Congratulations to our 2017 Gold Medalists. These medalists were recognized at the 2017 Gold Medal Ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, June 21, 2017. This year’s class consisted of 373 youth across 39 states. This is the largest class in our 38 year history, representing an unprecedented year of servant leadership.
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ARIZONA Arizona’s 5th Congressional District Arizona’s 9th Congressional District CALIFORNIA California’s 7th Congressional District California’s 9th Congressional District California’s 14th Congressional District California’s 15th Congressional District California’s 17th Congressional District California’s 18th Congressional District California’s 24th Congressional District California’s 25th Congressional District California’s 27th Congressional District California’s 28th Congressional District California’s 29th Congressional District California’s 32nd Congressional District California’s 33rd Congressional District California’s 37th Congressional District California’s 38th Congressional District California’s 39th Congressional District California’s 45th Congressional District California’s 47th Congressional District California’s 48th Congressional District California’s 49th Congressional District California’s 52nd Congressional District COLORADO CONNECTICUT Connecticut’s 4th Congressional District Connecticut’s 5th Congressional District DELAWARE FLORIDA Florida’s 5th Congressional District Florida’s 11th Congressional District Florida’s 12th Congressional District Florida’s 16th Congressional District Florida’s 18th Congressional District Florida’s 19th Congressional District Florida’s 20th Congressional District Florida’s 21st Congressional District Florida’s 25th Congressional District Florida’s 27th Congressional District GEORGIA Georgia’s 10th Congressional District Georgia’s 11th Congressional District IDAHO Idaho’s 2nd Congressional District ILLINOIS Illinois’s 6th Congressional District Illinois’s 9th Congressional District Illinois’s 13th Congressional District INDIANA Indiana’s 7th Congressional District Indiana’s 9th Congressional District IOWA KANSAS Kansas’s 4th Congressional District KENTUCKY Kentucky’s 5th Congressional District LOUISIANA MARYLAND Maryland’s 6th Congressional District Maryland’s 8th Congressional District MASSACHUSETTS Massachusetts’s 5th Congressional District Massachusetts’s 8th Congressional District MICHIGAN Michigan’s 8th Congressional District Michigan’s 10th Congressional District Michigan’s 11th Congressional District Michigan’s 14th Congressional District MINNESOTA Minnesota’s 4th Congressional District Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District MISSISSIPPI Mississippi’s 4th Congressional District MISSOURI Missouri’s 6th Congressional District
Alabama’s 5th Congressional District
Madison Haney, Killen
Arizona’s 1st Congressional District
Piyaporn Chivatanaporn, Tuscon
Ayesha Ahsan, Chandler
Jacob Cryder, Mesa
Emily Hartzler, Phoenix
Jacob Matsumoto, Phoenix
California’s 5th Congressional District
Alannah Ruiz, Vallejo
Edward Jung, Folsom
Nathaniel Chien, Stockton
Katie Wong, Redwood City
Abhiraj Chowdhury, Pleasanton
Hannah Lee, San Jose
Conrad Chu, Palo Alto
Riya Dholia, San Jose
Ethan Teo, Palo Alto
Kai Fisher, Santa Barbara
Megan Pollon, Arroyo Grande
Minyoung Cho, Valencia
Michael Ngan, Stevenson Ranch
Reed Fundter, Pasadena
Hee Won Jung, Cypress
Suzie Kim, Pasadena
Yoojin Kim, Arcadia
Jonathan Liu, Pasadena
William Choi, La Canada
Naomy Kim, Montrose
Austin Noll, Van Nuys
Daniel Hong, San Dimas
YuYing (Elaine) Dai, Palos Verdes Estates
Steven Gi, Los Angeles
Hyeun Lee, Beverly Hills
Kayla Samini, Manhattan Beach
Alexander Kang, Los Angeles
Tiffany Kim, Los Angeles
Lina Kim, Cerritos
Pranit Kumaran, Cerritos
Danielle Lee, Cerritos
Jihyun Woo, Cerritos
Sung Ho Woo, Cerritos
Jung Hyo Baik, Yorba Linda
Snghyun Byon, La Habra
Gordon Chan, Walnut
David Huh, Fullerton
Jordan Jennison, Yorba Linda
Beom Kim, Fullerton
Katherine Kim, La Habra
Ha Young Kong, Fullerton
Brandon Lee, Fullerton
Connie Lee, Fullerton
Eric Lee, Fullerton
Harris Liou, Rowland Heights
Hasan Liou, Rowland Heights
Jacob Nam, Brea
Daniel Jewon Choi, Laguna Hills
Dean Colarossi, Dove Canyon
Connor Fiddler, Mission Viejo
Emily Ha, Irvine
Jeimin Ha, Laguna Hills
Sonia Kim, Anaheim
Yena Kim, Irvine
Alice Lee, Irvine
Tyler Nguyen, Orange
Peter Stewart, Santa Ana
Jennifer Yi, Anaheim
Yan Zhang, Irvine
Hee Won Jung, Cypress
Jamie Ostmann, Los Alamitos
Janice Park, Buena Park
Katrina Chan, Laguna Niguel
Jaeyub Chung, Laguna Niguel
Alexander Scott, Fountain Valley
David Bao, Ladera Ranch
Jake Leung, Del Mar
Lauren Rennecker, San Diego
Naomi Kim, San Diego
Colorado’s 6th Congressional District
Edwin Bodoni, Centennial
Spencer Christensen, Centennial
Connecticut’s 2nd Congressional District
Rachel Goldstein, East Lyme
Sydney Tabor, Waterford
Ann Wechsler, Greenwich
Christian Yon, Cheshire
Delaware’s At-Large Congressional District
Kayleigh Barnes, Bridgeville
Micah Petersen, Newark
Florida’s 1st Congressional District
John Finelli, Gulf Breeze
Jean-Paul Recht, Tallahassee
Joshua Florkowski, Brooksville
Ronald Florkowski, Brooksville
Amir Kamrani, Palm Harbor
Alexis Behne Sharma, Sarasota
Julie Bicknell, North Palm Beach
Stephanie Brookshire, Palm City
Christian Cropp, Tequesta
James Dowling, Jupiter
Nicole Ferruggia, North Palm Beach
Reece Haire, Palm Beach Gardens
Caitlin Hiscock, Palm Beach Gardens
Garrett Holmes, Palm Beach Gardens
Aalisha Jaisinghani, Palm Beach Gardens
Rachel Maunus, Palm City
Jack McGinley, Jupiter
Ben Meyerson, Stuart
Olivia Perez, Palm Beach Gardens
Sofia Perez, Palm Beach Gardens
Diana Pinkham, Tequesta
Cameron Pirozzi, Palm Beach Gardens
Jonathan Prokos, Palm Beach Gardens
Shelby Russo, Jupiter
Brianna Steidle, Jupiter
Sabrina Uvanile, North Palm Beach
Cali Vaughn, Tequesta
Jesse Katzeff, Naples
Brendan Shipley, West Palm Beach
Jillian Hanley, Boynton Beach
Srijith Nair, Boynton Beach
Colleen Murray, Miami Springs
Sofia Santa-Cruz, Miami
Georgia’s 5th Congressional District
Margaret Silliman, Atlanta
Rachael Liu, Dacula
Cristina Dalton, Atlanta
Idaho’s 1st Congressional District
Samuel Cuentas, Post Falls
Rebecca Levi, Nampa
Christiana Stone, Nampa
Jesse Cole, Bellevue
Annabelle Day, Jerome
Solveig Norton, Boise
Illinois’s 5th Congressional District
Natalia Czachorowski, Norridge
Mary Kuprianczyk, Chicago
Samia Abdul-Qadir, Naperville
Adam Koszyk, Mt. Prospect
Jason Yang, Wilmette
Clayton Pope, Alton
DeAnna Pope, Alton
Indiana’s 5th Congressional District
Lauren Ciulla, Carmel
Matthew Frye, Indianapolis
Emily Huff, Bloomington
Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District
Susan Alverio, Norwalk
Kansas’s 3rd Congressional District
Vasavi Garimella, Overland Park
Jared Gillen, Stilwell
Arjun Mahajan, Overland Park
Ryan Mohamadi, Leawood
Katherine Walsworth, Leawood
Irfan Ansari, Wichita
Kentucky’s 3rd Congressional District
Katherine Speece, Louisville
John Garland, Somerset
Zachariah Kiser, Grayson
Mackenzie Rigney, Grayson
Kayla Sears, Williamsburg
Louisiana’s 1st Congressional District
Sean Thomas, Slidell
Maryland’s 4th Congressional District
Hansel Motiram, Millersville
Ryan Briscoe, Boyds
Madeline Carwile, Rockville
Lucy Lee, Potomac
WeiAnne Reidy, Potomac
Alix Jordan MacKillop, Silver Spring
Clara da Silva, Bethesda
Nikhil Swaminathan, Rockville
Massachusetts’s 1st Congressional District
Mikayla Steele, Westfield
Alexandra Duplin, Melrose
Ishan Shukla, Milton
Harrison Theodore, Quincy
Maria Theodore, Quincy
Michigan’s 4th Congressional District
Emily Deese, Breckenridge
Jeremy Tang, Rochester
Emma Hicks, Romeo
Sara Trojanowski, Farmington
Emily Prokop, Birmingham
Thomas Libcke, West Bloomfield
Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District
Emily Baer, Savage
Matthew Baer, Savage
Braden OConnor, Roseville
Payton Puerzer, Edina
Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District
Lane Mitchell, New Albany
Abby Pitts, Booneville
Mamie Albritton, Lumberton
Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District
Olivia Hoijarvi, Crestwood
Allison Licavoli, Chesterfield
Natalie Dameron, Kansas City
Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District Nebraska’s 3rd Congressional District NEVADA Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District NEW JERSEY New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District New Jersey’s 4th Congressional District New Jersey’s 5th Congressional District New Jersey’s 6th Congressional District New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District NEW YORK New York’s 11th Congressional District New York’s 12th Congressional District New York’s 17th Congressional District New York’s 25th Congressional District New York’s 27th Congressional District NORTH CAROLINA North Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District North Carolina’s 4th Congressional District North Carolina’s 5th Congressional District North Carolina’s 6th Congressional District North Carolina’s 8th Congressional District North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District North Carolina’s 10th Congressional District North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District OHIO Ohio’s 6th Congressional District Ohio’s 10th Congressional District Ohio’s 14th Congressional District Ohio’s 16th Congressional District OKLAHOMA OREGON Oregon’s 3rd Congressional District PENNSYLVANIA Pennsylvania’s 6th Congressional District Pennsylvania’s 13th Congressional District Pennsylvania’s 14th Congressional District Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional District Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District RHODE ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA TENNESSEE Tennessee’s 3rd Congressional District Tennessee’s 6th Congressional District TEXAS Texas’s 2nd Congressional District Texas’s 3rd Congressional District Texas’s 5th Congressional District Texas’s 7th Congressional District Texas’s 17th Congressional District Texas’s 21st Congressional District Texas’s 22nd Congressional District Texas’s 24th Congressional District Texas’s 25th Congressional District Texas’s 26th Congressional District Texas’s 30th Congressional District Texas’s 31st Congressional District UTAH Utah’s 4th Congressional District VIRGINIA Virginia’s 8th Congressional District Virginia’s 10th Congressional District Virginia’s 11th Congressional District WASHINGTON Washington’s 2nd Congressional District Washington’s 7th Congressional District Washington’s 9th Congressional District WEST VIRGINIA WYOMING
Nebraska’s 1st Congressional District
Luis Sanchez-Romo, Bellevue
John Paul Terneus, Bellevue
Terese Navarra, Papillion
Ethan Nelson, Dalton
Nevada’s 1st Congressional District
David Tegtmeyer, Las Vegas
Sara Tegtmeyer, Las Vegas
Neha Zafar, Sparks
Taimur Khalid, Las Vegas
New Jersey’s 1st Congressional District
Satchel Bell, Palmyra
Funda Akilli, Millville
David Crain III, Millville
Michael Doliszny, Ocean City
Madison Gandy, Millville
Marta Majewski, Millville
Amanda Olivio, Millville
Urvi Patel, Cape May Court House
Anthony Uzzolina, Millville
Andrew Laberee, Medford
Dominic Esposito, New Egypt
Christopher Lauria, Oakhurst
Mitchell Lauria, Rumson
Maya Ravichandran, Holmdel
Allison Wetherell, Jackson
Erica Wu, Holmdel
Rahul Yerrabelli, Freehold
Nicholas Coleburn, Franklin Lakes
Ryan Robert Murphy, Mahwah
Vaed Prasad, Ridgewood
Felicia Aschettino, West Long Branch
Madilyn Somers, Monmouth Beach
Lindsay Fogel, Warren
Maura Herbertson, Short Hills
Thiago Santos, Sparta
Elena Boal, West Windsor
Priya Vulchi, Princeton
New York’s 3rd Congressional District
Heejin Han, Port Washington
Christopher Kim, Woodbury
Naome Sajnani, Port Washington
Genevieve Bruen, Staten Island
Edward John McCabe, Staten Island
Santo Tiralosi, Staten Island
Mahika Hari, New York
Fiona Dubrosa, Chappaqua
William Gregson, Chappaqua
Allison Herskovitz, Briarcliff Manor
Zachary Kunow, Montebello
Kathleen Schofield, New City
Lucas Zhao, Chappaqua
Charles Siragusa, Webster
Gabriel Curcione, Wilson
North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District
Holly Hutcheson, Durham
Jacob Rowe, New Bern
Emma Morris, Rougemont
Thomas Hill Douglas, Winston-Salem
Capri D’Souza, Oak Ridge
Lauraleigh Guthrie, Greensboro
Jack Maginnes, Greensboro
Delaney Dunlap, Indian Trail
Jenna Viveiros, Mooresville
Bennett David, Asheville
Ashley Jamison, Belmont
Kathryn Ellis, Mooresville
Jordan Feldman, Mooresville
Caroline Fitzgerald, Greensboro
Lawton Gresham, Greensboro
Ohio’s 1st Congressional District
Natalie Carter, Springboro
Ellen Haney, Maineville
Pakrush Katragadda, Springboro
Katherine Skelly, Morrow
Max Lee, Canfield
Hannah Addington, Miamisburg
Arihant Chordia, Dayton
Vidur Prasad, Beavercreek
Sanjana Yerubandi, Dayton
Laurel Grae, Chardon
Jaidev Sharma, Solon
Alan Ai, Massillon
Dusstyn Reynolds, Wooster
Oklahoma’s 5th Congressional District
Luisamaria Rubio, Oklahoma City
Oregon’s 1st Congressional District
Kendall Fleshman, Portland
Megan Baumhardt, Damascus
Pennsylvania’s 2nd Congressional District
Nisha Arya, Bala Cynwyd
Joshita Varshney, Exton
Elizabeth Belka, Glenside
Victoria Belka, Glenside
Noah Berkowitz, Huntingdon Valley
Seth Berkowitz, Huntingdon Valley
Lindsay Fullerton, Elkins Park
Samantha Gable, Rydal
Jasna Janikic, Jenkintown
Erin Markham, Glenside
Emily Matthews, Philadelphia
Swathi Prakash, Abington
Anthony Radcliffe, Glenside
Kristen Sparhawk, Rydal
Stephanie Waldstein, Rydal
Indra Alagar, Pittsburgh
Jaya Alagar, Pittsburgh
Krishnan Alagar, Pittsburgh
Rajan Alagar, Pittsburgh
Sarah Laible, Lehighton
Teja Polisetty, Pittsburgh
Rhode Island’s 2nd Congressional District
Aidan Sowa, North Kingstown
Ryan Sowa, North Kingstown
South Carolina’s 5th Congressional District
Maggie Bowyer, Rock Hill
Mary Grace Shannon, Lake Wylie
Jeremy Ward, Chester
Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District
Evan Ladd, Bristol
Carmen Ross, Chattanooga
Grant Gammon, Cookeville
Texas’s 1st Congressional District
Chelsea Parrott, Beckville
Briana Gonzalez, Spring
Ruveyda Karaca, Richardson
Almaas Khan, Lucas
Gopal Raman, Plano
Monica Attaway, Palestine
Edward Cen, Houston
Adam Hoffman, Houston
BJ Kim, College Station
Animate Mazurek, San Marcos
Miki Somosot, San Antonio
Srikar Anantha, Pearland
Tejna Dasari, Manvel
Ashish Dave, Pearland
Shrey Derasari, Pearland
Siri Jois, Pearland
Emily Jue, Friendswood
Eric Li, Manvel
Rahul Popat, Pearland
Charles Wang, Pearland
Lauren Yang, Sugar Land
Elizabeth Zhang, Sugar Land
Darrel Dennis, Hurst
James Hefner, Austin
Jarrod Clark, Roanoke
Shan Su, Dallas
Joseph Nemec, Taylor
Utah’s 3rd Congressional District
Hannah Brau, Provo
Mariah Pay, Saratoga Springs
Payam Rasheed, Sandy
Sofia Tiratto, Draper
Madison Arriaza, Sandy
Saja Hassoun, West Jordan
McKenna O’Connor, Eagle Mountain
Virginia’s 7th Congressional District
Caroline Yi, Culpeper
Jordan Hibbs, Alexandria
Kimberly Laker, Arlington
Lisa Huang, Herndon
Pavan Krishnan, Reston
Washington’s 1st Congressional District
Andrew Chin, Mill Creek
David Singleton, Monroe
Benjamin Stewart, Redmond
John McManis, Mukilteo
Rachel Demaree, Seattle
Isabella Maehl, Seattle
Katherine Chen, Bellevue
Nathan Chen, Bellevue
Nicholas Grosinger, Bellevue
Alexandra Marsh, Bellevue
Jessica Waller, Mercer Island
William Waller, Mercer Island
West Virginia’s 1st Congressional District
Alonzo Webb, Ridgeley
Wyoming’s At-Large Congressional District
Bailey Anderson, Casper
Grace Anderson, Devils Tower
Lexi Bedard, Rock Springs
Maxwell Bockmann, Cheyenne
Sara Brennecke, Cheyenne
Molly Burns, Cheyenne
Tanner Laurence Christensen, Casper
Kaitlyn Erramouspe, Rock Springs
Elexis Forgey, Casper
Benjamin Gallagher, Casper
Daniel Garcia, Cheyenne
Liam Guille, Cheyenne
Charlotte Hecht, Cheyenne
Jarom Herring, Encampment
Lily Joslin, Cheyenne
Carli Knight, Jackson
Konnar Knotwell, Encampment
Cassidy Little, Encampment
Thomas Lubnau III, Gillette
Gregory Marchal, Green River
Patrick Marchal, Green River
Conner Martin, Cheyenne
Luke McIlvain, Cheyenne
Nicholas Nelson, Rock Springs
Megan Pachniak, Cheyenne
Giovanni Pizzato, Rock Springs
McKenzie Powell, Saratoga
Devrrae Russell, Cheyenne
Karen Russell, Encampment
Meagan Skolnick, Cheyenne
Jaycie Wells, Dubois
Ben Wetzel, Powell