WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins have announced their nominees to the United States military academies.
“We are proud to have the honor to nominate such an impressive group of Maine students to our nation’s distinguished service academies,” Snowe and Collins said in a joint statement issued Tuesday. “The young people we have nominated have earned this honor through a commitment to strong scholarship, leadership, and character.”
To be considered for an appointment to a service academy, applicants must be nominated by an authorized nominating source, which includes members of Congress. Admission to the United States Coast Guard Academy, also a federal service academy, does not require a congressional nomination.
The following students from Maine have received nominations as candidates to the military academies listed:
United States Naval Academy, Annapolis
Spencer Amberson, Portland, Cheverus High School; Kyle Bailey, Standish, Bonny Eagle High School; Gordon Carroll, Bangor, Bangor High School; Nathaniel Chasse, Alfred, Noble High School; Samuel Dodge, Portland, Cheverus High School; Uriah Eilinger, Hollis, Bonny Eagle High School; William Jones, Falmouth, Falmouth High School; Carl Keller, Whitefield, The Putney School; John Lapoint IV, Kennebunk, The Governor’s Academy; Alexandra Marsh, Rockport, Camden Hills Regional High School; Christopher McKee, Augusta, Kents Hill School; Nicholas Morris, Scarborough, Scarborough High School; Michael O’Connor, York, York High School; Conor Patrick, Winterport, Hampden Academy; Kent Reichel, Hampden, Hampden Academy; Allyson Strachan, Hebron, Hebron Academy; Lukas Temple, Topsham, Cheverus High School; Tamara Thomson, Waite, Woodland High School; Wyatt Thornton, Pittston, Gardiner Area High School; Zandalee Toothaker, Harpswell, Kabasaki High School.
Unites States Military Academy, West Point
Matthew Beatrice, Lebanon, Noble High School; Colin Bartlett, North Berwick, Noble High School; Steven Bilodeau, Greenville, Greenville High School; Alyssa Brochu, Augusta, Cony High School; Samuel Chaves, Alfred, Massabesic High School; Matthew Fern, Brewer, Brewer High School; Caithline Greep, Windham, Windham High School; Skyler Henry, Winslow, Winslow High School; Connor McAleney, Cape Elizabeth, Bridgton Academy; Abyn Reabe-Gerwig, Falmouth, Falmouth High School; Kent Reichl, Hampden, Hampden Academy; Michael St. Denis, Auburn, Phillips Exeter Academy; Allyson Strachan, Hebron, Hebron Academy; Tamara Thomson, Waite, Woodland High School; Jack Verrill, South Berwick, Marshwood High School; Caela Waite, Turner, Leavitt Area High School; Abigail Wessels, Morrill, Belfast Area High School; Brenden Wood, Vassalboro, Erskine Academy.
United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs
Eric Arnold, Saco, Thornton Academy; Jonah Bacon, Easton, Easton High School; Steven Bilodeau, Greenville, Greenville High School; Cameron Dick, Sidney, Messalonskee High School; Matthew Fern, Brewer, Brewer High School; Nathaniel Fritz, Bowdoin, Mount Ararat High School; Skyler Graves, Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island High School; Zachariah Jacques, Saco, Biddeford High School; William Jones, Falmouth, Falmouth High School; Cristina Leake, Cumberland, Catherine McCauley High School; Shane O’Connell, Winslow, Winslow High School; Devin Pelletier, Windham, Windham High School; Mathew Rumsey, Waterville, Winslow High School; Caela Waite, Turner, Leavitt Area High School.
United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point
Matthew Beatrice, Lebanon, Noble High School; Gordon Carroll, Bangor, Bangor High School; Alexander Crosby, Georgetown, Morse High School; Erik Fischer, Yarmouth, Yarmouth High School; Haley Grill, Bath, Morse High School; Carl Keller, Whitefield, The Putney School; Logan Mars, Scarborough, Scarborough High School; Andrew Slade, Gardiner, Gardiner Area High School; Peter Wilcox, Old Town, Old Town High School; Theron Wilgus, Phippsburg, Brunswick High School.