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