Congratulations to 2019-20 Commandant Award Winners

Congratulations to 2019-20 Commandant Award Winners

Congratulations to Missouri Military Academy cadets who have received 2019-20 Commandant Department awards. Scroll below for a full list of honorees, including award descriptions. Click here to download photos.

 

Best First Year Fusileer: Fernando Afane, 11th grade

Outstanding discipline and improvement

 

Fusileer of the Year: Zachary Siccardi, 12th grade, Fusileer Commander

Outstanding member that shows discipline, integrity, and respected by the team

 

Thomas Wittman Plaque: Maxwell Dawson, 12th grade

Cadet that shows his faith through his actions

 

Raider of the Year: Shane Macon, 11th grade

Demonstrated athletic discipline, physical fitness and leadership

 

Jerome G. Harris Award:  Tristan Garcia, 8th grade

Most soldierly cadet in middle school

 

Petit Fellowship Cup: Adrian Lopez, 7th grade

Best fellowship ranking in middle school

 

Class of 1968 Freshman Leadership Award: Kellan Mugisha, 9th grade

Displays and shows promise of campus leadership qualities

 

Steve Walker Memorial Award: Thinh Nguyen, 10th grade

Outstanding first-year cadet, chosen by the faculty

 

John W. Fritsch ’49 Award: Dhalil Belko, 11th grade

Junior class cadet who exemplifies honor, good discipline, academic excellence and service to the Academy

 

Stribling Cup: Nathan Dempsey, 8th grade

Best efficiency record for the middle school

 

COL Veon McConnell Korean Trophy:  Ethan Blitz, 12th grade

Cadet officer who performs his duty with diligence

 

Class of 1984 Plaque for the Unheralded Leader: Zachary Siccardi, 12th grade

Senior non officer who is respected by his classmates and considered to be an instrumental part of pulling the class together as a unified group

 

William S. Lowe Trophy: Chai-Wei Hsu, 12th grade

Senior showing greatest all-around development while attending MMA 

 

Superior Cadet LET I: Gorka-Aitor Yarte-Zertuche, 9th grade

Army JROTC award

 

Superior Cadet LET III: Sun Kit Tsui, 11th grade

Army JROTC award

 

Superior Cadet LET II: Ruby Kagaraagwa, 12th grade

Army JROTC award

 

Daedalian JROTC Medal: William Baker, 12th grade

Displays patriotism, love of country and service, potential and desire to pursue military career; top 10% of JROTC class and 20% of academic classes

 

Military Officers of America JROTC Medal: Fernando Afane, 11th grade

Presented to outstanding cadet in his next-to-last year in the program who has demonstrated exceptional potential for military leadership

 

National Sojourners Award: Landen Whitehead, 12th grade

Encourages and demonstrates Americanism in the corps, second or third year in JROTC; top 25% of academic class

 

Military Order of the Purple Heart: Sun Kit Tsui, 11th grade

Demonstrates leadership, positive attitude for JROC and country

 

United States Army Leadership and Academic Achievement: Nathaniel Balvanz, 11th grade

Highest score on ACT and SAT

 

Company Commander Plaque: Delta Company Bruno Pozzani, 12th grade

Outstanding performance as a company commander

 

Noncommissioned Officers Association Award for Army JROTC: Roberto Rodriguez, 12th grade

Best military bearing, appearance, department and leadership

 

Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) JROTC Award: Roberto Rodriguez, 12th grade

Outstanding achievement and leadership

 

Faculty Plaque: Rodrigo Flores Pavon, 7th grade

Middle school cadet that has shown most leadership, cooperation and loyalty chosen by the faculty

 

G. David Baily Trophy: Juan Pablo Zepeda Sánchez, 11th grade

Cadet with fewest disciplinary reports for the school year

 

Paul Petit Award for International Relations:  Oskar Fontana and Zhixuan Liu, 8th grade

Most improved international relations in the middle school

 

Richard White Improvement Award: Kai Passmore, 8th grade

Greatest all-around improvement since enrollment in middle school

 

Otto Ferguson Aviation Award: Esiquio Resendez, 11th grade

First cadet to fly solo of the academic year flight program

  

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