James Hickey Earns West Point Appointment
The George Mason High School senior is the second appointment to the service academy in the last two years.
West Point is where James Hickey wanted to spend the next four years of his life and Monday the George Mason High School senior got the package he has awaited for the last nine months. Hickey, 18, became the second Mason student since 2011 to earn an appointment to the United States Military Academy West Point since his friend Paul Weber did it. The senior left school during his third period study hall Monday to head home and wait for the mailman. When that flat-rate envelope arrived, Hickey said he knew what it was. “They put a picture up on their Facebook page with all of the envelopes that they were going to send so I knew what to look for,” Hickey said. “I was shocked and excited.” Frank DeMaro, spokesman for West Point, said they …
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9:59 am on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
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