Three Navy-bound William Floyd High School graduates have earned a prestigious one-year Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) scholarship.
If 2024 graduates Sanaya Spruell and Matthew Campos complete this one year scholarship program, they will then receive four-year NROTC Scholarships where they receive full tuition, stipend for books, educational fees and other financial benefits at their selected college or university.
If Spruell and Campos decide to pursue a lengthier career in the Navy and graduate from that four-year ROTC program, they will receive an officer’s commission as midshipmen.
Ms. Spruell will attend Fordham University this fall and will pursue a major in political science. She is also joining Fordham’s pre-law program with a career goal of service in the Judge Advocate General (JAG) unit.
Matthew will attend Norwich University in Vermont and will play football for the Cadets.
William Floyd High School senior Geneva Smith had previously been selected to receive a full four-year Naval Reserve Officers Training scholarship. Ms. Smith will attend Jacksonville University this fall where she will major in mechanical engineering and minor in naval science.
After college graduation, Geneva will be commissioned into the U.S. Navy as an officer. She hopes to become a pilot.
At William Floyd High School, Ms. Smith had the honor of being the only cadet to represent the northeast region during the Women in Aviation International (WAI) conference in Florida this past year.
She was also second in command within her squadron, cadet advisory council and in her Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) career at William Floyd. She was also the only cadet in the unit selected for the Leadership Academy and Sail Training. Geneva was also a member of the Civil Air Patrol for the past five years.