U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan nominated 41 Alaskans to four of our country’s U.S. military service academies.
“I am honored and humbled to put forward a truly outstanding batch of candidates from Alaska to our nation’s military service academies,” said Sen. Sullivan. “Each candidate represents the best and brightest of a new generation — highly educated young leaders with a deep desire to contribute their talents toward serving the communities and country they love. I am excited to see all that these Alaskans accomplish in the years ahead.”
Sen. Sullivan’s Class of 2023 U.S. military service academy nominees are as follows:
U.S. Air Force Academy
• Maximus Addington, Anchorage
• Uriah Alenepi, Eagle River
• Theodore Handley, Homer
• Katheryn Kelsch, Palmer
• Ian Mikale Llaneza, Anchorage
• Madison Maroney, Anchorage
• Isabella Mollison, Eagle River
• Alexander O’Neill, Anchorage
• Clare Catherine Porter, Eagle River
• Sarah Price, North Pole
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
• Victoria Austin, Hoonah*
• Ethan Christiansen, Anchorage*
• Kyle Collins, Anchorage
• Collin Dyches, Eagle River*
• Cordell Johnson, Eagle River
• Dugan McNutt, Juneau
U.S. Military Academy
• Victoria Austin, Hoonah*
• Kenneth Donnolly, JBER
• Joshua Gray, Fairbanks
• Teeana Nicholai, Palmer
• Christopher Orta, Anchorage
• Laelle Robison, Wasilla*
• Jacob Smith, Fairbanks
• Emi Soldwedel, Anchorage
• Michael Stoddard, Anchorage*
• Aaron Warner, Fort Wainwright
U.S. Naval Academy
• Adonis Buzard, Juneau
• Ethan Christiansen, Anchorage*
• Jacob Christy, Anchorage
• Collin Dyches, Eagle River*
• Kevin Leach, Anchorage
• Mikaela Maroney, Anchorage
• Raymond Matiashowski, Juneau
• Eliot Merriner, Anchorage
• Aaron Motis, Nome
• Walter Nagel, Palmer
• Michael Prater, JBER
• Kiera Puls, Anchorage
• Wade Quigley, Girdwood
• Grace Reitzig, Wasilla
• Laelle Robison, Wasilla*
• Matthew Ross, Anchorage
• Isaac Ruse, Delta Junction
• Jackson Servant, Anchorage
• Cameron Sheldon, Anchorage
• Michael Stoddard, Anchorage*
*Received more than one nomination from Sullivan
