{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stevens.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-stevens-announces-2021-service-academy-nominations", "Rep. Stevens Announces 2021 Service Academy Nominations", "2021-12-15", "2021", "2021-12", "Democrat", "House", "MI", "Haley M. Stevens", "S001215", "stevens.house.gov", "stevens", "https://stevens.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC. \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Haley Stevens (MI-11) announced that she has nominated 22 Michigan students for placement at the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY, the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO and the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY.\n\n\u201cI am excited to nominate these 22 incredible students for appointment to our nation\u2019s service academies,\u201d said Congresswoman Stevens. \u201cServing our country is the most honorable act that Americans can commit; I am so inspired by these students' desire to serve, and I am so proud to be their representative in Congress. I\u2019m rooting for them throughout the rest of the application process!\u201d\n\nStudents seeking an appointment to a service academy must first obtain a nomination from a nominating source \u2013 most commonly through their Members of Congress. Now that these students have been nominated, they must await acceptance of admission by the academy to which they have applied.\n\nStudents interested in learning about the service academy process, including how to earn a nomination from Congresswoman Stevens, may visit our website here.\n\nThe nominees, along with their hometowns and high school or university, are listed below:\n\nUnited States Air Force Academy\n\nBrian Apple, Milford, Detroit Catholic Central High School\n\nAlec Blendea, Waterford, St. Mary\u2019s Preparatory High School\n\nWilliam Cameron, Northville, Northville High School\n\nKaia Counts, Northville, Northville High School\n\nJames Holcomb, Birmingham, Wylie E. Groves High School\n\nCarter Korpi, South Lyon, Detroit Catholic Central High School\n\nThomas Leeds, Northville, University of Detroit Jesuit High School\n\nJulianne Pabalan, Troy, Troy High School\n\nAbigail Tracey, Northville, Livingston Classical Academy\n\nGeorge Vlahos, Commerce, Walled Lake Central High School\n\nUnited States Merchant Marine Academy\n\nAlec Blendea, Waterford, St. Mary\u2019s Preparatory High School\n\nJoshua Brauchler, Canton, Salem High School\n\nJulianne Pabalan, Troy, Troy High School\n\nUnited States Military Academy\n\nRahul Barpanda, Northville, Detroit Country Day High School\n\nWilliam Cameron, Northville, Northville High School\n\nKaia Counts, Northville, Northville High School\n\nNicholas Groene, South Lyon, South Lyon East High School\n\nHaesol Park, Northville, Northville High School\n\nEllia Sechrist, White Lake, Walled Lake Central High School\n\nJohn Smith, Novi, Detroit Catholic Central High School\n\nConnor Sugrue, Canton, Salem High School\n\nAbigail Tracey, Northville, Livingston Classical Academy\n\nGeorge Vlahos, Commerce, Walled Lake Central High School\n\nUnited States Naval Academy\n\nFrederick Aldinger, Troy, Troy High School\n\nAlec Blendea, Waterford, St. Mary\u2019s Preparatory High School\n\nZiming Huang, Plymouth, Salem High School\n\nThomas Leeds, Northville, University of Detroit Jesuit High School\n\nJulianne Pabalan, Troy, Troy High School\n\nJohn Smith, Novi, Detroit Catholic Central High School\n\nMatthew Sommer, Novi, Detroit Catholic Central High School\n\nJoseph Wolak, South Lyon, Detroit Catholic Central High School\n\nGeorge Vlahos, Commerce, Walled Lake Central High School\n\nAnnika Zaar, Northville, Northville High School", 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://stevens.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-stevens-announces-2021-service-academy-nominations"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.343713840469718, "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"}