A Selma native accepted an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy.

Marion Military Institute student Madeleine Annabel Evangeline Hope said she accepted the Navy invitation. Hope was nominated U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) to attend the Navy.

Hope also said that she received another offer from Army in West Point.

Hope, who graduated from the School of Math and Science two years ago, is the daughter of Jessica and Duncan Hope.