Scholar Snapshot featuring Emily C. Shireman
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
Recognizing and honoring the academically talented students of the United States.
Pictured here in front of a UH-1 Huey helicopter, Emily Shireman earned an aerospace engineering degree with the assistance of her 2019 National Merit 美国德克萨斯A&M大学 Scholarship. With the ultimate goal of becoming a United States Air Force pilot, Emily was a part of the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets and Air Force ROTC. Emily is now earning her master's of engineering degree at Texas A&M, which she will finish early with hopes of soon commissioning into the Air Force and entering pilot training.
"I've always been fascinated by airplanes and how they work," Emily shares. "I have a really unique opportunity among my aerospace engineering peers to go into a more operational role with the Air Force and actually fly, rather than just design, the airplanes."