WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Rand Paul today announced his service academy nominations for 2015. Fifty-one Kentuckians were nominated to the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, and the U.S. Air Force Academy.
 
“It is an honor to nominate these young women and men from Kentucky to attend America’s esteemed service academies,” said Sen. Paul. “I applaud each of these students, both for their hard work in the classroom and their dedication to our country.”
 
The nominees, and their hometowns, are listed below:
 
United States Military Academy
 
Nomination 1
Tipton Alexander – Glasgow      
Emily Brunner – Louisville           
Nathaniel Freihofer – Hebron   
Mark Cole Green – Mount Washington
Christopher Hidalgo – Goshen   
Michael Hyman – Brooks            
Meredith Laskey – Fort Thomas 
Cedric Miller – Louisville
Robert Rodgers III – Goshen      
Eric Sirles – Mount Washington
 
Nomination 2
William Bossert – Lexington       
Joshua Carroll – Hebron               
Samuel Decker – Louisville          
Peter Fields – Erlanger  
Campbell Gott – Bowling Green
Patrick Eamon Hannan II – Paducah        
Brandon Hottois – Mount Washington      
John Rudd – Wilmore
Christian Simms – Bardstown   
Lauryn Westman – Louisville     

United States Naval Academy
 
Nomination 1
Charles Bryce Anderson – Russell Springs
Caleb Bridgwater – Louisville
Aaron Conway – Smiths Grove
Christopher Dyer – Louisville
Isaac Feinn – Louisville
Braxton Foote – Hebron       
Campbell Gott – Bowling Green
Zoe Moon – Fort Mitchell
Andrew Pennybaker – Prospect
Alexander Reczek – Louisville
 
Nomination 2
Alexander Armstrong – Erlanger
Triston Cottrell – Drakesboro
Andrew Ferguson – Lexington
Gregory Hamilton II – Georgetown
Alec Hazeres – Bellevue
Stanley Hines Jones IV – Georgetown
Chase Kindler – Louisville
Kenneth Montgomery – Winchester
Daniel Walker – Prospect
Ryan West – Louisville

United States Merchant Marine Academy
 
Tipton Alexander – Glasgow      
Caleb Bridgwater – Louisville     
Andrew Ferguson – Lexington
Jan-Niklas Isenhart – Goshen    
Zane Logan – Winchester            
Will Matherly – Elizabethtown  
Patrick Mills – Owensboro         
Thomas Mosher – Louisville      
Andrew Pennybaker – Prospect
Sharayah Simco – Florence        

United States Air Force Academy
 
Dustin Barnett – Dawson Springs             
Emily Brunner – Louisville           
Joshua Finerty – Louisville          
Matthew Frey – Melbourne      
Logan Frost – London  
Michael Hyman – Brooks            
Meredith Laskey – Fort Thomas 
Justin Salyer – Ashland
Eric Sirles – Mount Washington     
Collin Walker – Wilder