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Cadet Major Jane Gwinn	Cadet Major Jane Gwinn is graduating from LeJeune High School at Camp LeJeune, North Carolina with an unweighted grade point average of 3.96. She ranks number three out of a class of 86. She plans to major in mechanical engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her plans also include enrolling in the Marine Corps PLC Program to earn a commission in the Marine Corps upon graduation. She hopes to earn her wings as a Naval Aviator and go on in the aerospace industry as an engineer.
Cadet First Sergeant Kelsey Rorrer is graduating from Sissonville High School, Charleston, West Virginia with an unweighted grade point average of 4.00. She ranks number three out of a class of 126. She plans to major in neuroscience at the West Virginia University. Her aspiration is to become an otolaryngologist physician to improve the quality of life of her patients.	Cadet First Sergeant Kelsey Rorrer
Cadet Captain Adalynn Coenen	Cadet Captain Adalynn Coenen is graduating from Woodbine High School, Woodbine, Iowa with an unweighted grade point average of 3.98. She ranks number one out of a class of 50. She plans to major in political science at Iowa State University. She hopes to become an officer in the United States Navy and to pursue aviation.
Cadet Captain Kandice Jordan is graduating from Paul W. Bryant High School, Cottondale, Alabama with an unweighted grade point average of 3.80. She ranks number 21 out of a class of 239. She plans to major in computer engineering at the institute of her choice. She aspires to become an officer in the Marine Corps.	Cadet Captain Kandice Jordan
Cadet Captain Rylee Wilson	Cadet Captain Rylee Wilson is graduating from Sapulpa High School, Sapulpa, Oklahoma with an unweighted grade point average of 3.59. She ranks number 48 out of a class of 301. She plans to major in nursing at Oklahoma State University. Her hope is to become that special kind of nurse who can make a special connection with her patients, to be the best of the best and eventually earn a DAISY award.
Cadet First Lieutenant Flor Valladares-Trujillo is graduating from River Rouge High School, River Rouge, Michigan with an unweighted grade point average of 3.69. She ranks number 5 out of a class of 229. She plans to major in nursing at Wayne State University. Her choice of nursing is “because nursing reflects the values that guide my life.”	Cadet First Lieutenant Flor Valladares-Trujillo
Cadet Staff Sergeant Tara Phan	Cadet Staff Sergeant Tara Phan is graduating from Lincoln High School, in Des Moines, Iowa with an unweighted grade point average of 3.5. She plans to major in aerospace engineering at Iowa State University and to enroll in the Air Force ROTC program there. Her hopes are to contribute her skills to the Air Force and/or NASA.
Cadet Gunnery Sergeant Keshav Zanjad is graduating from Ardrey Kell High School, Charlotte, North Carolina with an unweighted grade point average of 3.89. He ranks 158 out of a class of 808. He plans to major in mechanical engineering at Purdue University. He hopes to explore the frontiers of innovation in aviation, aeronautics and space exploration.	Cadet Gunnery Sergeant Keshav Zanjad
Cadet Gunnery Sergeant Colton Bell	Cadet Gunnery Sergeant Colton Bell is graduating from Ardrey Kell High School, Charlotte, North Carolina with an unweighted grade point average of 3.88. He ranks 189 out of a class of 808. He plans to major in public policy at North Carolina University. Following that he wants to obtain a law degree and get involved in public policy.
Cadet First Lieutenant Alex Gomez Romero is graduating from Lynn English High School, Lynn, Massachusetts with a grade point average of 3.71. He ranks 35 out of a class of 513. He plans to major in business at Boston University and to enroll in the NROTC program there. Following that he wants to obtain a law degree and get involved in public policy.	Cadet First Lieutenant Alex Gomez Romero
Cadet Lance Corporal Emerson Kurkierewicz	Cadet Lance Corporal Emerson Kurkierewicz is graduating from Lincoln High School in Sioux Falls, South Dakota with an unweighted grade point average of 3.94. She ranks 73 out of a class of 419. She plans to major in nursing at Carroll College, Helena, Montana. Her goal in nursing is to become a labor and delivery expert to assist mothers during the high stress environment of giving birth.