2016 Boys State - 70th Session

Nevada's Premier Civic Leadership Experience


Leadership, civic engagement, legislation, government, parliamentary procedures and elections are not the topics you would expect most high school seniors to discuss during their summer vacations. But for 126of Nevada's brightest students and future leaders, this was their focus from June 19 to June 25, while they attended the week long Nevada Boys' State Leadership Conference.

For 70 years, the Nevada Department of the American Legion has sponsored Nevada Boys’ State, a civic leadership conference that teaches the next generation of leaders about the American democracy, leadership and the importance of being an active and engaged citizen.

This week long orientation to Nevada politics and leadership is available to any high school male senior who illustrates academic and leadership excellence. The only cost is a supply fee of $60.00. The program is hosted by the University of Nevada, Reno and receives financial support from community leaders, the State of Nevada, the American Legion, former participants and staff members. (The sister program, Nevada Girls' State, is for high school females.)

The 2016 program speakers included:

  • Dr. Constance Brooks, Nevada System of Higher Education
  • Alfredo Alonso, Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP
  • Tray Abney, The Reno-Sparks Chamber of Commerce
  • Scott Gilles, City of Reno
  • John Ralston
The 2016 program newspaper:

2016 Closing Video


Photo Library


2016 Program Graduates

  • Ian Albertson, City of Osgood
  • Joshua Alexander, City of Jaytown
  • Andreas Anastassatos, City of Las Craigas
  • Misael Arambula, City of Howard
  • Riz Walter Articulo, City of Osgood (Assemblyman)
  • Spencer Banda, City of Martie
  • Sawyer Barnett, City of Martie
  • Curtis Basa, City of Jaytown (Senator)
  • Zachary Bell-Nance, City of Howard
  • Emmanuel Berrelleza, City of Howard
  • Adil Bhatti, City of Jaytown (Senator)
  • Lucas Bickford, City of Martie
  • Skyler Bradley, City of Anderson (Senator)
  • Andrew Brooksbank, City of Anderson
  • Brenden Bunker, City of Osgood (Assemblyman)
  • Lyle Carrera, City of Osgood (Senator)
  • Yohfed Catalan, City of Jaytown
  • Tyler Chan, City of Las Craigas (Senator)
  • Tanner Chaney, City of Martie
  • Joshua Chang, City of Martie (Senator)
  • Cade Christiansen (Left program early, did not graduate>
  • Jeremy Coffey, City of Osgood
  • Pablo Cortez, City of Jaytown
  • Eugen Cotei, City of Las Craigas (Assemblyman)
  • Cyrus Cramer, City of Las Craigas
  • Joseph De Rose, City of Howard
  • Chance DeRiso, City of Martie (Assemblyman)
  • Patrick Diaz, City of Howard
  • Garrett Digenan, City of Howard
  • Oscar Esparza, City of Anderson (Assemblyman)
  • Michael Joshua Esquejo, City of Howard
  • Gavin Garcia, City of Jaytown
  • Nathanial Gardner , City of Martie
  • Devin Gettrost, City of Anderson (Assemblyman)
  • Tyson Gierhart, Mayor for City of Anderson
  • Zachary Gorman, City of Anderson (Senator)
  • Deriontae Green, City of Las Craigas
  • Ninjess Guerra, City of Anderson
  • LorenKristofer Guevarra, City of Jaytown (Senator)
  • Ricardo Guzman, Mayor for City of Osgood
  • Justin Hawk, City of Las Craigas
  • Paul Headrick, City of Martie
  • Brock Hershberger , City of Martie (Assemblyman)
  • Clinton Hill-Holeman, City of Anderson
  • Geoffrey Hogueison, City of Anderson
  • Langdon Hone, City of Anderson
  • Austin Howery, City of Howard (Assemblyman)
  • Porter Hunter, City of Anderson (Assemblyman)
  • Brandon Johnson, City of Las Craigas
  • Mackienzy Kahl, City of Howard
  • Aaron Kehoe, City of Anderson
  • Boston Kelley, City of Osgood
  • Jared Kimbel, City of Osgood
  • Braden Klouse, City of Howard (Assemblyman)
  • Bryson Kufeld, City of Osgood (Assemblyman)
  • Brandon LaFayette, City of Jaytown (Assemblyman)
  • Diego LaRochelle, City of Howard (Governor)
  • Lance Ledet, City of Osgood (Senator)
  • Simon Lin, City of Las Craigas (Senator)
  • John Liu, City of Jaytown
  • Edwin Lopez, City of Anderson
  • Gavin Mangan, City of Jaytown
  • Evan Martinez, City of Osgood
  • Ryan McPherson, City of Osgood
  • Logan Mead, City of Las Craigas
  • Jhonny Medina, City of Howard (Senator)
  • Joseph Miraglia, City of Jaytown
  • Cesar Montalvo, City of Osgood
  • Gentry Moon, City of Howard
  • Garrett Moore, City of Howard (Assemblyman)
  • Marquis morse, City of Las Craigas (Assemblyman)
  • Logan Murphy, City of Jaytown
  • Christopher Nelson, City of Jaytown
  • Hunter Noel, City of Jaytown
  • Joshua Padilla, City of Howard
  • Sahan Paliskara, City of Osgood (Assemblyman)
  • Conrad Palor, City of Anderson
  • Jon Andre Parrilla, City of Martie
  • Marcus Pasimio, City of Las Craigas
  • Alex Pham, City of Martie
  • Connor Pierce, City of Osgood
  • Kenneth Poon, City of Osgood
  • Jan Prach, City of Martie
  • Tyler Pugh, City of Osgood
  • Edward Rassuchine, City of Jaytown
  • Francisco Reyes, City of Martie (Assemblyman)
  • Alexander Riggsby, City of Anderson
  • Martin Rizov, City of Osgood
  • Angelo Robledo, City of Howard
  • Soriano Rodriguez, City of Martie
  • Ishan Saran, City of Las Craigas
  • Evan Schauer, City of Jaytown (Assemblyman)
  • Quentin Scott, City of Anderson
  • Allen Shelton, City of Las Craigas
  • Sanghyup Shin, City of Martie (Assemblyman)
  • Ben Shirley, City of Las Craigas
  • Eyasu Shumie, City of Anderson
  • Alexander Sigmon, City of Howard (Senator)
  • Anutr Sivakoses, City of Jaytown (Assemblyman)
  • Joseph Sladek, City of Howard (Senator)
  • Cole Smith, City of Anderson
  • Michael Sorkin, City of Martie (Senator)
  • DJ Sproul, City of Osgood
  • Noah Stenehjem, City of Las Craigas (Assemblyman)
  • William Stevens, City of Anderson (Assemblyman)
  • Tevin Stewart, City of Martie (Senator)
  • Christian Stojanovich, City of Osgood
  • Toby Sturgeon, City of Howard
  • John Sturtz, City of Jaytown
  • Jeffrey Swaim, City of Anderson (Assemblyman)
  • Irshad Tabani, City of Howard (Assemblyman)
  • Carson Taylor, Mayor for City of Las Craigas
  • Jeremiah Teems-Robinson, City of Las Craigas
  • Jacob Teems-Robinson, City of Martie
  • David Tegtmeyer, City of Anderson
  • Brandon Thomas, City of Anderson
  • Antonio Trejo, City of Las Craigas
  • Ryan Underwood, City of Osgood
  • Jose Valenzuela, City of Howard
  • Richard Wang , City of Osgood (Senator)
  • Justin Waters, City of Las Craigas (Assemblyman)
  • Austin Weaver, City of Las Craigas (Senator)
  • Joshua Webb, City of Jaytown
  • Tyson Wilson, City of Anderson (Senator)
  • Jesse Wise, City of Jaytown (Assemblyman)
  • Ming Yang, Mayor for City of Martie
  • Ezra Yoseph, Mayor for City of Jaytown

Awards

  • Samsung Scholarship - Teems-Robinson, Jeremiah
  • Romaine Roethel Scholarship - Sivakoses, Anutr
  • Boys Nation - Brooksbank, Andrew & Shumie, Eyasu; 1st Alternate: LaRochelle, Diego; 2nd Alternate: Ledet, Lance
  • Best Lobbyist Award - Trejo, Antonio
  • Oratorical Contest - Garcia, Gavin
  • Court Case Champ - Liu, John
  • Governor - LaRochelle, Diego
  • Honor City - Andersen (SC: Ryan Hamilton, JC: Justin Quibell

2016 Staff:

Directors
  • Craig Huntington, Executive Director
  • Ryan Hamilton, Staff Director & Senior Counselor for the City of Anderson
  • Julian Phillips, Operations Director
  • Steven Pardinas, Program Director, Senior Counselor for the City of Martie
  • Jay Hansen, Endowment Director
Counselors
  • Parker Junger, Senior Counselor for the City of Howard
  • Chad Venters, Senior Counselor for the City of Jaytown
  • Zachary Heit, Senior Counselor for the City of Las Craigas
  • Alex Bybee, Senior Counselor for the City of Osgood
  • Justin Quibell, Junior Counselor for the City of Anderson
  • Collin Haire, Junior Counselor for the City of Howard
  • Dylan Sacenti, Junior Counselor for the City of Jaytown
  • Andrew Valdez, Junior Counselor for the City of Las Craigas
  • Cody Andersen, Junior Counselor for the City of Martie
  • Adrian Martinez, Junior Counselor for the City of Osgood
  • Max Larnerd, Second Year Counselor for the City of Howard
  • Raymond Mendez, Second Year Counselor for the City of Osgood
  • Donald Fagan, First Year Counselor for the City of Anderson
  • Noah Jennings, First Year Counselor for the City of Jaytown
  • Todd Lani, First Year Counselor for the City of Las Craigas
  • Shah Ahmad, First Year Counselor for the City of Martie
  • Mitchell Ragan, First Year Counselor for the City of Martie
  • Daniel Lang, Administrative Counselor for the City of Admin
  • Nick Tscheekar, Administrative Counselor for the City of Admin
  • David O'Mara, Court Case Counselor for the City of Admin
Counselors Awards
  • First Year Counselor of the Year - Todd Lani
  • Junior Counselor of the Year - Justin Quibell
  • Senior Counselor of the Year - Parker Junger
  • Fred Anderson Award - Adrian Martinez
  • Fred Anderson Award - Cody Andersen
  • Fred Anderson Award - Andrew Valdez
  • Fred Anderson Award - Dylan Sacenti
  • Fred Anderson Award - Collin Haire