Micah Petersen, Newark (DE00). FLORIDA. John Finelli, Gulf Breeze (FL01). Jean-Paul Recht .... BJ Kim, College Station (TX17). Animate Mazurek, San Marcos ...
GOLD MEDAL CEREMONY WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2017 10:00 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. U.S. Capitol Visitor Center Congressional Auditorium
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2017 GOLD MEDALISTS ALABAMA Madison Haney, Killen (AL05)
Connie Lee, Fullerton (CA39) Eric Lee, Fullerton (CA39) Harris Liou, Rowland Heights (CA39) ARIZONA Hasan Liou, Rowland Heights (CA39) Piyaporn Chivatanaporn, Tuscon (AZ02) Jacob Nam, Brea (CA39) Ayesha Ahsan, Chandler (AZ05) Daniel Jewon Choi, Laguna Hills (CA45) Jacob Cryder, Mesa (AZ09) Dean Colarossi, Dove Canyon (CA45) Emily Hartzler, Phoenix (AZ09) Connor Fiddler, Mission Viejo (CA45) Jacob Matsumoto, Phoenix (AZ09) Emily Ha, Irvine (CA45) Jeimin Ha, Laguna Hills (CA45) CALIFORNIA Sonia Kim, Anaheim (CA45) Alannah Ruiz, Vallejo (CA05) Yena Kim, Irvine (CA45) Edward Jung, Folsom (CA07) Alice Lee, Irvine (CA45) Nathaniel Chien, Stockton (CA09) Tyler Nguyen, Orange (CA45) Katie Wong, Redwood City (CA14) Peter Stewart, Santa Ana (CA45) Abhiraj Chowdhury, Pleasanton (CA15) Jennifer Yi, Anaheim (CA45) Hannah Lee, San Jose (CA17) Yan Zhang, Irvine (CA45) Conrad Chu, Palo Alto (CA18) Hee Won Jung, Cypress (CA47) Riya Dholia, San Jose (CA18) Jamie Ostmann, Los Alamitos (CA47) Ethan Teo, Palo Alto (CA18) Janice Park, Buena Park (CA47) Kai Fisher, Santa Barbara (CA24) Katrina Chan, Laguna Niguel (CA48) Megan Pollon, Arroyo Grande (CA24) Jaeyub Chung, Laguna Niguel (CA48) Minyoung Cho, Valencia (CA25) Alexander Scott, Fountain Valley (CA48) Michael Ngan, Stevenson Ranch (CA25) David Bao, Ladera Ranch (CA49) Reed Fundter, Pasadena (CA27) Jake Leung, Del Mar (CA49) Hee Won Jung, Cypress (CA27) Lauren Rennecker, San Diego (CA49) Suzie Kim, Pasadena (CA27) Naomi Kim, San Diego (CA52) Yoojin Kim, Arcadia (CA27) Jonathan Liu, Pasadena (CA27) COLORADO William Choi, La Canada (CA28) Edwin Bodoni, Centennial (CO06) Naomy Kim, Montrose (CA28) Spencer Christensen, Centennial (CO06) Austin Noll, Van Nuys (CA29) Daniel Hong, San Dimas (CA32) CONNECTICUT YuYing Dai, Palos Verdes Estates (CA33) Rachel Goldstein, East Lyme (CT02) Steven Gi, Los Angeles (CA33) Sydney Tabor, Waterford (CT02) Hyeun Lee, Beverly Hills (CA33) Ann Wechsler, Greenwich (CT04) Kayla Samini, Manhattan Beach (CA33) Christian Yon, Cheshire (CT05) Alexander Kang, Los Angeles (CA37) Tiffany Kim, Los Angeles (CA37) DELAWARE Lina Kim, Cerritos (CA38) Kayleigh Barnes, Bridgeville (DE00) Pranit Kumaran, Cerritos (CA38) Micah Petersen, Newark (DE00) Danielle Lee, Cerritos (CA38) Jihyun Woo, Cerritos (CA38) FLORIDA Sung Ho Woo, Cerritos (CA38) John Finelli, Gulf Breeze (FL01) Jung Hyo Baik, Yorba Linda (CA39) Jean-Paul Recht, Tallahassee (FL05) Snghyun Byon, La Habra (CA39) Joshua Florkowski, Brooksville (FL11) Gordon Chan, Walnut (CA39) Ronald Florkowski, Brooksville (FL11) David Huh, Fullerton (CA39) Amir Kamrani, Palm Harbor (FL12) Jordan Jennison, Yorba Linda (CA39) Alexis Behne Sharma, Sarasota (FL16) Beom Kim, Fullerton (CA39) Julie Bicknell, North Palm Beach (FL18) Katherine Kim, La Habra (CA39) Stephanie Brookshire, Palm City (FL18) Ha Young Kong, Fullerton (CA39) Christian Cropp, Tequesta (FL18) Brandon Lee, Fullerton (CA39) James Dowling, Jupiter (FL18)
Nicole Ferruggia, Palm Beach (FL18) Reece Haire, Palm Beach Gardens (FL18) Caitlin Hiscock, Palm Beach Gardens (FL18) Garrett Holmes, Palm Beach Gardens (FL18) Aalisha Jaisinghani, PBG (FL18) Rachel Maunus, Palm City (FL18) Jack McGinley, Jupiter (FL18) Ben Meyerson, Stuart (FL18) Olivia Perez, Palm Beach Gardens (FL18) Sofia Perez, Palm Beach Gardens (FL18) Diana Pinkham, Tequesta (FL18) Cameron Pirozzi, Palm Beach Gardens (FL18) Jonathan Prokos, Palm Beach Gardens (FL18) Shelby Russo, Jupiter (FL18) Brianna Steidle, Jupiter (FL18) Sabrina Uvanile, North Palm Beach (FL18) Cali Vaughn, Tequesta (FL18) Jesse Katzeff, Naples (FL19) Brendan Shipley, West Palm Beach (FL20) Jillian Hanley, Boynton Beach (FL21) Srijith Nair, Boynton Beach (FL22) Colleen Murray, Miami Springs (FL27) Sofia Santa-Cruz, Miami (FL27) GEORGIA Margaret Silliman, Atlanta (GA05) Rachael Liu, Dacula (GA10) Cristina Dalton, Atlanta (GA11) IDAHO Samuel Cuentas, Post Falls (ID01) Rebecca Levi, Nampa (ID01) Christiana Stone, Namap (ID01) Jesse Cole, Bellevue (ID02) Annabelle Day, Jerome (ID02) Solveig Norton, Boise (ID02) ILLINOIS Natalia Czachorowski, Norridge (IL05) Mary Kuprianczyk, Chicago (IL05) Samia Abdul-Qadir, Naperville (IL06) Adam Koszyk, Mt. Prospect (IL09) Jason Yang, Wilmette(IL09) Clayton Pope, Alton (IL13) DeAnna Pope, Alton (IL13) INDIANA Lauren Ciulla, Carmel (IN05) Matthew Frye, Indianapolis (IN07) Emily Huff, Bloomington (IN09) IOWA Susan Alverio, Norwalk (IA03)
2017 GOLD MEDALISTS KANSAS Vasavi Garimella, Overland Park (KS03) Jared Gillen, Stilwell (KS03) Arjun Mahajan, Overland Park (KS03) Ryan Mohamadi, Leawood (KS03) Katherine Walsworth, Leawood (KS03) Irfan Ansari, Wichita (KS04) KENTUCKY Katherine Speece, Louisville (KY03) John Garland, Somerset (KY05) Zachariah Kiser, Grayson (KY05) Mackenzie Rigney, Grayson (KY05) Kayla Sears, Williamsburg (KY05) LOUISIANA Sean Thomas, Slidell (LA01) MARYLAND Hansel Motiram, Millersville (MD04) Ryan Briscoe, Boyds (MD06) Madeline Carwile, Rockville (MD06) Lucy Lee, Potomac (MD06) WeiAnne Reidy, Potomac (MD06) Alix MacKillop, Silver Spring (MD08) Clara da Silva, Bethesda (MD08) Nikhil Swaminathan, Rockville (MD08) MASSACHUSETTS Mikayla Steele, Westfield (MA01) Alexandra Duplin, Melrose (MA05) Ishan Shukla, Milton (MA08) Harrison Theodore, Quincy (MA08) Maria Theodore, Quincy (MA08)
MICHIGAN Emily Deese, Breckenridge (MI04) Jeremy Tang, Rochester (MI08) Emma Hicks, Romeo (MI10) Sara Trojanowski, Farmington (MI11) Emily Prokop, Birmingham (MI11) Thomas Libcke, West Bloomfield (MI14) MINNESOTA Emily Baer, Savage (MN02) Matthew Baer, Savage (MN02) Braden OConnor, Roseville (MN04) Payton Puerzer, Edina (MN05) MISSISSIPPI Lane Mitchell, New Albany (MS01) Abby Pitts, Booneville (MS01) Mamie Albritton, Lumberton (MS04)
MISSOURI Olivia Hoijarvi, Crestwood (MO02) Allison Licavoli, Chesterfield (MO02) Natalie Dameron, Kansas City (MO06) NEBRASKA Luis Sanchez-Romo, Bellevue (NE01) John Paul Terneus, Bellevue (NE01) Terese Navarra, Papillion (NE02) Ethan Nelson, Dalton (NE03)
NEVADA David Tegtmeyer, Las Vegas (NV01) Sara Tegtmeyer, Las Vegas (NV01) Neha Zafar, Sparks (NV02) Taimur Khalid, Las Vegas (NV03) NEW JERSEY Satchel Bell, Palmyra (NJ01) Funda Akilli, Millville (NJ02) David Crain III, Millville (NJ02) Michael Doliszny, Ocean City (NJ02) Madison Gandy, Millville (NJ02) Marta Majewski, Millville (NJ02) Amanda Olivio, Millville (NJ02) Urvi Patel, Cape May Court House (NJ02) Anthony Uzzolina, Millville (NJ02) Andrew Laberee, Medford (NJ03) Dominic Esposito, New Egypt (NJ04) Christopher Lauria, Oakhurst (NJ04) Mitchell Lauria, Rumson (NJ04) Maya Ravichandran, Holmdel (NJ04) Allison Wetherell, Jackson (NJ04) Erica Wu, Holmdel (NJ04) Rahul Yerrabelli, Freehold (NJ04) Nicholas Coleburn, Franklin Lakes (NJ05) Ryan Robert Murphy, Mahwah (NJ05) Vaed Prasad, Ridgewood (NJ05) Felicia Aschettino, W Long Branch (NJ06) Madilyn Somers, Monmouth Beach (NJ06) Lindsay Fogel, Warren (NJ07) Maura Herbertson, Short Hills (NJ07) Thiago Santos, Sparta (NJ11) Elena Boal, West Windsor (NJ12) Priya Vulchi, Princeton (NJ12) NEW YORK Heejin Han, Port Washington (NY03) Christopher Kim, Woodbury (NY03) Naome Sajnani, Port Washington (NY03) Genevieve Bruen, Staten Island (NY11) Edward McCabe, Staten Island (NY11) Santo Tiralosi, Staten Island (NY11)
Mahika Hari, New York (NY12) Fiona Dubrosa, Chappaqua (NY17) William Gregson, Chappaqua (NY17) Allison Herskovitz, Briarcliff Manor (NY17) Zachary Kunow, Montebello (NY17) Kathleen Schofield, New City (NY17) Lucas Zhao, Chappaqua (NY17) Charles Siragusa, Webster (NY25) Gabriel Curcione, Wilson (NY27) NORTH CAROLINA Holly Hutcheson, Durham (NC01) Jacob Rowe, New Bern (NC03) Emma Morris, Rougemont (NC04) Thomas Douglas, Winston-Salem (NC05) Capri D’Souza, Oak Ridge (NC06) Caroline Fitzgerald, Greensboro (NC06) Lauraleigh Guthrie, Greensboro (NC06) Jack Maginnes, Greensboro (NC06) Delaney Dunlap, Indian Trail (NC08) Jenna Viveiros, Mooresville (NC09) Bennett David, Asheville (NC10) Ashley Jamison, Belmont (NC10) Kathryn Ellis, Mooresville (NC13) Jordan Feldman, Mooresville (NC13) Lawton Gresham, Greensboro (NC13) OHIO Natalie Carter, Springboro (OH01) Ellen Haney, Maineville (OH01) Pakrush Katragadda, Springboro (OH01) Katherine Skelly, Morrow (OH01) Max Lee, Canfield (OH06) Hannah Addington, Miamisburg (OH10) Arihant Chordia, Dayton (OH10) Vidur Prasad, Beavercreek (OH10) Sanjana Yerubandi, Dayton (OH10) Laurel Grae, Chardon (OH14) Jaidev Sharma, Solon (OH14) Alan Ai, Massillon (OH16) Dusstyn Reynolds, Wooster (OH16) OKLAHOMA Luisamaria Rubio, Oklahoma City (OK05) OREGON Kendall Fleshman, Portland (OR01) Megan Baumhardt, Damascus (OR03) PENNSYLVANIA Nisha Arya, Bala Cynwyd (PA02) Joshita Varshney, Exton (PA06) Elizabeth Belka, Glenside (PA13)
2017 GOLD MEDALISTS PENNSYLVANIA (CONT’D) Victoria Belka, Glenside (PA13) Noah Berkowitz, Huntingdon Valley (PA13) Seth Berkowitz, Huntingdon Valley (PA13) Lindsay Fullerton, Elkins Park (PA13) Samantha Gable, Rydal (PA13) Jasna Janikic, Jenkintown (PA13) Erin Markham, Glenside (PA13) Emily Matthews, Philadelphia (PA13) Swathi Prakash, Abington (PA13) Anthony Radcliffe, Glenside (PA13) Kristen Sparhawk, Rydal (PA13) Stephanie Waldstein, Rydal (PA13) Indra Alagar, Pittsburgh (PA14) Jaya Alagar, Pittsburgh (PA14) Krishnan Alagar, Pittsburgh (PA14) Rajan Alagar, Pittsburgh (PA14) Sarah Laible, Lehighton (PA17) Teja Polisetty, Pittsburgh (PA18)
Rahul Popat, Pearland (TX22) Charles Wang, Pearland (TX22) Lauren Yang, Sugar Land (TX22) Elizabeth Zhang, Sugar Land (TX22) Darrel Dennis, Hurst (TX24) James Hefner, Austin (TX25) Jarrod Clark, Roanoke (TX26) Shan Su, Dallas (TX30) Joseph Nemec, Taylor (TX31)
RHODE ISLAND Aidan Sowa, North Kingstown (RI02) Ryan Sowa, North Kingstown (RI02)
VIRGINIA Caroline Yi, Culpeper (VA07) Jordan Hibbs, Alexandria (VA08) Kimberly Laker, Arlington (VA08) Lisa Huang, Herndon (VA10) Pavan Krishnan, Reston (VA11)
SOUTH CAROLINA Maggie Bowyer, Rock Hill (SC05) Mary Grace Shannon, Lake Wylie (SC05) Jeremy Ward, Chester (SC05) TENNESSEE Evan Ladd, Bristol (TN01) Carmen Ross, Chattanooga (TN03) Grant Gammon, Cookeville (TN06) TEXAS Chelsea Parrott, Beckville (TX01) Briana Gonzalez, Spring (TX02) Ruveyda Karaca, Richardson (TX03) Almaas Khan, Lucas (TX03) Gopal Raman, Plano (TX03) Monica Attaway, Palestine (TX05) Edward Cen, Houston (TX07) Adam Hoffman, Houston (TX07) BJ Kim, College Station (TX17) Animate Mazurek, San Marcos (TX21) Miki Somosot, San Antonio (TX21) Srikar Anantha, Pearland (TX22) Tejna Dasari, Manvel (TX22) Ashish Dave, Pearland (TX22) Shrey Derasari, Pearland (TX22) Siri Jois, Pearland (TX22) Emily Jue, Friendswood (TX22) Eric Li, Manvel (TX22)
UTAH Hannah Brau, Provo (UT03) Mariah Pay, Saratoga Springs (UT03) Payam Rasheed, Sandy (UT03) Sofia Tiratto, Draper (UT03) Madison Arriaza, Sandy (UT04) Saja Hassoun, West Jordan (UT04) McKenna O’Connor, Eagle Mountain (UT04)
WASHINGTON Andrew Chin, Mill Creek (WA01) David Singleton, Monroe (WA01) Benjamin Stewart, Redmond (WA01) John McManis, Mukilteo (WA02) Rachel Demaree, Seattle (WA07) Isabella Maehl, Seattle (WA07) Katherine Chen, Bellevue (WA09) Nathan Chen, Bellevue (WA09) Nicholas Grosinger, Bellevue (WA09) Alexandra Marsh, Bellevue (WA09) Jessica Waller, Mercer Island (WA09) William Waller, Mercer Island (WA09)
Elexis Forgey, Casper (WY00) Benjamin Gallagher, Casper (WY00) Daniel Garcia, Cheyenne (WY00) Liam Guille, Cheyenne (WY00) Charlotte Hecht, Cheyenne (WY00) Jarom Herring, Encampment (WY00) Lily Joslin, Cheyenne (WY00) Carli Knight, Jackson (WY00) Konnar Knotwell, Encampment (WY00) Cassidy Little, Encampment (WY00) Thomas Lubnau III, Gillette (WY00) Gregory Marchal, Green River (WY00) Patrick Marchal, Green River (WY00) Conner Martin, Cheyenne (WY00) Luke McIlvain, Cheyenne (WY00) Nicholas Nelson, Rock Springs (WY00) Megan Pachniak, Cheyenne (WY00) Giovanni Pizzato, Rock Springs (WY00) McKenzie Powell, Saratoga (WY00) Devrrae Russell, Cheyenne (WY00) Karen Russell, Encampment (WY00) Meagan Skolnick, Cheyenne (WY00) Jaycie Wells, Dubois (WY00) Ben Wetzel, Powell (WY00) *RECORD-SETTING YEAR The 2017 Gold Medal class consists of 373 youth across 39 states. This is the largest class in our 38 year history, representing an unprecedented year of servant leadership. Learn more at congressionalaward.org.
WEST VIRGINIA Alonzo Webb, Ridgeley (WV01) WYOMING Bailey Anderson, Casper (WY00) Grace Anderson, Devils Tower (WY00) Lexi Bedard, Rock Springs (WY00) Maxwell Bockmann, Cheyenne (WY00) Sara Brennecke, Cheyenne (WY00) Molly Burns, Cheyenne (WY00) Tanner Laurence Christensen, Casper (WY00) Kaitlyn Erramouspe, Rock Springs (WY00)
