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2017 Award Winners

Boys State 2017

Office Holders

State Officials
OfficeNameHometownSchool
Boys Nation SenatorsDaniel Meaney
Diego Jasson
Ellington
Greenwich
Ellington High School
Greenwich High School
GovernorJohn ZapataSouthingtonSouthington High School
Lt. GovernorDaniel MeaneyEllingtonEllington High School
Sec. of StateIsaac BatesSouth WindsorSouth Windsor High School
TreasurerRyan LaiSouth WindsorSouth Windsor High School
ComptrollerJohn BurnettLedyardNew London High School
Atty. GeneralBrian GogginNaugatuckNaugatuck High School
Federalist Party ChairmanTyler PerutaSouthingtonSouthington High School
Nationalist Party ChairmanMax CummingRidgefieldRidgefield High School

Boys State Supreme Court
NameHometownSchool
Sean RescsanskiMilfordPlatt Tech
Zachary BriggsStafford SpringsStafford High School
Elliott DupontNaugatuckNaugatuck High School
Noah GeeSuffieldSuffield High School
Gabriel DombrowskiBerlin
J. B BloodRidgefieldRidgefield High School
Max CummingRidgefieldRidgefield High School

Mayors
CityNameHometownSchool
JeffersonNick CoteBristolBristol Eastern
MadisonElliott DupontNaugatuckNaugatuck High School
PolkDiego JassonGreenwichGreenwich High School
WashingtonAbhi GoyalSouth WindsorEast Catholic High School

First Selectmen
TownNameHometownSchool
HayesNick SmithBrooklynWoodstock Academy
LincolnMason LaFlamLebanonLyman Memorial
TylerChristopher DionneBurlingtonSt. Paul Catholic High School

Boys' State Legislative Leaders
OfficeNameHometownSchool
Senate President Pro TemporePatrick BurlandWoodbridgeAmity High School
Senate ClerkAndre KishGuilfordGuilford High School
Senate Majority LeaderIsaac BatesSouth WindsorSouth Windsor High School
Senate Minority LeaderBrian GogginNaugatuckNaugatuck High School
Speaker of the HouseTim CarterGreenwichBrunswick School
House ClerkHenry CerneckSouthburyPomperaug High School
House Majority LeaderAdam ChoquetteNew HartfordNorthwestern Regional
House Minority LeaderZach AustinNew HartfordNorthwestern Regional

Boys' State Awards
Connell Award
To the oustanding boy of 2017 Boys' State
Conrad FrenchEast Lyme
Francis Burke Redick Award
For advancement in Parliamentary Procedure
Abishek MalaniGlastonbury
Eliot K. Burr Award
For advancing religious aspect of program
Noah LisleAvon
William Jordan Award
For advancing spirit of 'Semper Fi'
Brian GogginNaugatuckNaugatuck High School
J. Dean Spencer Award
To the outstanding boy in the legislative program
Henry CerneckSouthburyPomperaug High School
Joseph W. Tarrant, Jr. Award
To the boy who best typifies the spirit of selflesness inherent in voluntary principles
Mattheus XavierBethel
Benjamin Bamford Award
To the boy who demonstrates qualities of good citizenship through voluntary participation
Blake EdwardsPawcatuck
Harry R. Bartlett Award
To the boy who is outstanding in the senate
Patrick BurlandWoodbridgeAmity High School
Mary Alice Cameron Award
To the boy who adheres to the highest political principles and ideals
Griffin CoxSouth Windsor
John R. Silvay Award
To the boy who contributes most to the law and order program
Sean RescsanskiMilfordPlatt Tech
Fred Stockman Award
To the boy who contributes most to the Boys' State newspaper
Andre KishGuilfordGuilford 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
Carter WardNorth Stonington
Richard Wm. Anderson Award
To the boy whose enthusiastic participation and perseverance through adversity has advanced the principles that make for a good democracy.
Max CummingRidgefieldRidgefield HIgh School
Ryan Adams Memorial Scholarship
To the alternate delegate to Boys Nation
Tyler PerutaSouthingtonSouthington High School

Post 162 Awards
To the outstanding individual in each city or town
HayesNicholas SnithBrooklyn
JeffersonAustin MooreAvon
LincolnJohn ZapataSouthington
MadisonElliott DupontNaugatuck
PolkMax BartlettSeymour
TylerJamie SantiagoEnfield
WashingtonAbhi GoyalSouth Windsor