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2013 State Honorees and Distinguished Finalists

Alabama

State Honoree

Kristen Ashley
Emily Whittington

Distinguished Finalist

Sarah Arwood
Eli Nafziger
Micah Smith

Alaska

State Honoree

Samuel Allred
Shaylee Rizzo

Distinguished Finalist

Allison Ostrander
Reese Qualls

Arizona

State Honoree

Morgan Beckwith
Alexandra Cockett

Distinguished Finalist

Naveen Dasari
Sarah Heiser
Henry Ng
Aditi Poduval
Matthew Safford
Braden Whitaker

Arkansas

State Honoree

Blake Abston
Tiffany Easter

Distinguished Finalist

Tatiana Borecky
Katherine Boyd
Robert Callahan
Hailey Flatte

California

State Honoree

Allyson Ahlstrom
Teagan Stedman

Distinguished Finalist

Madison Brinnon
Lulu Cerone
Rohan Chandra
Shawn Esmaili
Sydney Fredette
Noah Lizerbram
Danamarie McNicholl-Carter
Nicole Minkina
Samuel Patton
Kayla Tinucci

Colorado

State Honoree

Austin Reed

Distinguished Finalist

Matthew Golub
Andrew Pham
Courtney Pool
Navya Roy

Connecticut

State Honoree

Alison Forger
Anna Murphy

Distinguished Finalist

Hanna De Bruyn
Tyler Hoffman
Lexi Kelley
Charles Proctor

Delaware

State Honoree

Krysta Pritchett
Kyle Spillane

Distinguished Finalist

Emily Ciuffetelli
Daniel Lammatteo

District Of Columbia

State Honoree

Kahlil Epps

Distinguished Finalist

Treyon Hancock
Brianna Little

Florida

State Honoree

Joshua Williams
Alexis Lehrman

Distinguished Finalist

Sara Brenes
Erica Chemtob
Valentina Ferreira
Christopher George
Lance Oppenheim
Randall Slapikas
Tiffany Tang

Georgia

State Honoree

Kelsey Hirsch
David Resnick

Distinguished Finalist

Julia Abelsky
Ben Bearup
Mary Claire Birdsong
Chase Czaykowsky
Sara McCorkle
Shaurya Verma

Hawaii

State Honoree

Michael-Logan Jordan
Brittany Amano

Distinguished Finalist

Scott Fetz
Lynn Nguyen

Idaho

State Honoree

Abigail Blue
Katie Skarpnes

Distinguished Finalist

Kyle Ashby
Carl Breidenbach

Illinois

State Honoree

Jashira Bolden
Paige Logan

Distinguished Finalist

Mark Crenshaw
Jake Herb
Isha Jog
Alex Marck
Michael Bryant Powell
Jen Rubino
Matthew Williams

Indiana

State Honoree

Courtland Cottle
Cayman Jarvis

Distinguished Finalist

Brooke Campbell
Kellie Dippel
Audrey Eckart
Kaylin Fanta
Amber Kriech
Clayton Smith

Iowa

State Honoree

Katelyn Cinnamon
Samantha Dilocker

Distinguished Finalist

Bradley Baudler
Dylan DeClerck
Julianne Delessio
Jacy McAlexander

Kansas

State Honoree

Cassie Wang
Alec Elffner

Distinguished Finalist

Logan Brown
Blake Carnes
Luke Garrison
Anna Lipscomb

Kentucky

State Honoree

Virginia Newsome
Madison Roy

Distinguished Finalist

Faith Call
Jessica Collins
Olivia Colliver
Victoria Poston

Louisiana

State Honoree

Kellie Abbott

Distinguished Finalist

Alexa Babin
Henry Futch
Madison Heil
Safa Michigan

Maine

State Honoree

Marissa Bates
Katherine Elliott

Distinguished Finalist

Corey Kruszenski
Sydney Pepin

Maryland

State Honoree

William Michie
Sade Miller

Distinguished Finalist

Celeste Awokoya- Gregory
Nylah Burton
Susanqi Jiang
Jessica Lantz
Melissa Rifkin
Lindsay White

Massachusetts

State Honoree

Emily Fabre
Lauren Sundstrom

Distinguished Finalist

Jason Carrier
Erica Chalmers
Jake Cohen
Rachel Collins
Riona Reeves
Sejal Vallabh

Michigan

State Honoree

Keegan Scholte
Catherine Sesi

Distinguished Finalist

Bailey Baringer
Noah Bizer
Ali Elreichouni
Autumn Holliday
Marlena Megerian
Kilian Southworth
Taylor Weckstein

Minnesota

State Honoree

Louie McGee
Hawi Awash

Distinguished Finalist

Brock Bleichner
Xiuqi Cao
Jacob Jensen
Corey Loken
Christopher Nguyen
Kristina Swenson

Mississippi

State Honoree

Emilee Parker
Joshua Prochaska

Distinguished Finalist

Mary Broadhead
Taide Ding
Katie Pinkard

Missouri

State Honoree

Sophia Greenwalt
Sarah Sutherlin

Distinguished Finalist

Sophie Bernstein
Slava Butkovich
Sarah Casteel
August Clark
Nancy Fairbank
Ryan Schweitzer

Montana

State Honoree

Patricia Gornick
Isaiah Hesford

Distinguished Finalist

Maria Abbot
Sara Bonk

Nebraska

State Honoree

Alexandra Baxter
My'Kah Knowlin

Distinguished Finalist

Justine Bauer
Madeline Lorenzen

Nevada

State Honoree

Konner Robison
Anthony Schrecengost

Distinguished Finalist

Anvi Bhakta
Haley Little
Karthik Rohatgi
Ashley Taylor

New Hampshire

State Honoree

Mariah Larocque
Anne Macleod

Distinguished Finalist

Maya Bloom
John Heald

New Jersey

State Honoree

Zachary Certner
Ellen Evans

Distinguished Finalist

Paige Alenick
Salvatore Dragone
Matthew Horbacz
Joseph Mandes
Michael Mandes

New Mexico

State Honoree

Joseph Lee Estrada
Brianna Swinderman

Distinguished Finalist

James Maynard
Kelly Oostman

New York

State Honoree

Samuel Lam
Cory Nichols

Distinguished Finalist

Shane Carman
Kevin Chaves
Jennah Ferrari
Marcella Ferraro
Stefanie Kaufman
Adam Moss
Steven Trezza
Alec Urbach

North Carolina

State Honoree

Emma Astrike-Davis
Madison Bechtel

Distinguished Finalist

Michael Brienza
Avery Faucette
Katherine Hicks
Courtney Pisano
Kaylan Sinclair
Casey Sokolovic

North Dakota

State Honoree

Nicolette Cariveau
Lyndsey Scheurer

Distinguished Finalist

Ariana Herman
Levi Schlosser

Ohio

State Honoree

Jacob Glorioso
Scott Hannah

Distinguished Finalist

Andrew Appleby
Madelyn Cook
Olivia Ireland
Tyler Moon
Kristen Sellan
Nashawn Stevens
Ben Tiemann

Oklahoma

State Honoree

Perrin Duncan
Mason Harvey

Distinguished Finalist

Ellise Crawford
Garrett Dollins
Elisabeth Willis
Kaylee Young

Oregon

State Honoree

Caroline Brown
Cody Grater

Distinguished Finalist

Kiran Bernard
Erin Kirby
Katelyn Phelps
Abbey Roberts

Pennsylvania

State Honoree

Adam Breneman
Devon Rodriguez-Cayro

Distinguished Finalist

Julie Baldassano
Abriana Bernstein
Catherine Clements
Calista Frederick-Jaskiewicz
Meghan Harrison
Julia Kramer-Golinkoff
Emily Morgan
Katye Trexler

Rhode Island

State Honoree

Cody Clarkin
Marina Palumbo

Distinguished Finalist

Nimindu Ambalangodage

South Carolina

State Honoree

Olivia Baddley
Emma McDaniel

Distinguished Finalist

Rachel Bryson
Olivia Grace Cox
Kelsey Foster
Marvin Goodly

South Dakota

State Honoree

Bridger Gordon
Daniel Schmidtman

Distinguished Finalist

Sierra Lutz

Tennessee

State Honoree

Hannah Bryant
M'Lea Scott

Distinguished Finalist

Jurnee Carr
Tayllor Cochrane
Jessica Mitchum
Elizabeth Morris
Hunter Morrow-Elder
Alexandra Sexton

Texas

State Honoree

Eric Curl
Matthew Draeger

Distinguished Finalist

Madison Albrecht
Chandler Burke
Kelly Burnett
Athena Chen
Kaitlyn Dehaven
Kylie Fichter
Jordan Hayley
Joella Methola
Keren Moyal

Utah

State Honoree

Dallin Bunnell
Steven Olsen

Distinguished Finalist

Aubree Matheson
Kylee Okerlund
William Orton
Whitney Snow

Vermont

State Honoree

Neel Desai
Michaela Forgione

Distinguished Finalist

Thomas Watson
Samantha Wulfson

Virginia

State Honoree

Katherine Goodman
Taylor Klein

Distinguished Finalist

Jason Cui
Orion Dunbar
Kartik Gupta
Ronald McCormack
Kaleela Thompson
Jessica Vance

Washington

State Honoree

Jessica Chin
Adam Griffis

Distinguished Finalist

Jessica Alvarez
Melissa Blue
Caleb Dawson
Anastasia Pallis
Svetlana Sergojan

West Virginia

State Honoree

Jay Haapala
Julian Harrington

Distinguished Finalist

Briana Smith
Tiffani Webb

Wisconsin

State Honoree

Colleen DeLisle
Peyton Medick

Distinguished Finalist

Paige Bani
Anna Boschert
Quentin Cauffman
Trevor Foster
Julie Schweiss
Trevor Stokes

Wyoming

State Honoree

Rachel Ehlers
Darlee Hyatt

Distinguished Finalist

Blake Marquardt
Jessica Power