Walnut Resident Receives Leadership Award from Army and Navy Academy

The award is granted each semester to cadets who serve with distinction in a leadership position of Platoon Sergeant or higher in the Army and Navy Academy Corps of Cadets. They must also have received a semester grade point average of 3.3 or better, a Leadership Education Training Grade of an "A" for each grading period, and a Citizenship grade of "Excellent" during each grading period.

The General William W. Crouch Distinguished Leadership Award was presented to twenty-five cadets on Sunday, including Ziming Huang of Walnut, Class of 2014, for his performance during the Spring 2013 school semester.

"We are very proud of these cadets for their commitment to academic excellence, strong leadership, and good citizenship. They truly embody the Academy's mission of educating and developing young men of good character," said Lisa Basista, Director of Studies.

Founded in 1910, the Army and Navy Academy is a private not-for-profit institution that provides an academically robust, character-based education for young men, grades 7 through 12. It is the only private boarding school in San Diego County and the only military academy for high school-age students in California and surrounding states.