinct honor of nominating young Granite Staters to the U.S. Service Academies,” Guinta said. “That is where many future American leaders develop the skills that will help guide us into the 21st Century. I’m delighted these students are interested in serving our country. I’m proud to be a part of this important process and wish these outstanding young men and women the very best in their coming studies and in the years ahead.”

Guinta’s nomination doesn’t guarantee admission to a service academy. The nominees compete for a space in the class of 2016. The individual service academies will make the final decisions. The following is a list of nominees, their hometowns and high schools:

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY

Forrest M. Albiston, Bedford, Bedford High School; Paige Balcom, Londonderry, Apple Tree Academy; Zachary Hill, Rollinsford, Somersworth High School; John Keisling, East Hampstead, Pinkerton Academy; Dillon L.J. Lanctot, Somersworth, USAF Prep School, CO; Allen Olmsted, Barnstead, Prospect Mountain High School; Duncan Richards, Moultonborough, Moultonborough Academy.

U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY (West Point)

John J. Banarhall, Auburn, Marion Military Institute, AL; Zebulon Coombs, Effingham, Norwich University, VT; Jared Hornsby, Bedford, Bedford High School; Henry MacGibbon, Goffstown, Goffstown Area High School; Luke Morrier, Plaistow, Timberlane High School; John Scippa, Exeter, Exeter High School; Darien Vaughan, Madison, Kennett High School; Brady Shawn White, Dover, Leavenworth High School, KS.

U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY

Madeline Borek, Durham, Colby College, ME; Thomas Duvall, Durham, Peddie School, NJ; Blaire Ann Fenniman, Dover, St. Thomas Aquinas High School; Dana K. Goss, Moultonborough, Moultonborough Academy; Abigail K. Guerra, Durham, Holderness High School; Joseph N. Lane, Durham, Oyster River High School; Daniel Martens, Merrimack, Suny Maritime, NY; Dominic J. Mutter, Dover, St. Thomas Aquinas High School; Jacob Ray, Strafford, Coe-Brown Northwood Academy; Robert A. Vachon, Laconia, Laconia High School.

U.S. MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY

Christopher Glass, Epping, Trinity High School; Michael Leonard, Merrimack, Trinity High School; Timothy Peterson, Merrimack, New Mexico Military Institute, NM.

Information on applications for a 2012 nomination to the U.S. Service Academies is available at www.Guinta.House.Gov in the “Serving You” section.