Returning Individual State Champions for 2016

 

(Upcoming grade listed)

 

Alabama

5A Girls - Isabel Valenzuela, fresh, St. Paul's Episcopal

4A Girls - Amaris Tynissmaa, soph, Montgomery Catholic

3A Girls – Tara Katz, soph, Montgomery Academy

2A/1A Girls - Ivy Edge, soph, St. Bernard Prep

 

Alaska

4A Girls- Molly Gellert, jr, West Anchorage

3A/2A/1A Girls - Briahna Gerlach, sr, Glennallen

 

Arizona 

D3 Boys – Santiago Hardy, sr, Chinle

D3 Girls – Allie Schadler, sr, Rio Rico

D4 Girls - Maya Smith, jr, Northland Preparatory   

 

Arkansas 

6A Girls - Josie Carson, jr, Lake Hamilton

5A Boys – Seth Waters, sr, Harrison

4A Girls – Bekah Bostian, soph, Prairie Grove

3A Girls – Kendall Hays, soph, West Fork

3A Boys - Noah Eskew, jr, Jessieville

2A/1A Boys – Bennett Pascoe, sr, Conway Christian

 

California

D2 Boys – Steve Khan, sr, Ayala

D5 Girls - Rylee Bowen, jr, Sonoma Academy   

D5 Boys – Cooper Teare, sr, St Joseph Notre Dame

 

Colorado

5A Girls – Lauren Gregory, sr, Fort Collins 

5A Boys – Isaac Green, sr, Monarch

4A Boys – Tanner Norman, sr, Classical Academy

3A Boys – Ben Butler, sr, SkyView Academy     

3A Girls – Quinn McConnell, soph, Peak to Peal Charter

 

Connecticut

M Girls – Kat DeLoreto, sr, Tolland

S Boys – Chris Cassello, sr, Bolton

S Girls – Angela Saidman, soph, Immaculate 

 

Delaware

D1 Girls – Lydia Olivere, jr, Padua 

D2 Girls – Keelin Hays, soph, Tatnall

 

District of Columbia

Girls – Mayim Lehrich, sr, Woodrow Wilson

 

Florida

4A Girls – Bailey Hertenstein, jr, Riverview 

 

Georgia 

5A Girls – Samantha Cameron, jr, Dunwoody

4A Girls – Ellie Glenn, soph, St. Pius X

3A Girls – Sue Ann Morales, jr, East Jackson

3A Boys - Chase Kennedy, sr, East Jackson

2A Girls - Serena Tripodi, sr, Lovett

2A Boys – Carl Ellis Corley, sr, Bleckley County

1A Girls (Private) – Ann Marian Block, jr, Athens Academy

1 A Boys (Private) Griffin McCauley, jr, Paideia

1A Boys (Public) – Blake Bargeron, jr, Telfair County

1A Girls (Public) - Hannah Whitehead, jr, Towns County

    

Hawaii

No returners

 

Idaho

5A Girls – Rachel Morrin, jr, Madison

4A Girls - Katherine Ruck, sr, Moscow

4A Boys – Caleb Armstrong, soph. Pocatello (moved to St. George, Utah) 

2A Girls – Kathryne McCullough, jr, Soda Springs

1A Girls – Sage Way, soph, Cascade 

 

Illinois

2A Boys – Jack Aho, sr, Grayslake Central 

1A Girls - Anna Sophia Keller, sr, St. Anthony

 

Indiana

Girls – Sarah Leinhesier, sr, Carmel 

 

Iowa

3A Girls – Julie Schumacher, jr, Assumption

3A Boys – Logan Murray, sr, Mount Pleasant 

2A Girls - Paige Holub, jr, Monticello 

1A Boys – Andrew Stumbo, sr, Ogden

 

Kansas

6A Girls – Molly Born, jr, Shawnee Mission

5A Girls – Margaret Pigott, jr, St. Thomas Aquinas

4A Girls - Cailie Logue, sr, Girard 

3A Boys – Steve Cline, sr, Haldstead

2A Girls – Kya Johnson, soph, Bennington 

2A Boys – Kyler True, sr, Olpe

1 A Boys – Burke Deters, sr, Axtell

 

Kentucky

3A Boys - Brennan Fields, sr, Madison Central

3A Girls – Alena Sapienza-Wright, jr, duPont Manual

2A Boys - Ethan Shuley, sr, Highlands

2A Girls – Michaela Reinhart, sr, Lexington Catholic

1A Girls – Selena Mattingly, soph, Williamsburg

 

Louisiana

3A Girls – Mary Nusloch, soph, Sacred Heart 

2A Girls - Alissa Lander, sr, Lakeside

1A Girls - Stephanie Breaux, jr, Ascension Catholic 

B Girls – Samantha Withers, soph, Episcopal Acadia 

C Boys - Alex Lewis, sr, Holy Rosary 

 

Maine

Class A Girls - Anna Slager, jr, Gorham    

Class B Girls - Katherine Leggat-Barr, sr, Greely 

Class C Girls – Tia Tardy, sr, Orono

Class C Boys - John Hassett, sr, George Stevens       

 

Maryland

4A Girls – Maria Coffin, sr, Annapolis

3A Girls – Annie Imhof, sr, Great Mills

2A Girls - Hayley Jackson, sr, Patuxent   

1A Boys – Will Merritt, sr, Smithsburg

 

Massachusetts 

No returners

 

Michigan

D2 Girls – Erika Freyhof, sr, Hamilton

D1 Girls – Madison Troy, jr, Grandville

 

Minnesota 

1A Girls  - Grace Ping, Eighth Grade, Winona Cotter

1A Boys – Zack Emery, sr, La Crescent 

 

Mississippi

6A Girls – Kate Mattox, sr, Starkville 

5A Girls – Emma Kate White, Eighth Grade, Saltillo

4A Boys – Royce Garcia, jr, Saint Stanislaus

4A Girls – Lina May, jr, Vancleave 

2A Girls – Grace Mills, Eighth Grade, Potts Camp

1A Boys – Jarvis Harris, soph, Hickory Flat

1A Girls – Kylie Massengill, sr, West Union

 

Missouri 

Class 3 Boys – Ben Naeger, sr, Genevieve

Class 2 Girls – Brianna Haller, jr, Fatima

Class 2 Boys – Stephen Kielhofner, jr, Springfield Catholic

Class 1 Girls – Claire Workman, sr, Summit Prep

Class 1 Boys – Riley Gorham, sr, Hardin-Central

 

Montana

AA Girls – Annie Hill, jr, Glacier

A Girls – Jaycie Schmalz, sr, Hamilton

B Girls – Bryn Morley, jr, Bigfork

C Boys – Evan Duggan, sr, Darby

 

Nebraska 

Class A Girls – Taylor Somers, sr, Millard South

Class A Boys – Seth Hirsch, sr, Millard West

Class B Girls – Mazie Laresen, jr, Gretna 

Class B Boys – Jake Larsen, jr, Gross Catholic

Class C Girls – Taya Skelton, soph, Fort Calhoun 

Class D Girls – Haley Arens, jr, Crofton

Class D Boys – Elijah Frasher, jr, Aquinas/St. Mary's Catholic 

 

Nevada (division titles changed for 2016-17)

D1 (4A) Girls – Karina Haymore, sr, Centennial

D1 (4A) Boys – Henry Weisberg, sr, McQueen 

D 3/4 (2A/1A) Girls – Elaina Marchegger, sr, Sierra Lutheran 

D 3/4 (2A/1A) Boys – Samuel Stewart, sr, White Pine

 

New Hampshire

D1 Girls – Jacqueline, jr, Exeter 

D2 Boys – Patrick O'Brien, sr, Oyster River

  

New Jersey

Group 4 Boys – Matt Grossman, sr, Millburn

Non-Public B Boys – Bill Massey, sr, Montclair Kimberly 

Girls Group 2- Briana Gess, sr, Haddonfield Mem.

Girls Group 3- Alyssa Aldridge, jr, Mainland Regional 

Girls Group 4 – Olympia Martin, sr, Ridgewood

Girls Non-Public A – Nora Honrath, sr, St. John Vianney

 

New Mexico 

6A Girls – Amanda Mayoral, jr, Sue Cleveland

6A Boys – Andrew Bosquez, sr, Hobbs

3A Boys – Julian Garcia, sr, Pecos

2A/1A Girls - Carly Gonzales, fresh, Penasco 

 

New York

Class A Girls – Claire Walters, soph, Fayetteville-Manlius 

Class B Boys - Noah Affolder, sr, Carthage 

 

North Carolina

4A Girls – Nevada Mareno, sr, Leesville

3A Boys – David Melville, jr, Northern Guilford

1A Boys – Kyle Rhodes, sr, East Wilkes

Independent 3A Boys -- Coleman Mitchell, jr, Cary Academy

Independent 3A Girls -- Sarah Bodmer, sr, Cary Academy

Independent 2A Boys -- Luke Evans, jr, Westchester Country Day

Independent 2A Girls - Ralene Kwiatkowski, sr, Carolina Day

 

North Dakota

Class A Girls – Mattie Shirley-Fairbairn, soph, Bismarck

Class B Boys – Ryan Wheeling, sr, New Town

 

Ohio

No returners

 

Oklahoma

6A Girls - Cheyenne Walden, sr, Sand Springs

4A Girls – Alyssa Solberg, sr, Lincoln Christian

2A Girls – Ellie Gilbreath, soph, Regent Prep

2A Boys – Isai Rodriguez, sr, Lomega

 

Oregon

6A Boys – Ahmed Muhumed, sr, West Salem

5A Girls - Olivia Brooks, sr, Summit

4A Girls – Celie Mans, sr, Siuslaw

4A Boys – Bradley Rzeunicki, sr, Seaside 

 

Pennsylvania 

1A Girls - Marianne Abdalah, sr, Vincentian Academy  

1A Boys – Griffin Mackey, sr, Sewickley Academy 

 

Rhode Island

Boys – David Principe Jr., sr, La Salle

Girls – Ellie Lawler, jr, South Kingstown

 

South Carolina

4A Boys - Jackson Ellenburg, sr, Ashley Ridge 

4A Girls – Jessie Crowley, fresh, Riverside

3A Boys – Ben Gilman, sr, Hilton Head

3A Girls – Mari Cagle Lockhart, fresh, Daniel

1A Girls – Morgan Summey, soph, Greer Middle College Charter

1A Boys – Ford McCoy, sr, St. Josephs

 

South Dakota

Class AA Girls – Eleanor Abraham, fresh, Brookings

Class AA Boys – Gabe Peters, sr, Sioux Falls

Class A Girls – Ella Byers, soph, Chamberlain

Class B Girls – Aleah Steger, soph, Ipswich

Class B Boys – Daniel Burkhalter, jr, Bison

 

Tennessee

D2 Class A Girls – Niamh Schumacher, sr, King's Academy

D2 Class A Boys – Carter Coughlin, jr, Webb School of Knoxville

D2 Class AA Girls – Claire Cheeseman, sr, Brentwood Academy

D2 Class AA Boys – Carter Cheeseman, soph, Brentwood Academy

3A Boys – Brodey Hasty, jr, Brentwood

A-AA Girls – Taylor Cueno, jr, Central Magnet

 

Texas

6A Girls – Julia Heymach, sr, Houston Lamar

4A Girls – Jaymee Dotson, jr, Princeton

4A Boys – Erick Arambula, sr, San Elizario

3A Girls – Jessica Rabius, jr, East Bernard

2A Girls – Hannah Dillar, soph, Valley Mills

2A Boys – John Zuniga, sr, Port Aransas

1A Girls – Sienna Collins, soph, Saltillo

1A Boys – Austin Zirkel, jr, Medina 

 

Utah 

5A Boys – Casey Clinger, sr, American Fork

4A Girls -- Kate Hunter, sr, Provo

3A Girls – Kennedy Powell, jr, Union

2A Boys – Jace Richins, sr, North Summit

 

Vermont

D3 Girls – Katie Brown, sr, Bellows Free Academy-Fairfax

D2 Girls - Rena Schwartz, jr, U-32 High

D2 Boys – Matt Hynes, sr, Montpelier 

D1 Girls – Sophia Gorman, sr, Champlain Valley

D1 Boys – Tyler Marshall, sr, Champlain Valley

 

Virginia

6A Girls – Kate Murphy, sr, Lake Braddock 

5A Girls – Emma Wolcott, jr, Tuscarona

5A Boys – Waleed Suliman, sr, Douglas Freeman

3A Girls – Sophia Link, soph, Blacksburg

2A Boys – Ryan Buscaglia, sr, Maggie Walker

 

Washington

4A Girls – Taylor Roe, soph, Kamiak

3A Girls – Jordan Oakes, sr, Holy Nmaes Academy 

1B/2B Girls – Madison Ward, sr, Saint George's School

1B/2B Boys – Kenneth Rooks, jr, Walla Walla Valley Academy

1A Boys – Tibebu Proctor, sr, The Northwest School

 

West Virginia

A-AA Girls – Jessica Melvin, jr, Philip Barbour

 

Wisconsin 

D1 Boys – Finn Gessner, sr, Madison La Follette

 

Wyoming

4A Girls – Aubrey Frentheway, jr, Cheyenne Central 

2A Girls – Jules Ward, sr, Thermopolis