{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://cline.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1087", "Rep. Cline Announces U.S. Service Academy Nominations for the Class of 2026", "2021-12-22", "2021", "2021-12", "Republican", "House", "VA", "Ben Cline", "C001118", "cline.house.gov", "cline", "https://cline.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Today, Congressman Ben Cline (VA-06) announced the names of the students within the Sixth Congressional District of Virginia whom he has nominated to join the Class of 2026 at one of four U.S. Service Academies.\n\nApplicants to the U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy, and U.S. Merchant Marine Academy require a nomination from a Member of Congress or another nominating authority. Nominees are listed below alphabetically.\n\n\"One of the most important responsibilities I have as the Representative for Virginia's Sixth District is the nomination of high school seniors and others to one of four United States Service Academies,\" Cline said. \"Understanding this, I spent the past several months meeting individually with each interested applicant. The passion for service and love of country that these students exuded was truly inspiring, and I am pleased to announce today the names of those I have nominated to each Academy. I offer these students my sincere congratulations and wish them the best of luck throughout the rest of the admissions process.\"\n\nSixth District Nominations for the Class of 2026:\n\nUnited States Naval Academy:\n\nCharles Armes, senior at Heritage High School and a resident of Lynchburg\n\nDarian Belisle, freshman at Mary Baldwin University and a resident of Staunton\n\nZachary Hodgen, senior at Wilson Memorial High School and a resident of Fishersville\n\nSeamus Looney, senior at Rockbridge High School and a resident of Lexington\n\nLogan Perry, senior at Stuarts Draft High School and a resident of Stuarts Draft\n\nWeston Rogers, freshman at James Madison University and a resident of Harrisonburg\n\nAlice Sherman, senior at Patrick Henry High School and a resident of Roanoke\n\nPatrick Uhlenkott, freshman at Franciscan University of Steubenville and a resident of Front Royal\n\nJacob Warner, senior at The New Community School and a resident of Rockbridge\n\nUnited States Military Academy:\n\nKameron Burns, senior at Heritage High School and a resident of Lynchburg\n\nLance Dorman, senior at Fishburne Military School and a resident New Market\n\nNathan Haskins, senior at Skyline High School and a resident of Front Royal\n\nCadless Jarvis, senior at Fishburne Military School and a resident of Waynesboro\n\nRobert Miller, senior at William Byrd High School and a resident of Roanoke\n\nNoah Miller, senior at Turner Ashby High School and a resident of Bridgewater\n\nKaiden Minter, senior at Northside High School and a resident of Roanoke\n\nAndrew Sakamoto, senior at Hidden Valley High School and a resident of Roanoke\n\nDillon Stowers, senior at Liberty Christian Academy and a resident of Lynchburg\n\nMcKenna Vess, senior at Wilson Memorial High School and a resident of Waynesboro\n\nUnited States Air Force Academy:\n\nBradley Colkitt, senior at Jefferson Forest High School and a resident of Lynchburg\n\nJarred Newcomb, senior at Jefferson Forest High School and a resident of Forest\n\nJakob Presley, freshman at Lord Fairfax Community College and a resident of Maurertown\n\nMariela Ruiz, senior at Waynesboro High School and a resident of Waynesboro\n\nFrancis Treutlein, senior at Warren County High School and a resident of Linden\n\nUnited States Merchant Marine Academy:\n\nConnor Wolfe, senior at Parry McCluer High School and a resident of Buena Vista\n\nCongressman Ben Cline represents the Sixth Congressional District of Virginia. He previously was an attorney in private practice and served both as an assistant prosecutor and Member of the Virginia House of Delegates. Cline and his wife, Elizabeth, live in Botetourt County with their two children.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:37:48Z"]], "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://cline.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1087"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9914571419358253, "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"}