Editing William C. McCool (section)

== Honors ==

* [[Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)|Eagle Scout]]<ref name="honor">{{cite book | last = Townley | first = Alvin | url = http://www.thomasdunnebooks.com/TD_TitleDetail.aspx?ISBN=0312366531 | title = Legacy of Honor: The Values and Influence of America's Eagle Scouts | year = 2007 | publisher = [[St. Martin's Press]] | location = New York | pages = 79 | isbn = 978-0-312-36653-7 | access-date = December 29, 2006 | archive-date = December 19, 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061219180428/http://www.thomasdunnebooks.com/TD_TitleDetail.aspx?ISBN=0312366531 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
* Served as team captain of the U.S. Naval Academy [[Cross country running|Cross Country]] team his senior year
* Graduated second of 1,083 in the Class of 1983 at the U.S. Naval Academy
* Presented "Outstanding Student" and "Best DT-II Thesis" awards as graduate of [[U.S. Naval Test Pilot School]], Class 101<ref name=usnamh/>
* Awarded [[Navy Commendation Medal]] (2)<ref name=usnamh/>
* Awarded [[Navy Achievement Medal]] (2)<ref name=usnamh/>
* Posthumously promoted to Captain by Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro October 7, 2023<ref>{{Cite web |title=SECNAV Del Toro Awards Posthumous Promotion to Cmdr. William C. McCool |url=https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/Press-Releases/display-pressreleases/Article/3551667/secnav-del-toro-awards-posthumous-promotion-to-cmdr-william-c-mccool/ |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=United States Navy |language=en-US}}</ref>
[[File:McCoolSchoolGuam.JPG|thumb|Commander William C. McCool School in [[Sånta Rita-Sumai, Guam]]]]
* Asteroid [[51829 Williemccool]] was posthumously named for McCool.<ref name="MPC-object">{{cite web |title = 51829 Williemccool (2001 OD41)|work= Minor Planet Center |url = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=51829|access-date = November 25, 2022}}</ref>
* Lunar crater McCool is named after him.<ref>{{cite web | title=Lunar crater McCool | url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/14141?__fsk=-239757979 | website = Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | publisher = [[IAU]] | access-date=June 16, 2021}}</ref>
* [[McCool Hill]] in the [[Columbia Hills (Mars)|Columbia Hills]] on [[Mars]] was posthumously named for McCool.<ref>{{cite web|title=Spirit Discovers "New" Highest Peak in "Columbia Hills"|url=https://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/mer_feature_20060302.html|date=March 2, 2006|access-date=November 25, 2022|publisher=NASA|archive-date=August 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807143108/https://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/mer_feature_20060302.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* McCool Hall, in the Columbia Village apartments at the [[Florida Institute of Technology]], is named after him.<ref>{{cite news|title=Florida Tech to Dedicate Residence Hall Complex in Memory of Columbia|url=https://news.fit.edu/archive/florida-tech-to-dedicate-residence-hall-complex-in-memory-of-columbia/|date=August 8, 2003|access-date=November 25, 2022|publisher=Florida Institute of Technology}}</ref>
* Guam South Elementary/Middle School, a [[Department of Defense Education Activity|DoDEA]] school in [[Santa Rita, Guam]], was renamed CDR William C. McCool Elementary/Middle School on August 29, 2003.<ref>{{cite web|title=Public Law 108 - 13 - An act to rename the Guam South Elementary/Middle School of the DoD Domestic Dependents Elementary and Secondary Schools System in honor of Navy Commander William ''Willie'' McCool|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-108publ13|date=April 22, 2003|publisher=Congressional Record, Vol. 149 (2003)|access-date=November 25, 2022}}</ref>
* Willie McCool Track and Field at Coronado High School in Lubbock, Texas, was posthumously named for McCool.<ref name=npssrs/>
* Willie McCool Memorial with Bronze Sculpture was dedicated on Saturday, May 7, 2005, at Huneke Park at 82nd and Quaker Avenue in Lubbock, Texas.<ref name=npssrs/>
*Commander William C. McCool Academy, opened in the fall of 2020, is a STEM middle school in Lubbock Texas<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.lubbockisd.org/domain/909 | title=About McCool Academy / About Commander William C. McCool Academy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/coronavirus/2020/08/17/lubbockrsquos-new-mccool-academy-opens-with-first-day-of-school/113824956/ | title=Lubbock's new McCool Academy opens with first day of school }}</ref>
* The William McCool Science Center, located on the campus of the Frank Lamping Elementary School in [[Henderson, Nevada]], is a facility where elementary students throughout the [[Clark County School District]] have an opportunity to learn about space and other fields of science.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of the WMSC|url=https://lampingelementary.com/wmsc-history-of-the-wmsc|publisher=Lamping Elementary School|access-date=November 25, 2022}}</ref>
* A [[Gawad Kalinga]] village in Moncada, [[Tarlac]], [[Philippines]], will be named "USN Commander Willie McCool GK Village".<ref>{{cite news|title=GK village named after US astronaut|first=Patricia|last=Esteves|date=April 29, 2007|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2007/04/29/396573/gk-village-named-after-us-astronaut|access-date=November 25, 2022|publisher=Philippine Star}}</ref>
* In the ''[[Star Trek]]'' book ''Mirror Universe – Glass Empires,'' the shuttlecraft of the U.S.S. ''Defiant'' in the short story "Age of the Empress" is named the ''McCool.''
* McCool Track at the Naval Academy Preparatory School, [[Naval Station Newport]], [[Rhode Island]] is named after him.<ref name=npssrs/>
*The spacefaring game ''Elite: Dangerous'' contains a starport in the Jaroua system named "McCool City".
* The Willie McCool Monument was dedicated on December 2, 2007, at the U.S. Naval Academy Golf Course. The monument stands where Willie would have been 16 minutes from the finish line during his fastest race on Navy's home course.
* The Willie McCool Memorial Model Air Field park located in [[North Las Vegas, Nevada]] was posthumously named for McCool on October 23, 2004.<ref>{{cite news|title=North Las Vegas airfield gathering place for remote-controlled plane enthusiasts|first=Sandy |last=Lopez View
|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/uncategorized/north-las-vegas-airfield-gathering-place-for-remote-controlled-plane-enthusiasts/ |date=February 5, 2016|access-date=November 25, 2022|publisher=Las Vegas Review-Journal}}</ref>
* McCool Hall, located on [[Tinker AFB]], [[Oklahoma]] is a Navy Bachelors Enlisted Quarters named after McCool.<ref name=npssrs>{{cite report|title=Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial Special Resource Study|url=http://npshistory.com/publications/srs/spsh-srs.pdf
|date=October 2014|access-date=November 25, 2022|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>
* Camp McCool, located in [[Bagram Airfield]], was the home of rotating EA-6B Prowler Squadrons supporting [[ISAF]] in [[Afghanistan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Camp McCool's brief impact|date= August 23, 2012|first=TSgt Shawn David |last=McCowan|url=https://www.afcent.af.mil/Units/455th-Air-Expeditionary-Wing/News/Display/Article/273979/camp-mccools-brief-impact/|access-date=November 25, 2022|publisher=U.S. Air Force}}</ref>
* The FAA named a Fix/Waypoint MCCUL near Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (also near Anacortes, WA) located at 48 13.11N, 123 07.03W. Navy pilots are routinely vectored to the McCool waypoint.
* The McCool Breakthrough Award is named after Willie McCool and is given to an individual who has made a significant breakthrough in the spirit of ICHRIE's mission.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chrie.org/about/awards/index.aspx?wp1813936608-slide=6 |title=The International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education: About » Awards |access-date=February 9, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209222832/http://www.chrie.org/about/awards/index.aspx?wp1813936608-slide=6 |archive-date=February 9, 2015  }}</ref>
* The Commander William C. McCool Academy is Lubbock ISD’s newest magnet middle school.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lubbock ISD Board names new magnet school after Willie McCool|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/2019/12/12/lubbock-isd-board-names-new-magnet-school-after-willie-mccool/2094990007/|first=Matt |last=Dotray|date=December 12, 2019|access-date=November 25, 2022|publisher=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal}}</ref>