Wyoming Congressional Award Participants Receive Gold Medals in Washington, D.C.

The state of Wyoming was well-represented at this year’s Congressional Award Gold Medal Ceremony in Washington, D.C. June 21, 2018. Last month, members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives honored 442 youth across 41 states at the 2018 Congressional Award Gold Medal Ceremony including 42 who travelled from Wyoming. Recipients of The Congressional Award Gold Medal earned the highest honor Congress bestows upon America’s youth.

For a minimum of two years, each Gold Medalist logged hundreds of hours across four program areas: Voluntary Public Service, Personal Development, Physical Fitness, and Expedition/Exploration.

The 2018 Gold Medal class was the largest in the national program’s 39-year history, representing an unprecedented year of servant leadership. This year’s class contributed 371,280 service hours to communities near and far, an average of 840 hours per medalist. This special recognition event took place in the historic Kennedy Caucus Room of the Russell Senate Office Building, located on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Wyoming medalists included the following who met with and received their Gold Medal from all three members of Wyoming’s Congressional Delegation (Senator Mike Enzi, Senator John Barrasso, M.D., and Representative Liz Cheney).

Emily Applegate, Casper

Riley Box, Casper

Santana Gould, Casper

Dawson Poste, Casper

Kiara Sims, Casper

Laine Smith, Casper

Alexander Allison, Cheyenne

Gunner Bartlett, Cheyenne

Gabriella Dodgson, Cheyenne

Adrienne Duda, Cheyenne

Connor Gililland, Cheyenne

Elizabeth Kassel, Cheyenne

Ginger McCormick, Cheyenne

Aurora Noe, Cheyenne

Brayden Parker, Cheyenne

Alexandria Rinne, Cheyenne

Lindsey Ruiz, Cheyenne

Sierra Sinclair, Cheyenne

Avalon Skinner, Cheyenne

Stephani Sommer, Cheyenne

Meigan Starr, Cheyenne

Kesslee Stewart, Cheyenne

Sarah Sutton, Cheyenne

Faith Wright, Cheyenne

Bradley Zimmerman, Cheyenne

Mikayla Zimmerman, Cheyenne

Micaiah Pantle, Encampment

Noelle Peterson, Encampment

James Whiting, Lander

Abijah Ahern, Laramie

SayDree Hendricks, Laramie

Adrian Johnson, Laramie

Ciara Johnson, Laramie

Kaylee Jones, Laramie

Evan Naughton, Laramie

Aedian O’Connor, Laramie

Noah Riffee, Laramie

Brooklynn Salo, Laramie

Sydney Horton, Otto

Alex Aguirre, Powell

Rylee Ramsey, Powell

Logan Jones, Rock Springs