{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.rounds.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/rounds-announces-nominations-to-us-service-academies", "Rounds Announces Nominations to U.S. Service Academies", "2017-12-04", "2017", "2017-12", "Republican", "House", "SD", "Mike Rounds", "R000605", "www.rounds.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "12.04.17\n\t\t\t Rounds Announces Nominations to U.S. Service Academies \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t Nominated 23 South Dakota Students\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t WASHINGTONU.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today announced that he has nominated 23 South Dakota students to our nation's service academies for the 2018-2019 school year.\r\n\r\nIt is an honor to nominate South Dakota's best and brightest students to our nation's service academies each year, said Rounds. This year, I was fortunate to receive nomination applications from an outstanding group of students. Each of the students I nominated possesses the leadership qualities and academic excellence to succeed at our nation's service academies. I wish them all the best.\r\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.\r\nRounds' principal nominees to the service academies, who are guaranteed admission if they meet all of the requirements of the academy to which they are nominated include:\r\n \r\nCaleb Carnes of Beresford to the U.S. Air Force Academy\r\nJennifer Chatwell of Sioux Falls to the U.S. Naval Academy\r\nCain Lounsbery of Brookings to the U.S. Military Academy\r\n \r\n\r\nCompetitive nominee with a letter of assurance of acceptance: \r\n \r\nSilas Diaz of Rapid City to the U.S. Naval Academy\r\n \r\nRounds competitive nominees to the service academies: \r\n \r\nRyan Berry of Sioux Falls to the U.S. Military Academy\r\nAlexander Crowson of Brussels, Belgium (South Dakota resident) to the U.S. Military Academy\r\nGrady Dehler of Rapid City to the U.S. Military Academy and the U.S. Air Force Academy\r\nIsaac Doten of Sturgis to the U.S. Naval Academy\r\nTyler Eberle of Rapid City to the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy and the Merchant Marine Academy\r\nRyan Habeck of Ft. Pierre to the U.S. Air Force Academy\r\nTigh Hight of Sioux Falls to the U.S. Military Academy\r\nTessa Kimbler of Aberdeen to the U.S. Naval Academy and the U.S. Air Force Academy\r\nMeredith Lammers of Dakota Dunes to the U.S. Air Force Academy and the U.S. Naval Academy\r\nRyan Maertz of Watertown, SD to the U.S. Air Force Academy\r\nAlexander Miller of Brandon, SD to the Merchant Marine Academy\r\nJayden Pittman of Baltic to the U.S. Military Academy\r\nAlexia Scott of Aberdeen to the U.S. Air Force Academy\r\nMadison Skinner of Sioux Falls to the U.S. Naval Academy and the U.S. Air Force Academy\r\nMark Springman of Sioux Falls to the U.S. Military Academy\r\nArianna Stangohr of Sioux Falls to the U.S. Military Academy and the U.S. Air Force Academy\r\nBrock Walker of Sioux Falls to the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Air Force Academy and the U.S. Naval Academy\r\nJustice West of Piedmont to the U.S. Naval Academy\r\nBrighem Williams of Lead to the U.S. Naval Academy\r\n \r\n\r\nCompetitive nominations are submitted to the academies, along with nominees from other states, and selected by the academy on a limited, competitive basis.\r\n\r\n###\r\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 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://www.rounds.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/rounds-announces-nominations-to-us-service-academies"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9249469731003046, "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"}