Two North Dakota student nominees accepted to military service academies

BISMARCK, N.D. (Valley Information Reside) – Wednesday, Congressman Kelly Armstrong introduced the nomination of two North Dakota college students who’ve been accepted to attend army service academies.

Brendan Connor of Devils Lake has been accepted to the U.S. Army Academy at West Level and Keira Cole of Grafton has been accepted to attend the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis — each for the autumn 2023 semester. Armstrong chosen Connor and Cole as nominees in November of 2022.

“We’re happy with Brendan and Keira for his or her admission to the U.S. Army Academy and U.S. Naval Academy, respectively. Their dedication to their research, extracurriculars, and group has earned them each this honor. I’m assured they’ll characterize North Dakota and our nation nicely,” mentioned Congressman Armstrong.

Connor is a senior at Devils Lake Excessive Faculty in Devils Lake. He’s concerned in Hockey, Baseball, band, DECA and the Nationwide Honor Society. His household has an extended historical past of army service, with one grandparent serving within the Marines and the opposite within the Military Nationwide Guard. His brother Barrett is a present scholar on the U.S. Army Academy, class of 2025. Brendan has been a longtime volunteer with “Fishing with Vets” in Devils Lake.

Cole is a senior at Grafton Excessive Faculty in Grafton. She’s concerned in basketball, golf, taekwondo, choir, yearbook committee, promenade committee and Educational Olympics. She presently serves as class president. She seeks to earn a level in chemistry.

Service academies aside from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy require a nomination from their U.S. Consultant, certainly one of their U.S. Senators, or the Vice President of america to attend.

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