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2016 State Honorees and Distinguished Finalists

Alabama

State Honoree

Madison Haney
Ciara Laird

Distinguished Finalist

Sydney Culverhouse
Amerie Gramelspacher
Israel Mason
Caitlyn McTier

Alaska

State Honoree

Isabella Weiss
Jenevia Wika

Distinguished Finalist

Samuel Allred
Evangeline Cox

Arizona

State Honoree

Dustyn Phillips
Hope Weng

Distinguished Finalist

Phillip Glascock
Lourdes Gomez
Kaitlyn Martinez
Kikey Pena
Ariana Schneider
Allison Westra

Arkansas

State Honoree

Katelyn Bondhus
Shelby Dunphy-Day

Distinguished Finalist

Jeffrey (Jake) Gearhart
Molly Hedberg
Gable Sloan
Maraye Tudor

California

State Honoree

Emmi Eisner
Alyssa Simmons

Distinguished Finalist

Jessica Carscadden
Elena Crespo
Sydney Fredette
Corinne Hindes
Nicholas Jaeger
Ji Yu (Judy) Kim
Anthony O'Leary
Alexander Rejto
Shalin Shah
Ryan Traynor

Colorado

State Honoree

Madelene Kleinhans
Nicole Steiner

Distinguished Finalist

Christina Bear
Edwin Bodoni
Riley Holcomb
Zachary Olkin

Connecticut

State Honoree

Emily Christensen
Alexandra Minutillo

Distinguished Finalist

Meghana Kandarpa
Wesley Neves
Danielle Ott
Daniel Ruskin

Delaware

State Honoree

Micah Freer
Will Kenney

Distinguished Finalist

Jayna Lennon
Jane Lyons

District Of Columbia

State Honoree

Gavrielle Kamen
Amelia Myre

Distinguished Finalist

Kali Thompson

Florida

State Honoree

Kayla Abramowitz
Sydney Hamilton

Distinguished Finalist

Daniela Bond
Aurora Cosio
Jacob Crabtree
Ruben Martinez
Benjamin Morales
Baxter Murrell
Elias Rosenfeld
Amanda Weinstein

Georgia

State Honoree

Damācia Howard
Devneet Singh

Distinguished Finalist

Annie Dempsey
Elizabeth Harvey
Matthew McDaniel
Olivia Ries
Hailee Sontag
Hannah Testa
Erin Grace Walden

Hawaii

State Honoree

Anna Kimata
Orren Smith

Distinguished Finalist

Britnee Akau
Phillip Palmore

Idaho

State Honoree

Tracen Mangum
Harlie Sorrell

Distinguished Finalist

Harlee Nelson
Jenna Novy

Illinois

State Honoree

Jungin Angie Lee
Nicolas Ramkumar

Distinguished Finalist

William Bauman
Callie Oxford
Trisha Prabhu
Bianca Spalla
Elizabeth Spurlock
Jessica Trinh
Medha Verma

Indiana

State Honoree

Kamna Gupta
Esha Mishra

Distinguished Finalist

Landon Eisenhut
April Gettelfinger
Victoria Martine
Adarius Reese
Braden Smith
Jared Stemper

Iowa

State Honoree

Clare Szalkowski
Allison Ockenfels

Distinguished Finalist

Blake Anderson
Jill Berkland
Macy Gudenkauf
Emily Montelius

Kansas

State Honoree

Lauren Browning
Cooper Lohman

Distinguished Finalist

Lauren Bernard
Ethan McPherson
Teresa Shockley
Garrett Tatro

Kentucky

State Honoree

Grace Davis
Christian Cole

Distinguished Finalist

Olivia Allen
Jakob Beckley
Maiah Cisco
Kaitlin Jenkins

Louisiana

State Honoree

Stanley Celestine
Ashini Modi

Distinguished Finalist

Beverly Brown
Luke Corona
Anna Bell Hines
Sean Noel

Maine

State Honoree

Connor Archer
Benjamin Levesque

Distinguished Finalist

Alyssa Burbank
Harper Gordon

Maryland

State Honoree

Alyssa Gerhart
Luke Pitsenbarger

Distinguished Finalist

Alexia Antonio
Jessica Bayuk
Rejjia Camphor
Lily Densmore
Caroline Hickam
Carolyn Hoover

Massachusetts

State Honoree

Katie Curran
Lauren Eppinger

Distinguished Finalist

Mackenzie Anderson
Kira Andreucci
Nelson Barrios
Amanda Judah
Megan Mahan
Grace Soultanian

Michigan

State Honoree

Dale (Trip) Apley
Aubrey Cohoon

Distinguished Finalist

Cameron Doan
Nicholas Ignatoski
Anaya Johnson
Claire Laurenz
Anisha Nagpal
Grant Prater
Jasmine Sutton
Caroline Wallis

Minnesota

State Honoree

Maria Keller
Jasmine Kennebeck

Distinguished Finalist

Emily Albert-Stauning
Zakria Ghani
Jane Hulse
Madisyn Kephart
Heather Weller
Stuart Wilkins

Mississippi

State Honoree

Jameshia Attaway
Lindsey Meyer

Distinguished Finalist

Cara Barker
Katherine Clay
Pranav Jaligam
Liz Sprabery

Missouri

State Honoree

Brooke Hale

Distinguished Finalist

Crystal Diebold
Taylor Lauer
Kelly Nguyen
Chance Riddle
Yumino Sasaki
Tyler Swearingin

Montana

State Honoree

Nathanael Jourdonnais
Berkley Stroh

Distinguished Finalist

Logan Gunderson
Ashley Voegele

Nebraska

State Honoree

Golden Kelly
My'Kah Knowlin

Distinguished Finalist

Grace Kelly
Tabitha Staehr

Nevada

State Honoree

James Lea
Marquis Jamison

Distinguished Finalist

Megan Damele
Alexandra Jensen
Molly Marias
Baylee Mee

New Hampshire

State Honoree

Caitlin Shapleigh
Emma Williams

Distinguished Finalist

Laura Perrault
Danielle St. Peter

New Jersey

State Honoree

Zachary Rice
Benjamin Zangoglia

Distinguished Finalist

Siobhan Hunziker
Alexandra Jackman
Shefali Kumar
James Saccone
Amalia Tobias
Matthew Weiss

New Mexico

State Honoree

Cameron Estrada
Cody Osborn

Distinguished Finalist

Joseph Davis
Joanna O'Neill

New York

State Honoree

Dimple Belani
Cole Faller

Distinguished Finalist

Nikhil Anand
Ariel Creamer
Kwentin Foster
John Iacona
Sharon Lin
Anthony Morano
Dylan Perles
Hailey Silver

North Carolina

State Honoree

Abbigail Adler
Karigan McCurry

Distinguished Finalist

Breanna Barbosa
Omar Benallal
Allyson Costner
Maria Ysabelle Cruzat
Nolan Davis
Bethany Forehand

North Dakota

State Honoree

Lauryn Hinckley
Evan Knoll

Distinguished Finalist

Neelay Patel
Nathaniel Thoreson

Ohio

State Honoree

Parker Inks
Meagan Warren

Distinguished Finalist

Michaela Bruno
Ryan Dozer
Phillip Fischio
Rohith Koneru
Anthony Massa
Vishnu Nistala
Richard Pasco
Jade Scott

Oklahoma

State Honoree

Sarah Kellogg
Olivia Kuester

Distinguished Finalist

Avery Crawford
Jonathan Jossell
Emily Messimore
Camryn Sanders

Oregon

State Honoree

Alisha Zhao
Michael Murray

Distinguished Finalist

Kate Fayloga
Hannah Joseph
Dominic Meads
Delanie Strauss

Pennsylvania

State Honoree

Colin Harding
Grace Preston

Distinguished Finalist

Aaron Albuck
Elaina Clark
Angela Farinella
Kathleen Gergel
Erin Kim
Kendra Murray
Sadie Presto
Kathryn Talerico

Rhode Island

State Honoree

Sarah Coutu
Zachary Librizzi

Distinguished Finalist

Zach Ribas
Robbie Thorp

South Carolina

State Honoree

Jackson Silverman
Devin Srivastava

Distinguished Finalist

Caitlyn Banks
Meredith Butenhoff
Olivia McConnell
Michael Templeton

South Dakota

State Honoree

Danika Gordon
Shelby Specht

Distinguished Finalist

Austin Lentsch
Victoria O'Connell

Tennessee

State Honoree

Madison Childers
Graci Semptimphelter

Distinguished Finalist

Katlyn Bryant
Kathryn Capizzi
Thomas Colburn
Joe Julian
Chelstin Wildun
Olivia Wright

Texas

State Honoree

Courtney Janecka
Ariana Luterman

Distinguished Finalist

Taliah Block
David De La Fuente
Kianna Hawkins
Grace Knight
Diana Martell
Genesis Smothers
Kalpana Vaidya
Mathew Walther
Kayce Welch
Jake Wood

Utah

State Honoree

Barry Donakey
Sophia Goodwin

Distinguished Finalist

Allison Baxter
Kelsey Hull
Haeli Rich

Vermont

State Honoree

Miranda Walbridge
Kiran Waqar

Distinguished Finalist

Katherine Dempsey
Ivan Jermyn

Virginia

State Honoree

Chase Anthony
Reshini Premaratne

Distinguished Finalist

Justice Baird
Anna Gleason
Austin Haycox
Jahnavi Murthy
Ally Smith
Samantha Underwood

Washington

State Honoree

Emma Murphy
Tristan Ryan

Distinguished Finalist

Tina Bao
Leslie Cho
Kai Pacifico Eng
Mariana Rentería Hernández
Tabitha Reynolds
Jackie Yeh

West Virginia

State Honoree

Arin Dorsey
Sofia Salon

Distinguished Finalist

Olivia Haddad
Roark Sizemore

Wisconsin

State Honoree

Ananya Murali
Luke Smith

Distinguished Finalist

Kirsten Cutler
Katrina Mazier
Carter Olles
Payton Petsche
Paolo Valle
Madison Zepnick

Wyoming

State Honoree

Grace Belize Anderson
Selah Jordan

Distinguished Finalist

Anna Harris
Joshua Rohrbacher