Washington– Senator Evan Bayh today announced the names of 35 Indiana high school students he has nominated for admission to the four United States Service Academies.

The nominees were chosen from a pool of applicants based on his or her record of academic achievement and leadership ability.  In addition to a written application, each nominee was required to submit multiple letters of recommendation and was interviewed by Senator Bayh’s Academy Selection Committee, a nonpartisan group made up of community leaders and Service Academy alumni.

“I am proud to nominate some of Indiana’s best and brightest for admission to our nation’s service academies,” Senator Bayh said.  “These young Hoosiers will serve our country well, and I commend them for their patriotism and academic achievement.”

Senator Bayh’s Air Force Academy nominees:

•    Alison Bergmann, Munster, Munster High School
•    Bryan Colter, Valparaiso, Valparaiso High School
•    Bradley Colter, Valparaiso, Valparaiso High School
•    Mitchell Daily, Kokomo, Northwestern High School
•    Isaac Evans, Haubstadt, Veritas Christian Academy
•    Terrence Patrick O’Connor, Borden, Borden High School
•    Thomas Aaron Redfield, Merrillville, Andrean High School
•    Parker K. Stevens, Carmel, Bishop Chatard High School
•    Kyle Wagoner, Martinsville, Martinsville High School
•    Zachariah Vaughan, Brookville, Franklin County High School

Senator Bayh’s Merchant Marine Academy nominees:

•    Bradley Colter, Valparaiso, Valparaiso High School
•    Bryan Colter, Valparaiso, Valparaiso High School
•    Haven F. Hoffman, North Webster, Wawasee High School
•    Ryan Kelly, Jeffersonville, Trinity High School in Louisville, Ky.
•    William Mikula, La Porte, La Porte High School
•    Emily Shephard, Marion, Mississinewa High School
•    Paul Winston, Indianapolis, Park Tudor School

Senator Bayh’s Military Academy nominees:

•    Marco Caress, Indianapolis, Cathedral High School
•    Timothy Dickhaus, Guilford, East Central High School
•    Cecil A. Frink, Merrillville, Merrillville High School
•    Tiffany Held, Anderson, Pendleton Heights High School
•    Thomas Mack, Jr., Lafayette, McCutcheon High School
•    Christopher Miller, Richmond, Richmond High School
•    Rachel E. Pauley, Bargersville, Center Grove High School
•    Christian Sandroni, Granger, Penn High School
•    Steven Webster, Carmel, Bishop Chatard High School
•    Yeeun Christine Youn, Indianapolis, International Christian School in Seoul, S. Korea

Senator Bayh’s Naval Academy nominees:

•    Jacob Ahler, Rensselaer, Rensselaer Central High School
•    Audrey Arvin, Noblesville, Noblesville High School
•    Robert Andrew Drummond, Yorktown, Yorktown High School
•    Daniel Kindervater, Bargersville, Center Grove High School
•    Daniel Leicht, Indianapolis, Cathedral High School
•    Tyler Maksymicz, Lebanon, Lebanon High School
•    Clayton Patton, Zionsville, Zionsville Community High School
•    Alexandra Schwier, Lawrenceburg, East Central High School
•    Kieran Simonson, Zionsville, Zionsville Community High School
•    James Allen Turner, III, La Porte, Culver Academies

Members of the U.S. Senate may nominate applicants to the Service Academies from their home state. These 35 nominees will now compete for appointments to their respective Academies for the class of 2013.

The four Service Academies which require a Congressional recommendation are: the Military Academy in West Point, NY; the Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD; the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO; and the Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY.

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