Cadet Ashley Magee is the Rotary Cadet of the Month - April 2023! Ashley is a freshman majoring in Sports Medicine, with a 3.8 GPA and hails from Manitou Springs, CO. She is a member of the Poudre Muskets, which is a cadet-led organization providing cadets additional military training, complimentary to the existing syllabus. Ashley also carries the highest physical fitness test score in the Battalion, scoring 556 out of a possible 600 points! On top of all the ROTC training and academics, she enjoys cooking and playing the guitar. Upon graduation and commissioning in 2026, Ashley would like to be a physical therapist, in line with her eloquent remark with a desire to “serve and heal in uniform.” With her focus on discipline and camaraderie across all aspects, we understand why she earned the nickname, “Mad Dog”! Rotary shares congratulations and best wishes for future success to Ashley “Mad Dog” Magee!
Cadets of the Month
The Rotary Club of Fort Collins is proud to recognize CSU Army and Air Force ROTC Cadets for their academic and military excellence and community campus involvement.
Cadet Nadia Howard is the Rotary Cadet of the Month - March 2023! Nadia is a freshman majoring in Mathematics and carrying an impressive 3.866 GPA. She received an Air Force ROTC High School Scholarship while a senior in Southhaven, Mississippi. She is actively involved in the Detachment Booster Club and pledging Arnold Air Society this semester, an organization that develops future leaders through community service, professional development and education about our national defense. She is also an active participant across all Cadet Wing events. Outside ROTC she is active with Valor, an organization devoted to developing the spiritual fitness of ROTC’s future officers and SALT. After graduating and commissioning in 2027, Nadia has sights to be an ortho doctor or an intelligence officer. Congratulations and Rotary’s best wishes for success!
Cadet Casey Sullivan is the Rotary Cadet of the Month - February 2023! Casey is a sophomore majoring in Journalism and Media Communications. She actively seeks out challenges to better herself, so that in turn she can share her knowledge with her peers, and has demonstrated to always put the ROTC program and its Cadets before her own needs. Casey spends countless hours volunteering in the program clubs and seeks out leadership positions within those clubs to help create new ideas to inspire and be the role model for her under classmates. RAM Battalion cadre noted that Casey’s aforementioned current leadership qualities will certainly serve their ROTC program well in the future. After graduating and commissioning in Spring 2025 she hopes to join her dad’s former Army career field, in the Aviation Branch of the Army. She hails from Parker, CO and outside ROTC she keeps busy with flight school, videography, skiing, hiking and fitness, outside her ROTC activities. Congratulations and Rotary’s best wishes for success!
Rotary Club of Fort Collins honored its first cadet in 2023 during the 25 January lunch meeting. Air Force Cadet Scott Wilson was selected by ROTC cadre to receive the Rotary Cadet of the Month Award - January 2023. Scott is a sophomore majoring in Electrical Engineering at CSU. He is a Colorado Springs native that has displayed perseverance with tenacity as he continues to navigate the ROTC curriculum. During this semester, Scott is not only receiving training with his classmates that will enable them to succeed in Field Training this coming summer, but actively sharing his existing knowledge about the training and leading his peers from the ranks through the training. With an eye on graduating and commissioning in 2026, Scott desires to serve in the Space Operations career field. Congratulations and Rotary’s best wishes for success!!!