2024 Award Winners
Boys State 2024
Office Holders
State Officials
Office | Name | Hometown | School |
Boys Nation Senators | Ariq RahmanSky Zhang | MonroeWilton | Masuk High SchoolWilton High School |
Governor | Patrick Yang | Woodbridge | Amity High School |
Lt. Governor | Ariq Rahman | Monroe | Masuk High School |
Sec. of State | Sky Zhang | Wilton | Wilton High School |
Treasurer | Mason Jakober | Clinton | The Morgan School |
Comptroller | Emmett White | Trumbull | Trumbull High School |
Atty. General | Ben Breslav | Simsbury | Avon Old Farms School |
Nationalist Party Chairman | Jonathan Keener | Bethel | Bethel High School |
Federalist Party Chairman | Benjamin Palmer | Windsor Locks | Windsor Locks High School |
Boys State Supreme Court
Name | Hometown | School |
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
City | Name | Hometown | School |
Jefferson | Pierce Pappert | Guilford | Guilford HS |
Madison | Alexander Baneat | Shelton | Shelton HS |
First Selectmen
Town | Name | Hometown | School |
Hayes | Ilan Amaro | Greenwich | Greenwich HS |
Monroe | Dylan McKee | Ellington | Ellington HS |
Boys' State Legislative Leaders
Office | Name | Hometown | School |
Senate President Pro Tempore | Mason Jakober | Clinton | Morgan School |
Senate Clerk | Emma DesrosiersKeyremy Malave | BoltonLedyard | Bolton HSNorwich Tech |
Senate Majority Leader | Jessie Kinas | Bethel | Bethel High School |
Senate Minority Leader | Jonathan Keener | Bethel | Bethel High School |
Speaker of the House | Kevin Martin | South Windsor | South WIndsor HS |
House Clerk | Michael Rojowski | Oxford | Oxford HS |
House Majority Leader | |||
House Minority Leader |
Boys' State Awards
Connell AwardTo the outstanding boy of 2024 Boys' State as voted by the delegate | 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 ScholarshipTo 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 |
Jefferson | Michael Rojowski | Oxford HS |
Madison | Marcos Velazquez-Ramos | Wethersfield HS |
Monroe | Gage Maisano | Guilford HS |