Congratulations to Sundown High School senior Koy Torres for being accepted into the United States Air Force Academy.
He has been waiting all school year to hear if he was accepted and was treated to a nice surprise after last weekends regional quarterfinal game held at O’Banion field in Lubbock.
He received a nomination from Jodey Arrington for acceptance into the U.S. Air Force Academy, and members of his office were in attendance to surprise him with his formal acceptance, along with a video from Representative Arrington.
In addition to the normal application process, Koy had to secure a nomination from a Member of the U.S. Senate or U.S. Representative.
Each Member can have five appointees attending the USAFA at any one time. Koy managed to get a nomination from U.S. Representative Jodey Arrington, serving the 19th congressional district.
Koy began the year committing to the process of acceptance into the Air Force Academy. He sacrificed many weekends to the grueling application, fitness tests all the while serving as an integral member of the state qualifying Sundown cross country team, football player, Academic UIL Regional Qualifier, state qualifier in track, member of the regional quarterfinal baseball team, and deservedly earning the Blue Collar Award, as well as the title of Mr. SHS!
“We could not be prouder of our Roughneck! Koy Torres is a special student athlete and is destined for a bright future,” explained Sundown High School Principal Miguel Salazar.
“Today was a special day for Koy Torres and his parents Kevin and Frana Torres. This has been a labor of love, a lot of sleepless nights and a lot of worrying in anticipation for this special moment… and special it was,” concluded Salazar.