{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://pocan.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/pocan-announces-2015-united-states-service-academy-nominations", "Pocan Announces 2015 United States Service Academy Nominations", "2015-12-15", "2015", "2015-12", "Democrat", "House", "WI", "Mark Pocan", "P000607", "pocan.house.gov", "pocan", "https://pocan.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02) announced the nomination of 15 outstanding students from Wisconsin's 2nd Congressional District to the Class of 2020 at the United States Service Academies.\n\n\"It is an honor to nominate these exceptional young men and women to attend our nation's service academies and become the future leaders in our military,\" said Rep. Pocan. \"All of the students have worked hard and demonstrated extraordinary academic achievement to earn these nominations. I am confident that if selected, these students will represent Wisconsin and our nation with the utmost integrity.\"\n\nOn Dec. 14, the students and their families were recognized at an award ceremony and reception at the Monona Public Library in Monona, WI and personally received an award from Rep. Pocan.\n\nRep. Pocan assembled a board of volunteers comprised of community leaders as well as active and retired service members from south central Wisconsin to assist with the evaluation of the applicants from the 2nd Congressional District. After the completion of the application process, the nomination board recommended the following students, who were then nominated by Rep. Pocan.\n\nRep. Pocan is recommending the following students to the service academy classes of 2020. Final admission is determined by the respective academy.\n\nAir Force Academy\n\nTyler Kasperski- Madison La Follette High School\n\nBrynn Lunaas- Milton High School\n\nJames Roberts- Waunakee High School\n\nPeter Speckman- Brodhead High School\n\nVictoria Trantow- Middleton High School\n\nJack Zocher- Middleton High School\n\nNaval Academy\n\nAjith Brown- 2015 Graduate of Madison West High School\n\nDiana Bulaong- Madison East High School\n\nMaxwell Cardwell- 2015 Graduate of Madison West High School\n\nLaura Kamm- Waunakee High School\n\nSamuel Noonan- Edgewood High School\n\nAllison Perales- DeForest High School\n\nWest Point\n\nJacob Kelley- St. John's Northwestern Military Academy\n\nCheyenne Trilling- Verona High School\n\nGray Woodward- Middleton High School", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T20:33:33Z"]], "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://pocan.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/pocan-announces-2015-united-states-service-academy-nominations"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5995977446436882, "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"}