Academic Fourragere and Delta Phi Members Announced Following Marking Period 3

Academic Fourragere and Delta Phi Members Announced Following Marking Period 3

Congratulations to all cadets who were recognized for their outstanding academic achievement during the third marking period of the 2020-21 academic year! See details below.

Academic Fourragere Award Recipients

The Academic Fourragere award is presented by Academic Dean Mike Harding to cadets who earn a GPA of 3.5 for two consecutive marking periods. The following cadets are granted the privilege of wearing the Academic Fourragere for the next marking period…

  • Fernando Afane
  • Marco Afane
  • Reagan Ammons
  • Braeden Andrews
  • Nathaniel Balvanz
  • Jancarlo Barajas
  • Dhalil Belko
  • Gage Blanton
  • Bryce Bowen
  • Nathaniel Bowman
  • Damien Brown
  • Gabriel Canonico
  • Dmitri Cary
  • Noah Cecil
  • Mutale Chilufya
  • Alexander Coile
  • Noah Corzine
  • Charles Davidson
  • Nathan Dempsey
  • Peter Didicher
  • Derek Drenberg
  • William Dunn
  • Jose Elizondo
  • Bilguun Erdenedavaa
  • Oskar Fontana
  • Rene Garcia Garza
  • Dallas Grantz
  • Kruze Hagan
  • Matthew Hamilton
  • Michael Henderson
  • Gabriel Iglesias
  • Fred Intwali

Delta Phi Honor Society

An honor society established at MMA in May 1929 under the guidance of Major Marquess Wallace, Delta Phi was founded to foster high ideals of character, encourage scholarship, promote the best interest of the corps of cadets, and cherish and preserve the traditions of MMA.

To become a pledge of Delta Phi, cadets must earn a GPA of 3.7 or above for two consecutive marking periods. Pledges who earn a GPA of 3.7 with no grade less than a “C” for the following marking period then become associate members.

MMA is proud to announce Delta Phi’s new members…

President:  Dhalil Belko 

Vice President:  SunKit Tsui

Secretary: Rene Garcia Garza

Current Full Members:

  • Fernando Afane
  • Nathan Balvanz
  • Dhalil Brave Belko
  • Bryce Bowen
  • Damien Brown
  • Charles Davidson
  • Nathan Dempsey
  • Peter Didicher
  • Derek Drenberg
  • William Dunn
  • Bilguun Erdenedavaa
  • Rene Garcia
  • Dallas Grantz
  • Yuheng Liu
  • Shane Macon
  • Prize Mpabuka
  • Lance Newland
  • Victor Patino
  • Ezekiel Richardson
  • Kamden Sipple (A)
  • Jack Stalnaker
  • Alexander Thomas
  • Sun Kit Tsui
  • Zijie Zhou

Current Associate Members:

  • Gage Blanton
  • Noah Cecil
  • Kruze Hagan
  • Michael Henderson
  • Gabriel Iglesias
  • Migaruka Bruno Kuzwayezu
  • Matthew Lin
  • Ian Masters-Moore
  • Anthony Melick
  • Clayton Nelson
  • Samuel Olmeda
  • Ashley Park
  • Noah Peairson
  • Ryan Pfannkuch
  • Kevin Wang

Pledges:

  • Jancarlo Barajas
  • Noah Corzine
  • Matthew Larson
  • Blake Morais
  • Jackson Ongman
  • Griffin Roberts
  • Jonathan Rukangira
  • Angelo Urdaneta
  • Richard Yang

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