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title: Government Award Recipients | Patrick Henry College
description: Celebrating the accomplishments of Patrick Henry College graduates who have excelled. This page lists the individuals who have earned the Government award.
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### Academic Awards

# Government

 

###### 2026: Ezekiel Grayson Johnson

###### ![Ezekiel Grayson Johnson - Government](https://www.phc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Ezekiel%20Grayson%20Johnson%20-%20Government.jpg?width=420&height=280&name=Ezekiel%20Grayson%20Johnson%20-%20Government.jpg)

###### 2025: Sarah Pearl Fox

![Sarah Fox Government award 2025](https://www.phc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Sarah%20Fox%20Government%20award%202025.png?width=420&height=280&name=Sarah%20Fox%20Government%20award%202025.png)

###### 2024: Howard H. Newman IV

![Government Award - Commencement 2024-8](https://www.phc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Government%20Award%20-%20Commencement%202024-8.jpg?width=420&height=280&name=Government%20Award%20-%20Commencement%202024-8.jpg)

###### 2023: J. Calvin Klomparens

![Klomparens_Government_23 Commencement](https://www.phc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Klomparens_Government_23%20Commencement.jpg?width=420&height=280&name=Klomparens_Government_23%20Commencement.jpg)

###### 2022: Cole Orien Reynolds

![DSC_8370](https://www.phc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/DSC_8370.jpg?width=420&height=280&name=DSC_8370.jpg)

###### 2021: Ellen Taylor Purnell

![Graduation2021-Diploma&Awards-87-1](https://www.phc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Graduation2021-Diploma%26Awards-87-1.jpg?width=420&height=280&name=Graduation2021-Diploma%26Awards-87-1.jpg)

###### 2020: Marina Delayne Ziemnick

![Marina Ziemnick](https://www.phc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Marina%20Ziemnick.jpg?width=420&height=280&name=Marina%20Ziemnick.jpg)

###### 2019: Christopher Jeffrey Baldacci

![9Y5A8267](https://www.phc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/9Y5A8267.png?width=420&height=280&name=9Y5A8267.png)

###### 2018: Rodney Shane Roberts, Jr.

![PHC Graduation-125](https://www.phc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/PHC%20Graduation-125.jpg?width=425&height=283&name=PHC%20Graduation-125.jpg)

###### 2017: Johanna Esther Smith

![Johanna Smith Government 2017 award](https://www.phc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Johanna%20Smith%20Government%202017%20award.png?width=420&height=280&name=Johanna%20Smith%20Government%202017%20award.png)

###### 2016: Samuel David Cordle

![Sam Cordle Government award 2016](https://www.phc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Sam%20Cordle%20Government%20award%202016.jpg?width=420&height=280&name=Sam%20Cordle%20Government%20award%202016.jpg)

###### 2015: Katherine Leigh Montoya

![Katherine Montoya Government award 2015](https://www.phc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/IMG_9307%20A.jpg?width=420&height=280&name=IMG_9307%20A.jpg)

###### 2014: Kayla Michelle Ferguson

![Kyla Griesemer Government award 2014](https://www.phc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Kyla%20Griesemer%20Government%20award%202014.jpg?width=420&height=280&name=Kyla%20Griesemer%20Government%20award%202014.jpg)

###### 2013: Evan Richard Johnson

![Evan Richardson 2013 Government award](https://www.phc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Evan%20Richardson%202013%20Government.jpg?width=420&height=280&name=Evan%20Richardson%202013%20Government.jpg)

###### 2012: Paul Logan Spena

![](https://www.phc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Government%20Award-jpg.jpeg?width=420&height=280&name=Government%20Award-jpg.jpeg)

###### 2011: Michelle Ross

![grad4-1](https://www.phc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/grad4-1.jpg?width=422&height=281&name=grad4-1.jpg)

###### 2010: Rachel Marie Blum

 

###### 2009: Kelly-Christelle Patricia Reilly

![Kelly-Christelle Patricia Reilly](https://www.phc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Kelly-Christelle%20Patricia%20Reilly.png?width=420&height=280&name=Kelly-Christelle%20Patricia%20Reilly.png)

 

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