(HEATH, TX – June 2, 2015) U.S. Navy Ensign Stefanie Michelle Cotner, daughter of Jeff and Libby Cotner, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland on Friday, May 22nd, 2015 and was commissioned as an Officer in the U.S. Navy.
Ens. Cotner successfully completed four years of intensive academic, physical, and professional training, resulting in a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Political Science-America Politics and Law.
The mission of the United States Naval Academy is to develop midshipmen morally, mentally, and physically for the privilege of serving as leaders of Sailors and Marines who have volunteered to serve our country. Following graduation, Ens. Cotner has been assigned to Basic Divisional Officers Course where she will continue training in San Diego, Ca and then proceed to Pearl Harbor, Hi where she will begin service aboard the USS Halsey (DDG-97).
Considered one of the top educational institutions in the country, the US Naval Academy was founded in 1845 and has graduated more than 77,000 men and women as Naval and Marine Corps Officers. Its graduates include one President, 22 members of Congress, three Governors, 27 Chiefs of Naval Operations, nine Commandants of the Marine Corps, 73 Medal of Honor recipients, two Nobel Prize awardees, and 52 Astronauts.
The Brigade of Midshipmen is comprised of more than 4,000 students from every state in the union and several foreign countries.
Ens. Cotner is a 2010 graduate of Rockwall-Heath High School, Heath, TX.
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