WARSAW — Parents slowly filed into Warsaw Community High School’s Performing Arts Center Tuesday, May 2, in anticipation of the 3rd annual WCHS Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps award ceremony. Fourteen cadets were honored with awards.

The awards presented are based on a cadets standing both in the JROTC program and in other academics, with most awards requiring the cadet be in the top 25 percent of their academic class.

A new award was added this year – Cadet of the Year. This was given to Cadet Zachary Arnett. Cadet Commander Madison Waggoner stated that Arnett was chosen because after being extremely quiet and reserved in the program last year, Arnett stepped up and became more involved.

After individual awards were given out, the award for best company was announced. This is awarded to a team based on their wearing of the dress uniform, their PT participation and overall spirit. The winner was Company Charlie.

Major Friedrich Josellis, Senior Army Instructor, presented the awards to cadets with a few guest presenters.