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2015 State Honorees and Distinguished Finalists

Alabama

State Honoree

Corinne Phillips
Samuel Sherling

Distinguished Finalist

Cameron Gallups
Brittany McDade
Kerri Tang
Morgan Whetstone

Alaska

State Honoree

Cassandra Adams
Amara Sanguni

Distinguished Finalist

Jayton Rizzo
Jenevia Wika

Arizona

State Honoree

Matthew Kaplan
Benjamin Meyer

Distinguished Finalist

Meagan Bethel
Tara Dugel
Ciella Hatfield-Burke
Charles Huang
Emily Jordan
Reid Maurice

Arkansas

State Honoree

Colbe Cortez
Heather Jackson

Distinguished Finalist

Rebecca Aguilera
Mary Bryant
Hannah Colford
Katherine Sanders

California

State Honoree

Raghav Ganesh
Kenzie Hall

Distinguished Finalist

Dahkota Brown
Morgan Davidson
Alec Dominick
Kevin Huo
Angela Liu
Samantha Ludes
Anant Pai
Sonali Ranaweera
Ryan Traynor
Alexander Triestman

Colorado

State Honoree

Sydney Burckhardt
Madison Tatinski

Distinguished Finalist

Addison Kleinhans
Garrett Ann Nevins
Nicole Steiner
Breanna Wheeler

Connecticut

State Honoree

Samantha Petersen
Holly Johnson

Distinguished Finalist

Mikaela-Rose Blanchard
Bridget Smith
Colin Wrinn
Jane Zhang

Delaware

State Honoree

Elizabeth Quesenberry
Piper Biggs

Distinguished Finalist

Hyung Jun Hahn
Will Kenney

District Of Columbia

State Honoree

Hewan Abera
Dionne Wright

Distinguished Finalist

Harriet Fink
Jordan Giles

Florida

State Honoree

Carolina Gonzalez
N'Jhari Jackson

Distinguished Finalist

Rachel Barcellona
Alain Carles
Katerina Garcia
Sydney Hamilton
Joshua Katz
Eve Moll
Jared Shadkin
Oliver Stern

Georgia

State Honoree

Carter Ries
Evan Barnard

Distinguished Finalist

Katie Dionne
Jack Griffin
Ansley Knight
Hayden Elizabeth Ramsey
Joshua Seides
Samantha Stahlman

Hawaii

State Honoree

Kaytlen Akau
Alexandra Skrocki

Distinguished Finalist

Jasmine Doan
Jillian Madanay

Idaho

State Honoree

Chandler Beard

Distinguished Finalist

Addie Lutz
Benjamin Seabourn

Illinois

State Honoree

Madeline Hoskins-Cumbey
Nicholas Tasiopoulos

Distinguished Finalist

Katherine Andraschko
Brianna Carey
Gabriella Cooperman
Elizabeth Einig
Kyla Guru
Grace Khachaturian
Alec Lopata
Sam Papasotirioiu

Indiana

State Honoree

Olivia Keith
Makenzie Smith

Distinguished Finalist

Korinna Brown
Courtney Dunn
Jacob Reynolds
Gradyn Rogers
Hannah Roper
Alexandra Skinner

Iowa

State Honoree

Mark Baudler
Morgan Border

Distinguished Finalist

Jennifer Baldwin
Alex Freeman
Jenna Harris
Emily Montelius

Kansas

State Honoree

Megan Keller
Caitlyn Willis

Distinguished Finalist

Reagan Dillow
Paul Freeman
Nghia Jones
Amber Kelly

Kentucky

State Honoree

Amelia Lowe
Madeline Stephenson

Distinguished Finalist

Hadeel Abdallah
Alexandra Griffiths
Hannah Irvine
Alexandria Myers

Louisiana

State Honoree

Madeline Bethea
Stephanie Durr

Distinguished Finalist

Stanley Celestine
Sean Noel
Isabella Summersgill
Jack Sweeney

Maine

State Honoree

Kevin Ayotte
Meghan Charest

Distinguished Finalist

Emma Cloyd
Parker Montano

Maryland

State Honoree

Ellie Feaga
Robert Palmisano

Distinguished Finalist

Isabella Allen
Zachary Azrael
Athena Kan
Sareana Kimia
Marie Sgouros

Massachusetts

State Honoree

Megan O'Donovan
Brian Salit

Distinguished Finalist

Annie Barringer
Alexander Corcoran
Ella Dehestani
Alexander Denmark
William Digravio
Mekalia Mason-Rollins

Michigan

State Honoree

Caleb White
Hunter Gandee

Distinguished Finalist

Alexis French
Curtis Hsu
Sophia Koolwick
John McHarg
T'Yara McMillan
Megan Notoriano
Michael Shao
Julia Teatro

Minnesota

State Honoree

Shivani Nookala
Alanna Worrall

Distinguished Finalist

Claire Baker
Emily Matlack
Manashree Padiyath
Shrey Pothini
Rachael Price
Kelly Reger

Mississippi

State Honoree

Shields Haire
Katie Rogers

Distinguished Finalist

Mary Mock
Elizabeth Phillips
Tolar Purvis
Kimberly Sanchez

Missouri

State Honoree

Blake Harris
Nicole Shah

Distinguished Finalist

Sophie Bernstein
Taylor Brooks
Aileen Markovitz
Jade McNeil
Jordan Richardson
Yearam Tak

Montana

State Honoree

Keegan Nicholson
Jayson Wanner

Distinguished Finalist

Shelbi Fitzpatrick
Emily Jones

Nebraska

State Honoree

Cole Jacobsen
Melissa Newkirk

Distinguished Finalist

My'Kah Knowlin
Kendra Staab

Nevada

State Honoree

Nasya Mancini
Lexie Wilder

Distinguished Finalist

Ryan Bobo
Nathaniel Devera
Gillian Eastman
Keely Eshenbaugh

New Hampshire

State Honoree

Elizabeth Hughes
Daniel Iacopucci

Distinguished Finalist

Zoe Perkins

New Jersey

State Honoree

Arturo (AJ) Mattia
William Cook

Distinguished Finalist

Soo Bean Jo
Valerie Kologrivov
Jessica Levy
Sabina London
Jessica Martin
Olivia Perlmutter

New Mexico

State Honoree

Justin Allen
Renaya Demarest

Distinguished Finalist

Issach Martinez
Matthew Villareal

New York

State Honoree

Jake Gallin
David Jaslow

Distinguished Finalist

James Fallon
Sara Friedman
Shay Kerwin
Devin Mueller
Brook Peters
Lillian Pravda
Eric Ramsay
Damon Villnave

North Carolina

State Honoree

Davis Dawson
Samuel Park

Distinguished Finalist

Anna Chesson
Jeffrey Friday
Madison Howell
Kaitlyn Karcher
Megan Maness
Lauren Matlosz

North Dakota

State Honoree

Nichole Hanzel
Lauren Knoll

Distinguished Finalist

Lauryn Hinckley
Emily Lothspeich

Ohio

State Honoree

Morlan Osgood
Rachel Prior

Distinguished Finalist

Justin Bachman
Kylynn Buchanan
Eva Dickinson
Emma Moore
Christian Musarra
Alex O'Brien
Mariah Reynolds
Abigail Walouke

Oklahoma

State Honoree

Alexandria (Lexie) Lerblance
Malayna Stober

Distinguished Finalist

Emma Duncan
Gloria Tso
Taylor Wood
Alana Wynn

Oregon

State Honoree

Marissa McGinnis
Noah Miller

Distinguished Finalist

Jessi Beyer
Grant Crim
Talia Quatraro
Cynthia Santiago

Pennsylvania

State Honoree

Conner Hagins
Hanna Maier

Distinguished Finalist

Jamie Feldman
Brynn Hackett
Amy Li
Cavan McIntyre-Brewer
Cameron Ohrwashel
Jenna Shumar
Norman Stark
Courtney Thurston

Rhode Island

State Honoree

Alyssa Grayson
Kayleigh LaPre

Distinguished Finalist

Sarah Coutu
Grace D'Antuono

South Carolina

State Honoree

Anna Price
John Ward

Distinguished Finalist

Makiah Belk
Logan Fettes
Brittany Joyce
Shea Thomas

South Dakota

State Honoree

Jessica Benson
Abbigail Boner

Distinguished Finalist

Danika Gordon
Emma Lucchesi

Tennessee

State Honoree

Iyonia Boyce
Sara Puryear

Distinguished Finalist

Laree Carter
Claire Martin
Morgan Munsey
Abigail Ridenour
Michael Zietz

Texas

State Honoree

Eric Li
Cullen Corr

Distinguished Finalist

Wilson Clark
Karla Espinosa
Jake Galant
Jocelyn Hernandez
Courtney Janecka
Sanah Jivani
Grace Knight
Abigail Moorhead
Katherine Thomas
Kayce Welch

Utah

State Honoree

John Wesley Orton
Amelia Slama-Catron

Distinguished Finalist

Alexis Carlsen
Emilee Hamilton
Marina McNeill
Yvonne Ward

Vermont

State Honoree

Alexina Federhen
Abigail Jacunski

Distinguished Finalist

Abby Miles
Peter Wilson

Virginia

State Honoree

Emma Buchanan
Thomas "Tucker" Durham

Distinguished Finalist

Bryce Badura
Unity Bowling
Hannah Hardison
Lauren Henk
Madeline Rosso
Maeve Winter

Washington

State Honoree

Fiona Cowell
Leah Shin

Distinguished Finalist

Sujan Bhandari
Sebastian Castilleja
Joshua Dugger
Jessica France
Skyler Hamilton
Nina Reckinger

West Virginia

State Honoree

Emilee Ellison
Thad Taylor

Distinguished Finalist

Ginny Blake
Ryan Thompson

Wisconsin

State Honoree

Marlaina Perelshtein

Distinguished Finalist

Eric Beets
Hannah Doyle
Mary Graebner
Maya Murzello
Nicolas Spindt
Connor Wears

Wyoming

State Honoree

Laura Harris
Trinity Rich

Distinguished Finalist

Adam Jones
Hannah Nieslanik