Outstanding Washington County 4-H members were recognized recently at the annual county awards banquet held Nov. 13 at the Washington County Career Center.

Arielle Gebhart and Josiah Fryman were selected as the Margaret Meredith Outstanding 4-H'ers in Washington County.

This award was established in honor of the outstanding service and leadership that Margaret Meredith demonstrated to Washington County 4-H through her many years as a club leader with the Oak Grove 4-Fold 4-H Club. She was one of the first "State 4-H Hall of Fame" honorees.

The Margaret Meredith Award recognizes the outstanding efforts of two 4-H members each year who are examples of the expertise that can be gained through 4-H project work and leadership skills that can be gained at the club and county levels.

Gebhart has been in 4-H for five years. She served as president this year of both the Explorers and Carteens 4-H clubs. During her 4-H career she has taken leadership projects such as teen boardsmanship, Carteens, alcohol decisions, and Tobacco and You. Her other project area of interest was raising broilers, which helped her with her Junior Fair Board responsibilities where she served in the Poultry Department.

She was also selected as a counselor for Space, Senior and Junior 4-H camps, and earned positions on the 4-H Camp Planning and 4-H Advisory committees. Gebhart was also selected as the 2009 Junior Fair Queen, won the clock trophy at the state fair for her Carteens project this year, and was selected for various trip awards, including Citizenship Washington Focus this year.

Outside of 4-H, in school, Gebhart served as a senior mentor, Student Council member, a reporter for FFA, and editor-in-chief of the school newspaper.

She currently is in her first quarter at The Ohio State University, where she is working to be accepted in the highly competitive athletic training program.

Fryman has been an eight-year member of the Honeysuckle Hills 4-H Club, holding offices of president for two years, vice president for a year, treasurer for two years, and for one year each song leader, energy officer and health and safety officer.

He has also served in various leadership positions outside his club. He has been a counselor for 4-H Space, Senior and Junior camps, a Barlow Junior Fair Board member, a 4-H Advisory Committee member and an emcee for the 4-H Endowment Auction. He also participated in Ohio 4-H Teen Conference, Carving New Ideas Camp and Barlow Fair Public Speaking Contest.

He also volunteers with his club, making up baskets to help raise money at the 4-H Endowment and Camp Hervida fundraisers, donating items for the lemon shake stand, and setting up barns before the Washington County Fair.

In school, Fryman was president of the Fort Frye FFA, on the varsity baseball team and in the National Honor Society. He graduated with merit and honors in May. He is currently enrolled at Marietta College, where he is majoring in petroleum engineering.

Other 4-H members were selected for project awards, achievement, citizenship and leadership awards and for state and national trips sponsored by the Washington County 4-H Advisory Committee. They include:

Achievement - Kaitlyn Bonar, Lowell Lively Lassies and Lads; Levi Holbert, Carteens; Eugene Lang, Lowell Lively Lassies and Lads; Colin Starkey, Fur and Feather.

Citizenship and civic education - Emily Mason, Carteens, Explorers; Miranda Smith, Country Kids.

Leadership - Tiffany Longfellow, Country Kids; Katy Oster, Oak Grove 4-Fold, Carteens; Olivia Sprague, Churchtown Community Crew; Katelyn Tornes, Churchtown Community Crew.

Young achiever - Tyler Gutberlet, Soaring Eagles; Erin Hague, Churchtown Community Crew; Morgan Smith, Decatur Buckeyes, Little Hocking Junior Garden Club; Jessica White, SL Homemakers and LS Boys.

Young citizen - Haley Bonar, Lowell Lively Lassies and Lads; Caleb Burnosky, Bull's Eye; Caleigh Fryman, Honeysuckle Hills; Ben Gutberlet, Soaring Eagles.

Young leader - Mariah Stollar, Churchtown Community Crew; Maddie Treadway, Churchtown Busy Bunch, Precious Pups & Mighty Mutts; Katherine Wagner, Waterford Warriors; Josie White, SL Homemakers and LS Boys, Wacky Wabbits.

Project pin awards

Aerospace - Tyler Gutberlet, Soaring Eagles.

Beef - Ashley Payne, Churchtown Community Crew; Morgan Smith, Decatur Buckeyes, Little Hocking Junior Garden Club; Olivia Sprague, Churchtown Community Crew; Katherine Wagner, Waterford Warriors.

Bicycle - Celan O'Dell, Explorers.

Clothing & textiles - Haley Bonar, Lowell Lively Lassies and Lads; Kaitlyn Bonar, Lowell Lively Lassies and Lads; Madison Lang, Churchtown Community Crew; Morgan Miller, Soaring Eagles.

Communications - Levi Holbert, Carteens.

Community service - Katherine Bennett, Explorers; Alize Hess, Oak Grove 4-Fold; Marlee Stollar, Churchtown Community Crew.

Computer technology - Levi Holbert, Carteens.

Demonstrations - Maddie Treadway, Churchtown Busy Bunch, Precious Pups and Mighty Mutts.

Dogs - Colin Starkey, Fur and Feather.

Fashion revue - Morgan Miller, Soaring Eagles.

Foods and nutrition - Ben Gutberlet, Soaring Eagles; Alize Hess, Oak Grove 4-Fold; Morgan Lang, Churchtown Community Crew; Danielle Reed, Soaring Eagles.

Gardening and horticulture - Ryan Fisher, Honeysuckle Hills; Emily Mason, Carteens, Explorers; Leslie McPherson, Decatur Buckeyes, Little Hocking Junior Garden Club.

Healthy lifestyles - Hailey Bennett, Explorers; Karisa Lang, Lowell Lively Lassies and Lads; Marlee Stollar, Churchtown Community Crew.

Hobbies and collections - Josh Burke, Oak Grove 4-Fold; Courtland Gibbs, Oak Grove 4-Fold; Cecelia Tio, Explorers, Bull's Eye.

Horse - Megan Haffner, Trail Blazers.

Miscellaneous - Ben Gutberlet, Soaring Eagles; Kylee Morris, Barlow Kool Kids, Bull's Eye; Sarah Simers, Lowell Pioneers; Shelbi Worstell, Lowell Pioneers.

Outdoor education and recreation - Emma Doak, Bull's Eye; Kyle Worstell, Lowell Pioneers.

Photography and video - Joey Fisher, Honeysuckle Hills; Katy Oster, Oak Grove 4-Fold, Carteens; Sarah Simers, Lowell Pioneers; Katherine Wagner, Waterford Warriors.

Poultry - Caleigh Fryman, Honeysuckle Hills; Josiah Fryman, Honeysuckle Hills; Leanna Longfellow, Country Kids; Emily Petrole, Explorers.

Public speaking - Courtland Gibbs, Oak Grove 4-Fold; Mariah Stollar, Churchtown Community Crew; Katelyn Tornes, Churchtown Community Crew; Maddie Treadway, Churchtown Busy Bunch, Precious Pups and Mighty Mutts.

Rabbits - Kelsey Adkins, Oak Grove 4-Fold.

Sheep - Leslie McPherson, Decatur Buckeyes, Little Hocking Junior Garden Club; Wesley Satterfield, Country Kids; Katelyn Tornes, Churchtown Community Crew; Ryan Tornes, Churchtown Community Crew.

Shooting sports - Jenell Betts, Bull's Eye, Lynch Combined; Cody Isner, Bull's Eye; Anna Rogers, Bull's Eye, Churchtown Busy Bunch; Cecelia Tio, Bull's Eye, Explorers.

Swine - Will Cogswell, Country Kids, Bull's Eye; Cala Curtis, Soaring Eagles; Eugene Lang, Lowell Lively Lassies and Lads; Karisa Lang, Lowell Lively Lassies and Lads.

Wildlife and fisheries - Keith Worstell, Lowell Pioneers.

Wood science - Lane Curtis, Soaring Eagles; Ideka Hess, Oak Grove 4-Fold.

Trips awards

Carving New Ideas Workshop - Liam Doak, Bull's Eye; Tiffany Longfellow, Country Kids; Maddie Treadway, Churchtown Busy Bunch, Precious Pups and Mighty Mutts.

50% Scholarship - Carving New Ideas Workshop - Tyler Gutberlet, Soaring Eagles; Leanna Longfellow, Country Kids; Katy Oster, Oak Grove 4-Fold, Carteens; Emily Petrole, Explorers.

State 4-H Leadership Camp - Liza Doak, Adventure Seekers, Bull's Eye; Levi Holbert, Carteens; Emily Mason, Carteens, Explorers.

Citizenship-Washington Focus - Kaitlyn Bonar, Lowell Lively Lassies and Lads; Miranda Smith, Country Kids; alternates: Levi Holbert, Carteens, Emily Mason, Carteens, Explorers.

Ohio 4-H Sea Camp - Cody Dobbs, Bull's Eye; Cecelia Tio, Explorers, Bull's Eye; alternates: Emily Petrole, Explorers, Tyler Gutberlet, Soaring Eagles, Leanna Longfellow, Country Kids, Katy Oster, Oak Grove 4-Fold, Carteens.

Buckeye Leadership Workshop - Will Cogswell, Country Kids, Bull's Eye; Katy Oster, Oak Grove 4-Fold, Carteens; alternate: Tiffany Longfellow, Country Kids.

Ohio 4-H Shooting Education Camp (Senior) - Joey Fisher, Honeysuckle Hills; Anna Rogers, Churchtown Busy Bunch, Bull's Eye; Michael Steinel, Bull's Eye; Nicholas Tucker, Bull's Eye; alternate: Emily Petrole, Explorers.

Ohio 4-H Shooting Education Camp (Junior) - Cody Isner, Bull's Eye; Wesley Satterfield, Country Kids; alternates: Cecelia Tio, Explorers, Bull's Eye, Megan Haffner, Trail Blazers.

Nationwide Insurance and Farm Bureau Foundation sponsor two of the delegates to State 4-H Leadership Camp. All other pin and trip awards are sponsored by the Washington County 4-H Advisory Committee.