FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                             RELEASE NO. 04-10

CADETS WIN HARVARD NATIONAL MODEL UN CHAMPIONSHIPS – Feb. 18, 2010

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The West Point Model United Nations Team won the national championship at the Harvard National Model UN conference this past weekend in Boston.

The win marks the fourth National Championships for West Point in the past six years.

Competing against more than 3,000 students from around the world, representing 205 universities and 35 different countries, West Point cadets dominated nearly every committee as they represented the country of Niger.  Of the 14 cadets competing, 11 brought home personal awards. 

The team will compete in the World Model UN conference in Taipei, Taiwan in March.

True to the mission of the United Nations as declared in its 1945 charter, Harvard National Model United Nation serves as a forum in which students from colleges and universities around the world can meet to discuss the greatest challenges facing the world today, in fields ranging from international peace and security to economic and social progress and human rights.  In this spirit, the goal of HNMUN is to begin a process whereby constructive debate today can lead to solutions tomorrow.

Best delegate award winners (1st place):

James White, Class of 2010, of Belle Mead, N.J.
Dan Hall, ‘10, Wichita, Kan.
Jake Haag, ’10, Manhattan, Kan.
Chris Oblak, ’11, Lakeville, Minn.
Will Dickson, ’13, Chuluota, Fla.

Outstanding delegate award winners (2nd place):

Arron Conley, ’10, Compton, Calif.
Micah Ables, ’12, Copperas Cove, Texas.
Emmanuel Gfoeller-Volkoff, ’10, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Woo Do, ’11, Everett, Wash.
Mike Kerper, ’11, Pittsford, N.Y.
Alex Thew, ’11, Berkeley Heights, N.J.

About West Point
Ranked the “Top College in the Country” by Forbes and “Top Public Liberal Arts College” by
US News & World Report, the U.S. Military Academy is a four-year co-educational federal undergraduate liberal arts college located 50 miles north of New York City.  The world's preeminent leader development institution, it was founded in 1802 as America's first college of engineering.  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 United States Army.  For more information, go to www.westpoint.edu.