Monte Vista High School Student Receives Congressional Appointment into United States Military Academy, West Point

Zachary Crook, son of Keith and Penny Crook of Danville, Ca has received a Congressional Appointment to the Class of 2020 at the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Crook is scheduled to graduate from Monte Vista High School on June 10, 2016 where he was goalkeeper for MVHS Men's Varsity Soccer Team. He also plays competitive soccer for Ballistic United Soccer Club, U17 D1 National Premier League- Champions Division who recently took home the NorCal NPL Champions Title, and are currently ranked #24 in the nation. The appointed members of the Class of 2020 will report to West Point for the first time on June 27, 2016 for eight week Cadet Basic Training.

About West Point

The U. S. Military Academy at West Point is a four-year, co-educational, federal, liberal arts

college located 50 miles north of New York City. It was founded in 1802 as America's first

college of engineering and continues today as one of our nation’s premier leader-development

institutions, consistently ranked among top colleges in the country. Its mission remains

constant—to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a

commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country and prepared

for a career of professional excellence and service to the nation as an officer in the U. S. Army.

For more information, go to www.westpoint.edu.