Trey is an Eagle Scout from Troop 1776, in the Foothills district, who has earned 138 merit badges.A nice little video.
You read that number right, Trey has earned all the merit badges one can earn as a Scout. This is an amazing feat of Scouting.
He joined Scouting in elementary school and enjoyed his time in Cub Scouts but was excited to cross over to the older Scout program. When he earned his first merit badge he knew that he wanted to try them all.
That is when he set the lofty goal of earning all 138 merit badges. He knew that it would be tough and time-consuming but as he said, “I am a completionist, I like pushing myself further and I didn’t really know where to stop.”
The entire journey took 6 years, from his first weekend trip with his Troop to a couple days before his 17th birthday.
Trey is a Junior at Pope High School in Cobb County and is dual-enrolled at Kennesaw State University.
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Quite an accomplishment for a young man with bright prospects.
For perspective, only about 6% of Boy Scouts become an Eagle Scout, the highest rank.
The minimum number of merit badges required for Eagle is 21.
Only a few hundred have ever earned all the merit badges, probably around 350-400.
In any given year only 10-30 earn all the merit badges.
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