WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley said today that Aloysius Richard TeKippe of Earlham has been selected for admission to the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, and Matt Truninger of Clinton has been selected for admission to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, for the 2012-2013 school year.
TeKipee will graduate in May from Earlham High School. He is the son of Krista and Ron TeKippe. Truninger graduated in 2009 from Northeast Middle/High School in Goose Lake. He is the son of Gina and Mark Truninger.
"Admission to the service academies is highly competitive and a great honor," Grassley said. "Young people like Aloysius TeKippe and Matt Truninger work very hard to earn this kind of opportunity, and I join many others, no doubt, in wishing them well and expressing appreciation for their commitment to serving our nation."
TeKippe and Truninger were among the Iowans Grassley nominated this year for appointments. Information about seeking a nomination is posted at http://grassley.senate.gov/
For more than 200 years, the U.S. service academies have educated and trained the best and the brightest to lead and command the U.S. armed forces.
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