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Brookfield Native Graduates With Highest Honors From Coast Guard Academy

President Donald Trump spoke at the academy's graduation last week.

BROOKFIELD, CT — A Brookfield native graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy with highest honors last week, reports the News Times. Brianna Grisell, a star on the school's soccer team and a government student, was a graduate of Brookfield High School in 2013.

President Donald Trump spoke at the academy's commencement.

She will head to Boston after graduation to serve as a deck watch officer on Coast Guard cutter Escanaba.

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