WEST POINT, N.Y. – The New York State Senate and Assembly will honor West Point today with a proclamation from Gov. David A. Patterson proclaiming April 28, 2010 as West Point Day.

The State of New York has honored West Point at the State Capitol annually since 1951.

Commandant of Cadets, Brig. Gen. William Rapp, Cadet First Captain, Tyler Gordy and 12 cadets from the State of New York will represent the academy.

On behalf of the Superintendent, Lt. Gen Buster Hagenbeck, Brig. Gen. Rapp will address the Senate and Assembly, “you continue to provide West Point and the nation with your best sons and daughters. There are almost 300 cadets from New York in the Corps of Cadets who excel everyday.”

West Point graduates from the New York Army National Guard, the West Point Society of the Capitol Region and the West Point Parents’ Club of Upstate New York will also attend.

New York State Cadets in attendance:
Brittany Fearnside, Niskayuana, Class of 2010
Hemanth Nalamothu, Queens, Class of 2011
Michael Monty, Plattsburgh, Class of 2010
Marc Meybaum, Gansevoort, Class of 2012
Daniel Walker, Baldwinsville, Class of 2010
Joseph Grimm, Thiells, Class of 2010
Lee Wakeman, Wallkill, Class of 2012
Dylan Potter, Marietta, Class of 2010
Rachel Kim, Whitestone, Class of 2013
Joseph Amoroso, Marlboro, Class of 2012
Nicholas Coronato, Albany, Class of 2012
Daniel Chang, Lyons, Class of 2013

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.