U.S Rep. Harold ‘Hal’ Rogers recently invited Matt O’ Bryan, a senior at Johnson Central High School, to the Somerset District Office to congratulate him on receiving a prestigious appointment to the U.S Military Academy at West Point in New York. O’ Bryan is one of the only four students in Kentucky’s Fifth Congressional District to receive a military academy nomination from Congressman Rogers this year.

O’ Bryan is the valedictorian and president of his class. He also received two Commonwealth Ambassador Awards from Kentucky’s Secretary of State His parents are Jeanie and Greg O’ Bryan of Leander, Kentucky. West Point provides a 47-month leader-development program steeped in academic rigor, military discipline and physical challenges, all built upon a moral ethical foundation. Upon graduation, cadets are commissioned as second lieutenants in the US Army.