The members of the Air Force Academy's Class of 2015 "will inherit the mantle of Air Force leadership," Secretary Deborah Lee James said in her commencement address Thursday.
She But James also paused to recognize individual members of the class -- which was nicknamed the Wright Brothers Class -- and their varied accomplishments in science, academics and athletics.
James lauded now-2nd Lt. Kevin Cooper as an example of the kind of airman the Air Force is depending on to develop the latest cyber technology.
"Last month Cadet Cooper led [the academy's] effort in the [National Security Agency's] cyber defense exercise," James said. "This exercise pitted the academies against each other to assess their ability to maintain network services while detecting and responding to network intrusions and compromises. This was an exercise in defense hof the academy, but very very soon, it will be defense of the United States of America, and you will lead us into the future."
James also saluted now-2nd Lt. Stephen Beaton, a biochemist and an Alberta B. and Sidney E. Holaday scholar.
And she praised now-2nd Lt. Kimberly Davis, a star swimmer at the academy who qualified for the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials in the 200meter breaststroke in 2012.
The list of graduates, as provided by the academy, is as follows:
Cadet Squadron 01
Charles H. Apt IV
Matthew E. Aust
Gregory A. Chaput
Hayden W. Clark
Brian J. Davidson
Aaron R. Dodd
Cole M. Gunner
Colton S. Huntsman
Alisha R. Maskarenas
Evan J. McDowell
Rachel J. Miller
Trevor D. Moore
Oliver N. Myers
Stefan M. Namath
Ryan P. Novack
Anthony E. Paglialonga
MacKenzie R. Paul
Jordan A. Pierce
Austin C. Porter
Cameron S. Rouleau
Emily A. Willson
Victor F. Woo
Cadet Squadron 02
Fiona T. Akoth
Trevor P. Anhder
Kelsey A. Applegate
Benjamin A. Barber
Gregory R. Copeland
Sean E. Craig
Sarah K. Godish
Alexander M. Halloran
Taylor J. Ham
David M. Jones
Robert P. Lizama
Mary C. McCullers
Paul C. Moberg
Marek Olesinski
Gregory D. Potts II
Spencer M. Proctor
Chad K. R. Rivera
Sydney M. Smith
Shane D. Toner
Trevor M. Woodward
Cadet Squadron 03
Amanda P. Beranek
Austin W. Britt
Lindsay J. Crawford
Andrew S. Daugherty
Blaize A. Dunn
Lindsey G. Gorski
Robert C. Green
Merida S. Hayes
Scott W. Holm
Vania J. Hudson
Alexander R. Humphrey
Jonathan L. Kim, Jr.
Reade A. Midyette
Chase D. Morelock
Brice A. Mossman
Britney M. Petrina
John A. Rios
Rafael E. Rojas-Reyes
Winston A. Sanks
Kerri A. A. Schmidt
Travis A. Schriner
Nikolas D. Taormina
Timothy J. Voss
Ralph L. Williams
Cadet Squadron 04
Joseph S. Agnolutto
Taylor J. Ausbun
Andrew D. Barth
Wren Bonner
Matthew D. Bowyer
Daniel M. Bradley
Samuel N. Coen
John D. Ekman
Genis B. Guzman
Maxfield J. Johnson
Linda E. Kuster
Alexander Gu Lu
John H. Miller
Foster M. Pace
Victoria A. Rathbone
Steven Sumpter4
Alexander J. Trembly
Garrett M. Wells
Cadet Squadron 05
Kevin L. Bogan
Taylor J. Bye
Riley S. Cannon
Courtney N. Dearth
Jeremy S. Delzer
John H. Fernandez
Matthew S. Goellner
Parker C. Jackson
Nathan R. Johnson
Haley N. Jones
Joseph A. Knutson
Bria N. McClary
Andrew J. Miller
Corbin D. Palmer
Preston K. Pearson
Richard D. Phernetton
Isaac H. Rydman
Hensmann C. Smidt
AnneMarie I. Totorica
Tristan J. Turknett
Jacob P. Williams
Joshua A. Wilson
William C. Womack
Cadet Squadron 06
Alexander R. Allard
George T. Antoniou
Natasha G. Boozell
Manuel A. Bordenave
Carol J. Champion
William C. Conant
Keith P. Dreyer
Jacob T. Kazar
Trevor J. Langford
Andrew D. Nash
Noel B. Nicolas
Zachary I. Perkins
William T. Rizzuto
Christine M. Schira
Zachary B. Senn
Sarah D. Sill
Scout T. Weeks Wallace
Todd A. Wirsch
Cadet Squadron 07
Jose M.l Baez
Heather A. Connick
David N. Coy
Anthony F. Echeverry
Daniel T. Hicks
Chandlee A. Jackson IV
Bradley J. Klanderman
Warren R. Kuhn
Kirsten A. Larson
Stuart B. Leonard
Noah S. Pierce
Avalisa M. Poialii
Carter H. Post
Jonathan E. Steinmetz
Aleksey V. Timiryasov
Quinn T. Van Drew
Kayla L. Vildosola
Reggie K. Young
Cadet Squadron 08
Miguel E. Barrios
Tucker U. Brown
Erica P. Carson
Christian D. Cummings
Adam B. Davis
Chloe M. Donoho
Nicholas A. Holguin
John T. Jackson
Demario R. Kohn
Alexandra J. Lingle
Cody A. Locke
Robert F. Lowery
Ryan A. Lynch
Curtis C. Riley
Julian Rojas
Richard S. Sapp II
Suveer S. Shekhawat
Samuel J. Sloan
Ryan M. Vickers
Cadet Squadron 09
Chase W. Barnes
Alexander N. Carlson
Steven J. Dahl
Andrew J. Dane
Christie M. Glavic
Jeffrey E. Hill, Jr.
Alexander J. Hooks
Desirae E. Ionata
Daniel R. Johnson
William B. Kearney
Hallie C. Marohl
Joshua R. Mayfield
Jason C. Mossing
David A. Saunders
Sydney E. Tower
Andrew L. Tymchenko
Matthew E. Villanueva
Cadet Squadron 10
Charles E. Aly
Peter J. Amaddio
John D. Anthony
Rogelio Castaneda, Jr.
Alexander M. Chiang
Jung G. Choi
Lauren R. Faulkner
JayP C. Fullam
David C. Garrison
Clara S. Heffernan
Jonathan G. Javier
Rebecca L. Jones
Joshua A. Maury
Jacob F. McGill
Ezra B. Petersen
Samuel N. Rose
Charles M. Schulter
Thomas E. Spiotta III
Matthew R. Spretnjak
Matthew W. Van Velzer
Quincy G. Watts
Cadet Squadron 11
Jessica M. Abbott
Alton A. Clifford
Joseph F. Corso
Aaron M. Daylida
William S. Dugan
Miles W. A. Fisher
Rahni J. Giardina
Benjamin T. Hodges
Carter D. McElhany
Noel P. Niccum
Kaitlyn J. O'Brien
Brandon B. Pitts
Alexander N. Quattrin
Timothy A. Royce
Patrick M. Ryan
Jordan W. Snyder
Lillian B. Warner
Samantha M. Wilson
Cadet Squadron 12
Jason R.
Carly D. Auger
Lauren Brodie
Steven D. Cox
David A. De Los Santos
Ryan D. Denhard
Joseph A. Goode IV
Laura M. Haggerty
Cody S. Hancock
Kevin P. Jagoda
Jared N. Jones
Seth T. Miller
Nicholas A. Nowland
Alexander S. Raines
Matthew D. Rizo
Spencer A. Sherman
Cameron J. Smith
Crystal M. Staszak
Ryan M. Torno
Joseph R. Uhle
Robert L. Williams
Cadet Squadron 13
Gina M. Biagetti
Noah T. Blach
Kimberly N. Davis
David W. Greene
Jacob D. Jasiewicz
Forrest S. Jeffery
Ramy Korkis-Kanaan
Alexander M. Kot
Maxwell M. Lai
Nolan D. Mallory
Daniel M. Mihm
Anthony S. Rosati
Giorgi Rostomashvili
Luke L. Seekins
Daniel J. Thomas
Matthew L. Waddel
Daniel M. Walsh
Christopher W. Waterman
Cadet Squadron 14
Aleks K.F. Akiyama
Alexandria G. Boswell
Dylan D. Bungum
Samuel A. Byrne
Ryland T. De Pol
Samuel L. Escobedo
Brandon H.l Haines
Ryan B. Howe
Petar D. Jackovich
Avery N. Larkin
Kyle E. O'Brien
Zigmas Polinauskas
William C. Randall
Hannah E. Riddle
Joshua P. Shaffer
Roy R. Taylor, Jr.
Antonio D. Trillo, Jr.
Jonathan T. White
Cadet Squadron 15
Eric J. Bonick
Elaina R. Cammarata
Joshua Tyler Christen
Aubry James Eaton
Billy L. Edenfield, Jr.
Cameron M. Fierro
Justin A. Hammonds
Joel U. Iwaniec
Johnathan J. Miller
Natasha Rizvi
Elizabeth R. Schofield
Tyler A. Troesch
David M. Tyree
Jessica A. Wallander
Alexander C. Warner
Sean M. Williams
Cadet Squadron 16
Anthony M. Bizzaco
Taylor W. Cooksey
Geneva E. Croxton
Ryan C. Dunne
Justin Z. Gonzales
Jacqueline M. Jacobs
Landon W. Kinsey
Henry Lang
Colin J. Murray
Joshua D. Nations
Garrett B. O'Hanlon
Christopher A. Parsons
Benjamin J. Persian
Noelle E. Ray
Andrew W. Rekieta
Caitlin I. Sippel
John J. Stout
Thomas J. Vogel
Kamryn D. Williams
Christopher M. Woychak
Caleb J. Wyatt
Cadet Squadron 17
Luke J. Andrew
Dylan D. Bechen
Thomas G. Burgess
David G. Burleson
Jordan A. Camacho
Brenna K. Crow
Nicholas O. Daum
Daniel S. Deakins
Allison C. Egan
Ronnie J. Elly
Brett J. Fabian
Robert J. Gutierrez
Samuel R. Haueter
Nolan C. Hinton
Joshua T. Jordan
Linnea B. Larson
Derrick Pee
Cameron M. Potts
Matthew J. Presutti
Casey J. Riggs
Moussa Wade
Kristin E. Wofford
Cadet Squadron 18
Zachary J. Benson
Jacob J. DeRuyter
Emma E. Dridge
Lucus T. Duncavage
Jacob R. Echeverry
Janelle F. Kisky Galang
James L. Heitmann
Daniel R. Jones
Alexander E. Kenerley
Anthony M. Lages
Lainie B. Long
Patrick C. Madden
Jeriko I. Mafnas
Zachariah A. Provchy
Michael J. Rodden
Alexandra M. Stych
Ian K. Sweeney
Cadet Squadron 19
Ernest C. Andrews III
Colin B. Banks
Rahal Belkalai
Garrett D. Braun
Alexander J. Carlson
Justin M. DeCoud
Kristen A. Holt
John M. Labuhn
Samuel D. Larson
Caroline F. Martin
Elwyn J. McCargar, Jr.
Bryce W. Mitchell
Joseph M. Perdue, Jr.
Kevin M. Saval
Breck M. Stewart
Lauryn M. Van Valkenburg
Cadet Squadron 20
Skyler J. Awisus
Angelica Cachro
James R. Carney
Gared R. Chapman
David S. Chui
Elijah M. Delgado
William H. Dengler III
Alyssa D. Floyd
Kyle N. Gartrell
James H. Gehring IV
Ryan A. Good
Matthew A. McConnell
Michael H. McDonald, Jr.
Cassandra M. McPeek
Aaron M. Oats
Benjamin J. Pagano
John P. Simpson
Jonathan S. Spiro
Clay R. West
Donald L. Wharton IV
Cadet Squadron 21
David S. Adler
Katharine C. Albright
William N. Chapman
Owen R. Corn
Patrick N. Dunkel
Alexander L. Frazier
Molly J. Gilroy
Elliott A. Gonzalez II
Davis R. Gunter
Abhiram Iyengar
Scott R. McGillivray
Blaise R. McNeese
Evan A. Miller
Jeanne M. Nolan
John C. Pacheco
Nirachaporn Pitaksarp
William N. Sherrill
James D. Shults
David D. Stone
Grant B. Taylor
Juan J. Torres-Cisneros
Cadet Squadron 22
Courtney A. Beck
Alivia K. Berg
Scott A. Cronin
Kiara I. Davis
Jonathan O. Diaz
John A. Goudelock III
Ryan R. Haas
Dalton W. Henderson
Robert H. Holland
Blake J. Kidd
Yong-Uk Kim
Andrew K. Miller-Bissell
Kalie J. Plasier
Jahan D. Rafie
Akil I. Romany
Derek J. Sargent
Jacob K. Snow
Richard J. States
Cadet Squadron 23
Ryan J. Allen
Courtney E. Bishop
Joshua H. Burress
Joshua G. Cuany
Justin C. Domingo
Calvin A. Gammon
Scott R. Hoenisch
Connor P. Howard
Nathaniel D. Hruby
Angela B. Johnson
Joel E. Lewis
James D. Manuel
Ethan D. Michael
Kyle W. Morse
Alexandra H. Preiss
Hillary E. Redmond
Adam A. Samlowski
Scott T. Shuman
Christian M. Spears
Rachael L. Trafford
Ryan P. Turner
Daniel C. Weissenhofer
Nathan T. Whitehead
Cadet Squadron 24
Derek B. Barbee
Sara M. Brooks
Cody P. Calaway
Louis W. Fasano
Michael T. Giordano
Ethan P. Glover
Jantz V. Johnson
Travis D. Kirkland
Lindsey J. Lewis
Lionel W. Magee III
Joseph V. Nichol
Spencer P. Rhoton
Ashley E. Ruggieri
Justin C. Scheidt
Michael R. Smith III
Elisabeth R. Staab
Jarvis N. Trotter
Reid A. Vernon
Jake E. Werner
Samuel J. Wieser
Max P. Wilkinson
Cadet Squadron 25
Catherine S. Baltar
Taylor S. Brames
Elizabeth J. Carpenter
Joseph M. Champaign
Sang H. Han
Austin L. Heckman
Fedor A. Kalinkin
Marcelli K. Albao Magday
John W. Munro
Elliot R. Myers
Emerald T. Peoples
Hannah M. Schwartz
Jeremy C. Snell
Ryan M. Tucker
Christopher R. Waddington
Jarod S. Washington
Brian K. Yee
Cadet Squadron 26
Jedidiah H. Beam
Ryan D. Bruns
Alexandra M. Claude
Josiah E. Cline
Douglas L. Cole, Jr.
Blake M. Edwards
Gregory M. Gutkin
Broam D. Hart
Nathan J. Kruse
Curtis A. Lackey
Kathleen M. McQueeney
Jessica R. Skerda
Leah E. Smith
Malcolm J. Williams
Cadet Squadron 27
Jamal E. Byrd
Anna M. Clapp
Erin N. Crow
Jeanne S. Domingo
Jeremy A. Etling
Caleb C. Harris
Jacob D. Hoekstra
Calvin N. Johnson
Siotame H. Latu
Emilee D. Ledford
Jared D. Lynd
Matthew W. Nicholas
Dylan A. Quaider
Steven J. Ramos
Jonathan C. Remiasz
Jessica M. Steuber
Cadet Squadron 28
Joseph D. Berling
Kathryn L. Brien
Ryan E. Clark
Michael J. DeSandre
Taylor M. Drolshagen
Andrew K. Duggan
Brent T. Hancock
Jacob A. Helm
Emiliano A. Kaptain
Jonathan M. Lee
Kathryn S. Lowry
Zachary D. Madison
Samuel P. Magennis-Molke
Oliver L. Pohl
Kiersten G. L. Schmidt
Nicholas W. Schwab
Patrick J. Sullivan
Rachel K. Sykes
Tetsuo J. Toyama
Nathan P. Weiss
Cadet Squadron 29
Zen Zillian Calilung 29
Jessica Ashley Canada 29
Jack Ceidric Carda 29
James Patrick Carey 29
Joseph Harrison Elliott 29
Christiana Rose Fairman 29
Dillon James Freeman 29
Thomas John Galvin 29
Austin Edward Gouldsmith 29
Matthew Dalton Honeycutt 29
Scott Patrick Lopez, Jr. 29
Elizabeth Marie Maldonado 29
Christophe Antoine Mateo 29
Drew Benjamin McAuliff 29
Kaz Antonio Moffett 29
Jordan Christopher Myers 29
Philip David Savitsky 29
Leah Elizabeth Vincuilla 29
Martin Vu 29
Cadet Squadron 30
Andrew Michael Acton 30
Michael David Althausen 30
Stuart Alexander Corbett 30
Ian James Alexander Day 30
Timothy Marc DesRoches 30
Allyson Gabrielle Doran 30
Edmond Percy Duvall 30
Christian Morse Gann 30
Dylan Joel Glenner 30
Misha Renee Ignacio 30
Christopher Shawn McNerney 30
Kimberly Kathleen McRobbie 30
Stephen Thomas Perme 30
Austin Jeffrey Sellers 30
Marcus Hunter Shannon 30
Jake Michael Spuller 30
Athina Christine Teicher 30
Troy Jerome Timmerman 30
Pascal Junior Won 30
Cadet Squadron 31
Alison Doreene Almonte 31
Alexander Emile Boules 31
Riley Michael Coates 31
Daniel Stephen Cotton 31
Nathan Thomas Dickey 31
Trevor Adam Enos 31
Kelsey Danielle Glover 31
Stephen Dallis Joiner 31
Jonathan James Lowell 31
Kevin Andrew Meyer 31
Jonathan Hardy Mio 31
Erin Elizabeth O'Brien 31
Landon Dean Ralston 31
Kendra Michelle Smith 31
David Joseph Thomas 31
Jerome Casimir Van Lancker 31
Cadet Squadron 32
Dillon Joseph Beschel 32
Kaitlin Gwynn Butler 32
Michael Paul Dunlap 32
Victoria Marie Foster 32
Daniel Ryan Jones 32
Keith Jacob Link 32
Charles Westbrook Meyen 32
Zachary Thomas Modly 32
Marcus Ryan Penner 32
Luke Perry Preslar 32
James Thomas Stofel 32
Felicia Mariko Sturgeon 32
Dominic Carl Vicino 32
Brandon Kyle Whitmire 32
Joseph Vincent Wioncek 32
Cadet Squadron 33
Chandler David Bishop 33
Jimi Drue Blagowsky 33
Toby Daniel Bodnarchuk 33
Jacob Michael Brodacz 33
Mitchell Cooper Dobson 33
Ahmed Julius Groce 33
Will David Gustafson 33
Anthony Ross Hopf 33
Preslee Marie Maki 33
Kevin Andrew Martin 33
George Lawrence Michalke III 33
James Hunter Moody 33
Kekaiku'imauloa Nu'uhiwa 33
Meredith Joy Prinz 33
Karl Hughes Schroeder 33
Bradley Adams Snadecki 33
Marques Syrie Stevenson 33
Alexander Daniel Thomas 33
Tiffany Anh Thy Tran 33
Luke Anthony Welch 33
Cadet Squadron 34
Alan Andres Acosta 34
Tramaine Alexander Barnett 34
Marissa Ann Beiling 34
Brandon Alexander Belcher 34
Christopher Michael Brown 34
Ryan James Combelic 34
Justin Michael Dant 34
Cayce Shea Dossett 34
Lacey Nichelle Dreppard 34
Edward Luke Glinski 34
Haley Ryan Janssen 34
Michael Mendoza Magtalas 34
Morgan Brittany Malone 34
Kevan Connor Mordan 34
Patrick Noyes 34
Clark Randall Pain 34
Sierra Grace Schepper 34
Ryan Thomas Vigil 34
Zachary Vincent White 34
Benjamin Christopher Yokley 34
Cadet Squadron 35
Erin Haley Barela 35
Meredith Grace Carpentier 35
Kevin Scott Cooper 35
Chad Donald Demers 35
Kaislie Marie Duffy 35
Dylan Shamus Flynn 35
Jennifer Brianna Healy 35
Andrew Martin Jones 35
Hillary Claire Keltner 35
Kenneth Allen Koonz 35
Henry Andrew Leeuwenburg IV 35
Hai-Dang Nguyen 35
Geoffrey Paul Novakowski 35
Gavin Paul O'Neil 35
Brittany Alexis Mercedes Peters 35
Evan Gardner Pohler 35
David Lee-Michael Williford 35
Jac Maximilian Yon 35
Paul Joseph Zalar 35
Cadet Squadron 36
Austin McCrae Bryant 36
William Frederick Denison 36
James Frank Dimmick 36
Andrew Lawrence Donlin 36
John Christopher Grondin 36
Jonathan Grullon 36
Marcus Edvin Hendricks 36
Austin Christopher Hill 36
Elizabeth Paige Kovarik 36
Maxwell Andrew Krasnov 36
Jacob Kelly Lee 36
Vicente Miguel Pamparo 36
Joel Michael Perlinger 36
Daniel Jonathan Putney 36
Marie Nicole Rossillon 36
Carol Ellen Southard 36
Danielle Kim Tabb 36
Cadet Squadron 37
Timothy Robert Brown 37
Taylor Roth Curtiss 37
David Allen Degroat III 37
Randall James Draeger 37
Nathaniel Edward Dreslinski 37
Rachael Vivienne Evans 37
Stephanie Ruth Ferry 37
Trevor Adrian Haydel 37
Jeffrey Aaron Herrera 37
Dylan Montana Juedeman 37
Benjamin Robert Lenos 37
Thomas Sharp Nicklas 37
Tyler Scott Saleck 37
Jacob Daikoku Seabury 37
Hope Therese Stremcha 37
Cadet Squadron 38
Michael Josiah Bentley 38
Michael Joseph Blaser 38
James Donovan Burke 38
Colin Raymond Busho 38
Matthew Markus Cale 38
Brandon Michael Cameron 38
Joseph Paul Frank 38
George William Hermance III 38
Jonathan David Kay 38
Hailey Lynn MacLeod 38
Travis Preston Mallory 38
Jordan Mantez Mays 38
Christopher Dale Mortensen 38
Kenner Baetjer Roberts 38
Bianca Amelia Santos 38
Warren Curtis Saunders IV 38
Peter Haldeman Shelbourne 38
Sarah Anastasia Sykes 38
Adam James Thomas 38
Derek Kazuma Titus 38
Steffen Marc Williams 38
Cadet Squadron 39
Halie Brimelow 39
Sarah Rebekah Farmer 39
Nicholas Jordan Fitzgerald 39
Garrett Tyler Gamble 39
Nicholas Frank Gaudlip 39
Kevin Charles Guadagno 39
Andrew David Ingerson 39
Niles Carl Lujan 39
John Connor McGee 39
Amanda Evelyn McKeever 39
Rajeem David-Lee Moore 39
Timothy Jansen Mullins 39
Erik Benjamin Schuh 39
Michael Blaise Spiotta 39
Jesse Michael Stafford 39
Taylor Diane Vonasek 39
Kwo-Zong Alexander Wang 39
Cadet Squadron 40
Zachary Thomas Christenson 40
Paul Warren Crowley 40
DeLovell Lajoy Earls 40
Joseph Michael Hays, Jr. 40
Aaron Enfield Macy 40
John Michael McCarty 40
Louis B. McCullagh, Jr. 40
Ryan Bruce McVay 40
Milton Jacob Merritt 40
Alexandra Alexandrova Mihaylova 40
Angelique Daniella Peray-Genovese 40
David Lee Pettis 40
Devin Michael Scott 40
Alex Robert Strom 40
Kylie Jordan Williamson 40
Jacob Stephen Wong 40
Stephen Losey is the air warfare reporter for Defense News. He previously covered leadership and personnel issues at Air Force Times, and the Pentagon, special operations and air warfare at Military.com. He has traveled to the Middle East to cover U.S. Air Force operations.
