Northfield's Adam Woitalla Nominated for Service Academies

Northfield High Schools’s has been nominated to continue his education while training to serve his country.

In a press release last week, Rep. John Kline (R-Minnesota), who represents Northfield and the southern Twin Cities suburbs in Congress, announced he was nominating Woitalla for an appointment to West Point, the U.S. Air Force Academy and the U.S. Merchant Marines Academy.

“As a retired Marine Corps colonel and a member of the House Armed Services Committee, I take a great deal of pride in the fine young men and women who serve our country,” Kline says in the press release. “The caliber of service academy candidates is high and it is an honor to nominate the best candidates the Second District has to offer.”

Being nominated by a federal lawmaker is one of the steps in being appointed to a service academy, says the press release. Nominations are made from a pool of students who apply. Each of the four service academies—West Point, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy and Merchant Marine Academy—then select their enrollments from the nominees.

Woitalla, a senior at Northfield High, plays football, wrestles, and competes in track and field.

His parents are Mark and Wendy Woitalla.

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