ROTC Awards, Navy and Marine Corps
American Legion Academic Excellence
Awards to a senior, junior, and freshman with the highest academic averages
American Legion Military Excellence
Awards to a senior, junior, and sophomore with the highest military aptitude averages
American Veterans of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam ROTC
Award to a senior who demonstrates diligence and willingness to serve the U.S.
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
Award to a junior midshipman who demonstrates the greatest academic
achievement in a scientific field of study
Burke Distinguished Senior Award, in memory of Jane Doubet Burke, to
a graduating woman midshipman who demonstrates most
outstand- ing potential for commissioned service, an officer's sword or $500
Burke Distinguished Student
Award, in memory of Jane Doubet Burke, to a woman junior, sophomore, or freshman student who
demonstrates highest qualities of scholarship, leadership, and devotion to
duty, $1,000 scholarship
Bruce W. Card Memorial Award to a Marine Corps-option student
who has distinguished himself/herself on summer bulldog training
Cincinnati Navy League Award, in honor of Senator Robert A. Taft Jr., to
a senior chosen as the overall outstanding Navy-option
midshipman, a Naval officer's sword
Cincinnati Navy League Remembering Jack Schiff
Award to the outstanding college program graduate
Daughters of Founders and Patriots Award to a sophomore student
who shows most improvement in the physical fitness test during
current academic year
Daughters of the American Revolution
Award to a senior who exhibits excellent dependability, good character, and leadership qualities
Dayton Navy League Award to the student chosen as the
overall outstanding underclass midshipman, $100 savings bond
Cdr. Theodore J. Ehlers Memorial Award to a Navy-option senior
who demonstrates superior performance and motivation toward
a career as a surface warfare officer, a Naval officer's sword
Legion of Valor of the U.S.A. for scholastic excellence in military
and academic subjects
Lt. Howard K. Kelly Memorial Award to a senior midshipman who
has distinguished himself/herself by involvement and
accomplishment in campus life and scholastic achievement, a Naval officer's sword
Marine Corps Association Award to a Marine-option graduating
senior with the highest academic and aptitude average
Military Order of the World Wars Award to a freshman, sophomore,
and junior midshipman for outstanding service to ROTC
National Defense Industrial Association
Award to a senior midshipman who displays outstanding academic, leadership, and athletic performance
National Defense Transportation Award to a senior midshipman
for outstanding professional aptitude and academic achievement
in transportation or business
National Sojourners Award to a sophomore in the top of his or
her academic class who exhibits high ideals of Americanism
and leadership potential
Naval Submarine League Outstanding Achievement
Award to midshipmen with proven academic and leadership skills who have
been selected to enter the Navy's nuclear propulsion program as
submarine officers
Ohio Reserve Officers Association Awards to a senior, junior,
sophomore, and freshman for excellence in academic and military pursuits
Reserve Officer's Association Ladies
Award to a graduating midshipman for outstanding performance
The Retired Officer's Association Awards to a junior who shows skill
in navigation and to a Marine-option student who
demonstrates academic and leadership qualities that best exemplify a
Marine officer
Secretary of the Navy Distinguished Midshipman Graduate
Award to a graduating midshipman who demonstrates the highest
standards of leadership, academic, and military performance
The Society of the War of 1812 Award to a sophomore midshipman for
academic and military excellence and for demonstrating ideals
of Americanism
Sons of the American Revolution Awards to a senior and freshman
for outstanding naval or marine aptitude
The USAA Spirit Award to the student who best embodies the esprit
de corps of the unit
Capt. Michael M. Vagedes Memorial Award to a senior
Marine-option midshipman possessing the most potential for service as an
officer, a Marine officer's sword
Veterans of Foreign Wars Awards to senior, junior, sophomore,
and freshman midshipman for academic and military excellence