The Enterprise High School JROTC Annual Awards Ceremony was held on Friday, May 6 in the Performing Arts Center at EHS. The following cadets were honored for their achievements during the 2021-22 school year.

The Distinguished Cadet for Scholastic Excellence awards went to Sam Haglund with a 4.31 GPA, John Carter with a 4.25 GPA, Alisa Mason with a 4.21 GPA, Ashton Daniels with a 4.16 GPA, Brett Tessay with a 4.15 GPA and Kyle Lane with a 4.12 GPA.

The Distinguished Cadet for Academic Excellence Award went to Haglund, Sam Ingram with a 4.45 GPA, Ethan Waters with a 4.23 GPA and Ammarie Jenkins with a 4.37 GPA.

An Academic Achievement Wreath/Ribbon was awarded to 137 cadets.

The Department of the Army Superior Cadet award was given to Lauren A. Rodgers, Alana L. Jury, Emmie E. Baker and Tyler Castano.

The SAI Leadership Award went to Anniyiah J. Benjamin, Jacob R. Upchurch, Jacob M. Miranda and Breyden L. Giustina.

Upchurch was awarded the Cadet NCO of the Year. Castano was awarded the Cadet of the Year.

The Joshua Kaleb Watson Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Micah Smith.

Samuel A. Dippel was given the Sons of the American Revolution award, Mason received the Daughters of the American Revolution award, Smith was given the American Legion Military Excellence Award, Haglund received the American Legion Scholastic Excellence award and Zachary W. Smith was given the Military Order of the World Wars award.

The Sojourners award went to Nadja M. Chambers, The Scottish Rite award was presented to Jacob N. Tillery, the Noncommissioned Officers Association award went to Jackson G. Biddle, the Association of the United States Army award was presented to Tessay and the Military Officers Association of America award was given to Ingram.

Warrant Officer Association awards went to Arianne R. Siegel, Kelly Matlalcuatzi, Gabriet C. Bruce and Amelia M. Ruhle. The Warrant Officer Association Scholarship was awarded to Haglund.

The Military Order of the Purple Heart was given to Alexander K. Lechner. The Veterans of Foreign Wars award was presented to Jacob M.B. Baran, the American Veterans award went to Carson P. Brillhart, the Reserve Organization of America award was given to Kaneisha Draugh, the Order of the Daedalian award went to Kyle P. Lane and the Faith and Citizenship award was presented to Kaleb W. Caldwell.

The Team Commanders recognized were Tessay, Faith Mason, Carter, Rodgers and Alisa Mason.

First year varsity letters were presented to the following members of the PT Team: Jenkins, Emma McCrea and Lilly Windham. Letters on the drill team went to Ethan Blackman, Samathie Camacho-Gonzalez, Castano, Logan Clark, Bibiana Garza, Aurielle Harvey, Nolan Kester, Caleb Lee, Perla Loopez, Laura Miller, Debinae Phillips, Roselin Quijas, Alondra Santillan, Analysia Sapata, Brooklynn Smith and Bradley Triplett. Letters on the rifle team went to Conner Allen, Kayla Bostick, Ashley Carlozzi, Madison Haglund, Samantha Romanello and Maracus Whiting.

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