An astronautical engineering major with a 3. Esselstein, a native of Dayton, Ohio, was named the top overall graduate at the Air Force Academy for the Class of , recognizing excellence in academic, military and athletic performance.
Esselstein, a Rhodes Scholar and recipient of the Marshall Scholarship, was also named the top cadet, academically, among the Academy's graduates. As a member of the Falcons' cross country and track teams, she competed in all six of the Falcons' cross country meets in the fall and impacted the Academy record book during the track and field season.
A member of the distance medley relay team that won the Mountain West championship in , she ran the meter leg of the DMR team that recorded the second-fastest time in Academy history Welk , a nutrition science major with a 3. A native of Bismarck, N. He held the top G. Other repeat selections include Kent State University junior Dior Delophont and Eastern Kentucky University senior Ann Eason , who both moved up to the first team after being named to the second team in , and University of Alabama senior Nia Barnes , who moved up from the third team to the first team.
Quigley earns second team honors for the second-straight year, while Collatz moves up from the third team to the second team in Olson, who carries a 4. A native of Minneapolis, Minn.
She posted a personal best of 66 feet and one inch in the weight throw and has been inducted into Alpha Lambda Delta, Kappa Tau Alpha and Phi Eta Sigma honor societies. Barnes, a West Orange, N. Delophont, a native of Nancy, France who carries a 3.
