2017 Boys State - 71th 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 124 of Nevada's brightest students and future leaders, this was their focus from June 18 to June 24, while they attended the week long Nevada Boys' State Leadership Conference.

For 71 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:

The 2017 program newspaper:

2016 Closing Video


Photo Library


2017 Program Graduates

  • Alcantra, Sheldon from the City of Martie
  • Arnold, Adam from the City of Las Craigas
  • Assefa, Yednkachew from the City of Osgood
  • Bake, Owen from the City of Jaytown
  • Balasky, Alexander from the City of Anderson
  • Banuelos, Alejandro from the City of Osgood
  • Beers, Mateo from the City of Howard
  • Berggren, Chris from the City of Osgood
  • Bishop, Michael from the City of Martie
  • Boorboor, Arshia from the City of Howard
  • Cahill, Noah from the City of Osgood
  • Calderon, Victor from the City of Las Craigas
  • Cassidy, Colin from the City of Jaytown
  • Castellanos, Kevin from the City of Jaytown
  • Catarata, Kyle from the City of Jaytown
  • Cenname, Tyler from the City of Anderson
  • Chavarria, Javier from the City of Martie
  • Chavez, Diego from the City of Martie
  • Cheng, Aaron from the City of Martie
  • Cho, Austin from the City of Jaytown
  • Cianci, Alec from the City of Anderson
  • Clary, Adam from the City of Jaytown
  • Coppola, Louis from the City of Howard
  • Cruz, Alan from the City of Martie
  • Dagar, Abhinav from the City of Osgood
  • Daoudi, Yamaa from the City of Las Craigas
  • Duff, Matthew Parker from the City of Las Craigas
  • Feldman, Maxwell from the City of Osgood
  • Freeth, Garrett from the City of Osgood
  • Fuentes, Robert from the City of Anderson
  • Garcia, Brandon from the City of Howard
  • Garner, Sean from the City of Las Craigas
  • Gillett, Paul from the City of Las Craigas
  • Goldman, Jonah from the City of Howard
  • Goldsmith, Trevor from the City of Las Craigas
  • Gong, Brian from the City of Jaytown
  • Graves, Taezhan from the City of Osgood
  • Grema, Peter from the City of Osgood
  • Gutterman, Timothy from the City of Jaytown
  • Harris, Jeremiah from the City of Anderson
  • Henawi, Wagih from the City of Osgood
  • Hernandez, Martin from the City of Osgood
  • Hosny, Rami from the City of Anderson
  • Huang, Ryan from the City of Jaytown
  • Jackson, DVonye from the City of Anderson
  • Jacobsen, Robert from the City of Howard
  • Judkins, Kevin from the City of Osgood
  • Kassa, Eyobel from the City of Jaytown
  • Keene, Patrick from the City of Las Craigas
  • Kelliher, Harold from the City of Anderson
  • Kittusamy, Shiva from the City of Las Craigas
  • Krider, Reese from the City of Jaytown
  • Lanier, Brady from the City of Las Craigas
  • Leeming, Connor from the City of Las Craigas
  • Lees, Deylin from the City of Anderson
  • Legott, Sam from the City of Martie
  • Legowski IV, Nelson from the City of Howard
  • Malchov, Ivo from the City of Las Craigas
  • Manabat, Marcus from the City of Howard
  • Marcial-Lorza, Genaro from the City of Martie
  • Marks, Sean from the City of Las Craigas
  • Masson, Samuel from the City of Osgood
  • McDonald, Connor from the City of Anderson
  • McIntosh, Ryan from the City of Osgood
  • McRae, Jordan from the City of Martie
  • Meono, Ryan from the City of Anderson
  • Minkoff, Mark from the City of Martie
  • Moran, Miles from the City of Martie
  • Mullins, Daniel from the City of Howard
  • Mumm, Jeshua from the City of Anderson
  • Munn, Alexander from the City of Las Craigas
  • Murphy, Keegan from the City of Howard
  • Nanda, Pranit from the City of Jaytown
  • Nelson, Bradon from the City of Anderson
  • Ngov, Sean from the City of Osgood
  • Nicora, Luke from the City of Jaytown
  • Nielson, Stewart from the City of Howard
  • Oh, Junghun from the City of Anderson
  • Ordanez, Miguel from the City of Martie
  • Paczkowski, Ethan from the City of Martie
  • Paniagua Soto, Favian from the City of Anderson
  • Pasimio, Michael from the City of Howard
  • Penalber, Philipp from the City of Jaytown
  • Perez, Marc from the City of Las Craigas
  • Plimpton, Scott from the City of Martie
  • Plimpton, Benjamin from the City of Anderson
  • Rahman, Syed from the City of Anderson
  • Ramirez, Sebastian from the City of Martie
  • Ravi, Abhishek from the City of Anderson
  • Rawhouser, Conrad from the City of Las Craigas
  • Reed, Randall from the City of Osgood
  • Revers, Louis from the City of Las Craigas
  • Rivera, Christian from the City of Martie
  • Rivers, Caleb from the City of Anderson
  • Rogge, Michael from the City of Howard
  • Rosenbaum, Jacob from the City of Howard
  • Rumer, Ryland from the City of Osgood
  • Sanderson, Brooks from the City of Howard
  • Santamaria-Garcia, Javier from the City of Jaytown
  • Schmidt, Andrew from the City of Howard
  • Schmitt, Nathaniel from the City of Osgood
  • Shaheen, Miles from the City of Anderson
  • Siu, Solomon from the City of Jaytown
  • Smith, Holden from the City of Osgood
  • sorkhab, drake from the City of Martie
  • Sotolongo, Lazaro from the City of Howard
  • St.Mary, Joshua from the City of Las Craigas
  • Stadler, Nicholaus from the City of Las Craigas
  • Stepzinski, Michael from the City of Anderson
  • Sullivan, Joshua from the City of Jaytown
  • Toranzo, Joel from the City of Osgood
  • Tracy, Michael from the City of Jaytown
  • Wagner, Eric from the City of Las Craigas
  • Walker, Adam from the City of Las Craigas
  • Wallace, Matthew from the City of Howard
  • Weaver, Jakob from the City of Howard
  • Welch, Robert from the City of Howard
  • Wood, Devin from the City of Jaytown
  • Woodring, Patrick from the City of Martie
  • Yi, Ryu from the City of Martie
  • Yung, Alexander from the City of Jaytown
  • Zalazar, Christopher from the City of Osgood
  • Zare, Araam from the City of Osgood
  • Ziegler, Ezra from the City of Las Craigas

Awards

  • Samsung Scholarship -
  • Romaine Roethel Scholarship -
  • Boys Nation -
  • Best Lobbyist Award -
  • Oratorical Contest -
  • Court Case Champ -
  • Governor -
  • Honor City - (SC:

2016 Staff:

Directors
  • Craig Huntington, Executive Director
  • Ryan Hamilton, Staff Director & Senior Counselor for the City of Howard
  • Robby Jackson, Program Director, Senior Counselor for the City of Jaytown
  • Andrew Valdez, Admissions Director, Junior Counselor for the City of
  • Stephan Kim, Director
  • Julian Phillips, Operations Director
  • 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