2025 Order of the Sword & Shield Inductees Announced
May 20, 2025
Angelo State University’s chapter of the Order of the Sword & Shield national honor society recently inducted 19 new student members for the 2024-25 academic year.
The Order of the Sword & Shield is the only academic and professional honor society dedicated exclusively to cybersecurity, homeland security, intelligence, criminal justice, emergency management and all protective security disciplines. The ASU chapter was chartered in 2015 and is one of only 110 Official Academic Chapters in the U.S., including just six chapters in Texas.
To be eligible for induction, students must be majoring in homeland security, intelligence or other protective security field at an accredited institution of higher education, and must have completed at least 50% of the credit hours required for graduation. Undergraduate students must have at least a 3.25 grade point average (GPA), and graduate students must have at least a 3.5 GPA. Students are inducted by invitation and only after recommendation by at least two faculty members.
The 2024-25 ASU student inductees, by hometown and major, are:
San Angelo: Laura Ortiz, criminal justice; and George Orr, global security studies
Allen: Marilyn Day, homeland security
Auburn, N.Y.: Joseph Wilson, global security studies
Avon, Conn.: Austin Moore, global security studies
Big Spring: Kaegan Baker, criminal justice
Brambleton, Va.: Jackson DiSilvestre, global security studies
Brownfield: Marissa Victoria Muñiz, criminal justice
Cheyenne, Wyo.: Veronica Boyette, global security studies
Del Rio: Maria Celeste Siller, criminal justice
Fort Worth: Danielle McGee, intelligence and analysis
Hampton, Va.: John Michael Lefcheck Jr., intelligence and analysis
Humansville, Mo.: Heather Matuska, intelligence and analysis
Johnson City, Tenn.: Madison Lasater, global security studies
San Antonio: Morgan Hasty, intelligence and analysis; Alexandria Iliana Garcia, intelligence and analysis; and Penelope Flores, criminal justice
Texas City: Isaiah Williams, global security studies
The Hills: Joe Wilkinson, global security studies
Headquartered at St. John’s University in New York, the Order of the Sword & Shield was formed in 2010 and is also known as Omicron Sigma Sigma. The ASU chapter president is Brett Lane of San Angelo. The faculty advisor is Dr. Eduardo Martinez, instructor of intelligence and analysis.