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Marietta High cadet wins for second year

By Ty Tagami
Aug 8, 2011

Marietta High School Air Force Junior ROTC Unit GA-20021 Cadet Courtney Hill was selected the Advance Cadet Distinguished Graduate and earned the top performer award for Academics.

It's the second year in a row that Hill has earned one of the top awards at the Cadet Summer Leadership School at Converse College. It's the third time in the 14-year history of the program that a Marietta High Air Force cadet has soared to such heights.

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Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.

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