Military Recognition Day 2024
April 25, 2024
It was a special day for fourteen Cabot High School students. A Military Recognition Day was held in the CHS Media Center. Students who enlisted with various branches of the military were honored in front of family, friends and classmates.
These students have earned MILLIONS of dollars in scholarship money. In fact, SIX of our seniors received prestigious military appointments with scholarships worth $600,000 each! This is the LARGEST number of seniors to earn military appointments in Cabot High School history!
Congratulations to these students:
Mason DeLaMater - Service Academy - Army - West Point (Undecided)
Steven Powell - Service Academy - Army - West Point (Also accepted to Naval Academy)
Jon Goddard - Service Academy - Navy - Naval Academy
Austin Schmidt - Service Academy - Air Force - USAF Academy
Skyler Waltrip - Reserve Officer Training Corps - Army - ROTC - U of A
Gavin Reardon - Reserve Officer Training Corps - Marines - ROTC - Massachusetts Institute of Technology/U.S. Naval Academy (undecided)
Grace Esteban - Reserve Officer Training Corps - Air Force - ROTC - Whitworth University
Allen Horton - Reserve Officer Training Corps - Air Force - ROTC - U of A
Grady Porter - Reserve Officer Training Corps - Air Force - ROTC - University of Oklahoma
Joshua Trueman - Reserve Officer Training Corps - Air Force - ROTC - U of A (Also received USAF Academy appointment)
Megan Hynes - Active Duty - Army - Enlistment
Zev-Laven Hubbard - Active Duty - Marines - Enlistment
Madison Henderson - National Guard - Army - Enlistment
Matthew Leonardo - National Guard - Army - Enlistment
Martin Walcott - Reserve Officer Training - Air Force - ROTC (not in attendance)
Also, special thank you to Lieutenant Colonel Eric Scarborough for being the guest speaker. Thank you also to Gene Higginbotham for representing Congressman Rick Crawford's office. Dr. Thurman and CHS Principal Henry Hawkins also shared remarks.
Congratulations again to our students! We are Panther Proud!