2026 AWARD WINNERS
2026 Award Winners
Boys State 2026
Office Holders
State Officials
Office | Name | Hometown | School |
Boys Nation Senators | Andrew Roraback
Daniel Bieszczad | Litchfield
Newington | The Hotchkiss School
Newington High School |
Governor | Andrew Roraback | Litchfield | The Hotchkiss School |
Lt. Governor | Tate Sedlock | Darien | Darien High School |
Sec. of State | Eshaan Dey | South Windsor | South Windsor High School |
Treasurer | James Peterson | Simsbury | Simsbury High School |
Comptroller | Ned Eagle | Ridgefield | Ridgefield High School |
Atty. General | Daniel Bieszczad | Newington | Newington High School |
Nationalist Party Chairman | George Despotopoulos | East Hartford | East Catholic High School |
Federalist Party Chairman | Syum Khanna | East Lyme | East Lyme High School |
Boys State Supreme Court
Name | Hometown | School |
Michael Chuchev | Waterford | Waterford High School |
Andrew Bator | Stratford | Fairchild & Wheeler High School |
Graham Gosselin | Fairfield | Fairfield Warde High School |
Maddox Merizalde | Monroe | Masuk High School |
Rodrigo Miranda | Darien | Darien High School |
Cavan Morillo | Weston | Weston High School |
Joseph Pieksza | Watertown | Canterbury School |
Mayors
City | Name | Hometown | School |
Garfield | Joe Domingo | Glastonbury | Glastonbury HS |
Jefferson | Owen Roepke | New Hartford | NW Regional HS |
Madison | Jay Biswas | Glastonbury | Glastonbury HS |
First Selectmen
Town | Name | Hometown | School |
Hayes | Jaxon Keller | Fairfield | Fairfield Warde High School |
Monroe | Andrew Roraback | Litchfield | The Hotchkiss School |
Tyler | Jason Generalis | New Canaan | New Canaan High School |
Boys' State Legislative Leaders
Office | Name | Hometown | School |
Senate President Pro Tempore | Sekai Kennedy | South WIndsor | South WIndsor High School |
Senate Clerk | Arjun Kolluri | Greenwich | The Brunswick School |
Senate Majority Leader | Isabella Mora Calastretti | ||
Senate Minority Leader | Tate Sedlock | Darien | Darien High School |
Speaker of the House | Kaitlyn Qin | Greenwich | Greenwich High School |
House Clerk | Melanie Saunders | Greenwich | Greenwich Academy |
House Majority Leader | Sophie Vazquez | Greenwich | Greenwich High School |
House Minority Leader | Leah DeMarco | West Hartford | Conard High School |
Boys' State Awards
Connell AwardTo the outstanding boy of 2025 Boys' State as voted by the delegates | Nolan Borysewicz | Groton | Fitch High School |
Francis Burke Redick Award
For advancement in Parliamentary Procedure | Robert Pattison | Bethel | Immaculate High School |
Eliot K. Burr Award
For advancing religious aspect of program | Luke Recker | Shelton | Shelton High School |
William Jordan Award
For advancing spirit of 'Semper Fi' | Preston Ortiz | Stratford | St. Joseph High School |
J. Dean Spencer Award
To the individual who best exemplifies the spirit of competition, sportsmanship and cooperation through athletics. | Damian Norman | Enfield | Enfield High School |
Joseph W. Tarrant, Jr. Award
To the boy who best typifies the spirit of selflesness inherent in voluntary principles | Michael Chuchev | Waterford | Waterford High School |
Benjamin Bamford Award
To the individual who demonstrates qualities of good citizenship through voluntary participation | Joseph Sacchinelli | Bethel | Bethel High School |
Harry R. Bartlett Award
To the individual who is outstanding in the senate | James Peterson | Simsbury | Simsbury High School |
Mary Alice Cameron Award
To the boy who adheres to the highest political principles and ideals | John Blalock | Chester | Valley Regional High School |
John R. Silvay Award
To the boy who contributes most to the law and order program | Mateo Rodriguez | Ellington | Ellington High School |
Robert Robbins Award
To the boy whose enthusiastic participation and dedication have advanced the principles that make for a good democracy. | Nolan Borysewicz | Groton | Fitch High School |
Richard Wm. Anderson 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. | Jay Aditya Biswas | Glastonbury | Glastonbury High School |
Fred Stockman Newspaper Award
To the boy who has made a signinificant contribution to the newspaper. | Charles Stuckey | Old Greenwich | Greenwich High School |
Ryan Adams Memorial Scholarship
To the alternate delegate to Boys Nation | Alexander Amann | Norwalk | Academy of Information, Technology and Engineering |
Samsung Scholarship | Thomas Melia | South Windsor | South WIndsor High School |
Post 162 AwardsTo the outstanding individual in each city or town | ||
Garfield | Joseph Domingo | Glastonbury High School |
Hayes | Jacob Chappuis | Midstate Christian Academy |
Jefferson | Benjamin Huang | Greenwich High School |
Madson | Eshaan Dey | South Windsor High School |
Monroe | Owen Black | Fordham Prep |
Tyler | Jason Generalis | New Canaan High School |