U.S. Sen. Mike Roundstoday announced that he has nominated 25 South Dakota students to the nation’s service academies for the 2019-2020 school year.
“The U.S. service academies only accept the best and the brightest,” said Rounds. “I am fortunate to have the opportunity to nominate 25 highly-qualified students to the academies this year. Each student I nominated went through a thorough application process and has proved that he or she possesses the necessary qualities to succeed at our service academies. I commend this year’s group of students for their desire to serve our nation and I wish them all the best.”
Among the nominations is Frank Hines of Huron to the U.S. Naval Academy. Hines has received a Letter of Assurance from the U.S. Naval Academy.
Each year, members of Congress are allowed to nominate students from their state to the U.S. service academies. Each academy then gives full and fair consideration to these nominations when selecting enrollees.
(Office of Senator Mike Rounds)