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May 7, 2010

2010 Golden Horseshoe winners knighted

Lawrence Pierce

The Golden Horseshoe winners for 2010 gather on the south steps of the Capitol on Friday, along with Gov. Joe Manchin and state schools Superintendent Steve Paine.

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- More than 200 eighth-grade students from across West Virginia received the prestigious Golden Horseshoe award for outstanding knowledge of West Virginia history and culture.

State schools Superintendent Steve Paine inducted the students from all 55 counties as Knights and Ladies of the Golden Horseshoe Society during a pinning ceremony on Friday at the Culture Center.

The Golden Horseshoe test has been administered in West Virginia each year since 1931. The top-scoring students in each county receive the award. Each county has at least two winners. This year's Golden Horseshoe Award recipients are:

Barbour County: Lukus Paul Freeman, Scott Andrew Nesland, Brandon Clay Weaver

Berkeley County: Jessica Althea Antolini, Daniel Christopher Arndt, Jacob Dalton Ervin, Jason Tyler Hill, Sreyas Kumar Menon, Brook Joseph Misailidis, Timmy Thanh Nguyen, Anne Mary O'Donnell, Abigail Louise Paulson

Boone County: Ryan Patrick Cowan, Haleigh Grace Foxx, Ciera Samantha Kinder, Austin Randy Stone

Braxton County: Dustin Elliott Bragg, Jennifer Renae Friend, Landon D. Pettit

Brooke County: Kayla Renee Davis, Trey Gilham, Haley Michelle Law

Cabell County: Evan K. Bowen, Ian Stefan Burcl-Gonzalez, Catherine Chase Dennison, Vincent Mays, Isiah Joseph Meadows, Joshua Nathaniel Neal, Katherine Olivia Norman

Calhoun County: Mason Isaiah Sheldon, Nicholas L. Smith

Clay County: Hope Maria Childers, Andrea Paige Litton, Skyler Cheyenne Withrow

Doddridge County: Tyler Mitchell Ash, Sarah Elizabeth Ferguson, Joseph Burton Spencer

Fayette County: Brianna Light, Ryan Thomas Pate, Caitlin Virginia Welch, Robin Welch, Marissa Chase Workman

Gilmer County: Andrew Coombs, Hayden Paul Jones

Grant County: Brittani Bible, Hunter Thomas Evans, Denali Skye Hedrick

Greenbrier County: Garrett Alan Clemons, Cail Daley, Lauren Nicole Prevett, Samuel Bryce Wickline

West Virginia School for the Deaf: Daylen Wayne Brightwell

West Virginia School for the Blind: Jacob Matthew Fetty

Hampshire County: Katherine Gayle Allen, Taylor Harwood, Jonathon Michael Coleman

Hancock County: Akeem Levon Curenton, Ella Kay Jennings, Marisa Leeanne Stoffel, Stephen Lucas White

Hardy County: Jared Joseph Beard, Carlos Lee Dolby Jr., Daryll Anne High

Harrison County: Benjamin Christopher Black, Olivia Ann Hrko, Lance Douglas Kniceley, Raymond Isaac Rector, Stephanie Yanyee Thi, Xyland Aleczander Yoke

Jackson County: Natalee Ruth Cogar, Megan Elizabeth Conley, Michelle Lynn Riffle, Alexander Scott Wilkinson

Jefferson County: Malika Jane Briggs, Bradley Lawrence Myers, Adri Mason Persad, Jessica Shakesprere, Anya Marina Wallace

Kanawha County: Adrienne Dale Arnold, Nathaniel Riley Beck, Diana Maria Bodrogi-Podoaba, Kayla Jean Boggess, Sarah Brumley, Nicholas Allinder Freeman, David Alan Hannan, Samuel Ernest Heywood, Mikalyn Brooke Murphy, Lillian Caroline Odekirk, John L. Skaggs, Trevor Grant Stanley, Bruce Ralph Swiney

Lewis County: Kaylee Pethtel, Allison Joanne White, Dalton Gabriel Wright

Lincoln County: Haley Danielle Jeffers, Colton Andrew Snyder, Kennedi Danielle Woodall

Logan County: Jeremiah Thomas Beavers, Tristin Martin Kinningham, Larry David Pridemore, Haley Brooke Weese, Jonathan Tyler Williamson

Marion County: Jared David Bartrug, Hannah Nicole Haller, Autumn Nicole Huffman, Rachel Diane Martin, Troy Adam Shough

Marshall County: Tanner Filben, Gabriella Antonia Pozell, Samantha Leanne Rulong, Collin Joseph Stipetich