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Important Update

Important Update

Notice is hereby given that the 2024 Annual Meeting for regular members of the West Point Association of Graduates (WPAOG) will take place on Tuesday, November 19 at 5:00 pm Eastern Time in the Herbert Hall Alumni Center, 698 Mills Road, West Point, New York 10996. The business of the meeting will be to elect a Chair, Vice-Chair, five members to our Board of Directors, and six Advisors at Large.

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From Suffolk to the Super Bowl: Christiansen’s ’20 Unconventional Journey to the Kansas City Chiefs

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Suffolk’s Cole Christiansen ’20 has pinched himself quite a bit lately.

As he reflects on his life’s journey, he sees a kid at Nansemond-Suffolk Academy in Virginia, a cadet in the U.S Military Academy and now, a 26-year-old NFL player who took on sports’ biggest stage.

On Sunday, February 11, he ran out of the tunnel with the Kansas City Chiefs and helped defeat the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

“I don’t deserve any of this, really. I’m living a charmed life and I’m very lucky,” Christiansen, a 6-foot-1, 230-pound linebacker, said two days after the Chiefs earned a spot in their fourth Super Bowl in five seasons.

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