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Commends the Grissom High School CyberPatriot Team, known as the CyberSloths, for winning the National Youth Cyber Defense Competition.

CyberPatriot is a national youth cyber education program launched by the Air Force Association designed to inspire high school and middle school students toward careers in cybersecurity and STEM disciplines.

The National Championship Team consists of Captain James Brahm, Michelle Driessnack, Christopher Lin, Jeramy Lochner, Matthew Rogers, and Morgan Wagner.

Team members earned more than $30,000 in scholarship money over two years and have been accepted to prestigious colleges and academies; four members worked as paid interns at Dynetics on reverse engineering malware projects and presented at professional conferences.

Coach Christine Sutton and mentors Ira Lacey, Frank Sutton, Chad Garber, Joshua Smith, Craig Mitchell, and Russ Ward provided guidance and leadership for the team.