Graves Announces Nominations to U.S. Military Service Academies

KANSAS CITY, MO – U.S. Representative Sam Graves (MO-06) has announced United States Military Service Academy nominations for students in Missouri’s Sixth Congressional District. Each year, Members of Congress are tasked with selecting qualified students from their respective districts to attend one of America’s prestigious military academies.  

“One of the greatest honors I have as the Congressman for North Missouri is nominating highly qualified students to our nation’s military service academies,” said Rep. Graves, who notified each student by phone of their nomination. “These young men and women are among the best and brightest. They’ve gone above and beyond in their academics and have already demonstrated outstanding leadership in their school and communities. They will undoubtedly make North Missouri proud.”

The following students from across North Missouri received nominations from Congressman Graves:

Beau Blomme – U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Park Hill High School)

Jarett Brooner – U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, Merchant Marine Academy (Savannah High School)

Zechariah Compton – U.S. Air Force Academy (Savannah High School)

Leona Dalakishvili– U.S. Air Force Academy (Park Hill South High School)

Landon Frazier - U.S. Military Academy (Smithville High School)

Gable Gross – U.S. Air Force Academy (Saint Pius X  High School)

Lauren Haley-Clark - U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Mark Twain High School)

Avery Janiak - U.S. Naval Academy (Kearney High School)

Benjamin Jaster – U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Maryville High School)

Madison Laffey – U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Kearney High School)

Andrew Lager – U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Jefferson C-123 )

Jaxon Limle – U.S. Naval Academy (St. Joseph Central High School)

Ashton Lovegreen - U.S. Naval Academy (Palmyra R1 High School)

Kaleb Miller - U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Liberty High School)

Noah Rees - U.S. Air Force Academy (West Platte High School)

Jackson Rotterman - U.S. Air Force Academy (Saint Pius X High School)

Wyatt Tuley - U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Military Academy (Marion County R-II High School)

Kirstin Young - U.S. Air Force Academy (Kirksville High School)

The nomination system is a very competitive process. Various military service academies hold extremely selective admission standards. To help in the nomination process, Rep. Graves created an Academy Nominations Review Board. The board, made up of military service academy graduates, veterans and citizens of the Sixth District, interviewed and reviewed all applicants before making final recommendations to Rep. Graves.

Students interested in being appointed to a military service academy in the future are encouraged to learn more, particularly early in their high school career, by contacting Graves’ district office in Kansas City or by visiting graves.house.gov.

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