June 23, 2020
WINNERS OF THE 2020 NATIONAL HISTORY DAY NATIONAL CONTEST
Student Historians Receive Accolades in Culminating Ceremony of Competition and School Year Destined for History Books
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Saturday, June 20, National History Day® (NHD) presented the awards for the 2020 NHD National Contest in a livestreamed ceremony. Over a half-million middle and high school students entered the competition in late 2019. Just under 3,000 of them advanced through the local and state/affiliate rounds during a tumultuous spring disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, school closures, and nationwide protests against racial injustice, to earn their place in the NHD National Contest, which migrated to a virtual format and proceeded entirely online.
Through documentaries, exhibits, papers, performances, and websites, students presented research projects addressing topics related to the 2020 NHD theme, Breaking Barriers in History.
“To make it to the National Contest in a normal year is a remarkable achievement,” said NHD Executive Director Dr. Cathy Gorn. “Given the unprecedented challenges that faced students over the last several months, I am even more impressed by what they achieved this year. They have shown an incredible level of fortitude and tenacity, and I am confident we will continue to see great things from them. The critical thinking and research skills developed and honed through competing in NHD, especially now, will help these students achieve success in college and on into their careers.” At the conclusion of Saturday’s awards ceremony, Dr. Gorn announced the 2021 National History Day theme, Communication in History: The Key to Understanding.
More than 400 historians and education professionals served as judges for the students’ work. As with all other aspects of the contest this year, the judging was conducted remotely online. More than 100 students from across the country will receive cash prizes between $500 and $2,000, each, for superior work in their categories.
The full list of 2020 winners is provided below and online at: nhd.org/virtual2020winners.
Numerous awards are granted to students, including the following: First-place entries in the Junior and Senior divisions’ five categories of documentary, exhibit, paper, performance, and website are given the title, “National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Scholar” and receive a $1,000 award sponsored by NEH. Second and third-place entries in all categories receive $500 and $250, respectively. Two entries from each NHD state/affiliate receive an “Outstanding Affiliate Entry” award sponsored by the National Park Service. First, second, and third-place entries in the Junior and Senior individual documentary categories also receive The Next Generation Angels Awards from The Better Angels Society. The first-place senior winner is given the Anne Harrington Award, named for the late longtime friend and colleague of filmmaker Ken Burns. More than two dozen special awards are presented for topics ranging from African American History to World War I. Sponsored by organizations from around the country, they are presented to outstanding entries in any category and range in value from $250 to $10,000.
Here are the winners of the 2020 National History Day National Contest:
Category Awards
Junior Paper First Place Title: The Fifth Circuit Four: The Unheralded Judges Who Helped to Break Legal Barriers in the Deep South Student: Max Grinstein School: Belmont Home School Houston, TX
Second Place Title: Weeks v. Southern Bell: Breaking Discriminatory Employment Barriers for Women in the Workforce Student: Julianna Velgersdyk School: Avail Academy Minnetonka, MN
Third Place Title: Ex Parte Mitsuye Endo: Breaking through Barbed Wire Student: Natalie Miller School: Lakeside Middle School Irvine, CA
Junior Individual Documentary (Next Generation Angels Awards) First Place Title: All the World Loves a Baby: Breaking the Two Pound Barrier Student: Allison Reed School: Washburn Rural Middle School Topeka, KS
Second Place Title: Harvey Wiley: The Man Who Changed America One Bite at a Time Student: Rishit Shaquib School: Howard Middle School Ocala, FL
Third Place Title: Penicillin: Breaking Bacterial Barriers Student: Caroline Bruton School: William Monroe Middle School St. George, VA
Junior Group Documentary First Place Title: Rural Electrification: Breaking Barriers with the Flip of a Switch Students: Josie Jacobs, Addison Naslund, Hayden Wahlberg, Lainey Schuknecht, and Ben Philips School: Akron-Westfield Middle School Akron, IA
Second Place Title: Kathrine Switzer: How One Run Broke the Barrier of Discrimination in Women's Athletics Students: Marlena Olson and Sam Newitt School: Edison Middle School, Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, SD
Third Place Title: Bounding through Barriers: The Sensational Reintroduction of the "Big Bad Wolf" to Yellowstone National Park Students: Keari Ong, Amber Lee, and Jillian Mabasa School: Singapore American School Singapore
Junior Individual Performance First Place Title: Williamina Fleming: Breaking Barriers with a Universe of Glass Student: Isabella Hardy School: Gryphon Academy Crossnore, NC
Second Place Title: Breaking Barriers to Restore 1855 Treaty Fishing Rights Student: Colton McCall School: Pleasant Valley Middle School Vancouver, WA
Third Place Title: Margaret Haley: The Lady Labor Slugger Student: Lily Miller School: Corwin International Magnet School Pueblo, CO
Junior Group Performance First Place Title: "Reeding" between the Lines: How Reed v. Reed Opened Doors for Gender Equality Students: Sophia Pariona and Molly Whyte School: Blackfoot 6th Grade/Mountain View Middle School Blackfoot, ID
Second Place Title: Freewheeling for Feminism: Breaking Barriers on the Bicycle Students: Paige Metzler, Adrianne Paderna, and Jillian Leslie School: Alta Sierra Intermediate School Clovis, CA
Third Place Title: Breaking Barriers: How Swimwear Paved the Way for Women's Rights Students: Eden Smith, Annika Houghton, and Auden Ho School: Laie Elementary School Laie, HI
Junior Individual Exhibit First Place Title: Aren't Lights Grand? Breaking Barriers in History with Rural Electrification Student: Laura Huelskamp School: Northern Middle School Grantsville, MD
Second Place Title: Clarence Walton Lillehei: Breaking the Barriers Surrounding Open-Heart Surgery Student: Annika Hellmark School: Sunrise Park Middle School White Bear Lake, MN
Third Place Title: Cher Ami: A Pigeon's Role in Breaking World War I Communication Barriers Student: Summer Short School: DCS Montessori Middle School Parker, CO
Junior Group Exhibit First Place Title: The Oxnard Strike of 1903: Breaking Barriers of Racial Representation in the Labor Force Students: Anthony Noce, Yashas Mattur, and Ankit Rath School: Mead Junior High School Schaumburg, IL
Second Place Title: “A World Not Built For Me”- Steve Serio Timothy Nugent Strives for a More Accessible World Students: Colin Sarabosing and Brandon Luo School: Tyee Middle School Bellevue, WA
Third Place Title: Brothers Like These and the Barriers They Faced after Vietnam Students: Sara Barlowe, Brady Clausen, Grace Armitstead, and Trapper Alonso School: Cane Creek Middle School Fairview, NC
Junior Individual Website First Place Title: Oyama v. California: Confronting Alien Land Laws Student: Thanhtruc Mai School: Columbia Academy Columbia Heights, MN
Second Place Title: James Reese Europe: The Jazz Lieutenant Who Broke the Color Barrier in Music Student: Kaitlyn Choi School: Jericho Middle School Jericho, NY
Third Place Title: An Appeal: Breaking the Barrier of Northern Resistance to Antislavery Student: Maielle Merriam School: NHHS Homeschool Consortium Epping, NH
Junior Group Website First Place Title: The Four Pests Campaign: The Consequences of Breaking Ecological Barriers Students: Jack Randolph and Jackson Nguyen School: Sanford Middle School Minneapolis, MN
Second Place Title: The "Unbought and Unbossed" Shirley Chisholm: Breaking Barriers for Minorities and Women Students: Lilly Smith and Sarah Ragoonanan School: Folwell Arts Magnet School Minneapolis, MN
Third Place Title: Lovings' Fight to Break Interracial Barriers Students: Sean Mathews and Iman Pearson School: Ralston Middle School Ralston, NE
Senior Paper First Place Title: Too Strong for a Woman: How Bernice Sandler Created Title IX to Break Barriers for Female Faculty in Higher Education Student: Natalie Miller School: East High School Duluth, MN
Second Place Title: Not Your Model Minority: Breaking Barriers in the Asian-American Movement Student: Felicia Xiao School: Columbus Academy New Albany, OH
Third Place Title: Breaking Barriers to Provide Food, Freedom, and a Future: The Berlin Airlift’s Quest to Beat the Blockade Student: Victor Xie School: St. Petersburg High School St. Petersburg, FL
Senior Individual Documentary (Next Generation Angels Awards) First Place (Anne Harrington Award) Title: The Tereshkova Effect: The Role of Propaganda in Breaking Barriers Student: Summer Royal School: Iolani School Honolulu, HI
Second Place Title: FDR and REA: Bringing Light and Power to Rural America Student: Sophia Alleman School: Ursuline High School Youngstown, OH
Third Place Title: "Don't Buy Where You Can't Work": Leon Sullivan's Fight Against Job Discrimination Student: Giuliana Alleva School: Julia R. Masterman Secondary School Philadelphia, PA
Senior Group Documentary First Place Title: Breaking the Curfew: The Story of Minoru Yasui Students: Alan Zhou and Kyler Wang School: Sunset High School and Lincoln High School Portland, Oregon
Second Place Title: The Street That Changed Everything Students: Christian Kilgore, Gabriel Perez, Mikaela Johnson, and Hailey Cisneros School: Silver High School Silver City, NM
Third Place Title: The Week That Changed the World: Nixon’s Groundbreaking Visit to China Students: Ian Castracane, Ryan Luo, Luke McMahon, Chris Domoracki, and Leo Greco School: Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School South Hamilton, MA
Senior Individual Performance First Place Title: Karen Horney vs. Sigmund Freud: Breaking Barriers in Psychoanalysis for Women as a Woman Student: Catherine Boyette School: Hendersonville High School Hendersonville, NC
Second Place Title: The Story of Starlight: Women Who Changed Our Understanding of the Universe Student: Lilianna Hug School: Salamander Meadows Homeschool California, PA
Third Place Title: Breaking Barriers: Concept Over Craft — Or — What The Mutt? Student: Jessica Cline School: George Washington High School Cedar Rapids, IA
Senior Group Performance First Place Title: Driving Towards the Future: How the Lincoln Highway Broke Barriers in Automobile Travel Students: Michaela Sirois, Marissa Sirois, and Alec Sirois School: Heritage High School Denver, CO
Second Place Title: Tinker v. Des Moines: Breaking Barriers for Students' First Amendment Rights Students: Danielle Cabrera, Avery Hansberger, and Katherine Savage School: Martin Luther King High School and John W. North High School Riverside, CA
Third Place Title: Felix Tijerina: Breaking Barriers by Opening Doors for Latin Americans Students: Mathew Montiel, Monserrat Sandoval-Malherbe, Joel Santivanez, Andrea Urbina, and Aiden Anzaldua School: Veterans Memorial Early College High School Brownsville, TX
Senior Individual Exhibit First Place Title: Light, Liberty, and Pride: LGBTQ Activism at UNC-CH Student: Rachel Amburose School: Watauga High School Boone, NC
Second Place Title: Brownie Seals the Deal: Tupperware Parties Break Economic Barriers for Women Student: Allison Tate School: Whitehall High School Montague, MI
Third Place Title: Mendez v. Westminster: The Trailblazer That Led the Way to School Desegregation Student: Alicia Dinwiddie School: Summit High School Spring Hill, TN
Senior Group Exhibit First Place Title: "B" Is for Breaking Barriers: How Sesame Street Revolutionized Children’s Television and Education Students: ThaoNhi Tran, Clarisse Cabagay, Ayumi Vazquez, and Izumi Vazquez School: Health Careers High School San Antonio, TX
Second Place Title: The Fight against Segregated Seattle: How the Seattle Open Housing Campaign Broke the Barriers of Inequality Students: Haley van Meurs, Liana Moldovanu, Isabelle Garrard School: Inglemoor High School Kirkland, WA
Third Place Title: Coco Chanel's Unraveling of the Corset Students: Melinda Rolls and Abbigail Cote School: Merrimack High School Merrimack, NH
Senior Individual Website First Place Title: "Deeds, Not Words": The Suffragettes, Women Breaking Barriers Student: Aditi Bhat School: Belton New Tech High School at Waskow Temple, TX
Second Place Title: Ed Roberts and the Rolling Quads: Breaking Social and Architectural Barriers for Individuals with Disabilities Student: Hannah Tsay School: New Vistas Center For Education Chandler, AZ
Third Place Title: Drawing for Suffrage: Political Imagery in the Fight for Enfranchising Women in Britain Student: Spandana Vagwala School: Montrose School South Grafton, MA
Senior Group Website First Place Title: For the Rainbow Children of God: Desmond Tutu’s Perilous Conquest against South African Apartheid Students: Evan McCrackin, Justin Yang, and Shoaib Jamil School: Norman High School Norman, OK
Second Place Title: The Military Intelligence Service: Japanese Americans Breaking Barriers to Help End the War Students: Sarah Sakakihara, John Andrei Balanay, and Jaelen Matsuda-Williams School: Maui High School Kahului, HI
Third Place Title: Gloria Richardson: Breaking Racial Barriers in Cambridge, Maryland Students: Aiko Mattie and Emma McCarthy School: Open World Learning Secondary School St. Paul, MN
Special Prizes
African American History Sponsored by: The National Park Service Title: Wilma Rudolph: The Will to Change Her World and the Race to See Past Racism Student(s): Emma Langford, Kameron Brough, Rebecca Brough Category: Senior Group Documentary School: Lander High School Lander, WY
African American History Sponsored by: The National Park Service Title: The 1939 Alexandria Virginia Library Sit-in: Breaking a Barrier to Read at a Public Library Student(s): Patrick Ostermann-Healey Category: Junior Paper School: George Washington Middle School Alexandria, VA
American Labor History Sponsored by: American Labor Studies Center Title: Freedom Found on a Bootheel Roadside: The 1939 Sharecroppers Strike Student(s): Chelsea Swasho, Rylee Taylor Category: Senior Group Documentary School: Richland High School Essex, MO
Asian-American History Sponsored by: The National Park Service Title: Cracking the Bamboo Ceiling: Anna May Wong Increases Representation of Asian Americans in Media Student(s): Alison Chen Category: Senior Individual Performance School: Whitehall High School Whitehall, MI
Asian American History Sponsored by: The National Park Service Title: U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark: Barred from His Homeland, One Chinese American’s Fight for Birthright Citizenship Student(s): August Neumann Category: Junior Paper School: University School Of Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI
Captain Ken Coskey Naval History Sponsored by: Naval Historical Foundation Title: Unwelcomed Soldiers Invading a Fraternity: Breaking Gender Barriers in the United States Military Student(s): Jessie Henderson Category: Senior Individual Documentary School: Bradley Central High School Cleveland, TN
Captain Ken Coskey Naval History Sponsored by: Naval Historical Foundation Title: Breaking the Wrong Barriers: The Kara Hultgreen Controversy Student(s): Kathryn Lucente Category: Junior Individual Exhibit School: Red Maple Academy New Milford, CT
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers Prize Sponsored by: The National Endowment for the Humanities Title: From Briggs to Brown: How the Lone Dissent of Justice Julius Waring Broke the Barriers of Segregation and Reversed Plessy v. Ferguson Student(s): Amy Malt, Eden Stout, Grace Kushigian, Lauren Wilkie Category: Senior Group Documentary School: Great Expectations Mills River, NC
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers Prize Sponsored by: The National Endowment for the Humanities Title: Curing the Blue: Breaking Barriers in Pediatric Cardiology Student(s): Pragya Chauhan Category: Junior Paper School: Washington Junior High School Bentonville, AR
Discovery or Exploration in History Sponsored by: The Library of Congress Title: The Journey to Mars: How Donna Shirley Broke Barriers for Women in Space Engineering Student(s): Amelia Peoples, Cate Mossman, Kate Schein Category: Senior Group Documentary School: Classen High School Of Advanced Studies Oklahoma City, OK
Discovery or Exploration in History Sponsored by: The Library of Congress Title: The Apollo Program Student(s): Nicola Klarfeld, Sara Weinrod Category: Junior Group Documentary School: Deal Middle School Washington, DC
Equality in History Sponsored by: Celie and Tabitha Niehaus Title: Breaking the Gender Barrier at the Virginia Military Institute Student(s): Scarlett Pleasant, Shayleigh Cire, William Tabor, Willow Lehrer Category: Senior Group Performance School: Liberty High School Bedford, VA
Equality in History Sponsored by: Celie and Tabitha Niehaus Title: Woman vs. Woman Student(s): Alexa Delgado, McKayla Howerton Category: Junior Group Exhibit School: Canton Elementary School Longdale, OK
George Washington Leadership in History Sponsored by: Washington’s Library at George Washington’s Mount Vernon Title: Storming Redoubts 9 and 10: Two Small Barriers Blocking a Large Victory Student(s): Sean Owen Category: Junior Individual Website School: Floyd Dryden Middle School Juneau, AK
George Washington Leadership in History Sponsored by: Washington’s Library at George Washington’s Mount Vernon Title: Concealed in the Shadows: Breaking Principles; Washington's Hidden Army That Won America's Freedom Student(s): Gia Gupta, Jiwoo Lee, Karina Gupta Category: Junior Group Performance School: Rosa International Middle School Cherry Hill, NJ
Global Peace Prize Sponsored by: The United States Institute of Peace Title: Nixon's Trip to China: Breaking a Diplomatic Barrier Student(s): Allison Bushong Category: Senior Individual Documentary School: Martin Luther King High School Riverside, CA
Global Peace Prize Sponsored by: The United States Institute of Peace Title: International Space Station Student(s): Gabriella Grogg, Katelynn Murdock Category: Junior Group Website School: Marlatt Elementary School Manhattan, KS
History in the Federal Government Sponsored by: Society for History in the Federal Government Title: CCC: Roosevelt's Tree Army Student(s): Eli Stapler Category: Junior Individual Exhibit School: Hampton Cove Middle School Owens Cross Roads, AL
History of Agricultural and Rural Life Sponsored by: Agricultural History Society Title: Pack Horse Library Project: Breaking the Boundaries of Poverty and Illiteracy Student(s): Alexander Stumbur Category: Junior Individual Exhibit School: Winburn Middle School Lexington, KY
History of the Physical Sciences & Technology Sponsored by: American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives Title: Maria Mitchell: Breaking Barriers to Prove the Sky Is Not the Limit for Women Student(s): Reganne Watts Category: Senior Individual Website School: Boise High School Boise, ID
History of the Physical Sciences & Technology Sponsored by: American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives Title: Brahmagupta, the Jewel of Indian Mathematicians: Inventing the Idea of Nothing Student(s): Rohan Singh Category: Junior Individual Website School: Washington Junior High School Bentonville, AR
Immigration History Sponsored by: Lombardo Family Title: The Harada House: Breaking the Barrier of the 1913 Alien Land Law Student(s): Anna Paulsell, Emily Sliwinski, Lauryn Dinh, Sofia Rossi, Tianhui Zhou Category: Senior Group Documentary School: International Community School Kirkland, WA
Irish or Irish-American History (1st Place) Sponsored by: Ancient Order of Hibernians & the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians Title: The Erie Canal: Breaking the Barrier for American Immigration Student(s): A.J. Camacho, Campbell Koella, Hannah Rasmussen Category: Senior Group Exhibit School: Clayton-Bradley Academy Knoxville, TN
Irish or Irish-American History (2nd Place) Sponsored by: Ancient Order of Hibernians & the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians Title: Cumann na mBan: During the Easter Rising Student(s): Dylan Savoie Category: Junior Individual Documentary School: Applewild School Leominster, MA
Latino American History Sponsored by: The National Park Service Title: Breaking Cultural Barriers in the Classroom: Chicano Education Reform Student(s): Herman Archibeque, Madison Satterfeld, Milo Trujillo, Olivia Chavez Category: Senior Group Website School: Moriarty High School Moriarty, NM
Latino American History Sponsored by: The National Park Service Title: "Sí, Se Puede": Dolores Huerta Breaking Barriers for Farmworkers’ Rights Student(s): Brendan Shek Category: Junior Paper School: Jericho Middle School Jericho, NY
Lee Allen History of Baseball Award Sponsored by: Society for American Baseball Research Title: A Forgotten Hero: Larry Doby's Fight to Integrate American League Baseball Student(s): Gianna Santangelo, Rebecca Catlos, Tory Bobosky Category: Senior Group Exhibit School: Springfield Local High School New Middletown, OH
Native American History Sponsored by: The National Park Service Title: The Enemy is the Knife: Confronting the U.S. Government’s Sterilization of Native Americans in the 1970s Student(s): Sophia Shepherd Category: Senior Paper School: Druid Hills High School Atlanta, GA
Native American History Sponsored by: The National Park Service Title: The Syllabary That Shaped the Cherokee Nation Student(s): Avary Serpa Category: Junior Individual Performance School: St. Philomena's School Newport, RI
U.S. Constitution Award Sponsored by: National Archives and Records Administration Title: Justice Louis Brandeis: Breaking Economic, Religious, and Political Barriers Student(s): Jack Granahan Category: Senior Individual Performance School: Lawrence High School Lawrenceville, NJ
U.S. Constitution Award Sponsored by: National Archives and Records Administration Title: Executive Order 9981: Desegregating the Armed Services Student(s): Srikar Mudili Category: Junior Individual Website School: University School Of Milwaukee Franklin, WI
United States Marine Corps History Sponsored by: Marine Corps Heritage Foundation Title: Black Angels: Breaking Down Barriers and Fighting for the Right to Be Marines Student(s): Zackary Howey Category: Junior Individual Documentary School: Richards Middle School Warren, MI
White House History Sponsored by: White House Historical Association Title: The Fireside Chats: FDR Breaking Barriers in Presidential Communication Student(s): Jack Ghormley Category: Senior Individual Documentary School: Conway Junior High School Conway, AR
Women’s History Sponsored by: National Women’s History Museum Title: Julia Child: Redefining Gender Roles One Boeuf Bourguignon at a Time Student(s): Anna Bronwyn Turney, Natalie Harris Category: Junior Group Exhibit School: Singapore American School Singapore
World War I History Sponsored by: U.S. World War I Centennial Commission Title: To Hell and Back Student(s): Adam Kinder Category: Senior Individual Documentary School: Impact Early College High School Baytown, TX
World War I History Sponsored by: U.S. World War I Centennial Commission Title: Operation Breaking Gender Barriers: The Hello Girls in World War I Student(s): Raegan Matthews, Reagan Fitzgerald Category: Junior Group Documentary School: Dunedin Highland Middle School Tarpon Springs, FL
World War II History Sponsored by: National World War II Museum Title: Comfort Women: Breaking Silence after Decades of "Shame" Student(s): Yeonwoo Hannah Son Category: Senior Individual Documentary School: Seoul International School Seongnam, South Korea
World War II History Sponsored by: National World War II Museum Title: The Remarkable Ruby Bradley Student(s): Louisa Blackmoore Category: Junior Individual Performance School: Wydown Middle School St. Louis, MO
Outstanding Affiliate Entry Winners
Alabama
Junior Group Performance Savi Fistein, Aiden Seabrook
Senior Paper Joy Kim
Alaska
Junior Paper Grayson Riddle
Senior Group Website Makayla Barnes, Ekaterina Pniushkova
Arizona
Junior Individual Documentary Vir Dolasa-Sahani
Senior Individual Documentary Grant Trepanier
Arkansas
Junior Paper James Xin
Senior Individual Documentary London Blackwell
California
Junior Group Documentary Matthew Fan, Thomas Wilson
Senior Individual Documentary Jefferson Smith
China
Senior Paper Heewon Kim
Colorado
Junior Group Website Randi Turnquist, Erin Shoemaker
Senior Individual Website Grace Albright
Connecticut
Junior Individual Exhibit Claire Flynn
Senior Individual Performance Iniya Raja
Delaware
Junior Individual Performance Aubrey Eppes
Senior Individual Exhibit Abigail Counihan
District of Columbia
Junior Group Website Sadie Sullivan, Daphne Confalone, Molly Nugent
Senior Paper Avani Ahuja
Florida
Junior Individual Exhibit Mia Lopez
Senior Group Performance Sierra Smith, Knoxye Grinstead, Reagan Wells, Mary Rookis
Georgia
Junior Group Performance Chloe O'Brien, Etta Potthoff
Senior Group Documentary Mary McCoy, Eva Cheraisi
Hawai‘i
Junior Individual Website Keara Leonardo
Senior Group Exhibit Mar Heinrich Ruiz, Hope Newton
Idaho
Junior Individual Performance Ryanne Boyd
Senior Individual Performance Clara Rose
Illinois
Junior Individual Documentary Avery Kelley
Senior Group Performance Omar Siddiqui, Noor Asad, Frederick Tang, Ramsey Radwan, Sizhe Li
Indiana
Junior Individual Performance Raquel Brouwer
Senior Individual Exhibit Chloee Robison
Iowa
Junior Group Exhibit Jordyn Rowley, Brylie Butrick, Audrey Carlson, Ava Brunner
Senior Paper Katie Prichard
Kansas
Junior Group Documentary Adyson Cashman, Allie Jones
Senior Paper Kaya Pyle
Kentucky
Junior Individual Exhibit Jasmine Kelley
Senior Paper Abigail Stanger
Korea
Junior Individual Website Dongzu (Aidan) Lee
Senior Group Exhibit Jiwon Chang, Juhee Bae
Louisiana
Junior Group Exhibit Elise Doucet, Anna Jean Eaves
Senior Paper Julia Hutto
Maine
Junior Individual Documentary Joshua Justice
Senior Group Website Anika Noack, Genevieve Sychterz, Hannah Osmer
Maryland
Junior Individual Exhibit Kendall Madison
Senior Group Performance Brenna Girard, Colleen Hueting
Massachusetts
Junior Group Exhibit Kirsten Deleon, Talla Graham
Senior Paper Kasey Corra
Michigan
Junior Individual Website Amelia Chen
Senior Group Exhibit Nic Sheppard, Myles Daugherty
Minnesota
Junior Individual Documentary Sasha Allen
Senior Individual Documentary Iris Carroll
Mississippi
Junior Group Website Ethan Liao, Giles Jones
Senior Group Documentary Folsom Berry, Ruby Murray
Missouri
Junior Group Exhibit Reiley Calvert, Kadin Carlisle
Senior Individual Performance Katherine Mackenzie
Montana
Junior Individual Documentary Jack Johnson
Senior Group Exhibit Greta Weber, Mayah Lemke
Nebraska
Junior Group Website Shelby Stephens, Cassidy Culjat
Senior Individual Website Thomas Kaus
Nevada
Junior Paper Ella Maurice
Senior Individual Documentary Christen Smith
New Hampshire
Junior Individual Exhibit Cate McDonald
Senior Individual Website Chelsea Ongjoco
New Jersey
Junior Individual Performance Anjali Harish
Senior Group Website Amritha Sypereddi, Dessy Dusichka
New Mexico
Junior Individual Website Rhys Balasuit
Senior Group Website Michael Calkins, Anson Beck, Avery Beck
New York
Junior Group Performance Harley Honig, Michael Heyman, Sydney Honig
Senior Paper Ben Rosenthal
North Carolina
Junior Group Website Courtney Blair, Emma Grace Palmer
Senior Individual Exhibit Berit Raines
North Dakota
Junior Paper Advaith Nair
Senior Individual Documentary Anna Elsen
Ohio
Junior Individual Performance Sarah Jacoby
Senior Group Website Loren Willhight, Michael Gray
Oklahoma
Junior Paper Zayda Sherwood
Senior Individual Performance Jordan Mason
Oregon
Junior Group Documentary Evelyn Chen, Flora Huang, Rachel Wang
Senior Paper Anja Jolin
Pennsylvania
Junior Individual Documentary Norah Strauss
Senior Group Website Ankhitha Manjunatha, Akshatha Manjunatha
Rhode Island
Junior Individual Exhibit Maggie Peterson
Senior Individual Website Lily Trunzo
South Asia
Junior Group Performance Lauren Kim, Lauren Ahhot, Taarini Gupta
Senior Group Exhibit Phoebe Bintoro, Han Ah Song
South Carolina
Junior Group Performance Simone Welch, Emily Henderson
Senior Individual Performance Laura Dhillon
South Dakota
Junior Paper Madison Lauck
Senior Group Exhibit Peyton Mollman, Billy Larson
Tennessee
Junior Individual Performance Mackenzie Egan
Senior Individual Documentary Tate Greene
Texas
Junior Group Documentary Suden Prashar, Ajay Avala, Rajiv Mallisetty, Rohith Chadalawada
Senior Group Exhibit Daisy Mata, Marco Gonzalez
Utah
Junior Individual Website Hera Crofts
Senior Group Performance Amelia Simper, Jocelyn Millington
Vermont
Junior Group Documentary Alara Kohn, Ella Averbeck, Hazel Green, Maggie Kords, Somerset Pierce
Senior Individual Performance Abagail Hunter
Virginia
Junior Group Exhibit Grace Doss, Isobel Rice, Eliza Hayes
Senior Individual Performance Thomas McKenna
Washington
Junior Group Performance Catherine Bouvet, Natalia Canal, Aylin Dutt, Emma Oleynikova
Senior Individual Performance Maritza Barragan Orozco
West Virginia
Junior Paper Stephanie Cortwright
Senior Individual Performance Jaelyn Jett
Wisconsin
Junior Individual Website Genevieve Skibicki
Senior Individual Documentary Ellie Leverett
Wyoming
Junior Individual Website Kai Gessler
Senior Individual Website Sarah Ornowski
About National History Day® (NHD) NHD is a non-profit organization based in College Park, Maryland, which seeks to improve the teaching and learning of history. The National History Day Contest was established in 1974 and currently engages more than half a million students every year in conducting original research on historical topics of interest. Students present their research as a documentary, exhibit, paper, performance, or website. Projects compete first at the local and affiliate levels, where the top entries are invited to the National Contest at the University of Maryland at College Park. NHD is sponsored in part by HISTORY®, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Park Service, Southwest Airlines, The Better Angels Society, Jacqueline B. Mars, and BBVA. For more information, visit nhd.org.
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