Schantz Awards
Each year Williamsburg-Yorktown Council members present Schantz Award Plaques to outstanding midshipmen and cadets in local Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) and Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (NJROTC) units. The Schantz Award is named for the first president of the Williamsburg-Yorktown Council. Recipients of the award are determined by their unit’s Officer-in-Charge, based on various factors including leadership, military aptitude, military bearing, and academic merit.
Award plaques have been presented to midshipmen/cadets at the following schools:
2016 Recipients
NROTC Units
Norfolk State University
Old Dominion University
NJROTC/MCJROTC Units
Gloucester High School Hampton. VA
Heritage High School Newport News, VA
Kecoughtan High School Hampton, VA
Cadet Ensign Cody Hammond received the Navy League Schantz Award for Excellence from Steve Snyder at the Kecoughtan High School Navy Junior ROTC Award Ceremony held on May 18, 2016.
Phoebus High School Hampton, VA
Tabb High School Yorktown, VA
Cadet Petty Officer Logan Lochstampfor received the Navy League Schantz Award for Excellence from Charles Noll at the York High School Navy Junior ROTC Ceremony on May 12, 2016
Warwick High School Newport News, VA
York High School Yorktown, VA
Social hour will commence at 6:30 PM followed by dinner at 7:15 PM.
The speaker will be Admiral Mike Rogers, USN, Commander, U.S. Cyber Command and Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security ServiceComing Council Events
Williamsburg-Yorktown coming council events.
- Dinner Meeting, July 11, 2018
- Dinner Meeting, September 12, 2018
- Dinner Meeting, December 14. 2018
- Dinner Meeting, February 13, 2019
The Navy League of the United States is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating our citizens about the importance of sea power to U.S. national security and supporting the men and women of the sea services and their families. Visit www.navyleague.org for the national updates.
