{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://walker.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/walker-announces-2020-service-academy-nominations-sixth-district", "Walker Announces 2020 Service Academy Nominations for the Sixth District", "2020-12-16", "2020", "2020-12", "Republican", "Senate", "NC", "Mark Walker", "W000819", "walker.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "GREENSBORO, N.C.  U.S. Representative Mark Walker (R-N.C.) announced that he has nominated 15 North Carolina high school students for appointment to one of the United States' service academies  the U.S. Air Force Academy, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, and the U.S. Naval Academy for the Class of 2025.\nThe Sixth District's Service Academy Nomination Board, appointed by Walker, conducted interviews with each of the applicants and made recommendations based on their qualifications.\nThis year's service academy nominees are an outstanding class of young North Carolinians who embody our state's values of high character, scholarship, and leadership, Walker said. Their inspiring pursuit of service to our nation can never be thanked enough and I am humbled to be a small part of their journey. I wish the students the best as they seek acceptance in their respective institutions.\nNext, the students will seek to meet the admission requirements of their service academy, which will make the final decision on admission in the early months of 2021. Each student who attends a service academy will make a commitment to serve in the military for a minimum of five years upon graduation.\nA full list of the service academy nominees, their schools, and their hometowns are below:\n  2020 Service Academy Nominees  \n\t\nUnited States Air Force Academy  \n\tAustin Thomas Smith | Dalton L. McMichael | Madison, NC  \n\tBryan Cao | Weaver Academy | Whitsett, NC  \n\tIsabella Shoup | Western Alamance High School | Elon, NC  \n\tShannon Hobbs | Western Alamance High School | Elon, NC\nUnited States Naval Academy  \n\tTimothy Spody Welch | Southeast Guilford | Greensboro, NC  \n\tAna Bella King | NC School of Science and Mathematics | Semora, NC  \n\tNoelle Magee | Massanutten Military Academy | Chapel Hill, NC  \n\tMagan Wilson | Dalton L. McMichael | Stokesdale, NC  \n\tDahlia Kilgore | Children's School of Discovery | Chapel Hill, NC\nUnited States Military Academy  \n\tParker Ashley Stewart | Northern Guilford High School | Summerfield, NC  \n\tOlivia YingLan Riggsbee | Northwood High School | Moncure, NC  \n\tNoah Jones | Lee County High School | Sanford, NC  \n\tWilliam Robert Lake | Northwood High School | Chapel Hill, NC  \n\tGrace McNairy | Wesleyan Christian Academy | Greensboro, NC\nUnited States Merchant Marine Academy  \n\tParrish Wick Jacobi | Oak Ridge Military Academy | Burlington, NC", 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://walker.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/walker-announces-2020-service-academy-nominations-sixth-district"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0455711744725704, "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"}