2011 YEF Award Winners

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NFIB Announces 2011 Young Entrepreneur Awards and National Winners

Thank you to all who applied for a 2011 scholarship. The full list of winners is below.

Alabama

• Kyle Neeley(Birmingham): NFIB/Phyllis Kennedy Young Entrepreneur Award
• Carson Stalnaker(Hoover): NFIB/Bob Riley Young Entrepreneur Award

Arkansas

• Brant Bauman (Russellville): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award

Arizona

• Matthew Riesterer (Chandler): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• James Appleby (Phoenix): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Zachary Plumb (Sierra Vista): NFIB/Arizona Leadership Council Young Entrepreneur Award

California

• Harry Trieu (Artesia): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Victor Chen (Benicia): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Joyce Lau (El Dorado Hills): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Connor Quinn (Fair Oaks): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Katrina Ruliva (Fairfield): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Clyde Taber (Foothill Ranch): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Aaron Harris (Irvine): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Reed Rasmussen (Kelseyville):  NFIB/California Leadership Council Young Entrepreneur Award
• Danielle Bridges (Kingsburg): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Vincent Verduzco (Kingsburg): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Kenneth Miller (La Mirada): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Jonathan Li (Laguna Niguel): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Denzel Butler (Lodi): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Sadie Stutsman (Madera): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Taylor Baloney (Milpitas): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Amanda Burke (Sacramento): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Maryyanna Faulkner (Sacramento): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Kyle Jorgensen (San Carlos): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Xinyue Fang (San Diego): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Pablo Mitre (San Diego): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Eric Suen (San Francisco): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Cooper Brown (Simi Valley): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Matthew Rhodes (Thousand Oaks): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Caitlin Crommett (Trabuco Canyon): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Dillon Morgan (Westlake Village): NFIB Young Entrepreneur National Award
• William Landis (Woodland): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award

Colorado

• Solomon Chapman (Aurora): El Pomar Foundation Young Entrepreneur Award
• Megan Leahy (Boulder): El Pomar Foundation Young Entrepreneur Award
• Dylan Harrison (Centennial): El Pomar Foundation Young Entrepreneur Award
• Sophia De Arment (Colorado Springs): El Pomar Foundation Young Entrepreneur Award
• Zachary Alcorn (Fort Collins): El Pomar Foundation Young Entrepreneur Award
• Bethany Homan (Fort Collins): El Pomar Foundation Young Entrepreneur Award
• Anna Gauldin (Glenwood Springs): El Pomar Foundation Young Entrepreneur Award
• Briar Bergner (Holyoke): El Pomar Foundation Young Entrepreneur Award
• Kacey Hilgenberg (Loveland): El Pomar Foundation Young Entrepreneur Award
• Erik Schnaderbeck (Monte Vista): El Pomar Foundation Young Entrepreneur Award
• Benjamin Walters (Niwot): El Pomar Foundation Young Entrepreneur Award
• Katherine Smith (Rocky Ford): NFIB/Rick Pearn Memorial Young Entrepreneur Scholarship

Delaware

• Joseph Rittenhouse (Wilmington): NFIB/Delaware Leadership Council Young Entrepreneur Award

Florida

• Brian Diener (Boca Raton): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Corey Kamenoff (Celebration): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Brandon Perdeck (Cooper City): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Daniel Brooks (Miami): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Cory Finger (Naples): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Jamie Shisler (Naples): NFIB/Florida Leadership Council Young Entrepreneur Award
• Timothy Lowe (Newberry): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Kyle Russell (Palm Coast): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Kate Phinney (Sarasota): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Jordan Renda (St. Johns): NFIB Young Entrepreneur National Award
• Matthew Michlowitz (Wellington): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award

Georgia

• Michael Gillett (Alpharetta): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• David Mueller (Alpharetta): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Sarah McCauley (Atlanta): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Tate Hutwagner (Columbus): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Nichelle Heard (Douglasville): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Taisha Likes (Norcross): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Kenneth Bittick (Warner Robins): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award

Illinois

• David Van Vlierbergen (Algonquin): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Mary McGlynn (Belleville): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Cameron Sparks (Elgin): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Lucas Loresch (Elmhurst): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Darryl Harrell (Flossmoor): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Michael Harmon (Glenwood): NFIB/Kathleen & Richard F. Duffy Young Entrepreneur Award
• Alyssa Griffith (Lee): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Daniel Banas (Lemont): NFIB/Lloyd E. Falconer Young Entrepreneur Award
• Michael Bruno (Plainfield): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• James Notari (Winnetka): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award

Indiana

• Drew Roush (Bremen): NFIB/Edward J. Bowman Young Entrepreneur Award

Kansas

• Colton Day (Wellington): NFIB Young Entrepreneur National Award

Kentucky

• Jared Schlosnagle (Pleasureville): NFIB Young Entrepreneur National Award

Massachusetts

• Jessica Nevins (Hingham): NFIB/Massachusetts Young Entrepreneur Award
• Michael Raples (Weymouth): NFIB/Massachusetts Leadership Council Young Entrepreneur Award
• Emily Stebbins (Wilmington): NFIB/Office Paper Recovery Systems Young Entrepreneur Award

Maryland

• Nicholas Simpson (Ellicott City): NFIB/Maryland Leadership Council Young Entrepreneur Award

Michigan

• Jacob Kushner (Bloomfield Hills): NFIB/Michigan Leadership Council & Area Action Council Young Entrepreneur Award

Minnesota

• Rohit Agrawal (Plymouth): NFIB/Tim and Debbie Clayton Young Entrepreneur Award | NFIB Young Entrepreneur National Award

Missouri

• Matthew Stolwyk (Ballwin): NFIB/Charlie Runser Young Entrepreneur Award
• Kelly Kern (Bethany): NFIB/Debin Benish Young Entrepreneur Award

Montana

• Joshua Pecukonis (Great Falls): NFIB/Montana Leadership Council Young Entrepreneur Award

North Carolina

• Natalia Gonzalez Chavez (Cary): NFIB/North Carolina Leadership Council Young Entrepreneur Award

New Jersey

• Makenzie Holmsborg (Annandale): NFIB/New Jersey Leadership Council Young Entrepreneur Award
• Brett Axler (Eastampton): NFIB/Graboyes Family Young Entrepreneur Award
• Joshua Davidson (Egg Harbor Township): NFIB/AHIP Young Entrepreneur Award

Nevada

• Curtis DeVore (Carson City): NFIB/Employers Young Entrepreneur Award
• Kelsey Kinsel (Las Vegas): NFIB/Employers Young Entrepreneur Award

New York

• Christopher Petrucccio (Fishkill): NFIB/Harold and Lois Graboyes Young Entrepreneur Award
• Arian Mahmoodi (Hannawa Falls): NFIB/New York Leadership Council Young Entrepreneur Award

Ohio

• Nicholas Lefke (Cincinnati): NFIB/Kopcial Young Entrepreneur Award
• Johnathon Bush (Toledo): NFIB/Daniel J. Mirto Young Entrepreneur Award

Oregon

• Tyler Marquardt (Eugene): NFIB/Oregon Leadership Council Young Entrepreneur Award

Pennsylvania

• Shoshanna Goldin (Allentown): NFIB/Pennsylvania Young Entrepreneur Award
• Jais Hansen (Chadds Ford): NFIB/Kathleen V. Shivers Young Entrepreneur Award
• Ryan Walker (Houston): NFIB/Pennsylvania Leadership Council Award
• Charles Smith (Philadelphia): NFIB/Bonnie & Tom Musser Young Entrepreneur Award

South Carolina

• Patrick Key (Simpsonville): NFIB/June Lennon Young Entrepreneur Award

Tennessee

• Alice Lee (Brentwood): NFIB/SunTrust Banks Young Entrepreneur Award
• Blake Berny (Franklin): NFIB/SunTrust Banks Young Entrepreneur Award
• Caleb Minton (Gallatin): NFIB/Tennessee Leadership Council Young Entrepreneur Award
• Jason van der Merwe (Knoxville): NFIB/SunTrust Banks Young Entrepreneur Award
• Jacob Horenburg (Maryville): NFIB/SunTrust Banks Young Entrepreneur Award
• Jay Gersten (Memphis): NFIB/SunTrust Banks Young Entrepreneur Award
• Dylan Hankins (Pikeville): NFIB/Southern Champion Tray Young Entrepreneur Award

Texas

• Chase Hochstatter (Austin): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Garrett Heard (Canyon): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Anuruddha Jayasinghe (Coppell): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Elizabeth West (Dallas): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Jazmine Swanson (Fort Hood): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Leighann Dunn(Fulshear): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Kelly Eastwood (Houston): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Alexander-Julian Gibbson (Houston): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Belinda Owino (Houston): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Bradford Stricklin (Houston): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Lauren Tyler-Smith (Lubbock): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Ronnie Stotts (Paris): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Skyler Alcala (San Antonio): NFIB/Eddie Boykin Young Entrepreneur Award
• Ariel Bittner (Seguin): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Abigail Miller (Southlake): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Scott Sladecek (Spring): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award
• Kyle Szymanski (Spring): NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award

Virginia

• Carmiel Dizon (Burke): NFIB/Virgina Leadership Council Young Entrepreneur Award

Washington

• Luke Wall (Chelan): NFIB/Washington State Leadership Council Young Entrepreneur Award
• Lance Kidder (Coupeville): NFIB/Betty & Steve Neighbors Young Entrepreneur Award
• Evan Edstrom (Spokane): NFIB/Washington State Leadership Council Young Entrepreneur Award

Wyoming

• Sara Goni (Kaycee): NFIB/Wyoming Young Entrepreneur Award