2014 Boys State - 68th 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 155 of Nevada’s brightest students and future leaders, this was their focus from June 22nd to June 28th, while they attended the week long Nevada Boys’ State Leadership Conference.

For over 60 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 2014 program speakers included

  • Attorney General Catherine Cortez-Masto
  • Nevada Superintendent of Public Instruction Dale Erquiag
  • Secretary of State Ross Miller
  • Senator Ben Kieckhefer
  • Dr. Carina Black of the Northern Nevada International Center
  • Director of Veterans and Military Affairs Caleb Cage of the Governor’s Office
  • Dean of Admissions Steve Maples of the University of Nevada, Reno
  • Jon Ralston of Ralston Reports
The 2014 program speakers included

2014 Closing Video


2014 Yearbook - Coming Soon


Photo Library


2014 Program Graduates

  • Paul Abante, City of Anderson
  • Eddie Ahumada, City of Las Craigas
  • Evan Anderson, City of Jaytown
  • Albert Antero, City of Martie
  • Arjun Arora, City of Las Craigas
  • Noah Bachir, City of Anderson
  • Joshua Ballard, City of Martie
  • Cole Ballard, City of Osgood
  • Rolando Barboza, City of Howard
  • Stephen Barnes, City of Jaytown
  • Benjamin Bartholomeo, City of Howard
  • Charles Bennion, City of Osgood
  • Neal Bhandari, City of Anderson
  • Ryan Blount, City of Anderson
  • Paul Brabante, City of Las Craigas
  • Chase Bradshaw, City of Osgood
  • Zachary Brill, City of Las Craigas
  • Houston Brummett, City of Las Craigas
  • Ansell Cabrera, City of Jaytown
  • Richard Campbell, City of Jaytown
  • Javier Campos, City of Las Craigas
  • Zachary Carrubba-Redmond, City of Anderson
  • Christopher Castagnetti, City of Anderson
  • Brandon Chamberlin, City of Osgood
  • Christian Chavarria, City of Las Craigas
  • Zane Cleaves, City of Howard
  • Evan Collins, City of Howard
  • Saul Constanza, City of Broton
  • Tenace Crane, City of Jaytown
  • Sean Cronan, City of Las Craigas
  • Andrew John Cruz, City of Las Craigas
  • Aaron Cruz-Castro, City of Broton
  • Cole Cunningham, City of Howard
  • Jason Deer, City of Jaytown
  • Giovanni Del Quadro, City of Broton
  • Daniel Diaz-Vita, City of Jaytown
  • Quinton Eklund-Overholser, City of Broton
  • Javier Escobedo, City of Howard
  • Robert Evans, City of Howard
  • Jacob Fenzke, City of Martie
  • Nathaniel Fish, City of Martie
  • Luis Flores, City of Howard
  • Joseph Flory, City of Martie
  • Shota Fujimoto, City of Osgood
  • Declan Furr, City of Broton
  • Caleb Gibb, City of Martie
  • Christopher Dominic Gomez, City of Osgood
  • Evan Gong, City of Martie
  • Lorenzo Gonzalez, City of Las Craigas
  • Miko Griffin, City of Howard
  • Eric Gros, City of Anderson
  • Milen Guergov, City of Las Craigas
  • Ross Hatley, City of Osgood
  • Volodymyr Hennessy, City of Broton
  • Antonio Hernandez, City of Broton
  • Javier Hernandez, City of Howard
  • Dustin Hille, City of Anderson
  • Cornelle Louie Hingpit, City of Broton
  • Norman Hinson, City of Broton
  • Ethan Hostman, City of Broton
  • Dezmond Hunt, City of Jaytown
  • Vidul Jain, City of Broton
  • Nathaniel Jauregui, City of Howard
  • Zane Jenkins, City of Broton
  • Preston Jennings, City of Howard
  • Ellis Johnson, City of Howard
  • Parker Johnson, City of Anderson
  • Jake Jones, City of Osgood
  • Eyasu Kebede, City of Osgood
  • Christopher Kilbride, City of Anderson
  • Colyn Kruse, City of Anderson
  • Taylor Kruse, City of Broton
  • Daniel Lang, City of Las Craigas
  • Max Larnerd, City of Broton
  • Michael Larson, City of Martie
  • Matthew Leeper, City of Jaytown
  • Jordon Leon, City of Martie
  • Jesse Lima, City of Jaytown
  • Joshua Lipio, City of Jaytown
  • Alex Lu Wang, City of Las Craigas
  • Eric Lujan, City of Howard
  • Ian Carlo Macato, City of Martie
  • Ke'koa Maglipon, City of Howard
  • Matthew Manno, City of Osgood
  • Dominic Marchese, City of Anderson
  • Andrew Martin, City of Broton
  • Manoj Mathew, City of Martie
  • Jesse McLean, City of Osgood
  • Brett McMahan, City of Anderson
  • Samuel Melhuish, City of Martie
  • Raymond Mendez, City of Howard
  • Garrett Meyer, City of Las Craigas
  • Justin Miller, City of Broton
  • Michael Mooney, City of Jaytown
  • Azriel Morales, City of Las Craigas
  • Anthony Morales, City of Martie
  • Angelo Morales, City of Martie
  • Javier Moreno, City of Las Craigas
  • Joseph Morris, City of Las Craigas
  • Kyle Murray, City of Osgood
  • Jordan Navacamal, City of Jaytown
  • Cole Niehaus, City of Jaytown
  • Nathanial Nyberg, City of Las Craigas
  • Ammon Okazaki, City of Broton
  • Damian Ortega, City of Osgood
  • D'Marcus Ottey, City of Anderson
  • Cody Owens, City of Jaytown
  • Dylan Pablo, City of Osgood
  • Jonathan Panfil, City of Howard
  • Armen Paningbatan, City of Martie
  • Frank Patetta, City of Howard
  • Brandon Pierce, City of Anderson
  • Eric Plimpton, City of Broton
  • Chester Pressler IV, City of Jaytown
  • Vincent Pretto, City of Las Craigas
  • Kevin Pu, City of Martie
  • Hunter Quartieri, City of Martie
  • Bryan Ramirez, City of Martie
  • Jacson Rennet, City of Howard
  • Kevin Rodas, City of Anderson
  • Warren Rosengren, City of Osgood
  • Oscar Saenz, City of Osgood
  • Joseph Schultz, City of Osgood
  • Michael Se, City of Martie
  • Amar Shah, City of Jaytown
  • Christian Shamo, City of Jaytown
  • Justin Shinn, City of Anderson
  • Jameson Shirley, City of Osgood
  • Brent Simmons, City of Howard
  • Anthony Simonte, City of Howard
  • Connor Smith, City of Las Craigas
  • Corbin Smith, City of Jaytown
  • Brian Smith-Eitches, City of Broton
  • Derick Sosa, City of Jaytown
  • Nicholas Staffa, City of Howard
  • Casey Stevens, City of Martie
  • Jack Stransky, City of Martie
  • Tanner Stretch, City of Osgood
  • Austin Taylor, City of Anderson
  • Wesley TeGantvoort, City of Jaytown
  • Caleb Toranzo, City of Anderson
  • Oscar Torres, City of Jaytown
  • Nicholas Turner, City of Martie
  • Michael Velazquez, City of Osgood
  • Rei Vital, City of Las Craigas
  • Benjamin Viton, City of Broton
  • Kyle Walker, City of Howard
  • Trevor West, City of Broton
  • Chase Wetherington, City of Osgood
  • Evan Whitehead, City of Anderson
  • Deshawn Williams, City of Osgood
  • Austin Wilson , City of Anderson
  • Christopher Withey, City of Anderson
  • Gary Yan, City of Broton
  • Evan Yeager, City of Broton

2014 Staff:

Directors
  • Craig Huntington, Executive Director
  • Ryan Hamilton, Finance Director
  • Julian Phillips, Operations Director
  • Noah Wheatley, Staff Director
  • Myers Paulsen, Admissions Directo
  • Jay Hansen, Endowment Directo
  • David Omara, Fundraising Directo
Staff
  • Erik Ayala
  • Kirk Bullock
  • Alex Bybee
  • Clark Cannon
  • Collin Haire
  • Ryan Hamilton
  • Jay Hansen
  • Jeremy Huber
  • Craig Huntington
  • Robbie Jackson
  • Dakota Johnson
  • Andrew Johnston
  • Parker Junger
  • Stephan Kim
  • Stefan Lacmanovic
  • Ryan Lipparelli
  • Andrew Moschetti
  • David Omara
  • Steven Pardinas
  • Myers Paulsen
  • Sean Powers
  • Justin Quibel
  • William Ramirez
  • Dylan Sacenti
  • Andrew Valdez
  • Chad Venters
  • Cameron Waldman
  • David Wanene
  • Noah Wheatley