{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://yoder.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-yoder-announces-military-academy-nominations-0", "Rep. Yoder Announces Military Academy Nominations", "2016-12-02", "2016", "2016-12", "Republican", "House", "KS", "Kevin Yoder", "Y000063", "yoder.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Overland Park, KS\u00a0\u2013 Representative Kevin Yoder (R-KS) announced today that he has nominated 27 area students to the U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, and the U.S. Air Force Academy.\nThe Third District\u2019s Academy Nomination Board, appointed by Representative Yoder, conducted interviews with the applicants following review of their applications. After receiving their nominations, the applicants must now meet the requirements of each U.S. Service Academy to be considered for appointment. Ultimately, the Academies make the final decision on who receives an appointment of admission.\n\u201cI\u2019m honored to announce the nominations of the following outstanding Kansans from the 3rd Congressional District to an United States Service Academy,\u201d Rep Yoder said. \u201cThese young men and women do an excellent job representing our district with their distinguished character, scholarship, leadership and service. The impressive attributes each one of the nominees possess make them great candidates, and I wish them well as they seek an appointment to an U.S. Service Academy.\u201d\nUnited States Naval Academy \u2013 Annapolis, Maryland\nHarrison Boldt \u2013 Merriam\nChad Coates \u2013 Overland Park\nRyan Devers \u2013 Olathe\nNoah Didier \u2013 Overland Park\nMarie Divine \u2013 Prairie Village\nClaire Ivey \u2013 Shawnee\nLuke Kuklenski \u2013 Prairie Village\nAustin Lee \u2013 Overland Park\nOwen Swanberg \u2013 Leawood\nMaddie Wheat \u2013 Shawnee\nUnited States Military Academy \u2013 West Point, New York\nClaire Allen \u2013 Shawnee\nEmmett Lockeridge \u2013 Kansas City Kansas\nSteven Rohde \u2013 Overland Park\nJack Russell \u2013 Overland Park\nBrenden Shutt \u2013 Shawnee\nCole Smith \u2013 Overland Park\nSidney Spry \u2013 Overland Park\nKaren Yan \u2013 Overland Park\nUnited States Air Force Academy \u2013 Colorado Springs, Colorado\nChad Buzzell \u2013 Overland Park\nCole Dahlquist \u2013 Lenexa\nPatrick Doyle \u2013 Prairie Village\nAnnalise Holland \u2013 Olathe\nWill McConwell \u2013 Fairway\nCooper May \u2013 Leawood\nJonas Price \u2013\u00a0Overland Park\nJacob Taylor \u2013 De Soto\nVictoria Wall \u2013 Mission\nRep. Yoder will begin accepting applications for the 2018 Academy class on May 1, 2017. The application deadline is October 1, 2017.\u00a0 For more information on the application process or to receive an U.S. Service Academy Nomination Application packet please contact Susan Metsker in Rep. Yoder\u2019s Overland Park Office at 913-621-0832 or visit www.yoder.house.gov.\n###", 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": ["http://yoder.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-yoder-announces-military-academy-nominations-0"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.329453894868493, "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"}