Evergreen Boys and Girls State Awards (2026)
Director’s Award for Expectations of Excellence
Sunday – Ryleigh Stapleton Long
Monday – The Adams Party
Tuesday – Camille Carey and Geonwoo Lee
Wednesday – Colette Sessions
Thursday – City Governments
Boys Nation Delegates
Joseph Hwang and Nathaniel Hamm
Winners of the $1,000 Heintz Memorial Boys Nation Scholarship
Women of Distinction
Ryleigh Stapleton Long (finalist), Sophia Taylor (finalist), Madeline Best and Camille Carey
Winners of the $1,000 Women of Distinction Scholarship
Governor
Timothy Lin
Winner of the $1,000 Evergreen Boys State Foundation Governor’s Scholarship
The American Legion Samsung Scholarship
Max Moran
Winner of a $1,250 scholarship and finalist for a $10,000 scholarship
Leonard Beil Speaker of the House
Hunter Goodman
Winner of the $500 Leonard Beil Speaker of the House Scholarship
Harry Easley Outstanding Citizenship Award
Brogan Traugutt
Winner of the $500 Harry Easley Outstanding Citizen Scholarship
City Citizenship Awards
City of Alder: Ace Nitschke
City of Birch: Ryleigh Stapleton Long
City of Elm: Matthew Fong
City of Juniper: Lawrence McConnell
Carl & Ruth Wipperman Legacy Leadership Scholarship
Colette Sessions
Winner of the $1,000 Wipperman Leadership Scholarship
Best City Problem Solution
The City of Elm Leadership
(left to right) Collette Sessions, Arjun Ramesh, Jacob Counas, Gabe Berrios, Ainsley Percival, Matthew Fong