Academy recognizes top 2010 graduates

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The Academy honored the Class of 2010's top graduates for their achievements at theĀ Individual Awards Ceremony May 24 in Clune Arena here.

Cadet 1st Class Bradford Waldie is this year's overall top graduate, earning a 3.348 physical performance average, a 3.404 military performance average and a 3.97 cumulative grade point average.

Cadet 1st Class Austin McKinney earned best academic performance with a cumulative GPA of 3.98 and a major GPA of 4.0. Cadet McKinney majored in Management, with a minor in Spanish.

Cadet 1st Class Timothy Mergen is this year's top military performer earning a military performance average of 3.446, and Cadet 1st Class Brittany Morreale earned the scholar athlete of the year award with a physical performance average of 3.106.

Qualifications for the top awards are scored on a four-point system similar to grade point averages. Other individual awards went to the following first-class cadets:

Aeronautical Engineering: Nicholas Carter
Airmanship: Brandon Burfeind
Astronautical Engineering: Thomas Sukut
Basic Sciences: Daniel Fulcoly
Behavioral Sciences and Leadership: Alicia Bouges
Biology: Jonathan Wieninger
Chemistry: Matthew Haugseth
Civil Engineering: Rachel Crawford
Communications: Matthew Ross
Computer Engineering: Robert Rivera
Computer Science: Gregory Masters Jr.
Eastern Language Minor: Bradford Waldie
Economics: Michael Albert
Engineering: Jonathan Tellefsen
Electrical Engineering: Shane Fink
English: Katherine Heflin
Environmental Engineering: Corey Lohmiller
Foreign Area Studies: Bradford Waldie
Geosciences: Kyle Schemenaur
History: Franklin Nesselhuf
Humanities: Bradford Waldie
Intercollegiate Speech Comp: Brandon Paquette
Legal Studies: Benjamin Joelson
Management: Austin McKinney
Mathematics: Millie Mays
Mechanical Engineering: Erinn Scott
Meteorology: Cameron Rochelle
Military History: Franklin Nesselhuf
Military Strategic Studies: William Kirk III
National Security Studies: Timothy Mergen
Operations Research: Matthew Bradwick
Parachuting: Joseph Valdez Jr.
Philosophy: Jarrod Huffman
Physics: Daniel O'Keefe
Political Science: Austin Krohn
Powered Flight: Sean Foote
Soaring: Peter Sohm
Social Sciences: Rexford Pearce
Space Operations: William Percoski
Systems Engineering: Anthony Mitchell
Systems Engineering Management: Ivando Arroyo
Western Language Minor: Austin McKinney
Character: Gregory Cappuzzo
Citizenship: Shawn Killpack
Summer Cadet Wing Commander: Kevin Van Hook II
Fall Cadet Wing Commander: Nathan Dial
Spring Cadet Wing Commander: Andrew VanTimmeren
Cadet Group Commander: Madison Burgess
Cadet Squadron Commander: Emma Przbyslawski
Cadet Flight Commander: John Avrett II
Cadet Element Leader: Robert Lystrup
Cadet Who Best Exemplifies the Highest Ideals
of Loyalty, Integrity and Courage:
John Oliphint IV
Academy Preparatory School Graduate: Anthony Mitchell
Former Enlisted Cadet Graduating
with Highest Class Honors:
Jonathan Wieninger
Physical Education: David Miller