{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://sykes.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-sykes-congratulates-2025-congressional-app-challenge-winners", "Rep. Sykes Congratulates 2025 Congressional App Challenge Winners", "2025-12-11", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "OH", "Emilia Strong Sykes", "S001223", "sykes.house.gov", "sykes", "https://sykes.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "AKRON, OH \u2014 Today, during National Computer Science Education Week, U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) announced Kaxten McGrew, Bastian Nowak, and Luke Hinkelman of Akron as the 2025 winners of the Congressional App Challenge for Ohio\u2019s 13th District.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m pleased to announce Kaxten McGrew, Bastian Nowak, and Luke Hinkelman from Akron\u2019s NIHF STEM High School as the winners of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge for Ohio\u2019s 13th District. It is inspiring to see how these three students translated their interest in computer programming into an app that improves the education of other students,\u201d said Rep. Sykes. \u201cThank you to every student who entered this competition \u2014 I\u2019m excited to see what you create next!\u201d\n\nKaxten, Bastian, and Luke are students at National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) STEM High School in Akron. Their app, \"Eagle Express,\" is an innovative system that allows students and teachers to better track and make transactions on their school\u2019s token-based incentive program. You can watch their demonstration here: Eagle Express\u2013 A Smarter Way to Reward\n\nRep. Sykes also recognized the ingenuity and efforts of second-place winners Joshua Walter and Logan Myers for their app \u201cStayWithMe\u201d and third-place winner Na\u2019Saebria Mabry for her app, \u201cEscape the Emotion Based Escape Room.\u201d\n\nEach year, the United States House of Representatives hosts the Congressional App Challenge, a nationwide app building competition for middle and high school students. As the winners for Ohio\u2019s 13th Congressional District, Kaxten, Bastian, and Luke will have the opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C. this spring for the annual #HouseOfCode event, which features winners from across the country.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "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://sykes.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-sykes-congratulates-2025-congressional-app-challenge-winners"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.1850216910243034, "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"}