U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) today announced that his nominee for the United States Military Academy at West Point, Austin Child of Columbia, has accepted an appointment to the academy as part of the 2017 graduating class.

Child, a River Hills Academy graduate, was nominated by Luetkemeyer when the congressman previously served the people of the old 9^th Congressional District. Child is the son of Mark and Jessica Child of Columbia. Child currently attends Norwich University in Northfield Vermont where he is studying mechanical engineering.

The United States Military Academy has been educating, training, and inspiring leaders of character for more than 200 years and provides a 47-month leader-development program steeped in academic rigor, military discipline, and physical challenges, all built upon a moral-ethical foundation. The academy is an internationally recognized institution for academic, military and physical excellence.