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 800 E. 17th Ave, Columbus, OH 43211-2474 ∞ 614.297.2300 ∞ ohiohistory.org Ohio History Day is an affiliate of National History Day 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 800 E. 17th Ave, Columbus, OH 43211-2474 ∞ 614.297.2300 ∞ ohiohistory.org Ohio History Day is an affiliate of National History Day 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 800 E. 17th Ave, Columbus, OH 43211-2474 ∞ 614.297.2300 ∞ ohiohistory.org Ohio History Day is an affiliate of National History Day 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 800 E. 17th Ave, Columbus, OH 43211-2474 ∞ 614.297.2300 ∞ ohiohistory.org Ohio History Day is an affiliate of National History Day 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 800 E. 17th Ave, Columbus, OH 43211-2474 ∞ 614.297.2300 ∞ ohiohistory.org Ohio History Day is an affiliate of National History Day 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 800 E. 17th Ave, Columbus, OH 43211-2474 ∞ 614.297.2300 ∞ ohiohistory.org Ohio History Day is an affiliate of National History Day 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