MMA Cadets Earn Academic Honors Following First Marking Period for Fall 2022

MMA Cadets Earn Academic Honors Following First Marking Period for Fall 2022

Following marking period 1 for fall 2022, 75% of MMA cadets had a marking period GPA of 3.0 or better. Congratulations to our cadets who earned academic honors for Delta Phi and Academic Fourragere. Your hard work is paying off!


Delta Phi Academic Honor Society Members

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. Associate members that earned a GPA of 3.7 with no grade less than a “C” for in the next consecutive marking period obtain full membership.

Full members

  • Marco Afane (president)
  • Jancarlo Barajas
  • Gage Blanton (vice president)
  • Mason Brooks
  • Gabriel Canonico 
  • Peter Didicher
  • Brayden Edwards
  • Dallas Grantz
  • Kruze Hagan 
  • Gabriel Iglesias
  • Gabriel Kaiser
  • Roy Kioko
  • Temuulen Manlai
  • Miles Matthews
  • Anthony Melick 
  • Jude Mesa 
  • Ryan Miles
  • Blake Morais
  • Kellan Mugisha 
  • Diego Pineda (secretary) 
  • Kamil Sanchez
  • Preston Vo
  • Zijie Zhou 

Associate Members 

  • Walter Farley
  • Malachi Imrie
  • Brandon Lerner 
  • Easton Nance
  • Oliver Sparks 
  • Bradley Thumbi 
  • Angelo Urdaneta
  • Carlos Villarreal 

Pledges

  • Nathan Dempsey 
  • Josiah Emminger 
  • Noah Garcia 
  • Russell Olson 
  • Michael Pfeifer
  • Bryson Powell 

 


Academic Fourragere

Cadets who earn a GPA of 3.5 for two consecutive marking periods are granted the privilege of wearing the Academic Fourragere for the next marking period.

  • Marco Afane
  • Jancarlo Barajas
  • Gage Blanton
  • Mason Brooks
  • Justyn Daigle 
  • Nathan Dempsey 
  • Peter Didicher 
  • Brayden Edwards
  • Josiah Emminger
  • Walter Farley 
  • Noah Garcia
  • Dallas Grantz
  • Kruze Hagan 
  • Brayden Hines 
  • Benjamin Huynh 
  • Gabriel Iglesias
  • Malachi Imrie
  • Gabriel Kaiser 
  • Roy Kioko 
  • Brandon Lerner
  • Temuulen Manlai
  • Robert Melick 
  • Jude Mesa
  • Brett Miles
  • Ryan Miles 
  • Blake Morais
  • Kellan Mugisha
  • Easton Nance
  • Russell Olsen 
  • Michael Pfeifer 
  • Bryson Powell 
  • River Punab-Mitchell 
  • Gerardo Quiroga 
  • Kamil Sanchez
  • Bradley Thumbi 
  • Angelo Urdaneta
  • Carlos Villarreal 
  • Zijie Zhou 

 

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