The Eagles’ Nest
The highest rank in Scouting is earned by fewer than 4% of all Scouts and Troop 478 has had the honor to help produce more than 400 of them since 1955.
What It Takes to Earn the Rank of Eagle Scout
Eagle Scout is the final rank in the Scouts BSA advancement path and it is not given. It is earned.
The journey begins at Scout rank and progresses through Tenderfoot, Second Class, First Class, Star, and Life before a Scout becomes eligible to pursue Eagle. Along the way he builds a documented record of outdoor skills, leadership, service, and personal growth. At each step, he is reviewed by a Board of adult volunteers who ask one simple question: is this Scout living the values he committed to?
The requirements are specific and deliberately demanding. A Scout must earn a minimum of 21 merit badges, including required badges in first aid, citizenship, personal fitness, cooking, environmental science, and emergency preparedness. He must hold positions of leadership within the troop that are elected or appointed by his peers and serve in that role with distinction. He must demonstrate active participation over time, not just a burst of effort before a deadline.
The Eagle Scout Service Project is the capstone. It cannot benefit a family member or serve a personal interest. It must benefit a community organization, a school, a place of worship, or a public institution. The Scout identifies the need, develops the plan, presents it for approval, raises any necessary funds, recruits and leads volunteers, and executes the project from start to finish. Adults can advise. They cannot lead. The project belongs entirely to the Scout.
All requirements must be completed before a Scout's 18th birthday. That clock is not forgiving. The decision to pursue Eagle and the discipline to follow through ultimately belongs entirely to the boy.
Fewer than 4% of all Scouts who begin the program earn the rank. That number has held remarkably steady for decades. It is not a participation award. It is not inevitable for any Scout regardless of family resources or involvement. It is proof that a young man chose to do hard things, kept going when it was inconvenient, and finished what he started.
Research consistently shows that Scouts with actively engaged families are significantly more likely to reach Eagle Scout. A parent who shows up -- whether at meetings, campouts, or simply at home asking how advancement is going -- is one of the strongest predictors of a Scout who completes the journey. That is one reason Troop 478 works hard to make every family feel welcome and involved at whatever level works for them.
Troop 478 has produced over 400 Eagle Scouts since 1955. Each one is honored here.
Troop 478 Eagle Scouts
Eagles marked with a troop designation earned the rank through a troop that later merged with Troop 478. Their achievement and their troop's legacy are honored here equally.
2020s
2020: Dylan P. Nokleby (478), Jacob S. Lee (478), Timothy J. Healey (478), Chad A. Corrigan (478), Corbin W. Rosenstein (478), Cade S. McCary (478), William F. Graves (478), Kyle V. Sedita (478), Elijah Montfort (631)
2021: Zachary K. Griffiths (478), Jan N. Barrett (478), Ian D. Casteel (478), Jack W. Denny (478), Luke P. Bailey (478), Joshua T. Tilotta (478), Patrick C. Ramsey (478), Bennett E. Kretschmer (478), Steven P. Otillar (478)
2022: Connor P. Rosenstein (478), Avery W. Melster (478), Ian A. McCormack (478), Brian P. Jones (478), Keith T. Jones (478), Blake R. Wilson (478), Jonathan Lee (478), Jack Loh (478), Mason Swagerty (478), Benjamin Stelmak (631)
2023: Joshua Rosenblum (478), Matthew Zatopek (478), Trent Steunkel (478), Cameron Cooper (631), Paul Rosilez (631)
2024: Billy Benoit (478), Joshua Kofler (478), Carter Long (478), Sam Cherry (478), Elliott Milian (631)
2025: Grayson Armpriester (478), Calvin Griffiths (478), Braden Rentrop (478), Ethan Vulliez (478), Austin Young (478), Emiliano Carbajal (631), Alfonso Cipriano (631), David Sosa (631)
2026: Matthew Ramirez (478), Spencer Walden (478)
2010s
2010: Andrew L. Harris (652), Colin Gray (478), James Moore (478), Alexander Price (631), Esteban Toscano (631)
2012: Robert J. Beydler (652), Lukas P. Vebeliunas (652), John C. McAvey (652), Connor J. McCampbell (652), Austin Carlson (631), Jeremy Harn (631)
2013: Christian M. Bishop (652), William C. Nelson (652), Alexander R. Godinich (652), Charles Alcorn (478), William Hart (478), Sawyer Hart (478), Max Levay (478), Scott Levay (478), Kennedy Powell (478), David Radecki (478), Reece Rosenthal (478), Jonathan Stine (478), Christopher Bond (631), Nicolas Knoerzer (631), Joshua McCune (631), William Mueller (631), Jared Wheaton (631)
2014: Joshua C. Cox (652), William M. Stockton (652), Mitchell W. Benson (652), William Vandiver (478), Michael Henry (478), Joakin Nguyen (478), Josh Flynn (478), Kenan Tran Ngo (478), Cayne Althaus (631), Joseph Bond (631)
2015: Preston M. Godinich (652), Joshua B. Loh (652), Hunter A. Gilbert (652), Merritt B. Chastain (652), Mark A. Bailey (652)
2016: Shannon Hubbard (631)
2017: Fischer Nordin (652), Connor M. Godinich (652), Johnny Kaldis (652), Dylan J. Evers (652), Keagan Tran Ngo (478), James Westenhaver (478), Justin Wheaton (631)
2018: Maxwell T. Kretschmer (652), Jack T. Bailey (652), Lance A. Randolph (652), Leo R. Boswell (652), Alek Babineaux (631), Jaykob Baxter (631), Jonathan Carlson (631)
2019: Andrew J. Moncada (652), Brandon G. Moncada (652), W. McKennon Denny, IV (652), Sean W. Kennedy (652), G. Dare Lovett, IV (652), Alexander S. Allen, X (652), W. Walker Gammill (652), Matthew K. Tomlinson (652), Vance T. Clark (652), Keanan Ngo (478)
2000s
2000: Andrew J. Gille (652), Thomas W. Palmer (652), Matthew Schadt (478), John Tones (478), Keith Durand (478), Andrew Austin (478)
2001: Clay E. Chambers (652), Jason L. Osborn (652), Matthew R. Baughman (652), Michael T. Andreen (652), Alvin S. Guggenheim III (652)
2002: Justin A. Gibson (652), Christopher S. Palmer (652), John D. Palmer (652), Derek T. Larson (652), Aaron M. Grant (652), Scott W. Etzel (652)
2003: Dustin W. Decker (652), John R. Lanham (652), Lamar G. Sellers (652), Justin D. Barrow (652), Kevin R. Stephen (652), Tyler Graham (478)
2004: Peter C. Jagdeo (652), Patrick L. Donalson (652), Kevin M. Guggenheim (652), Brian C. Gille (652), Michael A. Coulter (652)
2005: Cameron J. Terry (652), Jeremy P. Burns (652), Matthew J. Kosmoski (652), Oliver F. Osborn (652), William Luton (631), Austin Miller (631), Nigel Walsh (631)
2006: Robert M. A. Palmer (652), Clark D. Davis (652), Andrew Renk (631), Rexton West (631)
2007: Taylor R. Jessup (652), Jay W. Welkey (652), William Bishop (631), Joel Burkholder (631), Alexander Trent (631)
2008: Philip J. Steinmetz (652), Michael A. Kosmoski (652), Wesley A. Coleman (652), Charles Feitshans (478)
2009: Adam Z. Flora (652), Devin G. Burns (652), Drew A. Story (652), Colin R. Benthien (652), Will P. Story (652), Allen L. Jehle (652), Jarred H. Gillie (652), Blake P. Rutledge (652), Ian Bennett (631)
1990s
1990: James J. Burnett Jr. (652), Don Nettles (478), Richard Arredondo (478)
1991: Brian C. Thorp (652), James R. Major (652), Peter M. Jensen (652), Cesar A. Sylva (652)
1992: Stephen D. Wells (652), Richard E. Shaw Jr. (652), Jonathon W. Benton (652), Jeff D. Moore (652), Ross Marlin (478), Neal Dikeman (478), Zack Westenhaver (478), Joshua Lee (478)
1993: Eric E. Waligura (652), Stephen J. Lunsford (652), Anthony J. Lyons (652), Joseph L. Asher (652), Jeremiah C. Palmer (652), Jeremy D. Youngblood (652), Preston D. Dumas (652), Ankur K. Goel (652), Andrew J. Dougherty (652), Randolph H. Tjahjono (652), Jordan Baugher (478), Steven Wilson (478), Kevin Meischen (478), Baron Hannsz (631)
1994: Scott R. Stone (652), J. Alexander Shaw (652), Mark A. Neiser (652), Richard O. Myers (652), Nicholas Karolys (478), Evan Powell (478), Chris Cagle (478), Jeffrey Pearce (631)
1995: David E. Hackenson (652), F. Javier Alcala (652), Jon K. Wiesmann (652), Andrew A. Martin (652), Robert Wessels III (478), Eddy Shroff (478), Francisco Cano (478)
1996: Jason P. Natanson (652), Calvin P. Chen (652), S. Kurt Newman (652), Douglas M. Tempest (652), Jeremy Johnson (631), Jonathan King (631), Jarrett Roberts (631)
1997: Anuj K. Goel (652), Chase W. Dumas (652), Kenyon S. Weaver (652), Jacob D. Wiesmann (652), Jerome C. Palmer (652), Jarrett Price (478)
1998: Brian T. Krause (652), Ryan A. Dobson (652), Philip G. Lanham (652), Matthew J. Cadwallader (652), Gregory A. Coulter (652), Malcolm C. Palmer (652)
1999: Grant A. Sewell (652)
1980s
1980: Jeffrey Inbody (478), William Dieal IV (478), Dwayne Kubicek (631), Matthew Whatley (631)
1981: Brian E. Hendrix (652), Harvey M. Miller III (652), James E. Wahrenberger III (652), James Stone, Jr (478), Brian Brisbin (478), Scott Clanton (478), Brian Heitshusen (478), Jonathan Stone (478), Clinton Farmer (478), Gregory Schoener (478), Gregory Harris (631)
1982: Jeffrey S. Wang (652), Jeffrey McDougald (478), David Tinker (478), Bret Bailey (631)
1983: Steven A. Horsley (652), Robert J. Mueller (652), Michael Lewis (478), Devon Murphy (478), Gregory Ligon (478), Thomas Hopkins, Jr (478), Daniel Higdon (478), Darren Tom (478), Charles Vyles (478), John Dusek (631)
1984: Scott D. Hill (652), Thomas Daley (478), Thomas Vyles (478), Charles Estanol (478), Ernest Arredondo, Jr (478), Kevin M. Brady (478), John Pope (631), Thomas Reeves (631)
1985: Andrew Y. Wang (652), Jerod C. Schulick (652), John Feitshans (478), Ron Tremble (478), Douglas Harris (478), Jeremy Field (478), Andrew Cooper (478), Sean Stuart (478)
1986: Andrew J. Schmedeman (652), Neil E. Koenig (652), Shawn J. Peck (652), Kirk Jordan (478), Judson Tate (478)
1987: Arthur W. McDanel (652), Dan Nettles (478), James Druzbik (478), David Pope (631)
1989: James E. Sternenberg (652), Donald E. Wiesmann Jr. (652), Robert Corkren (478), William Low (478), Christensen Low (478), Tate Williams (478), Ethan Mitchell (478), Patrick Paul (631), Thomas StJohn (631)
1970s
1970: Graham Buchanan (478), Nick Goodrich III (478), Emmett DuBose (478), Christopher Curran (478), Joe Belk (478), Steven Ash (631), David Deshazo (631)
1971: Ollie Hilliard (478), Allen Pennington (478), Gene Holman (478), David McDougald (478), Robert Haddock III (478), James Pearson (478), Thomas Pearson (478), George Mannel (478), Robert Mannel (478), David Weaver (478)
1972: Terry Dunn (478), Jesse Perez (478), Robert Coller (478), Scott Wiseman (478), Richard Valigura (478), Mark Peterman (478), Dan Tremble (478), Nick Criss (478), Andrew Schaller (478), Bran Kendall (478), Graham Buchahan (478), Glenn Cleveland (631), Alan Houstan (631), Phillip Huskey (631), George McLeod (631), Mark McLeod (631)
1973: Richard M. Pleasant (621), Christopher A. Horsley (621), David Brust (631), Michael McLeod (631), Kim Podlewski (631)
1975: Angelo Eakin (478)
1976: Frank T. Perkins (621), David R. Boggess (621), David L. Hines (621), Doug Mannel (478), David Asaud (631), Mark Asaud (631), Robert Atkinson (631), Joel Bennett (631)
1977: Richard Hogg (478), David Hayward (478), Robert Reese (478), Peter Irvin (478), Allan Jones (478), Robert Wiseman (478), Charles Farmer (478), Kevin Boyd (478), Garrett Bigelow (478), U. Farris (631), Charles Short (631)
1978: David R. Bell (621), Mark A. Carter (621), Scott A. Jackson (621), Melvin Pless (621), Adrian C. Wang (621), Michael Jordan (478), Steven McDougald (478), Richard Graves (631), Kenneth Schultz (631), Robert Uzzi (631)
1979: Alfred Menconi III (478)
1960s
1961: Joe Ruland (631), Thomas Ruland (631)
1962: Terry Godbold (478), Gregory Thatcher (631), Paul Thatcher (631), Paul Wiggins (631)
1963: Harry McLaughlin (478), John Park (478), Charles Crane (478)
1964: Thomas Colwell (631), Robert Elolf (631), William Sandeen (631)
1966: Max Geiger (478), David Mauger (478), Michael Armstrong (631)
1967: William B. McPherson (621), Andrew Millar (478), Roger Sowell (478), Craig Fisher (478), Joseph Jordan (478), Robert Repp (631)
1968: Allen Millar (478), Randall Blackwell (478), Steven Jackson (631)
1969: Dennis Sowell (478), Robert Roy (478), William Tinker (478), Ray McAnelly (631)
If you are aware of any missing Troop 478 Eagle Scout records, please contact us at admin@troop478htx.com.
What Does the Eagle Scout Rank Actually Produce?
Scouting America partnered with the Harris Poll in 2026 to study Eagle Scout outcomes across thousands of alumni. The findings are significant. Eagle Scouts are more likely to vote, volunteer, give to charity, and report high life satisfaction than their peers. They hold leadership positions at higher rates across every sector studied.
This is what Troop 478 has been building toward since 1955.
Once an Eagle, Always an Eagle
Eagle Scout is one of the few achievements in a young man's life that cannot be taken away, diminished by time, or made irrelevant by circumstance. The rank does not expire. The work that earned it does not fade. Decades from now, when someone asks if you were an Eagle Scout, the answer is still yes and it still means something.
If you earned the Eagle Scout Rank within Troop 478’s lineage we would be honored to hear your story and learn where you are today. Reach out to us at committee@troop478htx.com.