BEYOND the BOOKS
Summer in Annapolis A ’Wick grappler will join a select group of the country’s rising seniors for a unique immersion experience at the U.S. Naval Academy this summer.
Jimmy Bell ’14 has been invited to attend the
Academy’s Summer Seminar at the historic Navy yard in Annapolis, Md.
He’ll spend a fast-paced week there learning about
life at the Naval Academy — an institution where aca-
“I’m very excited to spend five days with other young men and women who are considering the Naval Academy.”
demics, athletics, and professional training combine to develop uniquely American leaders.
Bell said he has been
considering a military career since he was a small boy, and he began to think seriously about the Navy two years ago after attending a Navy SEAL wrestling camp.
“Although that was one of the hardest things I’ve
ever done,” he said, “it was a very fulfilling experience.”
The Academy seminar promises to be equally
intense. The experience requires a 0530 wakeup call each day for a workout before breakfast, followed by a full roster of workshops, seamanship classes, military drills and more — one of the most popular evening events is a mock “plebe indoctrination” session.
The day rounds down at 2300 with a rendition of
Taps, a full 18 hours after its beginning, but Bell has already demonstrated he is up to the challenge.
This year, as tri-captain of the Bruins wrestling
squad, Bell this year helped ’Wick add to its already proud grappling tradition. The squad posted an impressive record of 22-2 with dual meet wins over top-ten NEISWA teams, including Avon Old Farms, Suffield, Loomis Chaffee, and Choate. Under Bell’s leadership, Brunswick also captured its 16th straight FAA Championship, won the 38th Annual Brunswick Invitational Tournament by 121 points, and went an undefeated 13-0 against league (NEISWA) competition.
Clearly a budding leader in his own right, Bell said
he jumped at the chance to soak in the famous USNA Yard first hand — a place that, like Brunswick, seeks to instill the highest ideals of American life while developing young people of character.
“The day the application went up online, I
applied,” he said, adding: “I’m very excited to spend five days with other young men and women who are considering the Naval Academy.”
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