These are the students Mike Bost nominated for military academies

More than a dozen local students have been nominated by U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, R-Murophysboro, to the U.S. military service academies including the U.S. Air Force Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy and the U.S. Military Academy.

The congressional nomination is just the first step in a process toward the students’ acceptance into a military academy.

Bost nominated the students based on their academic performance, extracurricular activities and personal recommendations.

The local students nominated include:

St. Clair County

▪  Kersten Douglas, O’Fallon, U.S. Military Academy

▪  Gavin Green, Belleville, U.S. Naval Academy

▪  Jared Dalanzo, O’Fallon, U.S. Naval Academy

▪  Samuel Kelly, Mascoutah, U.S. Air Force Academy

▪  Clayton Bonitati, O’Fallon, U.S. Air Force Academy

▪  Connor Gaby, Freeburg, U.S. Naval Academy

▪  Stephanie Jacobs, Belleville, U.S. Naval Academy

▪  Ryan Culley, Swansea, U.S. Naval Academy

▪  Christopher Wu, O’Fallon, U.S. Air Force Academy

▪  Nathan Burton, O’Fallon, U.S. Air Force Academy

▪  John Leshikar, Shiloh, U.S. Air Force Academy

▪  Grant Engel, Swansea, U.S. Air Force Academy

▪  Grant Appel, O’Fallon, U.S. Air Force Academy

▪  Joel Lindsey, O’Fallon, U.S. Air Force Academy

Madison County

▪  Zachary Kincade, Wood River, U.S. Military Academy

Bost’s office will have a recember in the coming weeks in honor of the nominees.

This story was originally published January 9, 2018 at 2:48 PM with the headline "These are the students Mike Bost nominated for military academies."