{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://rodneydavis.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=399547", "Davis Announces 2017 Congressional App Challenge Winners", "2017-12-08", "2017", "2017-12", "Republican", "House", "IL", "Rodney Davis", "D000619", "rodneydavis.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Davis Announces 2017 Congressional App Challenge Winners \r\n   \r\n    \r\n       \r\n      \r\n  \r\n    \r\n      f \r\n      t \r\n      #\r\n      e\r\n      \r\n      \r\n    \r\n    \r\n      \r\n        Springfield, IL,\r\n        December 8, 2017\r\n      \r\n       \r\n    \r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n    \r\n      \r\n      \r\n      U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) today announced that Adam Walters, a student at Edwardsville High School, is the winner of the 2017 Congressional App Challenge (CAC) in the 13th District of Illinois. Walter\u2019s submission was \u201cPixel Skies,\u201d a game he developed which features aircraft combat.\r\nThe CAC encourages high school students to learn how to code by creating their own applications. The 2017 competition had more than 4,100 students participate with original apps submitted from 190 congressional districts across 42 states.\r\n\u201cInnovation and technology drive the success of our nation,\u201d said Davis. \u201cThis competition not only highlights how critical STEM education is to our economy but it also encourages more students to engage in these fields. Congratulations to Adam and all of this year\u2019s winners for their impressive submissions.\u201d\r\nThe second place entry in the 13th district competition was awarded to Kajetan Haas of Urbana, whose \u201cPomelo\u201d submission aims to help teachers create coding lessons for student. Alyxandra Merrit of Normal Community High School was awarded third place for her \u201cMarching Band Buddy\u201d application. Judges for the CAC included representatives from Congressman Davis\u2019s office and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.\r\nAdditional information about the Congressional App Challenge can be found here\r\n    \r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n    \r\n      f \r\n      t \r\n      #\r\n      e", 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://rodneydavis.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=399547"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.827874056994915, "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"}