{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mooney.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/mooney-nominates-students-us-military-academies", "Mooney nominates students to U.S. military academies", "2020-12-23", "2020", "2020-12", "Republican", "House", "WV", "Alex Mooney", "M001195", "mooney.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "MARTINSBURG, W.Va.  Congressman Alex X. Mooney (WV-02) announced last week that 24 students from West Virginia's Second Congressional District  including two from Putnam County  have been nominated to U.S. service academies.\n\n\n\tThe honor of attending a service academy comes with the obligation and commitment to serve in the military for a minimum of five years upon graduation.\n\n\n\tOur incredible military academy nominees have been selected based on their academic achievements, extra-curricular activities, leadership skills, physical aptitude, character and motivation, Mooney said in a news release. It always makes me very proud to see so many incredible students from West Virginia's Second Congressional District apply for this life-changing opportunity. In our country today, we need driven and patriotic young Americans, like our nominees, to faithfully serve and defend our freedoms.\n\n\n\tMembers of Congress may nominate candidates for appointment to four of the five U.S. service academies:\n\n\n\n\t U.S. Military Academy (USMA), West Point, New York\n\t\tU.S. Naval Academy (USNA), Annapolis, Maryland\n\t\tU.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA), Colorado Springs, Colorado\n\t\tU.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), Kings Point, New York\n\t \n\n\tThe service academy nominees from West Virginia's Second Congressional District this year are listed below:\n\n\n\t Aiden Turney, Jefferson County, USNA/USAFA\n\t\tAshton Hylton, Berkeley County, USNA/USAFA\n\t\tBenjamin Maiden, Jefferson County, USNA/USAFA\n\t\tChloe Munslow, Jefferson County, USNA/USAFA\n\t\tCullen Horowicz, Jefferson County, USMA\n\t\tDanielle Quijano, Putnam County, USNA/USAFA\n\t\tEthan Mayo, Kanawha County, USNA/USAFA\n\t\tGina Sobinovsky, Berkeley County, USAFA/USMA/USMMA\n\t\tJacob Schuck, Kanawha County, USMA/USAFA\n\t\tJason Ashman, Jefferson County, USNA/USMMA\n\t\tJohn Hall, Jefferson County, USMA/USAFA\n\t\tJonathan Howat, Putnam County, USNA\n\t\tJoshua Kilbride, Jefferson County, USAFA\n\t\tJustin Jun, Kanawha County, USAFA\n\t\tLiam Wilson, Berkeley County, USNA\n\t\tLisa Sobinovsky, Berkeley County, USAFA/USMA/USMMA\n\t\tMason Reddington, Jefferson County, USMMA\n\t\tMichael Poe, Jefferson County, USMA/USAFA\n\t\tNicholas Harbaugh, Berkeley County, USNA/USAFA\n\t\tNicholas Shirley, Berkeley County, USAFA/USNA\n\t\tPayton Derrick, Jefferson County, USMA\n\t\tRussell Coon, Hardy County, USNA\n\t\tSebastien Morel, Jefferson County, USMA\n\t\tThomas Inman, Berkeley County, USNA/USMA", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://mooney.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/mooney-nominates-students-us-military-academies"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5244800597429276, "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"}