Baxter Hodge, son of Ray and Deana Hodge of Montgomery, Alabama, has received an appointment to the Class of 2019 at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Hodge is the grandson of Buck and Haldine Baxter of Auburn and the great-grandson of the late Ralph and Hallie Dickert of Brundidge.

Hodge is scheduled to graduate from Eastwood Christian School in May 2015. While at Eastwood, Hodge was a member of the football, cross country, basketball, and baseball teams. He also participated in Beta Club, SGA, and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. The appointed members of the Class of 2019 will report to West Point for the first time on June 29, 2015.

The U.S. Military Academy at West Point is a four-year, co-educational, federal, liberal arts college located 50 miles north of New York City. It was founded in 1802 as America’s first college of engineering and continues today as one of our nation’s premier leader-development institutions, consistently ranked among top colleges in the country. Its mission remains constant—to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a career of professional excellence and service to the nation as an officer in the U. S. Army. For more information, go to www.westpoint.edu.