34 area students nominated to be considered for acceptance

WASHINGTON – Congressman Vernon J. Ehlers has nominated 34 students from West Michigan for consideration by U.S. Service Academies. Students were nominated to be considered for acceptance into the 2013 class of the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Students who desire to apply to U.S. Service Academies must receive a congressional nomination to be considered for acceptance, and nominees are not guaranteed admission. The nomination is a requirement of the application process at each academy.

“I am pleased and honored to nominate these exceptional students for consideration by U.S. Service Academies,” said Congressman Ehlers. “I offer these future leaders the best of luck in the application process to attend these prestigious academies.”

The following students from Michigan’s 3^rd Congressional District were nominated by Congressman Ehlers:

U.S. Military Academy – West Point, NY

Killian Burns – GR Catholic Central HS

Karl Crist – Forest Hills Eastern HS & University of Michigan

Geoffrey Polinder – Home Schooled

Matthew Herman - East Kentwood HS

Raymond Seese- Lowell HS & Michigan State University

Austin Clover – Forest Hills Central HS

Jonathan Ferris – Forest Hills Eastern HS

Emily Gray – East Kentwood HS

Trevor Holloway – Rockford HS

U.S. Naval Academy – Annapolis, MD

Two Nominations - First Slate:

Jordan Bennett – Forest Hills Northern HS

Austin Clover – Forest Hills Central HS

Jonathan Ferris – Forest Hills Eastern HS

Emily Gray – East Kentwood HS

Dan Klimas – GR Catholic Central HS

Nathaniel Samuelson – East Grand Rapids HS

Erin White – Forest Hills Eastern HS

Second Slate:

Cheyenne Brown – Lowell HS

Raymond Seese – Lowell HS & Michigan State University

Tyler Carlson – Rockford HS

Trevor Holloway – Rockford HS

Justin Haan-South Christian HS & Calvin College

Matthew Herman–East Kentwood  HS

U.S. Air Force Academy – Colorado Springs, CO

Cheyenne Brown – Lowell HS

Austin Clover – Forest Hills Central HS

Emily Gray – East Kentwood HS

Jonathan Ferris – Forest Hills Eastern HS

Justin Haan – South Christian HS & Calvin College

Matthew Herman – East Kentwood HS

Trevor Holloway – Rockford HS

Nathaniel Samuelson – East Grand Rapids HS

Ryan Wysocki – Grandville HS

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy – Kings Point, NY

Jonathan Ferris – Forest Hills Eastern HS

Geoffrey Polinder – Home Schooled

Erin White – Forest Hills Eastern HS