Sarah J. Zorn

Sara J. Zorn is the first woman in the history of the 175-year old Citadel Military College to lead the South Carolina Corps of Cadets as the regimental commander.[1][2] The official ceremony in which Zorn took over the leadership, in which a gilt-handled sword was handed to her from her predecessor, Dillon Graham, took place on May 4, 2018.[2] She has three black belts in karate[3] Zorn's mother, who served in the United States Air Force, died when Zorn was 16 years old.[3] Zorn won a four-year Army scholarship and will serve in the military for at least 5 years after graduation.[2] She is from Warrenville, South Carolina, and majored in Business Administration.[1] She attended Midland Valley High School in Aiken County, and began her studies at the Citadel in 2015.[4] Upon her graduation from The Citadel, she commissioned into the United States Army as an artillery officer, where she currently serves as a HIMARS platoon leader.[5]

References
  1. "Zorn to make history as Citadel's first woman regimental commander". WCIV. March 20, 2018. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  2. Fausset, Richard (May 4, 2018). "The Citadel Fought the Admission of Women. Now a Female Cadet Will Lead the Corps". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  3. Meet Sarah Zorn, first woman to lead Corps of Cadets at The Citadel, retrieved May 13, 2019
  4. Bowers, Paul. "A triple-black belt from a small town will be first woman to lead Citadel's Corps of Cadets". Post and Courier. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  5. "Registration". LinkedIn. Retrieved June 13, 2023.


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