Posted on 05/17/2010 2:58:13 PM PDT by DBCJR
Vote for Andre Maisano, West Point cadet TODAY for the Lowes Senior Class Awards.
Classroom Maisano is a decorated student for at the United States Military Academy. He holds a 4.00 GPA in systems engineering, ranking him 19th academically in the USMA Class of 2010. He is in the top 5% of his class overall. He has received the Superintendent’s Award for Excellence every semester. Also, he is a three time Patriot League Academic Honor Roll selection, Dean’s List honoree every semester, Golden Key Honor Society member, and a Society of American Military Engineers member.
Character Serving as captain of the lacrosse team, Maisano is a member of the Brigade Chain of Command and is chair of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. He completed Airborne School in the summer of 2008, is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and aspires to be a combat engineer upon graduation.
Community Maisano serves as company tutor, volunteers at the USA Lacrosse Clinic and Army Youth Lacrosse Clinic, and helped teach combatives at the USMA Prep School during the summer training period.
Competition He is the starting midfielder for the Black Knights. Was a starter for all 16 games as a junior and finished sixth on the team with 13 points and eight goals.
Sounds like a foreigner.
Yeah, certainly not a Native American!
As an aside, this past fall I went to the Air Force/Army game at the Academy here in Colo. Springs. The lead Army cadet had several rows of ribbons, probably former enlisted who served in Iraq, or Afghanistan (possibly both) and then picked up an appointment to West Point.
My son is a cadet at West Point and states that the prior service cadets are plentiful. He tells the story of a 2nd year YUC riding a 1st year Plebe unmercifully, “Who do you think you are, you dirt bag? A Ranger?” The Plebe, standing rigidly at attention, moves only the muscles necessary to reach into his pocket, and pulls out a Ranger patch that he slaps upon his shoulder - never batting an eye. Prior service cadets are a rich resource of West Point and keep things in perspective.
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