WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11) is pleased to announce her nominations of Eleventh Congressional District students to the United States military and service academies for the 2014-2015 academic year.

The nominees are: 

“I congratulate the nominees and all of the outstanding students who were selected as competitive alternates.  The citizens of the 11^th Congressional District can be proud that we have so many talented, high achieving students who wish to serve our nation as future leaders of the armed forces.  Rules and requirements of the service academies limit how many slots are available per congressional district.  I believe all of the exceptional candidates from our district merit consideration by the academies,” said Congresswoman Fudge.

In addition to the principal nominees, 14 students were nominated as competitive alternates.  If a principal nominee does not qualify for any reason, the competitive alternates will compete for the open slot. Students may apply to more than one academy. 

The competitive alternate nominees are:

United States Military Academy at West Point, New York
Benjamin Jordan Franczek , Broadview Heights (Walsh Jesuit High School)
Aaron Gilliam, Euclid (Benedictine High School)
Jasmyne Johnson, Cleveland (The Cleveland School of Science and Medicine)
David Steele, Cleveland Heights (Cleveland Heights High School)

United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland
Patricia Clarke, Cleveland Heights (University of Dayton)
Christian Davis, Cleveland (Cleveland Central Catholic High School)
Jasmyne Johnson, Cleveland (The Cleveland School of Science and Medicine)
Richard Krauth, Richfield (Revere High School)
Daniel Lloyd, Akron (Archbishop Hoban High School)
Shawn Mills, Garfield Heights, (Garfield Heights High School)
David Steele, Cleveland Heights (Cleveland Heights High School)
James Toth Jr., Broadview Heights (Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School)

United States Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado
Casandra Espenschied, Cleveland Heights (Cleveland Heights High School)
Alexander Grant, Richmond Heights (United States Air Force Academy Preparatory School)
Breanna Manley, Akron, (Buchtel High School)
Christopher Makato Tatsuoka, Pepper Pike (Hawken School)

Entrance to four of the five U.S. service academies requires nomination by a Member of Congress or the Vice-President. (The Coast Guard Academy does not require a nomination.)  Students who reside in the 11^th Congressional district of Ohio may obtain more information and nomination application forms on Congresswoman Fudge’s website, www.fudge.house.gov.

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