{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.stabenow.senate.gov/news/senator-stabenow-nominates-32-michigan-students-to-military-academies", "Senator Stabenow Nominates 32 Michigan Students to Military Academies", "2018-12-27", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "MI", "Debbie Stabenow", "S000770", "www.stabenow.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Senator Stabenow Nominates 32 Michigan Students to Military Academies \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tThursday, December 27, 2018\n\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t  \n\t\t\tU.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow announced today that she has nominated 32 Michigan students for placement at the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY, the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO and the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY.\r\n\r\nMichigan is fortunate to have so many exceptional students who want to serve our country through military service, said Senator Stabenow. Having demonstrated a strong commitment to excellence in and out of the classroom, I am confident they will represent Michigan and our country well.\r\n\r\nStudents seeking appointment to a service academy must first obtain the nomination of their U.S. Senator, their U.S. Representative, or the Vice President. Students nominated by Senator Stabenow's office went through a highly competitive application process that included interviews by veteran, military and community leaders. Now that the students have been nominated, they must await acceptance for admission by the academy to which they have applied.\r\n\r\nThe following students have been nominated by Senator Stabenow to a service academy (by region):\r\n\r\n\r\nSoutheast Michigan:\r\nAlfred Biland  Chesterfield, West Point\r\nAnthony Demitry  Novi, Air Force Academy\r\nAva Millman  Ann Arbor, Naval Academy\r\nDaniel Reimchen  Lake Orion, West Point\r\nDelace Jia  Bloomfield Hills, Naval Academy\r\nErika Rapp  Whitmore Lake, West Point\r\nJacob Muscato  Pinckney, Air Force Academy\r\nJoshua Klein  West Bloomfield, West Point\r\nJulia Marshall  Belleville, Naval Academy\r\nMichael Lance  Ann Arbor, West Point\r\nMichael Yamin  Bloomfield Hills, Air Force Academy\r\nRachael Baker  Leonard, Air Force Academy\r\nSavannah Benson-China  Detroit, Air Force Academy\r\n\r\n\r\nWest Michigan:\r\nBrandon Pham  Grand Rapids, Naval Academy\r\nDiego Campos  Battle Creek, Naval Academy\r\nJack Horton  Hastings, West Point\r\nJanna Ercole  Nunica, West Point\r\nMary Podiak  Portage, Naval Academy\r\nMason Doorn  Lowell, Air Force Academy\r\nTyler Twiss  Holland, West Point\r\n\r\n\r\nUpper Peninsula:\r\nDante Cyrus  Houghton, Air Force Academy\r\nPeter Nyfeler  Marquette, Air Force Academy\r\nPeyton Johnson  Iron Mountain, Naval Academy\r\n\r\n\r\nNorthern Michigan:\r\nHenry Carroll  Traverse City, West Point\r\nJoseph Buswinka  Manistee, Air Force Academy\r\nMatthew Jeffery  Sheridan, Merchant Marine Academy\r\nSamuel Lowery  Alanson, Naval Academy\r\n\r\n\r\nMid-Michigan:\r\nCaitlin Crittenden  Lansing, Air Force Academy\r\nColin Day  Haslett, West Point\r\n\r\n\r\nFlint/Great Lakes Bay/Thumb Region:\r\nConnor Van Loo  Freeland, Naval Academy\r\nEmily Jedrzejczak  Avoca, Naval Academy\r\nMalan Manwaring  Clio, Merchant Marine Academy", 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.stabenow.senate.gov/news/senator-stabenow-nominates-32-michigan-students-to-military-academies"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8535999804735184, "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"}