Trio of San Antonio teens dreams become reality with scholarships to United States Naval Academy
How brotherhood and accountability turned three seniors dreams into reality by getting accepted to United States Naval AcademySAN ANTONIO — A brotherhood began and got stronger inside the John Jay High School weight room. This bond has now led three seniors to get accepted into the"This is where it all started, “Gutierrez said."We have had some great celebrations in here. We have also had some great talks in here too, about overcoming adversity.
The trio are part of the John Jay Science and Engineering Academy. The 18-year-olds do it all, including several sports, like football, orchestra and even the Bible Club. "It wasn't really planned,“ Guller said."It would be kind of cool if it was, it wasn't planned at all, it just kind of converged."They do have military in their family. For Guller, it has always been his dream to attend the academy. They said it worked out for all of them to get accepted and the trio are now headed to Annapolis, Maryland.These brothers will soon begin a new journey together.
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