Ensign Peter Huang is a 2018 USNA graduate with a degree in Electrical Engineering who is in the process of becoming a Naval Aviator.
"I think at the heart of my interest in the astronaut program is that it appealed to my adventurous, pioneering spirit"
Lieutenant Kayla Barron, a 2010 graduate with a degree in Systems Engineering, was a Submarine Warfare Officer before being selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class.
The mascot is a live goat and is also represented by a costumed midshipman. There is also a bronze statue of the goat just inside Gate 1, the main gate to the Academy