{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://case.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4800", "Case Announces Nominations To Nation's Service Academies For Incoming '26 Class", "2025-12-19", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "HI", "Ed Case", "C001055", "case.house.gov", "case", "https://case.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27&Page=2", "scraper", "(Honolulu, HI) - U.S. Representative Ed Case (HI-01) today announced his 2026 nominations to four of our nation\u2019s 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: Ryder Goto Kalani High School\n\nKasyn Amazaki \u2018Iolani School\n\nLuke Barner Radford High School\n\nKodai Eskin Punahou School\n\nJohn Ganske New Mexico Military Institute/\n\nMoanalua High School\n\nTimothy Iha Pearl City High School\n\nTuan Pettaway Air Force Academy Preparatory School/ Mililani High School\n\nChristophe Tang Air Force Academy Preparatory School/ Campbell High School\n\nDerrick Ung \u2018Aiea High School\n\nUnited States Military Academy\n\nPrincipal nominee: Anthony Dang University Laboratory School\n\nJacob Blaze Cabuhat Punahou School\n\nLiam Martin Punahou School\n\nJazmine Mayo \u2018Aiea High School\n\nMalia McCoy Punahou School\n\nHayden Noland Punahou School\n\nParker Noland Punahou School\n\nChristopherJay Tenorio \u2018Aiea High School\n\nUnited States Naval Academy\n\nPrincipal nominee: Alicya Robson Naval Academy Preparatory School/\n\nCampbell High School\n\nLiliana Burrell Abeka Academy (home school)\n\nJuliet Caston Campbell High School\n\nAdam Ettlich Soli Deo Gloria Academy (home school)\n\nShota Eskin Punahou School\n\nVanessa He Hawaii Baptist Academy\n\nLyla Matthews Radford High School\n\nCharlotte Nakagawa Kamehameha Schools - Kap\u0101lama\n\nCaleb Parsons Moanalua High School\n\nEzekiel Schulz Radford High School\n\nJia Qi Zhan Naval Academy Preparatory School/ Roosevelt High School\n\nUnited States Merchant Marine Academy\n\nElizabeth Gillaspie Maryknoll School\n\nParker Reppun Punahou School\n\nFor the Class of 2026, Case selected 30 applicants from six private schools, eight public schools and two home schools.\n\nMembers of Congress are authorized by law to nominate candidates to four United States Service Academies: 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 at New London, Connecticut does not require a congressional nomination for appointment.\n\nA Congressional nomination does not guarantee acceptance, but in most cases is required for an applicant to be considered. Acceptance 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.\n\nFor information on eligibility requirements and how to seek an appointment for the 2027 entering class, please go to Rep. Case\u2019s web site https://case.house.gov/services/service-academy-nominations.htm.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "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=4800"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7100990042090416, "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"}