College Update: Broad Run Grad Michael Cotton Named U.S. Army ROTC Cadet of the Year at ODU

(Apr. 26, 2010 - Former Broad Run High School football standout Michael Cotton was named last week as the U.S. Army ROTC Cadet of the Year at Old Dominion University in Norfolk.

A member of the Broad Run 2008 AA state championship football team, Cotton was named to the All Dulles District team in 2007 and 2008 as a linebacker, and holds numerous all-time weightlifting records at Broad Run.

Old Dominion University has the fifth largest U.S. Army ROTC program in the country and is the largest program on the east coast. The Cadet of the Year award is given based on academic performance, physical fitness testing, and military science achievement.