82 Cadets Selected for AFCLC’s Language Enabled Airman Program Published June 24, 2025 By Lori Quiller, AFCLC Outreach Team AFCLC MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. -- After a virtual selection board process in April, the Air Force Culture and Language Center selected 82 Cadets for the Language Enabled Airman Program. Of the 82 Cadets selected, 46 were chosen from the United States Air Force Academy and 36 from the Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps in 11 languages. Eight selects will commission into the United States Space Force, while 74 will commission into the United States Air Force. Participation in LEAP is voluntary and highly competitive. To become a LEAP scholar, cadets must demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language specified on the Air Force Strategic Language List, receive an endorsement from their unit commander, and compete via a board process. Selection to LEAP is based on applicants’ existing language proficiency, potential to achieve higher levels of language proficiency, and Department of the Air Force priority language requirements. Below are the names of the 83 Cadets who are now members of LEAP. You can also watch our announcement video on AFCLC’s Facebook channel. UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE Chinese Mandarin Moree, Justin French Peterson, Madison Turner, Nolan Wall, Lance Korean Choi, Ian Kim, Kayla Park, Geun Spanish Hulme, Kyle UNITED STATES AIR FORCE Arabic-Modern Standard Lawrence, Jacob Chinese-Mandarin Chen, Victor Chui, Amy Ding, Megan Eddington, Reed Fedorova, Nika Kaczorowski, Kyle Lasco, Max Lidard, Christopher Lin, Ashley Long, Jackson McAlister, Donoven Mills, Elizabeth Peters, Jenny Phang, Zi Singh, Lisa Skaggs, Colby Song, David Woo, Colby French Arnold, Jason Bertaud, Olivia Bowling, Dylan De Ros, Lino Howe, Jillian Johnson, Quinn Kattman, Eleanor Kersebet, Stella Kmetz, Elliott MacDonald, Hayden Merisier, Olsmael Tompkins, Darien German Anderson, Per Holvey, Taylor Nelson, Nathan Italian Sasson, Gabrielle Valenti, Luca Japanese Alejandro, Kalen Barrett, Jared Cabonce, Michelle Christensen, Hana Fanuko Dagadu, Kai Galeoto, Giovanni Grimm, Kaitlyn Hays, Thomas Leggett-Murai, Kaito Moise, Kieran Nicholson, Margot Popa, Nathaniel Sanitate, James Sartin, Reese Schultz, Isaac Shirakawa, Milan Vernon, Jessica Korean Cho, Yong Kim, Minjae Park, Junhyung Scott, Julia Portuguese-Brazilian Flenik Sabino, Agatha Herrero, Sofia Nieves, Madison Russian Bourne, Alliah Cheater, Blake Clark, Elizabeth Collier, Ryan Eilerman, Amanda Key, Hunter Schneider, Zion Stedeford, Elijah Zuercher, Julia Spanish Brzusek, Erin Espinoza, Andrew O’Keefe, Rhiannon Wineland, Samantha Vietnamese Tran, Stephanie
