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2016 Award Winners

Boys State 2016

Office Holders

State Officials
OfficeNameHometownSchool
Boys Nation SenatorsEarl de los Santos
Aaron Jaffe
Brookfield
Greenwich
Brookfield High School
Greenwich High School
GovernorTyler WernerSheltonShelton High School
Lt. GovernorEarl de los SantosBrookfieldBrookfield High School
Sec. of StateAlexander SchnurCos CobGreenwich High School
TreasurerJoshua VerdejoRidgefieldRidgefield High School
ComptrollerAlex ErcolaniSheltonShelton High School
Atty. GeneralMaxwell TurgeonNewingtonNewington High School
Federalist Party ChairmanAlan BensenSheltonShelton High School
Nationalist Party ChairmanJaylen LeonSheltonShelton High School

Boys State Supreme Court
NameHometownSchool
Allen HaughFarmingtonFarmington High School
Tom ArbeiterEllingtonEllington High School
Vincent DeFoscheManchesterCheney Tech
William AndriolaGlastonburyGlastonbury High School
Hugo BarillonWest HartfordConard High School
Matthew JohnsonNaugatuckNaugatuck High School
Ryan TirocchiLisbonNorwich Free Academy

Mayors
CityNameHometownSchool
GarfieldKyle KuhnMadisonDaniel Hand
MadisonJack KuleshGreenwichBrunswick School
TylerTyler WernerSheltonShelton High School

First Selectmen
TownNameHometownSchool
AdamsChris CavanaughMonroeMasuk High School
HayesChris JoyceBethelBethel High School
LincolnJacob HoenigHarwintonLewis S. Mills High School
MonroeJack EichenWashingtonThe Hotchkiss School

Boys' State Legislative Leaders
OfficeNameHometownSchool
Senate President Pro TemporeBen RossiNaugatuckNaugatuck High School
Senate ClerkRyan WitterFarmingtonFarmington High School
Senate Majority LeaderMatt ZancewiczMilfordJonathan Law High School
Senate Minority LeaderAvhishek SingoaHamdenHamden High School
Speaker of the HousePat SconzoGlastonburyGlastonbury High School
House ClerkJamiy BureySheltonShelton High School
House Majority LeaderCharles PerosinoTollandTolland High School
House Minority LeaderJim StacyBethanyFairfield Prep

Boys' State Awards
Connell Award
To the oustanding boy of 2016 Boys' State
Zachary PurdueEnfieldMetropolitan Learning Center
Francis Burke Redick Award
For advancement in Parliamentary Procedure
Allen BensenSheltonShelton HIgh School
Eliot K. Burr Award
For advancing religious aspect of program
Zachary DeptulaSheltonShelton High School
William Jordan Award
For advancing spirit of 'Semper Fi'
Syed ChowdhuryNaugatuckNaugatuck High School
J. Dean Spencer Award
To the outstanding boy in the legislative program
Pat SconzoGlastonburyGlastonbury High School
Joseph W. Tarrant, Jr. Award
To the boy who best typifies the spirit of selflesness inherent in voluntary principles
George PavlakisAvonAvon High School
Benjamin Bamford Award
To the boy who demonstrates qualities of good citizenship through voluntary participation
Jack EichenWashingtonThe Hotchkiss School
Harry R. Bartlett Award
To the boy who is outstanding in the senate
Ben RossiNaugatuckNaugatuck High School
Mary Alice Cameron Award
To the boy who adheres to the highest political principles and ideals
Jacob LeidkeSeymourSeymour High School
John R. Silvay Award
To the boy who contributes most to the law and order program
Allen HaughFarmingtonFarmington High School
Fred Stockman Award
To the boy who contributes most to the Boys' State newspaper
Evan OrtizNorth HavenNorth Haven High School
Robert M. Robbins Award
To the boy whose dedication to the political process has helped to advance the ideal of American Government and the American Legion Boys State
Alex SchnurCos CobGreenwich High School
Richard Wm. Anderson Award
To the boy whose enthusiastic participation in debate and political discourse has advanced the principles that make for a good democracy.
Alex ErcolaniSheltonShelton High School
Ryan Adams Memorial Scholarship
To the alternate delegate to Boys Nation
Tyler WernerSheltonShelton High School

Post 162 Awards
To the outstanding individual in each city or town
AdamsZane BouregyCenterbrook
GarfieldJordan SilvaSouthington
HayesJoshua VerdejoRidgefield
LincolnNathaniel SteenGreenwich
MadisonJohn KuleshRiverside
MonroeCraig MontemurloWindsor Locks
TylerJaylen LeonShelton