{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://case.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3481", "Case Announces Nominations To Nation's Service Academies For Incoming '25 Class", "2024-12-15", "2024", "2024-12", "Democrat", "House", "HI", "Ed Case", "C001055", "case.house.gov", "case", "https://case.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27&Page=8", "scraper", "(Honolulu, HI) - U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today announced his 2025 nominations our nation\u2019s four service academies: the U.S. Military Academy (West Point/Army); U.S. Naval Academy (Annapolis/Navy); U.S. Air Force Academy (Colorado Springs/Air Force) and U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point).\n\n\u201cI take my responsibility to nominate deserving applicants from my district to our legendary service academies very seriously, and personally interviewed most of my applicants before making my decisions,\u201d said Case. \u201cI was truly impressed with the applicants, and it was very encouraging and rewarding to have spent time with our next generation of military leaders.\u201d\n\nCase named the following nominees to the four service academies (principal nominee and the rest in alphabetical order by last name):\n\nUnited States Air Force Academy\n\nPrincipal nominee: Miles Schwab Moanalua High School\n\nJacob Barner Radford High School\n\nAidan Bowers Punahou School\n\nEmma Campagna Moanalua High School\n\nSidney Cogswell Punahou School\n\nReese Distelzweig Radford High School\n\nDylan Fo Hanalani Schools\n\nJohn Ganske Moanalua High School\n\nBryson Leong Iolani School\n\nSamuel Lorge Air Force Preparatory School/Kaiser HS\n\nOlivia Moon Moanalua High School\n\nJim Pedroza Radford High School\n\nJoshua Rayman Radford High School\n\nJariahlyn Rhoades Punahou School\n\nBrad Yoakley Radford High School\n\nUnited States Military Academy at West Point\n\nPrincipal nominee: Joshua Yang Punahou School\n\nNoah Ahn Moanalua High School\n\nZachary Carlile Zama American Middle High School\n\nAlexander Cramer Mililani High School\n\nConstantine Cramer Mililani High School\n\nTyson Drowns NIST International School Thailand\n\nHoyt Fujihara Moanalua High School\n\nRahieum Lee II Moanalua High School\n\nTuan Pettaway Mililani High School\n\nObadiah Scroggins Leilehua High School\n\nTemana Shimasaki Kamehameha \u2013 Kap\u0101lama Campus\n\nTyler Wilson Mid-Pacific Institute\n\nUnited States Naval Academy\n\nPrincipal nominee: Aliyah Converse Radford High school\n\nKai Im Punahou School\n\nJoshua Kraft Kapolei High School\n\nJoshua Lam Roosevelt High School\n\nPhoenix Nguyen-Eden Punahou School\n\nBraden Oxendine Radford High School\n\nDavid Partin Saint Louis School\n\nObadiah Scroggins Leilehua High School\n\nReif York-Veirnes Saint Louis School\n\nJia Qi Zhan Roosevelt High School\n\nUnited States Merchant Marine Academy\n\nDaniel Arima Iolani School\n\nCooper Johnson Radford High School\n\nFor the Class of 2025, Case selected 38 applicants from six private schools and seven public schools.\n\nMembers of Congress are authorized by law to nominate candidates to the four United States Service Academies \u2013 the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland; the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado; the Military Academy at West Point, New York; and the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York. The Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut does not require a congressional nomination for appointment.\n\nAcceptance of an academy appointment requires at least a nine-year service obligation, including four years at an academy and at least five years of active-duty service. For information on eligibility requirements and how to seek an appointment for the 2026 entering class, please go to Congressman Ed Case\u2019s web site https://case.house.gov/services/service-academy-nominations.htm.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://case.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3481"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.927329994738102, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}