U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., on Sunday held a reception to congratulate 32 high school seniors from across Georgia whom he had nominated to the United States military service academies and who have received appointments to the prestigious schools.
 
“These students are among the very best our state has to offer, and they will join the ranks of other superb students from Georgia who have made us so proud in our U.S. armed forces,” said Isakson.
 
Members of Congress are tasked with nominating students to attend our nation’s military academies annually. Those nominees who are accepted into the academies are awarded full four-year scholarships that include tuition, books, room and board, medical and dental care.
 
Isakson held a congratulatory reception for appointees and their families on April 17, 2016, in Atlanta, Ga.
 
The Isakson nominees who have been accepted by the academies (listed with their hometowns) are:
 
U.S. Air Force Academy

Anastasia Choi – Alpharetta
Tricia Dang – Suwanee
Hunter Doster – Johns Creek
Jacob Heydinger – Dewy Rose
Jonathan Lin – Johns Creek
Dustin Priaulx – Warner Robins
 
U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Annabella Farabaugh – Atlanta
Jared Gee – Lawrenceville
Taka Lendon – Peachtree City
Christine Perez – Fayetteville
Edward Walker – Macon
 
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Carissa Buonerba – Tyrone
John Luke Gallagher – Clarkesville
Wayne Witherow – Peachtree City
 
U.S. Military Academy

Daniel Archer – Flintstone
Riley Eck – Loganville
Palmer Fields – Kennesaw
Christopher Gouin – Roswell
Morgan Stockdill – Columbus
Lloyd Strickland – Forsyth
Adam Ward – Marietta
 
U.S. Naval Academy

David Blaney – Augusta
Caleb Corban – LaGrange
Aimee Dervishian – Milton
Kevin Hogan – Alpharetta
Aaron Howell – Boston
Edward Harrison Jones – Atlanta
Ansley Knight – Newnan
Andrew Murphy – Lawrenceville
Alfredo Small – Savannah
Myles Threatt – Peachtree City
Rebecca White – Thomasville