On Thursday, March 20^th, Congressman Henry Cuellar joined area school districts to announce that three high school students nominated by his office had been accepted to a U.S. Service Academy. 

Tristan Holiday, student at Judson High School, was nominated by Rep. Cuellar and will attend the US Naval Academy.  Noah Tetro, student at Judson High School, was nominated by Rep. Cuellar and will attend West Point.  At Roosevelt High School, student Evan Pape was nominated by Rep. Cuellar and will attend West Point. 

“Acceptance into our nation’s service academies is competitive, and I take the responsibility of nominating students very seriously,” said Congressman Cuellar.  “I only send those I consider the best and brightest – I am happy to say that Evan, Noah, and Tristan are among of those students. West Point and Naval Academy cadets are persons of integrity and honor – acceptance into the Academy is something each of these students, their families, and their community should be very proud of.”

Both Noah and Tristan are members of Judson’s National Honor Society.  They are also within the top 10% of their class.  Noah has actively participated in JROTC throughout all of his high school years and he has also volunteered his service with the Campus Clean Up here at Judson.  Tristan was able to attend the Naval Academy Summer Session last year and is also a Taekwondo Junior Black Belt recipient.  He has also assisted with community initiatives, such as the Elf Louis Project.

At Roosevelt High School, Evan’s class rank is 9 out of 641 students.  He is very involved in JROTC, where he has served as commander for his battalion, the orienteering team and the academic team.  Evan is a member of the UIL Mathematics, Number Sense and Social Studies academic teams.  He has also volunteered for the CYO pee wee softball team at St. Benedict’s Church and even assisted a local nursing home on a trip to the Pacific War Museum in Fredericksburg, TX

For more information on the nomination process and U.S. Service Academies, visit /students/serviceacademynominations.htm.