Two cadets from the Air Force Academy Class of 2022 and one graduate from the Class of 2019 were named Knight-Hennessy Scholars and will receive a fellowship for up to three years of study at Stanford University.

Cadets First Class Francesca Verville and Justin Yates, both of the Class of 2022, will be pursuing master’s degrees in international policy. After grad school, Francesca and Justin will both go on to Air Force pilot training.

Through her career as a pilot and officer, Verville aspires to increase international collaboration through data-driven and strategic leadership.

Yates wants to combine his knowledge of engineering with his advanced studies to inform U.S. policy in the Indo-Pacific region and identify the effects of emerging technologies on international security.

Additionally, Class of 2019 Alumni Sam Potter will be pursuing a Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree at Stanford Law School. She earned a master’s in international relations from the University of Oxford as a Holaday Scholar. Currently, Potter is an acquisition officer and plans to continue her service as a judge advocate where she hopes to influence space policy and law in the United States Air Force and United States Space Force.

Scholars participate in the King Global Leadership Program, which includes workshops, lectures,projects, and experiences that strengthen transformational leadership capabilities.

Education updates

• Sophia Bains, of Colorado Monument (80132), was named to the springs 2022 Dean’s List at Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, Tenn.

• Ainsley Coil, of Colorado Springs, was named to the Spring 2022 Dean’s List at Berry College in Rome, Ga.

• Katie Doiron, of Monument, has been named to the 2022 spring semester Dean’s List at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio.

• Daniella Ferrante, of Monument, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Ferrante was initiated at Purdue University.

• Madison Rutherford, of Colorado Springs, who majored in Environmental Engineering, received a bachelor’s degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute May 14. WPI is in Worcester, Mass.

• Sawyer Anne Smith, of Colorado Springs, is among 14 graduating seniors who have earned awards from the University Honors Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Smith, a mathematics major, won the Outstanding Honors Graduate: College of Arts and Sciences. She earned a Bachelor of Science with distinction.

• The following Tri-Lakes area students also graduated from University of Nebraska-Lincoln this month: Daryn Ashley Capps, of Colorado Springs, College of Arts and Sciences, Bachelor of Science; Sarah Margaret Carroll, of Colorado Springs, College of Arts and Sciences, Bachelor of Science with distinction; Sadio Phillipe Fenner, of Colorado Springs, College of Education and Human Sciences, Bachelor of Science in Education and Human Sciences; Kayla LaPoure, of Colorado Springs, Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts with high distinction.