{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.rounds.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sturgis-brown-high-school-student-receives-offer-of-appointment-to-us-naval-academy", "Sturgis Brown High School Student Receives Offer of Appointment to U.S. Naval Academy", "2019-05-10", "2019", "2019-05", "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 Gavin West, a senior at Sturgis Brown High School, has received a fully qualified offer of appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy, which he has accepted. West is the son of Patrick and Cassandra West of Piedmont, SD. He is the brother of Justice West, who also received a nomination from Rounds and currently attends the Naval Academy.\n\n\u201cI congratulate Gavin on working hard to get into the Naval Academy,\u201d said Rounds. \u201cAfter watching his brother get accepted to the Naval Academy and visiting Arlington National Cemetery and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Gavin felt called to serve his country. In addition to being an outstanding athlete\u2014he plays varsity football, basketball, baseball and track\u2014he is a bright student who is a member of the National Honor Society. He and his family should be very proud. We wish Gavin all the best at the Naval Academy.\u201d\n\n\u201cI am honored to have received an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy and I am very excited to start my career as a midshipman,\u201d said West. \u201cAttending the Naval Academy has been a goal of mine for many years and I couldn\u2019t have done it without the support from my family, friends and community, and I look forward to commissioning as a Naval Officer in the U.S. Navy.\u201d\n\nEach year, Sen. Rounds is able to nominate a select group of eligible students from South Dakota to attend our nation\u2019s four service academies: The U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the U.S. Naval Academy. More information about the nomination process and eligibility requirements can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:25:46Z"]], "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/sturgis-brown-high-school-student-receives-offer-of-appointment-to-us-naval-academy"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8215182460844517, "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"}