FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Isakson Announces U.S. Military Academy Appointees for 2006
More Than 30 Isakson Nominees Receive Academy Appointments

ATLANTA – U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) today proudly announced that 31 Georgia students whom he had nominated to the United States Military Academies have now received appointments to the prestigious schools.

“Only the best and brightest students from across the country are selected for the honor of attending one of our outstanding military academies,” said Isakson. “I am delighted to have been able to nominate these promising young leaders who will make Georgia and America proud.”

The annual nomination of young people to our nation’s military academies is the responsibility of each Member of Congress. Those nominees who are accepted into the Academies are each awarded full four-year scholarships, valued at $300,000 each, and include tuition, books, board, medical and dental care. Since his election to Congress in 1999, some 125 Isakson nominees have been accepted into U.S. Military Academies.

Isakson plans to host a reception for the students and their families on June 11, 2006, in Atlanta . 

The Isakson nominees who have been accepted by the Academies are:

U.S. Air Force Academy
Stanley Cornelius – The Westfield Schools, Warner Robins
Ryan Fortney – Lassiter High School, Marietta
Christopher Horn – Athens Academy, Athens
Alex Larson – McIntosh High School, Peachtree City
Robert Louder – Lassiter High School, Marietta
Zachary McClelland – Starr’s Mill High School, Zebulon
William Stainback – Fellowship Christian High School, Roswell
Wilson Tucker – Darlington School, Rome

U.S. Military Academy
Timothy Buchmiller – Lovett School, Atlanta
Ryan Clay – Alexander High School, Lithia Springs
Paul Duffy – Lassiter High School, Marietta
Michael Gann – Marist School, Roswell
Michael Moore – South Forsyth High School, Cumming
Christian Pierce – Athens Academy, Athens
Blair Ritzert – Benedictine Military School, Savannah
Kevin Seaman – The Galloway School, Atlanta
John Traver – H.V. Jenkins High School, Savannah
Corey Wheeler – Benedictine Military School, Savannah

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Chandler Harms – Northview High School, Dallas
Ryan Homire – Blessed Trinity High School, Alpharetta
Nathan LaShoto – White County High School, Cleveland
Collin Lynch – The Heritage School, Sharpsburg

U.S. Naval Academy
Anna Bernal – Mount de Sales Academy, Bonaire
John Bever – Wesleyan School, Dunwoody
Aaron Coe – Riverside Military Academy, Gainesville
James Golden – Heritage High School, Conyers
Tyler Jackson – Sequoyah High School, Canton
Thomas Lucak – McIntosh High School, Peachtree City
Michael Morrison – Wayne County High School, Jesup
Merritt Pearson – The Westminster Schools, Georgia Tech, Atlanta
Bradley Wheeler – South Forsyth High School, Suwannee

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