Press Release of Senator Lugar Lugar Announces Academy Nominations Friday, January 16, 2009 U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar has nominated candidates for the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland; U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York; U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado; and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York.   The nominees were selected by Lugar’s Academy Merit Selection Committees, which he has used for the nominating process each year that he has been a senator. The nonpartisan boards meet each November and December in Indianapolis to review applicants. This year, Lugar hosted three Dick Lugar Academy Days in Fort Wayne, New Albany and Indianapolis for high school students interested in learning more about military service.   The nominees now await admission to their respective academies for the class of 2013, entering in July 2009.    “It is exciting to nominate these outstanding young Hoosiers to our nation’s service academies,” said Lugar, who volunteered for the Navy after completing his Rhodes Scholarship studies at Oxford University in England. Lugar served from 1957-60 as an intelligence briefer for Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Arleigh Burke. “I also am grateful to the selection committees for their service.”   The nominees are listed by county, name, high school and academy/academies to which they have been nominated.   Allen County: Hannah L. Wyall, Blackhawk Christian H.S., United States Air Force Academy   Bartholomew County: Anthony Steven Wurl, Missouri Military Academy, United States Naval Academy and United States Merchant Marine Academy   Boone County: Maximilian George Zahner, Zionsville Community H.S., United States Air Force Academy   Clark County: Ryan D. Kelly, Trinity H.S., United States Merchant Marine Academy   Dearborn County: Nicholas A. Hutchinson, East Central H.S., United States Naval Academy   Delaware County: Robert Andrew Drummond, Yorktown H.S., United States Military Academy at West Point   Floyd County: Chelsea E. Dresner, Our Lady of Providence H.S., United States Naval Academy   Fountain County: Noah Thomas Currie, Attica Jr./Sr. H.S., United Sates Military Academy at West Point   Franklin County: Zachariah D. Vaughan, Franklin County H.S., United Sates Military Academy at West Point   Gibson County: Isaac Noah Evans, Veritas Christian Academy, United States Air Force Academy and United States Naval Academy   Grant County: Emily Jean Shephard, Mississinewa H.S., United States Merchant Marine Academy   Hamilton County: Kevin Michael Bursaw, Carmel H.S., United States Air Force Academy; Joseph Wallace Crawford, St. Theodore Guerin H.S., United States Naval Academy; Benjamin Vyzral Smith, Cathedral H.S., United States Military Academy at West Point   Hendricks County: Nathan Seth McVey, Bethesda Christian School, United States Military Academy at West Point   Howard County: Andrea Lynn Simon, Kokomo H.S., United States Military Academy at West Point   Jasper County: Joshua Alex Wollack, Rensselaer Central H.S., United States Air Force Academy and United States Naval Academy   Johnson County: Christian Erhardt Minnick, Indiana Creek H.S., United States Air Force Academy   Kosciusko County: Haven Farrell Hoffman, Wawasee H.S., United States Merchant Marine Academy   Lake County: Kyle Andrew Land, Crown Point H.S., United States Air Force Academy   LaPorte County: William J. Mikula, LaPorte H.S., United States Merchant Marine Academy; James Allen Turner, III, Culver Military Academy, United States Military Academy at West Point   Madison County: Tiffany Denae Held, Pendleton Heights H.S., United States Merchant Marine Academy   Marion County: Catherine Elizabeth Davidson, Heritage Christian H.S., United States Merchant Marine Academy; Christopher Joseph Teska, Ben Davis H.S., United States Naval Academy; Paul D. Winston, Park Tudor H.S., United States Merchant Marine Academy   Porter County: Bradley Sheridan Colter, Valparaiso H.S., United States Merchant Marine Academy; Bryan James Colter, Valparaiso H.S., United States Merchant Marine Academy   St. Joseph County: Christian Maxwell Sandroni, Penn H.S., United States Naval Academy   Tippecanoe County: Robert R. Griffin-Duncan, West Lafayette Jr./Sr. H.S., United States Naval Academy; Benjamin T. Marshall Peterson, Mililani H.S., United States Air Force Academy and United States Naval Academy   Tipton County: Micah David Woolf, Tipton H.S., United States Military Academy at West Point   Vanderburgh County: Andrew Joseph Theising, Reitz Memorial H.S., United States Military Academy at West Point   ###