MOUNT VERNON – Sophia Zoldak, a 2023 Mount Vernon High School graduate and cadet in Knox County Career Center’s (KCCC) Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) program, has been appointed to the United State Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, by the United State Air Force and the United States Space Force.

There were more than 10,000 Air Force Academy applicants this year and only 1,250 were appointed to enter the academy. Zoldak is the first student in KCCC’s JROTC program to be appointed.

Message from the Air Force Academy on Sophia Zoldak: “Sophia’s record truly shined with her leadership on her cross country team as well as her dedication to learning, witnessed through her self study of foreign languages, such as Korean and Russian. Sophia is truly ready to start her path to joining the long blue line, becoming a leader in the world’s greatest air and space force, the United State Air Force and United State Space Force.”