2020 State Contest Results Note: Students in first and second place of each category are the Ohio Affiliate National Qualifiers! More information will be sent to those students via email. Junior Group Documentary 1st Place Students: Hailey Karban Helena Yanchar Project: Florence Ellinwood Allen: First Lady of the Law School: Notre Dame Elementary School Teacher: Megan Owens
2nd Place Students: Avery Petillo Cecilia Guerrero Isabella Mauro Project: Seabiscuit: From Outcast to Champion School: John F Kennedy Catholic School Teacher: Anthony Catale
3rd Place Students: Jocelyn Bright Kelsie Bryan Project: Poppy Northcutt: Breaking Barriers In Space and Gender School: Maysville Middle School Teacher: Lance Mcgee
Honorable Mention Students: Eashan Kosaraju Omar Elbadawy Project: From the Atlantic Wall to the Rhine: The Ghost Army's Deceptions to Break Through Germany's Barriers School: Birchwood School Of Hawken Teacher: Connie Miller
Senior Group Documentary 1st Place Students: Avery Maytin William Corbin Samuel Grube Project: Fighting Side by Side: The Story of President Harry Truman's Initiative to Integrate the Armed Forces School: Shaker Heights High School Teacher: Joseph Konopinski and Sarah Davis
2nd Place Students: Steven Sun Carolyn Tung Jocelyn Chin Project: Wing Luke: One Man's Dedication to Breaking Racial and Political Barriers School: Hawken Upper School Teacher: Rennie Greenfield
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2020 State Contest Results 3rd Place Students: Defne Ceyhan Kaya Ceyhan Project: Paul Robeson: The Voice of the People School: Upper Arlington High School Teacher: Joe Endres
Honorable Mention Students: Jack Margiotta Noah Kuhr Donald Search Giovanni Cocchiarale Project: The Crusade for Christendom School: St. Charles Preparatory Teacher: Aaron Schrein
Junior Group Exhibit 1st Place Students: Daniel Wise Michael Grobelny Project: Jackie Robinson, Breaking the Color Barrier: from Baseball to the American Civil Rights Movement School: St. Barnabas School Teacher: Judith Darus
2nd Place Students: Sami Berzonski Layla Brady Project: Brown vs Board of Education School: John F Kennedy Catholic School Teacher: Anthony Catale
3rd Place Students: Daniel Bowles Cehan Ahmad Project: Breaking Barriers in Naval Technology: The USS Monitor vs. the CSS Virginia School: Menlo Park Academy Teacher: Frank OGrady
Honorable Mention Students: Rebekah Gordon Siena Maschke Project: Madam CJ Walker: Breaking Barriers as an African-American Businesswoman School: Menlo Park Academy Teacher: Frank OGrady
Senior Group Exhibit 1st Place Students: Nichele Abeyesundere Nora Konrad Jonathan Brinkley Project: "I Believe in Cleveland" School: Shaker Heights High School
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2020 State Contest Results Teacher: Sarah Davis Joseph Konopinski
2nd Place Students: Rebecca Catlos Tory Bobosky Gianna Santangelo Project: A Forgotten Hero: Larry Doby's Fight to Integrate American League Baseball School: Springfield Local High School Teacher: Kory Snyder
3rd Place Students: Leela Khatri Katharine Fraser Aziza Reddy Daniel Tcheurekdjian Project: Jackie Cochran: Aviation's Heroine School: Shaker Heights High School Teacher: Sarah Davis Joseph Konopinski
Honorable Mention Students: Sarah DeLucia Abigail Joseph Project: Breaking Baseball's Barrier Before Jackie Robinson School: Springfield Local High School Teacher: Kory Snyder
Junior Group Performance 1st Place Students: Nasreen Shakur Camille Boyer Sofia Boyd Project: Viva La Causa! Dolores Huerta's Cry to Break the Barrier of Inequality for Migrant Farmworkers School: Birchwood School Of Hawken Teacher: Connie Miller
2nd Place Students: Isabella Bixler Brookie Gemechu Su-Kyi Ng Project: Nellie Bly: Breaking Through the Barrier of Society's Expectations School: Birchwood School Of Hawken Teacher: Connie Miller
3rd Place Students: Dana Zimmer Kinsey Bowling Kennedy O'Daniel Project: Victoria Woodhull: Breaking the Barriers of Society's Expectations School: Mercy Montessori Teacher: Elizabeth Pille
Honorable Mention Students: Arden Heckman Alison Merrell Lily Sharp Emery Sullivan Project: Victoria Woodhull
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2020 State Contest Results School: Walnut Springs Middle School Teacher: Jeffrey Holmes
Senior Group Performance 1st Place Students: Cody Englander Madeleine McKenney Lydia Vadnal Henry Harte Project: Martha Graham In her own words School: Shaker Heights High School Teacher: Joseph Konopinski Sarah Davis
2nd Place Students: Leila Gilbert Alexander Partridge Ilana Thomas Project: Nellie Bly School: Spencer School For Gifted And Exceptional Students Teacher: Steven Lewis
3rd Place Students: Anna Welsh Maria Krouse Project: Blowing the Lid Off of the Soviet Union: How Chernobyl Led to the Collapse of the USSR School: Shaker Heights High School Teacher: Sarah Davis
Honorable Mention Students: Olivia Kuhel Ruby Cover Lucy Dale Marie York Project: Billie Jean King: Breaking Barriers On and Off the Court School: Shaker Heights High School Teacher: Sarah Davis
Junior Group Website 1st Place Students: Rebecca Chin Abby Gemechu Project: The Visual Arts of the Harlem Renaissance: Chiseling Away at Racial Barriers and Painting a New Future for Black Artists School: Birchwood School Of Hawken Teacher: Connie Miller
2nd Place Students: Dalina Houangvilay Audrey Boyer Julie Scherzer Project: The Construction of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Breaking the Barrier of Architectural Norms School: Gahanna Middle School South Teacher: Cale Garber
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2020 State Contest Results 3rd Place Students: Drew Smith Brock Sniegowski Project: The Clinton Twelve: The Little Known Barrier Breakers in Education Desegregation School: Pike Delta York Middle School Teacher: Jane Foor
Honorable Mention Students: Summer Fetters Veronica Fields Project: Dorothy Gilliam: Breaking Barriers, Introducing Opportunity School: John F Kennedy Catholic School Teacher: Anthony Catale
Senior Group Website 1st Place Students: Loren Willhight Michael Gray Project: Shirley Chisholm: Intersectonality Breaking Barriers School: Toledo Early College Teacher: Randy Nissen
2nd Place Students: Ewan Inglis Asher Cipinko Project: Breaking Barriers: Flying High with Jacqueline Cochran School: Oberlin High School Teacher: Donna Shurr
3rd Place Students: William Welsh John Yasinsky Owen Bang Gage Weingart Project: The Establishment of Yellowstone National Park School: Shaker Heights High School Teacher: Sarah Davis Joseph Konopinsk
Honorable Mention Students: Maclin Stupay Marcel Prochoroff Oscar Chapnick Sebastian Schomerus Project: The Ambiguous Frontier School: Shaker Heights High School Teacher: Joseph Konopinski Sarah Davis
Junior Individual Documentary 1st Place Students: Angela D'Souza Project: Ohio's Barrier-Breaking Physician: The Story of Myra King Merrick School: Birchwood School Of Hawken
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2020 State Contest Results Teacher: Joseph Parrino
2nd Place Students: Qiwen Wu Project: The First Opium War: Britain's Excuse to Shatter China's Commerce Barrier Against the Foreign World School: Birchwood School of Hawken Teacher: Connie Miller
3rd Place Students: Lydia Goetz Project: DeHart Hubbard School: Walnut Hills High School Teacher: Mitchell Perdrix
Honorable Mention Students: Jonah Sievers Project: Jacques Cartier: Breaking Barriers in the New World School: Brookville Intermediate School Teacher: Joyce Dorsey
Senior Individual Documentary 1st Place Students: Sophia Alleman Project: FDR and REA: Bringing Light and Power to Rural America School: Ursuline High School Teacher: Megan Preston
2nd Place Students: Hunter Amos Project: One man’s Vulgarity is Another Man's Lyric: Skyywalker Records, Inc v. Navarro & Freedom of Speech School: Western Reserve Academy Teacher: Sarah Horgan
3rd Place Students: Rain Jocas Project: Renée Richards: School: Western Reserve Academy Teacher: Sarah Horgan
Honorable Mention Students: Malachy Sullivan
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2020 State Contest Results Project: The Transcontinental Railroad: The Role of Chinese Workers in the Unification of the United States of America School: Independent Entry / Student Teacher: Tim Morford
Junior Individual Exhibit 1st Place Students: Corinne Adams Project: Bring A Spoon: A Cincinnati Story of Sabin Sundays and the Polio Vaccine School: Walnut Hills High School Teacher: Nick Vose
2nd Place Students: Charity Clark Project: The Berlin Wall:Breaking the Barrier Between East and West School: Tri-Valley Middle School Teacher: Molly Orr
3rd Place Students: Laci Jerome Project: Martin Luther Breaking Barriers School: Brookville Intermediate School Teacher: Joyce Dorsey
Honorable Mention Students: Alexander Forrest Project: Oberlin College: Breaking Racial and Gender Barriers in Education School: St. Michael School Teacher: Jared Linder
Senior Individual Exhibit 1st Place Students: Grace Vance Project: John Snow: Breaking Barriers for Modern Epidemiology School: St. Francis DeSales High School Teacher: Colleen Mascarin
2nd Place Students: Abigail Harper Project: Title IX: How America's Girls Got in the Game School: Shaker Heights High School Teacher: Joseph Konopinski
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2020 State Contest Results 3rd Place Students: Annalissa Hankinson Project: Elizabeth Van Lew, Southern Belle and Patriot: Standing for Equality, Humanity, and a United Country School: Homeschool Teacher: Bethany Hankinson
Honorable Mention Students: Brooke Williams Project: Staying Steadfast in The Suffocating Space of Segregation School: Christian Community School Teacher: Michael Hoehn
Junior Individual Performance 1st Place Students: Mischa Sella Project: David Hume and Human Nature: a New Way of Thinking-- An Original Opera for 2 Voices Sung by One Singer School: Walnut Hills High School Teacher: Mitchell Perdrix
2nd Place Students: Sarah Jacoby Project: The Maid That Made History: Joan of Arc, the Divinely Inspired Peasant Girl Who Knew No Obstacles School: Nashport Elementary Teacher: Molly Orr
3rd Place Students: Madeleine Nowakowski Project: Breaking Barriers in Rock and Roll: Alan Freed School: Menlo Park Academy Teacher: Frank OGrady
Honorable Mention Students: Azalea Kinkele Project: Lucy Stone: Forgotten In History School: Spencer School For Gifted And Exceptional Students Teacher: Steven Lewis
Senior Individual Performance 1st Place Students: Cordelia Vanderveer
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2020 State Contest Results Project: How Far Are the Stars: The Breakthroughs of Henrietta Swan Leavitt School: Toledo Technology Academy Teacher: Andrew Brandt
2nd Place Students: Mary Grace Wilkinson Project: Carol Burnett: Running With the big Dogs School: Shaker Heights High School Teacher: Joseph Konopinski
3rd Place Students: Kaylee Britt Project: Sojourner Truth: A Woman's Journey School: Toledo Early College Teacher: Randy Nissen
Honorable Mention Students: Allison Hess Project: Stop That Bus! The Courage of Juliette Hampton Morgan School: River Valley High School Teacher: Brent Smith
Junior Individual Website 1st Place Students: Aashvi Kenia Project: Nellie Bly: Breaking Barriers for Women in Journalism School: Menlo Park Academy Teacher: Frank OGrady
2nd Place Students: John Mendoza Project: Charles Lindbergh, 1927 first solo flight across the Atlantic School: Menlo Park Academy Teacher: Frank OGrady
3rd Place Students: Navya Chauhan Project: Women Flying Through Gender Barriers: The 1929 Women's Air Race School: Menlo Park Academy Teacher: Frank OGrady
Honorable Mention Students: Claire Geiger
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2020 State Contest Results Project: Marie Curie: Defining Her World Through Science School: Mercy Montessori Teacher: Elizabeth Pille
Senior Individual Website 1st Place Students: Sydni Wilson Project: Banging the Gavel for Justice: Gideon v. Wainwright School: Maysville High School Teacher: Lance Mcgee
2nd Place Students: Faith Rider Project: Extinguishing Divergence: The Burned Books of 1933 Nazi Germany School: Strongsville High School Teacher: Erica Powell
3rd Place Students: Connor McConnell Project: Mae Jemison: An Out of This World Journey School: Toledo Technology Academy Teacher: Katie Asmus
Honorable Mention Students: Vaishnavi V Nayak Project: The Eradication of Smallpox: How Scientists Broke Bureaucratic, Geographic and Political Barriers to Eradicate a Killer School: Mayfield High School Teacher: Rachael Streitman
Junior Paper 1st Place Students: Sheridan Hennessy Project: Nellie Bly: Writer for Rights School: Walnut Hills High School Teacher: Nick Vose
2nd Place Students: Alyssa Warrick Project: Beethoven: the Musician that Became An Inspiration by Breaking Barriers In His Own Life School: Gahanna Middle School South Teacher: Cale Garber
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2020 State Contest Results 3rd Place Students: Samyuktha Iyer Project: Frida Kahlo: Breaking Barriers by Painting through Pain School: Birchwood School Of Hawken Teacher: Connie Miller
Honorable Mention Students: Wesley Giles Project: You Say You Want A Revolution: How The Beatles Broke The Barriers Surrounding Pop Stars And Their Music School: Gahanna Middle School South Teacher: Cale Garber
Senior Paper 1st Place Students: Felicia Xiao Project: Not Your Model Minority: Breaking Barriers in the Asian-American Movement School: Independent Entry / Student Teacher: Tim Morford
2nd Place Students: Rishi Verma Project: Poverty Amidst Plenty: How the War on Poverty Broke Barriers to Economic Opportunity School: Sycamore High School Teacher: Valerie Nimeskern
3rd Place Students: Aaditi Lele Project: Contraceptive Legalization: Breaking Barriers to Emancipate the Domestic American Woman School: Sycamore High School Teacher: Valerie Nimeskern
Honorable Mention Students: Elizabeth Forman Project: The Woman Who Saved Humanity School: Sycamore High School Teacher: Valerie Nimeskern
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2020 State Contest Results Special Award Winners
The Advanced Digital Researcher Awards Junior Division Students: Alexander Forrest Project: Oberlin College: Breaking Racial and Gender Barriers in Education School: St. Michael School Teacher: Jared Linder
The Advanced Digital Researcher Awards Senior Division Students: Katarina Moorman Project: William J. Powell: Building a Course for the Future School: Christian Community School Teacher: Hoehn, Michael
African American History Award Junior Division Students: Rebecca Chin and Abby Gemechu Project: The Visual Arts of the Harlem Renaissance Chiseling Away at Racial Barriers and Painting a New Future for Black Artists School: Birchwood School Of Hawken Teacher: Connie Miller
African American History Award Senior Division Students: Tory Bobosky, Rebecca Catlos and Gianna Santangelo Project: A Forgotten Hero: Larry Doby’s Fight to Integrate American League Baseball School: Springfield Local High School Teacher: Kory Snyder
The American Founding Award Students: Ashley Allton Project: Separation of Church and State: The Barrier that Broke Barriers School: St. Francis DeSales High School Teacher Colleen Mascarin
The American Military Award Students: Will Corbin, Sam Grube, and Avery Maytin Project: Fighting Side by Side: The Story of President Harry Truman’s Initiative to Integrate the Armed Forces School: Shaker Heights High School Teacher: Sarah Davis
The American Suffrage Movement Award 1st Place Students: Hailey Karban and Helena Yanchar Project: Florence Ellinwood Allen: First Lady of the Law
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2020 State Contest Results School: Notre Dame Elementary School Teacher: Megan Owens
The American Suffrage Movement Award 2nd Place Students: Azalea Kinkele Project: Lucy Stone: Forgotten in History School: Spencer School For Gifted And Exceptional Students Teacher: Steven Lewis
The History of Education Award Junior Division Students: Alexander Forrest Project: Oberlin College: Breaking Racial and Gender Barriers in Education School: St. Michael School Teacher: Jared Linder
The History of Education Award Senior Division Students: Aggie Augustine, Mia Compton-Engle, and Grace Fraser Project: The Road to Idealizing and Realizing the Suburban Dream School: Shaker Heights High School Teacher: Joseph Konopinski and Sarah Davis
Ohio Academy of History Award Students: Vaishnavi Nayak Project: The Eradication of Smallpox: How Scientists Broke Bureaucratic, Geographic and Political Boundaries to Eradicate a Killer School: Mayfield High School Teacher: Rachel Streitman
The Ohio Historical Records Advisory Board History Day Award Junior Division Students: Colleen Schweninger, Reena Ding, and Sofya Lukacheva Project: The Wild West Wonder From Western Ohio: How Annie Oakley Shot Down Barriers School: John Sells Middle School Teacher: Bennett Kristen
The Ohio Historical Records Advisory Board History Day Award Senior Division Students: Laura Kressler and Grace Suhadolnik Project: Rock and Roll for a Cause: Live Aid 1985 School: Rocky River High School Teacher: Sara Ziemnik
The Ohio Local History Alliance Award Junior Division Students: Colleen Schweninger, Reena Ding, and Sofya Lukacheva
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2020 State Contest Results Project: The Wild West Wonder From Western Ohio: How Annie Oakley Shot Down Barriers School: John Sells Middle School Teacher: Bennett Kristen
The Ohio Local History Alliance Award Senior Division Students: Nichele Abeyesundere, Jonathan Brinkley and Nora Konrad Project: “I Believe in Cleveland” School: Shaker Heights High School Teacher: Joseph Konopinski and Sarah Davis
The Ohio Women in Government Award Junior Division 1st Place Students: Azalea Kinkele Project: Lucy Stone: Forgotten in History School: Spencer School For Gifted And Exceptional Students Teacher: Steven Lewis
The Ohio Women in Government Award Junior Division 2nd Place Students: Hailey Karban and Helena Yanchar Project: Florence Ellinwood Allen: First Lady of the Law School: Notre Dame Elementary School Teacher: Megan Owens
Pride History Award Students: Ruby Cover, Lucy Dale, Olivia Kuhel, and Marie York Project: Billie Jean King: Breaking Barriers On and Off the Court School: Shaker Heights High School Teacher: Sarah Davis
The Primary Sources Award Students: Aggie Augustine, Mia Compton-Engle, and Grace Fraser Project: The Road to Idealizing and Realizing the Suburban Dream School: Shaker Heights High School Teacher: Joseph Konopinski and Sarah Davis
The Pro Football Hall of Fame Excellence Award Students: Katarina Moorman Project: William J. Powell: Building a Course for the Future School: Christian Community School Teacher: Hoehn, Michael
The Society of Ohio Archivists Awards Junior Division Students: Colleen Schweninger, Reena Ding, and Sofya Lukacheva
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2020 State Contest Results Project: The Wild West Wonder From Western Ohio: How Annie Oakley Shot Down Barriers School: John Sells Middle School Teacher: Bennett Kristen
The Society of Ohio Archivists Awards Senior Division Students: Elena Johnson and Reynolds Huard Project: The Athens Asylum School: Athens High School Teacher: Angela Hall
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