{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.rounds.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/rounds-announces-nominations-to-us-service-academies-for-2019-2020-school-year", "Rounds Announces Nominations to U.S. Service Academies for 2019-2020 School Year", "2018-12-10", "2018", "2018-12", "Republican", "Senate", "SD", "Mike Rounds", "R000605", "www.rounds.senate.gov", "rounds", "https://www.rounds.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON\u2014U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today announced that he has nominated 25 South Dakota students to the nation\u2019s service academies for the 2019-2020 school year.\n\n\u201cThe U.S. service academies only accept the best and the brightest,\u201d said Rounds. \u201cI am fortunate to have the opportunity to nominate 25 highly-qualified students to the academies this year. Each student I nominated went through a thorough application process and has proved that he or she possesses the necessary qualities to succeed at our service academies. I commend this year\u2019s group of students for their desire to serve our nation and I wish them all the best.\u201d\n\nEach year, members of Congress are allowed to nominate students from their state to the U.S. service academies. Each academy then gives full and fair consideration to these nominations when selecting enrollees. More information about the academy application process can be found here.\n\nPrincipal Nominations\n\nBrysen Reeser of Sioux Falls to the U.S. Military Academy\n\nKyras Fort of Box Elder to the U.S. Naval Academy (Fort also received a competitive nomination to the U.S. Military Academy from Rounds)\n\nAiden Diedrich of Sioux Falls to the U.S. Air Force Academy\n\nCompetitive Nominations\n\nBryn Ellwein of Sioux Falls to the U.S. Military Academy (Ellwein has received a Letter of Assurance from the U.S. Military Academy)\n\nIsaac Olson of Mobridge to the U.S. Military Academy\n\nTaylor O\u2019Brien of Leesburg, VA, (South Dakota resident) to the U.S. Military Academy\n\nJustin Weaver of Dakota Dunes to the U.S. Military Academy and the U.S. Air Force Academy\n\nMitchell Kistner of North Sioux City to the U.S. Military Academy\n\nDominick Oedekoven of Sturgis to the U.S. Military Academy and the U.S. Air Force Academy\n\nMarita Schmitz of Rapid City to the U.S. Military Academy and U.S. Naval Academy (Schmitz has received a Letter of Assurance from the U.S. Naval Academy)\n\nHenry Jensen of Dakota Dunes to the U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval Academy and U.S. Merchant Marines Academy\n\nFrank Hines of Huron to the U.S. Naval Academy (Hines has received a Letter of Assurance from the U.S. Naval Academy)\n\nClaire Hussey of Pierre to the U.S. Naval Academy\n\nFrank Veldhuizen of Rapid City to the U.S. Naval Academy\n\nGavin West of Piedmont to the U.S. Naval Academy\n\nJacob Frantzen of New Underwood to the U.S. Naval Academy\n\nSamuel McNeil of Herreid to the U.S. Naval Academy\n\nJack Elliot of Sioux Falls to the U.S. Naval Academy\n\nSierra Hillard of Whitewood to the U.S. Air Force Academy (Hillard has received a Letter of Assurance from the U.S. Air Force Academy)\n\nHaley Deome of Ramstein Air Base (South Dakota resident) to the U.S. Air Force Academy\n\nReagan Wombold of Rapid City to the U.S. Air Force Academy\n\nJay Dykstra of Rapid City to the U.S. Air Force Academy\n\nJaden Petersen of Brookings to the U.S. Air Force Academy and U.S. Merchant Marines Academy\n\nPrescott Haber of Sioux Falls to the U.S. Air Force Academy\n\nAlexander Miller of Brandon to the U.S. Merchant Marines Academy\n\nCompetitive nominations are submitted to the academies, along with nominees from other states, and selected by the academy on a limited, competitive basis. Principal nominations are guaranteed admission if they meet all of the requirements of the academy to which they are nominated. Students with a Letter of Assurance from an academy are guaranteed admission as long as the nominee meets all other requirements of the academy.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:11:43Z"]], "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://www.rounds.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/rounds-announces-nominations-to-us-service-academies-for-2019-2020-school-year"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7371017709374428, "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"}