MICHIGAN HISTORY DAY STATE CHAMPIONS 2015
City School Name Student Competition Category Entrty Title Regular Award Special Award Ada Forest Hills Eastern Claire Benedict Junior Division Group Anna Howard Shaw: The National Finalist Middle School Website Legacy of a Forgotten Suffrage Leader Ada Forest Hills Eastern Lisha Chadda Junior Division Group Exhibit Akbar The Great: A National Finalist Middle School Memorable Mughal Ada Forest Hills Central Dorris Dagama Junior Division Individual Clara Barton Leadership and National Finalist Middle School Website Legacy Ada Forest Hills Eastern Sarah Gerard Senior Division Individual Dr. Jonathan Letterman: A National Finalist High School Exhibit Tireless Civil War Leader and His Enduring Legacy Ada Forest Hills Eastern Vaishnavi Krishnan Junior Division Group Anna Howard Shaw: The National Finalist Middle School Website Legacy of a Forgotten Suffrage Leader Ada Forest Hills Eastern Claire Parish Junior Division Individual The Great American National Finalist Best Entry in Use of Middle School Paper Conservationist: George Bird Primary Sources Grinnell (Sponsored by the Michigan Archival Association) Ada Forest Hills Eastern Jill Pierangeli Junior Division Group Dorothea Dix: Leading the National Finalist Middle School Documentary Reform for the Mentally Ill Ada Ada Christian School- Micaela Plantinga Junior Division Individual Child Labor Laws and Their National Alternate Middle Paper Lasting Effect Ada Forest Hills Eastern Natalie Robbins Junior Division Group Dorothea Dix: Leading the National Finalist Middle School Documentary Reform for the Mentally Ill Ada Forest Hills Eastern Andrew Schilling Junior Division Group The Pre-Chinese Exclusion Era: Best Entry in Use of Middle School Website A Leader in Racism that Left a Newspaper (Sponsored by Legacy of Hate the Clarke Historical Library
Ada Forest Hills Eastern Vennila Thillaivanan Junior Division Group Exhibit Akbar The Great: A National Finalist Middle School Memorable Mughal Ada Forest Hills Eastern Thomas Westrick Junior Division Group The Pre-Chinese Exclusion Era: Best Entry in Use of Middle School Website A Leader in Racism that Left a Newspaper (Sponsored by Legacy of Hate the Clarke Historical Library
Ada Forest Hills Eastern Ben Wozniak Junior Division Group The Pre-Chinese Exclusion Era: Best Entry in Use of Middle School Website A Leader in Racism that Left a Newspaper (Sponsored by Legacy of Hate the Clarke Historical Library ANN ARBOR Ann Arbor Learning Emalyn Bailey Youth Division Individual Marie Curie: A Woman 1st Place Community Paper Scientist Who Left Behind a Strong Scientific Legacy Auburn Western Middle School Catherine Bloomfield Junior Division Individual Hammurabi: An Eye for an Eye Best Entry in Arab Documentary American/Arab World History (Sponsored by Hispanic Latino Commission of Michigan in Partnership with Lansing Area Sister Cities Commission) Auburn Western Middle School Bridget Hunsinger Junior Division Individual An interview with Charlie National Finalist Performance Chaplin BAY CITY Bay City Central High Kelly DeLorge Senior Division Group George & Henrietta: Shaping National Finalist Best Entry in African School Website Medical Research American/People of African Descent World History (Sponsored by Hispanic Latino Commission of Michigan in Partnership with Lansing Area Sister Cities Commission) BAY CITY Bay City Central High Jade Garcia Senior Division Group Legacy and Leadership of National Alternate School Website Frederick Douglass BAY CITY Bay City Central High Gregory Goodwine Senior Division Group George & Henrietta: Shaping National Finalist Best Entry in African School Website Medical Research American/People of African Descent World History (Sponsored by Hispanic Latino Commission of Michigan in Partnership with Lansing Area Sister Cities Commission) BAY CITY Bay City Central High Izabella Silva Senior Division Group George & Henrietta: Shaping National Finalist Best Entry in African School Website Medical Research American/People of African Descent World History (Sponsored by Hispanic Latino Commission of Michigan in Partnership with Lansing Area Sister Cities Commission) BAY CITY Bay City Central High Robert Walkowiak Senior Division Group Legacy and Leadership of National Alternate School Website Frederick Douglass Berkley Angell Elementary Cody Avery Youth Division Group Exhibit The Marshall Plan 3rd Place Berkley Angell Elementary Grace Elliott Youth Division Group Susan B. Anthony the Fight for 3rd Place Performance Freedom Berkley Angell Elementary Lauren Goedge Youth Division Group Walt Disney 1st Place Documentary Berkley Angell Elementary Abigail Gusway Youth Division Group Walt Disney 1st Place Documentary Berkley Angell Elementary Sarah Maguire Youth Division Group Susan B. Anthony the Fight for 3rd Place Performance Freedom Berkley Angell Elementary Nolan Manista Youth Division Group Exhibit The Marshall Plan 3rd Place Berkley Angell Elementary Joseph Ozanich Youth Division Individual Ben Franklin: A True Leader 3rd Place Exhibit Berkley Anderson Middle Abigail Richards Junior Division Individual Mother Teresa: A Legacy of National Finalist School Exhibit Light Berkley Angell Elementary Ella Turpin Youth Division Group Exhibit There Is No Crying In Baseball 2nd Place Elly Peterson Award for Michigan Women's History (Sponsored by the Michigan Women's Studies Association) Berkley Angell Elementary Riley Sewell Youth Division Group Exhibit There Is No Crying In Baseball 2nd Place Elly Peterson Award for Michigan Women's History (Sponsored by the Michigan Women's Studies Association) BEVERLY Detroit Country Day Elizabeth Obermaier Senior Division Individual Otto von Bismarck: The Iron National Finalist HILLS Upper School Paper Will of the Iron Chancellor BEVERLY Detroit Country Day Claire Wang Senior Division Individual Eleanor Roosevelt: A Voice for National Alternate HILLS Upper School Paper the Oppressed CASSOPOLIS Sam Adams Collin Bogue Youth Division Group The Legacy of Nathan and 1st Place Best Entry in African Elementary School Performance Pamela Thomas American/People of African Descent World History (Sponsored by Hispanic Latino Commission of Michigan in Partnership with Lansing Area Sister Cities Commission) CASSOPOLIS Sam Adams Kennedy Brooks Youth Division Group The Legacy of Nathan and 1st Place Best Entry in African Elementary School Performance Pamela Thomas American/People of African Descent World History (Sponsored by Hispanic Latino Commission of Michigan in Partnership with Lansing Area Sister Cities Commission) CASSOPOLIS Ross Beatty Dynisha Hackworth Junior Division Individual Lucie and Thornton Blackburn National Alternate Junior/High School Documentary CASSOPOLIS Sam Adams Anna Leach Youth Division Group The Legacy of Nathan and 1st Place Best Entry in African Elementary School Performance Pamela Thomas American/People of African Descent World History (Sponsored by Hispanic Latino Commission of Michigan in Partnership with Lansing Area Sister Cities Commission) CASSOPOLIS Sam Adams Keith Porter Youth Division Group The Legacy of Nathan and 1st Place Best Entry in African Elementary School Performance Pamela Thomas American/People of African Descent World History (Sponsored by Hispanic Latino Commission of Michigan in Partnership with Lansing Area Sister Cities Commission) CASSOPOLIS Sam Adams Kendon Williams Youth Division Group The Legacy of Nathan and 1st Place Best Entry in African Elementary School Performance Pamela Thomas American/People of African Descent World History (Sponsored by Hispanic Latino Commission of Michigan in Partnership with Lansing Area Sister Cities Commission) CLARKSTON Cedar Crest Academy Isabelle Khouri Junior Division Individual Hear the Dance National Alternate Exhibit CLARKSTON Cedar Crest Academy Shealy Nielsen Junior Division Individual Mikhail Gorbachev: The National Finalist Paper Legacy of a Great Reformer DETROIT Douglass Academy for Bruce Johnson Senior Division Group Never Bend the Knee: The National Finalist Young Men Documentary Leadership and Legacy of Paul Robeson DETROIT King High School Ian Jones Senior Division Group Continuing the Legacy of Dr. National Alternate Performance Thomas A. Dorsey DETROIT Douglass Academy for Kaleb Oates Senior Division Group Never Bend the Knee: The National Finalist Young Men Documentary Leadership and Legacy of Paul Robeson DETROIT King High School Daniel Price Senior Division Group Continuing the Legacy of Dr. National Alternate Performance Thomas A. Dorsey DETROIT Cass Technical High Joshua Wright Senior Division Group Continuing the Legacy of Dr. National Alternate School Performance Thomas A. Dorsey DETROIT Douglass Academy for Micheal Zellars Senior Division Group Never Bend the Knee: The National Finalist Young Men Documentary Leadership and Legacy of Paul Robeson Galesburg HOME SCHOOL - Laura Charles Hinkley Junior Division Individual Hoffa: Leadership and Legacy National Finalist Hinkley Documentary Through the National Master Freight Agreement GRAND East Kentwood High Megan Callaghan Senior Division Individual Babe Didrikson Zaharias: National Finalist RAPIDS School Paper Courage in the Face of Adversity Grand Northern Hills Middle Alaina Force Junior Division Group Pierre de Coubertin and the National Alternate Rapids School Documentary Revival of the Modern Olympics Grand Northern Hills Middle Noah Joseph Junior Division Group Washington Irving: How He National Finalist Rapids School Documentary Changed American Literature GRAND East Kentwood High Nathan Moon Senior Division Individual Christopher Columbus: What National Alternate RAPIDS School Documentary Did He Really Accomplish? GRAND East Kentwood High Michael Obuchi Senior Division Individual Leadership and Legacy of National Alternate RAPIDS School Website Angela Davis Grand Northern Hills Middle Hanna Peterson Junior Division Group Exhibit John Muir: The Father of Our National Finalist Rapids School National Parks Grand Northern Hills Middle Kevin Roy Junior Division Group Washington Irving: How He National Finalist Rapids School Documentary Changed American Literature Grand Northern Hills Middle Sarah Siskonen Junior Division Group Pierre de Coubertin and the National Alternate Rapids School Documentary Revival of the Modern Olympics Grand Northern Hills Middle Caroline Soda Junior Division Group Exhibit John Muir: The Father of Our National Finalist Rapids School National Parks GRAND Northern High School Jacqueline Spiegel Senior Division Individual Alan Turing: Father of Modern National Finalist RAPIDS Documentary Computing Grand Northern Hills Middle Isabel Vandermolen Junior Division Individual Robert Smalls: Fight for National Finalist Rapids School Website Equality Houghton Houghton High School Jenna Murphy-Gast Senior Division Group Eleanor Roosevelt and Her National Alternate Documentary Advocacy for Human Right's: Changing the World One Speech at a Time Houghton Houghton High School Rylie Store Senior Division Group Eleanor Roosevelt and Her National Alternate Documentary Advocacy for Human Right's: Changing the World One Speech at a Time Howell Southeast Elementary Madeline Dittmer Youth Division Group Sacagawea, the Expedition 2nd Place Website and Discovery of the West Howell Southeast Elementary Jackson Donaldson Youth Division Group Henry Ford, The Father of 3rd Place Website Automotive Mass Production Howell Southeast Elementary Cora Glime Youth Division Group Sacagawea, the Expedition 2nd Place Website and Discovery of the West Howell Southeast Elementary Faith McDevitt Youth Division Group Sacagawea, the Expedition 2nd Place Website and Discovery of the West Howell Southeast Elementary Griffin Reis Youth Division Group Henry Ford, The Father of 3rd Place Website Automotive Mass Production KALAMAZO Heritage Christian Bryce Bauman Senior Division Group Exhibit Jackie Robinson National Finalist O Academy KALAMAZO Kazoo School Annie Betts Youth Division Group John Lennon: Making Music to 1st Place O Website Promote Peace KALAMAZO Heritage Christian Rachel Bil Senior Division Group Exhibit The Life and Legacy of Eleanor National Finalist O Academy Roosevelt Kalamazoo Gagie School Carter Borton Youth Division Group Steve Jobs - The Man Who 2nd Place Performance Thought Differently KALAMAZO Heritage Christian Elizabeth Carpenter Senior Division Group The Mind of Hitler National Finalist O Academy Performance Kalamazoo Gagie School Sean Cornish Youth Division Individual Lord Robert Baden-Powell - 2nd Place Exhibit Turning Youth into Productive Citizens KALAMAZO Heritage Christian Bryant Cross Senior Division Group Exhibit Jackie Robinson National Finalist O Academy KALAMAZO Kazoo School Gus Crothers Youth Division Group John Lennon: Making Music to 1st Place O Website Promote Peace Kalamazoo Gagie School Isabella Dacoba Youth Division Individual Fidel Castro: Mastermind or Best Entry in Latino Exhibit Menace? american/Histpanic World History (Sponsored by Hispanic Latino Commission of Michigan in Partnership with Lansing Area Sister Cities Commission) KALAMAZO Kazoo School Sophie Decker Junior Division Group 1,000 Songs in Your Pocket: National Alternate O Website How the iPod and iTunes Revolutionized the Music Industry Kalamazoo Gagie School Jalyn Dubois Junior Division Group Exhibit Theodore Roosevelt, A Leader National Alternate of Life Kalamazoo Gagie School Liam Fagan Junior Division Group Exhibit Theodore Roosevelt, A Leader National Alternate of Life KALAMAZO Heritage Christian Rachel Forrest Senior Division Group Exhibit The Life and Legacy of Eleanor National Finalist O Academy Roosevelt Kalamazoo Gagie School Caroline Haenicke Junior Division Group The Life and Legacy of Harriet National Finalist Performance Tubman Kalamazoo Gagie School Aidan Hammond Junior Division Individual The Blue World - The National Finalist Exhibit Leadership and Legacy of Jacques Cousteau Kalamazoo Gagie School David Harn III Junior Division Individual A. Philip Randolph: Pioneer for National Finalist Documentary Unions and African Americans KALAMAZO Gagie School Reese Kerschner Junior Division Group Exhibit Si Se Puede! The Cesar Chavez Best Entry in Latino O Story american/Histpanic World History (Sponsored by Hispanic Latino Commission of Michigan in Partnership with Lansing Area Sister Cities Commission) Kalamazoo Gagie School Genevieve Kim Youth Division Individual Helen Keller: An Inspiration 3rd Place Performance KALAMAZO Kazoo School Bowen Kittredge Junior Division Group 1,000 Songs in Your Pocket: National Alternate O Website How the iPod and iTunes Revolutionized the Music Industry KALAMAZO HOME SCHOOL - Hannah Lane-Davies Senior Division Group Life and Legacy: Dr. Homer National Finalist Best Entry in Michigan O Elizabeth Lane-Davies Documentary Stryker History (Sponsored by Meijer) KALAMAZO HOME SCHOOL - Hayden Lane-Davies Senior Division Group Life and Legacy: Dr. Homer National Finalist Best Entry in Michigan O Elizabeth Lane-Davies Documentary Stryker History (Sponsored by Meijer) Kalamazoo Gagie School Katherine Larason Junior Division Group The Life and Legacy of Harriet National Finalist Performance Tubman KALAMAZO Kazoo School Abigail Lassila Junior Division Group The Leadership and Legacy of National Finalist O Website Qin Shi Huang KALAMAZO Gagie School Jayden Lewis Junior Division Group The Life and Legacy of Harriet National Finalist O Performance Tubman Kalamazoo Gagie School Zach Lewis Junior Division Individual The Leadership and Legacy of National Alternate Performance Theodore Roosevelt KALAMAZO Kazoo School Chloe Lupini Junior Division Group Rosie the Riveter: Freedom National Alternate O Performance Through a Poster KALAMAZO Kazoo School Simone Marshall Junior Division Group The Leadership and Legacy of National Finalist O Website Qin Shi Huang KALAMAZO Kazoo School Vivian Marshall Youth Division Group Exhibit Rosa Parks: The Chosen Face 1st Place Best Entry in Use of O of the Montgomery Bus Primary Sources Boycott (Sponsored by the Michigan Archival Association) Kalamazoo Gagie School Caden McKinley Junior Division Group Exhibit Si Se Puede! The Cesar Chavez Best Entry in Latino Story american/Histpanic World History (Sponsored by Hispanic Latino Commission of Michigan in Partnership with Lansing Area Sister Cities Commission) KALAMAZO Kazoo School Eva Metro-Roland Junior Division Group Rosie the Riveter: Freedom National Alternate O Performance Through a Poster Kalamazoo Gagie School Jack Molitor Youth Division Group Steve Jobs - The Man Who 2nd Place Performance Thought Differently KALAMAZO Kazoo School Katharine Nguyen Youth Division Group Exhibit Rosa Parks: The Chosen Face 1st Place Best Entry in Use of O of the Montgomery Bus Primary Sources Boycott (Sponsored by the Michigan Archival Association) KALAMAZO Heritage Christian Matthew Riley Palella Senior Division Group Exhibit Jackie Robinson National Finalist O Academy KALAMAZO Kazoo School Elliot Russell Youth Division Group John Lennon: Making Music to 1st Place O Website Promote Peace KALAMAZO Heritage Christian Nolani Schnabel Senior Division Group The Mind of Hitler National Finalist O Academy Performance Kalamazoo Gagie School Dylan Shaman Youth Division Group Steve Jobs - The Man Who 2nd Place Performance Thought Differently Kalamazoo Gagie School Diya Singh Youth Division Individual Mother Teresa's Life Journey 2nd Place Performance KALAMAZO Heritage Christian Noah Taylor Senior Division Individual Lyndon Baines Johnson: The National Finalist O Academy Website Legacy of a Leader KALAMAZO Kazoo School Gabby Tiedemann Junior Division Group Rosie the Riveter: Freedom National Alternate O Performance Through a Poster KALAMAZO Heritage Christian Kyle Triemstra Senior Division Group Exhibit Jackie Robinson National Finalist O Academy KALAMAZO Heritage Christian Courtney Van Horn Senior Division Group Exhibit The Life and Legacy of Eleanor National Finalist O Academy Roosevelt Kalamazoo Gagie School Emerson Wesselhoff Junior Division Individual Rachel Carson: An National Finalist Performance Environmental Legacy Kalamazoo Gagie School Ashley Woytal Youth Division Individual Mary Cassatt: Impressionist 1st Place Performance Painter KALAMAZO Hackett Catholic Caroline Yapp Senior Division Individual John E. Fetzer: Legacy of a National Finalist Best Entry in Use of O Central High School Exhibit Broadcast Tiger Newspaper (Sponsored by the Clarke Historical Library
MADISON Madison High School Doncarlus Scott Senior Division Group Continuing the Legacy of Dr. National Alternate HEIGHTS Performance Thomas A. Dorsey MARSHALL Marshall Middle School Grant Doolittle Junior Division Individual Col. Benjamin O. Davis Best Entry in African Exhibit American/People of African Descent World History (Sponsored by Hispanic Latino Commission of Michigan in Partnership with Lansing Area Sister Cities Commission) MARSHALL Gordon Elementary Kieran Russell Youth Division Individual Henry Ford 1st Place Best Entry in Michigan School Documentary History (Sponsored by Meijer) MIDLAND Calvary Baptist Charles Parsons Senior Division Individual Joseph Stalin, Murderous National Finalist Academy Website Dictator MUSKEGON Orchard View High RobertLee Carmean Senior Division Group Exhibit Charles Hackley His Living National Alternate School legacy MUSKEGON Orchard View High Brooke May Senior Division Group Susan B. Anthony: A Strong National Finalist School Website Leader Leaving a Stronger Legacy MUSKEGON Orchard View High Carlyn Schaeffer Senior Division Group Exhibit Charles Hackley His Living National Alternate School legacy MUSKEGON Orchard View High Allison Toney Senior Division Group Susan B. Anthony: A Strong National Finalist School Website Leader Leaving a Stronger Legacy Owosso Owosso Middle School Carson Bornefeld Junior Division Individual Ellen May Tower Elly Peterson Award for Exhibit Michigan Women's History (Sponsored by the Michigan Women's Studies Association) Owosso Owosso Middle School Sierra Davis Senior Division Individual Nikola Tesla: A Legacy Left in National Alternate Performance the Dark Painesdale Jeffers High School Claire Komarzec Junior Division Individual Mr. and Mrs. Jeffers Impact on Best Entry in Michigan Exhibit Society History (Sponsored by Meijer) SAULT Soo Township School Caden Alexander Youth Division Individual George Wellington "Cap" 2nd Place SAINTE Paper Streeter and the Battle Over MARIE Chicago's Lake Michigan Shoreline SAULT Soo Township School Amber Curtis Youth Division Individual Neil Armstrong: A Leader in 3rd Place SAINTE Website Space Exploration MARIE Sault Ste. Washington Jonah DeNuccio-McShane Youth Division Individual Jackie Robinson and the 2nd Place Marie Elementary School- Website Breaking of the Color Barrier Sault St. Marie Sault Ste. Joseph K. Lumsden Laura Innerebner Youth Division Individual Joseph K. Lumsden and His 2nd Place Best Entry in Native Marie Bahweting Anishnabe Documentary Vision for the Tribe of American History PSA Chippewa Indians (Sponsored by W. K. Kellogg Foundation) South Haven Gobles High Garrett Fragala Senior Division Group Capone: A Kind Word and a National Finalist School/South Haven Performance Gun High School Collaboration South Haven Gobles High Gladys Gonzalez Senior Division Group Capone: A Kind Word and a National Finalist School/South Haven Performance Gun High School Collaboration SOUTH South Haven Public Linus Resek Youth Division Individual Abraham Lincoln 3rd Place HAVEN Schools Documentary SOUTH South Haven Public Nic Sheppard Youth Division Individual Vlad the Impaler: The Legacy 1st Place HAVEN Schools Exhibit Behind Dracula's Cape South Haven Gobles High Emma Simon Senior Division Individual Diane Crump: Running for the National Finalist School/South Haven Performance Roses and Through the Gender High School Barrier Collaboration South Haven South Haven High Tony Wise Senior Division Individual Gerald R. Ford: Leadership and National Finalist School Performance Legacy. Headfirst into Chaos to Heal a Shaken Nation. Traverse Traverse City West Jeremy Gauden Junior Division Individual Sacagawea: Shoshone Best Entry in Native City Middle School Paper Woman, Native Leader American History (Sponsored by W. K. Kellogg Foundation) Traverse Traverse City East Eve Robitshek Junior Division Individual Elizabeth Blackwell: National Alternate City Middle School Website Revolutionizing the Medical Field Forever Whitehall Whitehall High School Mackenzie Brandel Senior Division Individual Theodore Roosevelt - National Alternate Best Entry in Use of Exhibit Conservationist: Shaping a Primary Sources Preservation Legacy "For the (Sponsored by the Benefit and Enjoyment of the Michigan Archival People" Association) Whitehall Whitehall Ealy Alison Chen Youth Division Individual Feng Shan Ho: Holocaust 1st Place Elementary School Website Hero's Diplomatic Leadership Rescues Thousands; Inspires Others Whitehall Whitehall Middle Avery Christensen Junior Division Group Racing into History: Nellie Bly National Finalist School Performance and Elizabeth Bisland Write a Legacy for Women in Journalism Whitehall Whitehall Middle Isabelle Uganski Junior Division Group Racing into History: Nellie Bly National Finalist School Performance and Elizabeth Bisland Write a Legacy for Women in Journalism Ypsilanti Washtenaw Chavez Rodriguez Senior Division Individual George Armstrong Custer National Finalist International High Documentary School