Captain George J. O'Donnell, Jr. Scholarship

Connor Aeschbach is a 2021 graduate of South County High School in Lorton, Virginia and will be a freshman at Oregon State University on a Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarship in the fall. He intends to study civil engineering and has committed to row crew on the university crew team. As a senior at South County, he was captain of the crew, cross-country and indoor track teams. He is also an accomplished cellist who performed in a variety of orchestras and musical groups in Norfolk, Virginia; Omaha, Nebraska; and Lorton, Virginia. He hopes to either be a SEAL or naval flight officer before eventually pursuing a civilian career in engineering. 

Sponsor: VADM Kelly Aeschbach, USN, Commander, Naval Information Forces

 

Christopher Rielage, a rising senior at Stanford University, is majoring in East Asian studies (China Subplan) including studying Mandarin. He is a member of the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps and has joined the Language, Regional Expertise, and Culture program. Last summer he traveled to Beijing on a language immersion program with the University of Notre Dame getting a first-hand look at life in China. He is also a very active member of the Stanford Student Space Initiative which conducts Space security research. Christopher worked as a teacher’s assistant for “The Face of Battle,” a class built around battlefield staff rides and field trips to Washington, D.C. introducing civilian students to the military. Additionally, he has published in the U.S. Naval Institute’s Proceedings and Center for International Maritime Security (CIMSEC) and will be writing two major projects this coming year: a thesis on the US Navy in China from 1844 to 1911 and an honors project on the role of non-state actors in space warfare. Christopher plans to start his professional career as a surface warfare officer and pursue intelligence, foreign area officer or attaché work as he progresses. Christopher is the recipient of the 2020 Captain George J. O’Donnell, Jr. Scholarship for the third consecutive year.
Sponsor:  Captain Date Rielage, formerly of COMPACFLT staff

Lauren A. Scarry, sponsored by CDR Thomas P. Scarry of CNO IP, lives in Ashburn VA. She’ll be starting her third year at Virginia Tech, majoring in National Security and Foreign Affairs, with a minor in Spanish. Her career goal is to work in the intelligence community, particularly in the area of world politics and international relations.

 

Rand S. Duarte, sponsored by CAPT Beau Duarte at PMA-268, will begin her second year at Stanford University. Her goal is to obtain a degree in international relations with a minor in Arabic language which she plans to utilize in a career of federal service.

 

Taylor K. Whitworth, will be attending Duke University in International Relations and/or Middle Eastern Comparative Area studies. 
Sponsor: CAPT Frank Whitworth III, USCENTCOM.

 

Isaiah C. Gibson 
Sponsor: LT Adriana M. Gibson, HSC Weapons School Pacific