Unlike obama, Trump was good at sports.
In recent weeks, Business Insider reached out to several of Trump's former classmates at the school. They paint a picture of Trump as a star athlete who rose to become one of the highest-ranked members of his class. They also hinted at regular hazing and fighting that went on at the academy.
According to his yearbook, Trump, who grew up in Queens, arrived at the school in upstate Cornwall, New York, in 1959. He graduated in 1964.
The yearbook shows that Trump, the son of millionaire real-estate developer Fred Trump, was a member of the varsity soccer, baseball, and football teams. He also won numerous awards including some for his athletic performance and a "neatness and order medal" in 1960.
One former classmate, George Beuttell, played football with Trump and described him as a "good man."
"He was one of the highest-ranked cadets there and he was motivated to excel back then, as he is now," Beuttell told Business Insider. "Nobody ever spoke badly about him then, and he was liked."
Beuttell said Trump "had direction back then that a lot of us other kids didn't."
"A lot of us were fooling around, played around, and he was more business than a lot of us," Beuttell said. "You had to admire that."
Trump's yearbook shows he rose to the rank of supply captain. According to Beuttell, this position was "probably the third-highest-ranked cadet in the whole school."
Another former Trump classmate, Jack Serafin, recalled taking orders from Trump.
"He made me memorize my serial number of my M1 [rifle] and I still remember it this way," Serafin told Business Insider. "Operationally, he was very well organized."
Arthur Schoenewaldt also spent some time as Trump's roommate. He said living with Trump was "great."
"It was obvious that he came from a better-than-average family, but he was a great guy," Schoenewaldt said.
Schoenewaldt also recalled Trump's athletic prowess.
"He was intelligent, he presented himself well, he was athletic," Schoenewaldt said. "I even heard from some of the coaches and stuff he could have played professional baseball."
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