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2024 AWARD WINNERS

2024 Award Winners

Boys State 2024

Office Holders

State Officials
OfficeNameHometownSchool
Boys Nation Senators
Ariq Rahman
Sky Zhang
Monroe
Wilton
Masuk High School
Wilton High School
GovernorPatrick Yang
Woodbridge
Amity High School
Lt. GovernorAriq Rahman
Monroe
Masuk High School
Sec. of StateSky Zhang
Wilton
Wilton High School
TreasurerMason Jakober
Clinton
The Morgan School
ComptrollerEmmett White
Trumbull
Trumbull High School
Atty. GeneralBen Breslav
Simsbury
Avon Old Farms School
Nationalist Party ChairmanJonathan Keener
Bethel
Bethel High School
Federalist Party ChairmanBenjamin Palmer
Windsor Locks
Windsor Locks High School

Boys State Supreme Court
NameHometownSchool
Andrew Savitsky
Bethel
Bethel High School
Micah Cohen
Ridgefield
Ridgefield High School
Spencer Ferguson
West Hartford
Hall High School
Finion Hickey
Cheshire
Cheshire High School
Luke VanTasel
Ellington
Ellington High School
Theodore Goetz
New Canaan
New Canaan High School
Jaganath Lakshmipathy
Glastonbury
Glastonbury High School

Mayors
CityNameHometownSchool
Jefferson
Pierce Pappert
Guilford
Guilford HS
Madison
Alexander Baneat
Shelton
Shelton HS

First Selectmen
TownNameHometownSchool
Hayes
Ilan Amaro
Greenwich
Greenwich HS
Monroe
Dylan McKee
Ellington
Ellington HS

Boys' State Legislative Leaders
OfficeNameHometownSchool
Senate President Pro TemporeMason Jakober
Clinton
Morgan School
Senate ClerkEmma Desrosiers
Keyremy Malave
Bolton
Ledyard
Bolton HS
Norwich Tech
Senate Majority LeaderJessie Kinas
Bethel
Bethel High School
Senate Minority LeaderJonathan Keener
Bethel
Bethel High School
Speaker of the HouseKevin Martin
South Windsor
South WIndsor HS
House ClerkMichael Rojowski
Oxford
Oxford HS
House Majority Leader


House Minority Leader


Boys' State Awards
Connell Award
To the outstanding boy of 2024 Boys' State as voted by the delegates
Mason Jakober
Clinton
The Morgan School
Francis Burke Redick Award
For advancement in Parliamentary Procedure
Benjamin Palmer
Windsor Locks
Windsor Locks HS
Eliot K. Burr Award
For advancing religious aspect of program
Kevin Martin
South Windsor
Soith Windsor HS
William Jordan Award
For advancing spirit of 'Semper Fi'
Patrick Clements-Dolan
New Britain
Xavier High School
J. Dean Spencer Award
To the outstanding individual in the legislative program
Lila Kieley


Joseph W. Tarrant, Jr. Award
To the boy who best typifies the spirit of selflesness inherent in voluntary principles
James Boyd
Cheshire
Cheshire HS
Benjamin Bamford Award
To the individual who demonstrates qualities of good citizenship through voluntary participation
Nicholas Aviz
Naugatuck
Naugatuck HS
Harry R. Bartlett Award
To the individual who is outstanding in the senate
Katherine Thompson


Mary Alice Cameron Award
To the boy who adheres to the highest political principles and ideals
John Fitzgerald
Suffield
Home School
John R. Silvay Award
To the boy who contributes most to the law and order program
Andrew Savitsky
Bethel
Bethel HS
Richard Wm. Anderson Award
To the boy whose enthusiastic participation and dedication have advanced the principles that make for a good democracy.
Ethan Pond
Greenwich
Greenwich HS
Robert 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.
Jonathan Keener
Bethel
Bethel HS
Ryan Adams Memorial Scholarship
To the alternate delegate to Boys Nation
Ilan Amaro
Greenwich
Greenwich HS
Samsung Scholarship
Nathaniel Goldschmidt
West Hartford
Hall HS

Post 162 Awards
To the outstanding individual in each city or town
Hayes
Trevor Hooker
RHAM HS
JeffersonMichael Rojowski
Oxford HS
Madison
Marcos Velazquez-Ramos
Wethersfield HS
Monroe
Gage Maisano
Guilford HS