Kit Becnel and Joel Hilbun (at each end), pose with J.D. Hoye, President of the National Academy Foundation, and Rebecca Privet, NAF Regional Manager for the Louisiana region. Carencro's AOIT was awarded the Aldo Papone Award for Leadership from the National Academy Foundation as one of the top six performing NAF academies in the nation on the final day (July 21, 2007) of the National Academy Foundation's Annual Summer Institute, held this year in Washington, D.C.