LACEY — Aberdeen High School graduate Jeffrey Seath is the St. Martin’s University valedictorian for the 2018-2019 academic year, with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average.

Seath graduated in December with dual bachelor’s degrees in accounting and business administration, with a concentration in finance. He is currently working at the accounting firm of Littlefield, Fanning & Co. in Olympia, where he recently finished his first tax season and is now focused on completing the Certified Public Accountant examination.

Seath is the son of Doug and Teri Seath of Aberdeen. After graduating from Aberdeen High School, he earned an associate degree in science at Grays Harbor College. In 2008, he enlisted in the U.S. Army as an explosive ordnance disposal candidate. After he finished technical training, was assigned to the 47th Ordnance Company in Fort Hood, Texas.

Seath met his wife, Rachael, while he was stationed in Texas. They have a daughter, Jade, who was born in 2011 while he was home on leave from his deployment in Iraq and they now live in Olympia.

Seath re-enlisted for four years and changed duty stations to Fort Lewis, where he joined the 129th Ordnance Company. He became team leader and was certified as an explosive ordnance disposal technician. During a nine-month mission in Kuwait, he was promoted to staff sergeant.

In 2015, Seath started using the Army’s tuition assistance program to attend St. Martin’s classes at the Stone Education Center on base. He completed his enlistment with the Army in March 2017.

The commencement ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 11, at Marcus Pavilion on the university’s Lacey campus. For more information, visit www.stmartin.edu/commencement.