Pine View grad secure rank

Alexander H. Hays, a 2004 graduate of Pine View School and 2008 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. Lt. Hays is currently serving on the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise as an electrical division officer and nuclear power propulsion plant watch officer and currently is deployed to the Persian Gulf. Hays grew up on Siesta Key and is the son of Dr. Richard Hays and Dr. Joni Steinberg, who both reside in Sarasota.