{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.rounds.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/rounds-announces-us-service-academy-nominations", "Rounds Announces U.S. Service Academy Nominations", "2016-12-22", "2016", "2016-12", "Republican", "House", "SD", "Mike Rounds", "R000605", "www.rounds.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "12.22.16\n\t\t\t Rounds Announces U.S. Service Academy Nominations \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTONU.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today announced his nominees to attend the nation's service academies for the fall 2017 semester.\r\nIt is an honor to nominate these young South Dakota students to become the next generation of military leaders, said Rounds. The United States service academies are looking for the best and brightest to join their ranks, and I was fortunate to receive nomination applications from an outstanding group of students. I'm confident they possess 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.\r\nSenator Rounds announced he has nominated the following South Dakotans:\r\n \r\nSpencer DeLange of Sioux Falls, SD, to U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and U.S. Air Force Academy\r\nColin Entinger of Brandon, SD, to U.S. Air Force Academy\r\nBrooke Fraasch of Milbank, SD, to U.S. Naval Academy\r\nMariah Grant of Rosholt, SD, to U.S. Air Force Academy\r\nBlake Hayden of Canton, SD, to U.S. Military Academy at West Point, U.S. Naval Academy and U.S. Air Force Academy\r\nSamantha Herman of Madison, SD, to U.S. Air Force Academy\r\nAmber Hulse of Hot Springs, SD, to U.S. Naval Academy and U.S. Air Force Academy\r\nLauren Hunstad of Parker, SD, to U.S. Merchant Marine Academy\r\nTessa Kimbler of Aberdeen, SD, to U.S. Air Force Academy\r\nStanley Larson of Sioux Falls, SD, to U.S. Military Academy at West Point and U.S. Naval Academy\r\nZachariah Markel of Watertown, SD, to U.S. Military Academy at West Point and U.S. Naval Academy\r\nSpencer Mohr of Mitchell, SD, to U.S. Military Academy at West Point and U.S. Naval Academy\r\nJonah Nelson of Sioux Falls, to U.S. Military Academy at West Point\r\nNoah Scott of Gary, SD, to U.S. Air Force Academy\r\nFallen Sorbel of Martin, SD, to U.S. Merchant Marine Academy\r\nJack Talcott of Brandon, SD, to U.S. Naval Academy and U.S. Military Academy at West Point\r\nEli VanHorn of Plankinton, SD, to U.S. Air Force Academy\r\nJustice West of Piedmont, SD, to U.S. Naval Academy\r\n \r\n\r\nAdditionally, Rounds has nominated the following students who are dependents of South Dakota residents:\r\n\r\n \r\nDurant Crow of West Point, NY, to U.S. Military Academy at West Point\r\nTacoma Mendelsohn of Hampton, VA, to U.S. Air Force Academy\r\n \r\n\r\nMore information about the nomination process and eligibility requirements can be found here.\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-us-service-academy-nominations"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5835489612072706, "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"}