Harry F. Byrd, Jr. Leadership Award Individual Recipients

2024-2025
Paige Willis	Gloucester High School
Khadija Aminata Sissoko	Ocean Lakes High School
Claire A. Giglio	Maury High School
James Kash Aylor	Lloyd C. Bird High School
Love Li	Albemarle High School
Giovanni Sanchez-Garcia	Harrisonburg High School
Chad Brown	King George High School
James Libresco	Alexandria City High School
Maya Joselyn Echeverria	Lee High School
Noah Peiken	Independence High School
Amulya Arakala	Westfield High School

2023-2024
Mina Rizk	Bruton High School
Kriscilla Robinson	Nansemond River High School
Gretchen Scott	Norfolk Academy
Sophia Pareti	Maggie L. Walker Governor's School
Ethan Schroyer	Fork Union Military Academy
Riley Spangler	Alleghany High School
Anjali Ghafoerkhan	Gar-Field High School
Yahney-Marie Sangare	Alexandria City High School
Amanda Kate Rankin	Virginia High School
Marakie Yilekal	Osbourn Park High School
Adan Eftekhari	Fairfax High School

2022-2023
Mack Brittle	Atlee High School
Ethan Clarke	Grassfield High School
Nya A. Muir	Maury High School
Jamaica Weaver	Dinwiddie High School
Jack Tueting	Western Albemarle High School
Anish Aradhey	Harrisonburg High School
Kaitlyn Agble	Stafford High School
Olivia Zhang	McLean High School
Tanner Long	Auburn High School
Rebecca St. Germain	Gainesville High School
Rohan Puri	Lake Braddock Secondary School

2021-2022
Ryan Murray	Stafford High School
Jada Cumberland	Landstown High School
Zomara Lee	Kecoughtan High School
Damarious O. Banks	Armstrong High School
Jaylen Anderson	Buckingham County High School
Prentiss Lamont Patrick-Carter	Jefferson Forest High School
Ellie Rose Killinger	Highland School
Bradley Klinck	Bishop Ireton High School
Cami DeBusk	Northwood High School
Alana Andrews	Potomac Falls High School
Andrea Agola	Robinson Secondary High School

2020-2021

Nia Brooks	Brentsville District High School
Nina Uyenmi Dao	Ocean Lakes High School
Myles Hunt	Churchland High School
Dwight Baldwin	Huguenot High School
Kaukab Rizvi	Albemarle High School
Francesca Eve Schaefer	Randolph Macon Academy
Michael Joseph Harrell	Douglas S. Freeman High School
Ashley Sanchez-Viafara	T.C. Williams High School
Kolby S. Brown	Christiansburg High School
Christian Yohannes	Riverside High School
Fady Attia	Herndon High School

2019-2020
Jarius Alexander	Brentsville District High School
My'Anna Williams	Kempsville High School
Myles Noel	Norview High School
Chelsea Divers	Lloyd C. Bird High School
John B. Thomas	Monticello High School
Autumn Summers	Stonewall Jackson High School
Christopher Montrell Mitchell	John Randolph Tucker High School
Philip Pan	Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology
Berkeley Wall	Salem High School
Alexsandra Elizabeth Smith	James Wood High School
Victoria Heidt	Madison High School
2018-2019
Gabriel H. Gilbert	North Stafford High School
Carolann Hope Berns	Princess Anne High School
Xaiver Williams	Hampton High School
Veronika Matysiak	Maggie L. Walker Governor's School
Evelyn Garey	Western Albemarle High School
Candice Mulinda	Faith Christian School
Grace E. Phillips	Patrick Henry High School
Reem Ali	Thomas A. Edison High School
Claire Hughes Melton	John S. Battle High School
Fatima Hassan	Sherando High School
Catherine Xiang	Oakton High School
2017-2018
Alexandra Leake	North Stafford High School
Salonee Ferrao	Hampton Roads Academy
Kelly Moore	Smithfield High School
George O'Brien	Manchester High School
Rachel Hightman	Chatham Hall
Christopher Quiroz	Faith Christian School
Nolan Zunk	Clover Hill High School
Sherry Xie	Thomas Jefferson High School
Garret Hicks	Salem High School
Brayan Perez Brito	Mountain View High School
Yousof Omeish	W.T. Woodson High School
2016-2017
Burke Lawlor	Walsingham Academy
Enya Pfeiffer	Tallwood High School
Noah Campbell	Appomattox Regional Governor’s School
Charles Cheatwood, Jr.	Varina High School
John Massie	Rappahannock County High School
Lucy Weidner	Wilson Memorial High School
Nitish Vaidyanathan	Douglas S Freeman High School
Swetha Prabakaran	Thomas Jefferson High School
Taylor Hartford	Grundy High School
Fatima Shahbaz	McLean High School
Fatima Dyfan	Woodbridge Senior High School
2015-2016
Katherine Blake	Middlesex High School
Christopher Lewis	Cape Henry Collegiate
Colleen Schinderle	Granby High School
Leann Tengowski	Windsor High School
Jonathan Corbin	Fluvanna County High School
Bridgett Berkeley	Skyline High School
Olivia Phillips	Patrick Henry High School
Natalie Zur	Yorktown High School
Kelly Devens	Glenvar High School
Bridget Rizzo	Middleburg Academy
Anastasia Slepukhova	Lake Braddock Secondary School
2014-2015
Leila Chang	Mountain View High School
Christopher Hornbuckle	Norfolk Academy
Madeline La Mura	Saint Gertrude High School
Victoria Miskimen	Dinwiddie High School
Bronson George Aznavorian	Staunton River High School
Lindsey Lambert Fenster	James River High School
Gabriela Brumagin	Collegiate School
Danica Mooney-Jones	George C. Marshall High School
Jamie Abbygayle Gordon	Central High School
Ama Youna Golda Houndoh	Heritage High School
Joshua Okada	J.E.B. Stuart High School
2013-2014
Sandra Edwards-Thro	York High School
Stephen Tang	Princess Anne High School
Alan Parsons Booth	Hampton High School
Ellis T. Cofield, III	Southampton High School
Sean Means	Monticello High School
Caleb Douglas Gum	Turner Ashby High School
Natalia Celeste Bell	Douglas Freeman High School
Ann Marie Bryan	George C. Marshall High School
Rehan Khalid Razzaq	Graham High School
Jason Shao Cui	Langley High School
Christina Onianwa	Potomac Senior High School
2012-2013
Deana Elizabeth Hamlin	Brooke Point High School
S. Reed Howard II	Princess Anne High School
Johnny Mac Yates	Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School
Mackenzie C. Swan	Smithfield High School
Brennan Enright Lee	Charlottesville High School
Katherine Quiroz	Faith Christian Academy
Savannah Morgan Lane	Midlothian High School
Sophie Frank	Yorktown High School
Jing Li	Blacksburg High School
Patricia Jean Mook	Potomac Falls High School
Abrar Omeish	James W. Robinson Secondary School
2011-2012
Marnie Blalock	Hampton Roads Academy
Danika Marie Brackett	Ocean Lakes High School
Rondell Tucker, Jr.	Highland Springs High School
Caitlin Grumbling	Smithfield High School
Silvino Resendiz	Park View High School
Lauren Ashley Tabor	Fort Defiance High School
Tyra Z. H. Bearman	Henrico High School
Helen Hastings	Thomas Jefferson High School
Ryan Paul Porter	Eastside High School
Gregory Toms	Osbourn High School
Eugene Coleman, III	Mount Vernon High School
2010-2011
Kahlil Reggie Gedin	Fredericksburg Academy
Morgan Caitlin Brownen	Chesapeake Bay Academy
Ashley Fay Smith	Highland Springs High School
Brandon Elliott Taylor	Dinwiddie High School
Danielle Lanae Scott	Monticello High School
Mary Kern	Turner Ashby High School
Alexa Hansinger	Midlothian High School
Lauren Baetsen	Hayfield Secondary School
Chase Morelock	Appalachia High School
Parnia Zahedi	Langley High School
Diamond Anderson	Gar-Field High School
2009-2010
Leah Jade Coates	Washington & Lee High School
Frank Anthony Miller	Kecoughtan High School
Hannah R. Thomas	Hampton High School
Richard Scott Asbell, III	Lakeland High School
Janine Cephra Stuart	St. Anne's-Belfield School
Aaron Jamal Colston	William Fleming High School
Jake Christopher Brady	Cosby High School
Arvin Ahmadi	Thomas Jefferson High School-Alexandria
Kayla Ilene Fuller	Holston High School
Allison Bruck Paul	Langley High School
Molly Cashel Sabolsky	W T Woodson High School
2008-2009
Matthew E. Harris	King William High School
Thomas A. Heckelman	Princess Anne High School
Thomas L. Howard, III	Maggie L. Walker Governor's School
Wilburt L. Carpenter	Appomattox Regional Governor's School
Alexandra L. Walker	Chatham Hall
Emylou Dayle Chute	School for the Deaf and Blind
Frank Hartranft Reichel, IV	Collegiate School
Christianna N. Hay	Thomas Jefferson High School-Alexandria
Andrew Sevier Nadler	Abingdon High School
Catherine E. Farr	Wakefield School
Francesca E. Lee	Fairfax High School
2007-2008
Che'leah Jackson	Essex High School
Evan S. Davis	First Colonial High School
Dila Dahlia Mignouna	Maggie L. Walker Governor's School
Vernell A. Wood,III	Nansemond River High School
Ashley S. McHaney	William Campbell High School
Benjamin D. Goldsmith	Rockbridge County High School
Andrew S. Daniels	Deep Run High School
John T. Goodwin	Thomas Jefferson High School
Hiu Fung M. Leung	Graham High School
Elise D. Delmerico	John Handley High School
Rachel H. Lim	Lake Braddock High School
2006-2007
Peter Simasek	Walsingham Academy
Alyssa Glassman	Frank W. Cox High School
Alvin Bond, Jr.	Highland Springs High School
Collin D. Granger	Clover Hill High School
Jovan K. Petty	Cumberland High School
Paula Salamoun	Governor's School, Patrick Henry
Jackeline Claure	John Randolph Tucker High School
Selam Asihel	Falls Church High School
Kayla Brooke Harman	Graham High School
Kathleen Clement	Langley High School
Alan Fu	Woodbridge Senior High School
2005-2006
Kimberly June Lewis	Hampton Roads Academy
Nicholas Ryan Hanley	Landstown High School/Tech Academy
Anika Rollins	Norview High School
Joseph DiRenzo	Nansemond-Suffolk Academy
Alexandra Whitehead	Staunton River High School
Joshua Carter Fitzgerald	Stuarts Draft High School
Jennifer Newsome	Douglas S Freeman High School
Omar Shairzay	Mount Vernon High School
Gang Chen	Virginia High School
Jessica E. Ray	Loudoun Valley High School
Patrick Gildea	W T Woodson High School
2004-2005
Sara Kay Knicely	Jamestown High School
Raeanne Tatem	Northhampton High School
Japera Johnson	Henrico High School
Terrell D'Angelo Brown	Matoaca High School
Christian A. Hoehner	Monticello High School
Amber Fountaine	Patrick Henry High School
Courtney Frances Chenette	Clover Hill High School
Sadia Latifi	Hayfield Secondary School
Bradley Alan Hinshelwood	Eastern Montgomery High School
Tina Ying He	Osbourn High School
Xiaoxi Lu	South Lakes High School
2003-2004
Ryan S. Hope	Menchville High School
Kathryn Shellnutt	Ocean Lakes High School
Krystle N. Brunson	John Marshall High School
Laura E. Hussey	Hickory High School
Andrew Ryan Newton	Prince Edward County High School
Linda Yang Liu	Harrisonburg High School
Lauren Holmes	Thomas Jefferson High School-Richmond
Patrick James Lee	Hayfield Secondary School
Joshua Schuyler Davis	John I. Burton High School
David L. Richards	Warren County High School
Yao Guo	Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology-Alexandria
2002-2003
Brooke Hill Crowther	Northumberland High School
Monique N. Crewes	Granby High School
Eric Paul Parrie	Great Bridge High School
Linia Starlet Duncan	Staunton River High School
Kumkum Sarkar	Cave Spring High School
Tiffanie Jones	Mills E. Godwin High School
Melinda L. Scott	Robert E. Lee High School
Ashleigh Danielle Waddle	Northwood High School
Jessica Patterson	John Handley High School
Ben Streufert	Woodbridge Senior High School
Raymond Lewis Palmer Jr.	Varina High School
2001-2002
Nima S. Govind	Walsingham Academy Upper School
Jamaila Barrantes	Lake Taylor High School
Scott Mason Horne	Isle of Wight Academy
Jonathan Glen Merrell	Nansemond River High School
Nathan Edward Vassar	William Campbell High School
Lauren Harris	William Fleming High School
Jeffrey T. Marklin	John Randolph Tucker High School
Elisa Christina Mitchell	T.C. Williams High School
Lorena Jo Johnson	Patrick Henry High School
Cassandra A. Smith-Christmas	Brooke Point High School
Lindsey Claire Boylan	James W Robinson Jr Sec School
2000-2001
Rebecca Ann Previs	King William High School
Michelle Salvador	Granby High School
Brian Kirby	Maury High School
Stephen Craig Merrell	Nansemond River High School
Carmen S. Hunt	Monticello High School
Adrienne Yvette Miller	Heritage High School-Lynchburg
Dawn Perry Gordon	Louisa County High School
Christine Allison Duck	Thomas A. Edison High School
Boqiu Jonathan Lu	Patrick Henry High School-Glade Spring
Christopher Michael Hornbaker	Clarke County High School
Neema Khatri	Herndon High School
1999-2000
Brett Matthew Morrison	Tabb High School
Justin Bernick	Kempsville High School
Andrea L. Nelson	Varina High School
Erin Frances Bain	Dinwiddie High School
Joshua C. Millson-Martula	Brookville High School
Alani Price	William Fleming High School
Matthew Allen Fitzgerald	Lloyd C. Bird High School
Leslie Byrne Dubeck	Yorktown High School
Daniel Rees Shearer	Patrick Henry High School-Glade Spring
Adam Anderson Grogg	James Wood High School
Jia Lynn Yang	Thomas Jefferson High School-Alexandria
1998-1999
Michael Scott Alexandria	Bethel High School
Dwan C. Riddick	Salem High School
James Francis Cahoon	Maury High School
Jenna Christina DiStasio	Nansemond-Suffolk Academy
Timothy A. Johnson	George Washington High School
Erin Kyle Lichtenstein	Stuarts Draft High School
Kevin Robert Naughton	Clover Hill High School
Sandi Lin	Thomas Jefferson High School-Alexandria
Nancy Elizabeth Bell	Blacksburg High School
Matthew Charles Schu	Luray High School
Wesley Patrick Hottot	Herndon High School
1997-1998
Katherine C. Kimbrell	Stafford Senior High School
Leslie Rachel Gregory	Kempsville High School
Luisa Buffa	West Point High School
Gloria Eugenia Brown	Lakeland High School
Caetlin Ofiesh	Charlottesville High School
Amy Elizabeth Halterman	Highland High School
Sarah Mercke Barden	Chesterfield County High School
Abigail K. Burroughs	George Mason High School
Syed Mohsin Reza	J.J. Kelly High School
Rehan Julian Ali	Broad Run High School
Geoffrey Cory White	Falls Church High School
1996-1997
Andrew Shtulman	Poquoson High School
KyLeah Parson	Booker T. Washington High School
Amy Reighard	Phoebus High School
Justin L. Dean	Thomas Dale High School
Travis Gayles	Bluestone-Governor's School
Tammy Shifflett	Highland High School
Teneza W. Richardson	Chancellor High School
Jongsup Kim	T.C. Williams High School
Molly Mustard	Tazewell High School
Mark Bauserman	Osbourn Park High School
Angela Gress	Woodbridge Senior High School
1995-1996
Jennifer Wolff	Brooke Point High School
Candace Jackson	Maury High School
Shannon L. Hudgins	Richmond Community High School
Marie Anne Sankaran	Nansemond-Suffolk Academy
Jennifer Lawrence	Charlottesville High School
Seth Morgan Wood	Northside High School
ToTran Thi Nguyen	John Randolph Tucker High School
Emma Strickland Brown	Washington-Lee High School
Brad Short	Richlands High School
Anne Bray Williams	John Handley High School
Theodore Scott White	Falls Church High School
1994-1995
Seth Stapleton	Brooke Point High School
Mark S. Dixon	Salem High School
Charlane D. Scott	John F. Kennedy High School
Dorothy C. Dickman	Churchland High School
Allan F. Moore	George Washington High School
Eric Tipler	Robert E. Lee High School
David I. Bruner	Douglas S Freeman High School
Mark C. Parrella	Wakefield High School
Christopher S. Askins	Clintwood High School
Aaron P. Shon	Osbourn High School
Athir H. Morad	Falls Church High School