{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.stabenow.senate.gov/news/senator-stabenow-nominates-52-michigan-students-to-military-academies", "Senator Stabenow Nominates 52 Michigan Students to Military Academies", "2014-12-22", "2014", "2014-12", "Democrat", "House", "MI", "Debbie Stabenow", "S000770", "www.stabenow.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Senator Stabenow Nominates 52 Michigan Students to Military Academies \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tMonday, December 22, 2014\n\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t  \n\t\t\tU.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow announced today that she has nominated 52 Michigan students for placement at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY, the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO, and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY.\n\"I'm proud to see so many exceptional students from Michigan 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 know that they will represent Michigan and our country well.\"\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 competitive application process that included interviews by community leaders. Now that the students have been nominated, they must await acceptance for admission by the academy to which they have applied.\nThe following students have been nominated by Senator Stabenow to a service academy (by region):\nWest Michigan:\nKaylie Butt - Portage, Naval Academy  Daniel Christensen - Augusta, Air Force Academy   Blake Driscol - Grand Rapids, Naval Academy  Zachary Hoiles - Grand Rapids, West Point  Samantha Price - Marshall, Air Force Academy  Jeremy Schwartz - Grand Rapids, Air Force Academy  Peter Sinkovitz - Richland, Naval Academy  Zachary Winzer - North Muskegon, Merchant Marine Academy  Peter Woudenberg - Holland, West Point\nSoutheast Michigan:\nKyle Abraham - Northville, Air Force Academy  Spencer Barlow - Troy, Air Force Academy  Andrew Belanger - South Lyon, West Point  Ryan Brand - Novi, Air Force Academy  Alexandra Davis - Canton, West Point  Joseph Dowler - Beverly Hills, Naval Academy  Benjamin Finnegan - South Lyon, Naval Academy   Jacob Franchak - White Lake, Air Force Academy  Benjamin George - Wixom, Naval Academy  Andrew Greidanus - Franklin, West Point  Lauren Hudak -Bloomfield Hills, West Point  Sean Kirchner - Newport, West Point  Sean Krasovic - Rochester Hills, Air Force Academy  Michael Landuyt - Grosse Pointe Park, Naval Academy  Andrew Lang - Livonia, Merchant Marine Academy  Daniel Lindauer - Chelsea, Naval Academy  Sean McCullough - Northville, Naval Academy  Joel Moriarty - Canton, Air Force Academy  Robert Niehof - West Bloomfield, West Point  Christopher Nodland - Bloomfield Hills, Air Force Academy  Casey O'Brien - Troy, Naval Academy  Dominic Perrin - South Lyon, Naval Academy  Conor Ryan - Redford, Naval Academy  Madeline Reynolds - Clarkston, Naval Academy  Carlie Sleeman - Pinckney, West Point  John Solimanto - Redford , Air Force Academy  Benjamin Stanz - Canton, Air Force Academy  Kohsuke Tashiro - Bloomfield Hills, Naval Academy  Nicholas Tottis - West Bloomfield, Naval Academy  Colin Zavislak - Royal Oak, Air Force Academy\nUpper Peninsula:\nAdam Loman - Ishpeming, Air Force Academy  Justin Waligora - Gladstone, Air Force Academy\nNorthern Michigan:\nErik Anton - Suttons Bay, Naval Academy  Jared Byers - Petoskey, Naval Academy  Paige Cooley - Traverse City, Air Force Academy  Jeffrey Linenger - Suttons Bay, Naval Academy   Erin McDonnell - Traverse City, Naval Academy\nMid-Michigan:\nSeth Killian - Jackson, Air Force Academy  Matthew Stamler - Jackson, Naval Academy Flint/Saginaw/Bay Area:\nRyan Comrie - Owosso, Air Force Academy  Kyle Daley - Owosso, Air Force Academy  Ravdeep Dhingra - Midland, West Point  Trace Sheerin - Goodrich, Air Force 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-52-michigan-students-to-military-academies"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7332989480346441, "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"}