Texas History Day, May 6-7, 2011
Texas History Day 2011
May 6-7, 2011
Junior Division Results
Senior Division Results
Special Award Recipients
| Junior (grades 6-8) Individual Historical Paper [back to top] | ||||
| Place | City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title | Student(s) | ||
| 1st | San Antonio, TX, Krueger Middle, Michael Pitts The Controversy Surrounding the Firebombing of Dresden | Eric Bishel | ||
| 2nd | Houston, TX, Johnston Middle, Margaret Given & Deric Barber To Drop the Bomb or Not to Drop the Bomb: That is the Question | Bethany Vaughan | ||
| 3rd | Sugar Land, TX, Sartartia Middle School, Judy Carter | Joyce Huang | ||
| Honorable Mention | Austin, TX, Renaissance Academy, Melissa Brown The Successes and Failures of the Camp David Accords | Areej Malley | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | El Paso, TX, Canyon Hills Middle, Rachelle Gomolsky The Debate over Dropping the Atomic Bomb | Natalie Berry | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Houston, TX, Aldine Middle, Joseph Lucario Theory of Evolution v. Creationism: The (Not So Pointless) Battle Between Science and Religion | Jeanette Pala | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Austin, TX, Fulmore Middle, Elsbeth Clarson Don't Forget the Ladies!- The 19th Amendment | Sophie Lawrence | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Baytown, TX, Horace Mann J H, Noemi (Ami) Liggett & Suzy Ferrell Abortion: A Nation Divided | Bella Elliott | ||
| Junior (grades 6-8) Individual Interpretive Web Site [back to top] | ||||
| Entry # | City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title | Student(s) | ||
| 1st | Sugar Land, TX, Sartartia Middle School, Damien Bassett | Sonia Mulayath | ||
| 2nd | Baytown, TX, Horace Mann J H, Freddie Joseph & Suzy Ferrell | Utkarsh Sharma | ||
| 3rd | Tomball, TX, Tomball J H, Karen Jacobi Peace at Last? | Truman Dowdy | ||
| Honorable Mention | Lorena, TX, Lorena Middle, Pat Browder | Felicity Fulton | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Houston, TX, Stovall Middle, Daniel Perugini Jackson's Failure: Debating The Trail of Tears | Shara Duong | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Houston, TX, Houston Academy, Gwen Lockett Touchdown: Diplomacy on the Field | Gevante' Dolphin | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Livingston, TX, Livingston J H, Suzonna McFarlain An Eye for an Eye? | Leslie Hollie | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | El Paso, TX, Morehead Middle, Frank Clark The Forgotten War: The Debate and Diplomacy of the Korean War | Samuel Herrera | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | San Antonio, TX, Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School, Sarah Skidmore Reign of Elizabeth I | Bethany Rispoli | ||
| Junior (grades 6-8) Individual Exhibit [back to top] | ||||
| Entry # | City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title | Student(s) | ||
| 1st | Baytown, TX, Cedar Bayou Junior School, Carrie Kinnaman & Renee Dehoyos | Jonathan Garcia | ||
| 2nd | Big Bend National Park, TX, San Vicente School, Meredith Wheelock Alaska: Steward's Folly or Our Northern Future? | Mikayla Wilson | ||
| 3rd | Riviera, TX, de la Paz Middle, Deanna Hamblin | Jack Smith | ||
| Honorable Mention | Dallas, TX, W H Gaston Middle, Shaun Henry | Juan Rojas | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Tomball, TX, Willow Wood Junior High School, Denise Bell Prohibition | Emmaline Duhon | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Plano, TX, Renner Middle School, Sara Andrade League of Nations | Kate Clement | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Waco, TX, Waco Baptist Academy, Jeannine McMeans Nuclear Weapons: From Mass Destruction to Mass Distribution | Katy Lou Nielsen | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Austin, TX, Renaissance Academy, Melissa Brown Health vs. Profit: The Pure Food and Drug Act Debated | Hana Farid | ||
| Junior (grades 6-8) Group Exhibit [back to top] | ||||
| Entry # | City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title | Student(s) | ||
| 1st | Copperas Cove, TX, Copperas Cove J H, Danny Corbett | Wyatt Behara | ||
| 2nd | Copperas Cove, TX, Copperas Cove J H, Danny Corbett | Gabriel Nesler | ||
| 3rd | Burkburnett, TX, Burkburnett Middle School, Travis Copus | Morgan Tanksley | ||
| Honorable Mention | Boerne, TX, Boerne Middle School North, Bryan Degner On the brink | Kendall Grey Caden Wylie Lucas Hendry Austin Wilson | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Sugar Land, TX, Sartartia Middle School, Debbie Engle Dress Reform: The Debate of the 19th Century Women's Clothing | Dara Lawal Kiran Patel Sanjana Kalvakuntla Sanjana Kapoor Shea Donnelly | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Baytown, TX, St. Joseph Catholic School, Derek Smith The Partitioning of Palestine | Manuel Lopez Adrian Canizares | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Fort Worth, TX, Daggett Montessori, Stephen Shupee Infamy on Trial: Nuremburg 1945 - 1949 | Zane Saunders Hunter Norris Patrick Sweet-Richards | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Brenham, TX, Brenham J H, Kimberly Hold East vs. West - The Berlin Wall | Brianna Maitland Ashley Eyster | ||
| Junior (grades 6-8) Individual Performance [back to top] | ||||
| Entry # | City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title | Student(s) | ||
| 1st | Baytown, TX, Gentry J H, Jody Roberts | Matthew Broussard | ||
| 2nd | Rockport, TX, Rockport-Fulton Middle School, Jessica Janota & Suzanne Ransleben | Logan Jasek | ||
| 3rd | San Antonio, TX, East Central Heritage Middle, Vangie Bielke | Kylie Patterson | ||
| Honorable Mention | Boerne, TX, Boerne Middle School North, Bryan Degner | Madison Rogers | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Baytown, TX, St. Joseph Catholic School, Derek Smith EDSA Revolution: A Diplomacy by the People | Micah Canizares | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Brownsville, TX, Lucio Middle, Gloria Torrres "Our Turn: A New Era" | Kirstyn Gonzalez | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Brownsville, TX, Vela Middle, Javier Mendez Flames of Censorship: Repression or Freedom - The Debate on Children's Book Banning | Maya Van Wagenen | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Waco, TX, Lake Air Intermediate, Sherry Mullins & Suzanne Risley Lynnette Calabrese The Armenian Genocide: A Tragedy Lost in Time | Haley Miller | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Houston, TX, Johnston Middle, Margaret Given & Deric Barber Mail and Jail | Elizabeth Martinsen | ||
| Junior (grades 6-8) Group Performance [back to top] | ||||
| Entry # | City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title | Student(s) | ||
| 1st | San Antonio, TX, Harris Middle School, Dottie Griffith What keeps our checks in balance? The Impeachment Debate | Kannon Hall Bradley Fertitta Zachary Contreras Aleesa Cortez | ||
| 2nd | Austin, TX, Noel Grisham Middle, Todd Stovall & Sheryl Rank | Steven Mathew | ||
| 3rd | Dallas, TX, W H Gaston Middle, Shaun Henry | Kiara Simpson | ||
| Honorable Mention | Waco, TX, Lake Air Intermediate, Sherry Mullins, Suzanne Risley & Lynnette Calabrese | Scott Dupuy Louie Martinez Jaime Calderon | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Lorena, TX, Lorena Middle, Pat Browder On the Brink:The Cuban Missle Crisis | Patrick Cresson Reed Kilpatrick | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Baytown, TX, Horace Mann J H, Noemi (Ami) Liggett & Suzy Ferrell We're Just Kids!! | Tara Bevers Reyna Cantu Bryon Cummings Mayra Yado Elissa Witt | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Sugar Land, TX, Sartartia Middle School, Isma Lundstrom Through the Pipeline: The Story of the Trans Alaskan Pipeline System | Melinda Cloudy Abigail Cloudy | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Baytown, TX, Highlands J H, Angela McDaniel, Kerry Reinhackel & Michella Joseph Seneca Falls: The Long Wait For a Voice | Jasmine Garcia Mariah Moyer Morgan Chandler Michael Johns | ||
| Junior (grades 6-8) Individual Documentary [back to top] | ||||
| Entry # | City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title | Student(s) | ||
| 1st | Spring, TX, Salinas Homeschool, Lisa Salinas | Julia Salinas
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| 2nd | Waco, TX, Waco Baptist Academy, Jeannine McMeans | Ben Martinsen
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| 3rd | Copperas Cove, TX, Copperas Cove J H, Danny Corbett | Caroline Harrison
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| Honorable Mention | Baytown, TX, Gentry J H, Jody Roberts The Panama Canal Treaty: Revelation of a Controversial Negotiation | Jovonne Ledet | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Dallas, TX, Benjamin Franklin Middle, Tracy Smith M14 vs M16 | Will Wakefield | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Waco, TX, Tennyson Middle, Mari Keller Jazz Diplomacy: A Cold War Weapon | Bennett Johnson | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Baytown, TX, Horace Mann J H, Noemi (Ami) Liggett & Suzy Ferrell Euthanasia: The Right to Die? | Jose Rodriguez | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | El Paso, TX, Wiggs Middle School, Adriana Jimenez Killing the Marine Environment: A Whale of a Story! | Richard Horak | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Trenton, TX, Trenton Middle School, Carolyn Lambert White Man's Greed: Cherokee Removal in 1830's | Jackson Meyer | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Fort Worth, TX, Daggett Montessori, Stephen Shupee The Orchestra as Diplomat | Jeffrey Tullis | ||
| Junior (grades 6-8) Group Documentary [back to top] | ||||
| Entry # | City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title | Student(s) | ||
| 1st | Baytown, TX, Cedar Bayou Junior School, Carrie Kinnaman | Lauren Buntin | ||
| 2nd | Sugar Land, TX, Fort Settlement Middle School, Jimmy Brooks Rising frm the Ashes: The U.N. from the League of Nations | Madyson Muscarello Isha Mehta Riya Santra | ||
| 3rd | Houston, TX, T H Rogers Sec, Janie McPhail | Jiyoon Ahn | ||
| Honorable Mention | Baytown, TX, Baytown Jr. School, Peter Cushman Nunna-da-ul-tsun-yi | Nicole Poirot | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Hereford, TX, Hereford J H, Kim Bigham From SALT to START: Reduction of Nuclear Weapons Through Debate and Diplomacy | Arielle Jones Rebekah Larue | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Amarillo, TX, Haynes Home School-Amarillo, Kathi Haynes Debate Too Late: Gulf of Tonkin | Taylor Haynes Traci Haynes | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | El Paso, TX, Wiggs Middle School, Adriana Jimenez The Secrets of Tlatelolco: The Debate Over Diplomacy | Leah Pearlman Karina Rivera | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Sugar Land, TX, First Colony Middle, Dean Krantz 444 Days, The Failure of Diplomacy | Cameron Kelly Michael Hayes Mathew Anderson | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | La Vernia, TX, La Vernia Junior High School, Melissa Marroquin & Andrew Traeger Dropping the Bomb | David Garza Mark Robertson | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | San Antonio, TX, East Central Heritage Middle, Vangie Bielke Eleanor Roosevelt: Debatable Values | Alma Rivera Alyssa Arroyo | ||
| Junior (grades 6-8) Group Interpretive Web Site [back to top] | ||||
| Entry # | City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title | Student(s) | ||
| 1st | Austin, TX, Noel Grisham Middle, Todd Stovall | Kavya Ramamoorthy | ||
| 2nd | Baytown, TX, Cedar Bayou Junior School, Caren Miller Debate, Diplomacy, and Free Speech: The Skokie Case | Hanna Zerdo Rachel Lahowetz | ||
| 3rd | Houston, TX, Escamilla Intermediate, Meredith Austin | Bryant Acosta
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| Honorable Mention | Baytown, TX, Horace Mann J H, Noemi (Ami) Liggett & Suzy Ferrell | Juan Perez | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Colorado City, TX, Colorado Middle, Beverly Adams "As Long as the Grass Grows and the River Flows" | Mason Maddox Cassie Sutton | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Burkburnett, TX, Burkburnett Middle School, Travis Copus The Abortion Debate: Roe v. Wade | Katie Rice Kara Miller | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | San Antonio, TX, Earl Rudder Middle, Linda Odell The Constitutionality Debate over Japanese-American Internment | Michelle Chen Sidney Bocock Brittany Heath | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | San Antonio, TX, St. Matthew Catholic School, Ann Marie Ibar | Alex Newman-Caro
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| Senior (grades 9-12) Individual Historical Paper [back to top] | ||||
| Place | City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title | Student(s) | ||
| 1st | Austin, TX, Renaissance Academy, Melissa Brown The Taif Accord – A Diplomatic Solution to Lebanon’s 15-Year Civil WarBig Lake, TX, | Nisreen Malley | ||
| 2nd | Houston, TX, Eisenhower High School, Linda Kleeman Mari Glamser The Salt of the Earth: Chaos at San Elizario, Texas | Jennifer Loas | ||
| 3rd | Baytown, TX, Ross S. Sterling, Donna Britt Be Careful What You Ask For: The Ultimate Weapon That Ended World War II | Korwynn Wagstaff | ||
| Honorable Mention | Houston, TX, Eisenhower High School, Linda Kleeman & Mari Glamser The Trent Affair | Som-Mai Nguyen | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Reagan County High School, James McKinzie The Cold War | Trenton Gardner | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Sugar Land, TX, William B Travis High School, Matt Lyons The Government of Ireland Act: The Failed Treaty | Shreeya Patel | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | San Antonio, TX, Louis D. Brandeis High School, Jillian Higgins The Missouri Compromise: Kindling a Fire Only Blood Could Extinguish | Callie Sisk | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | San Antonio, TX, Health Careers H S, Carrie Foster Mission Impossible: Marshall's Mission to China | Rahmi Elahjji | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Plano, TX, Plano East Sr H S, Richard Walker Anthony Comstock: Cultural Censorship in the Gilded Age | Kelsey Higbee | ||
| Senior (grades 9-12) Individual Interpretive Web Site [back to top] | ||||
| Place | City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title | Student(s) | ||
| 1st | San Antonio, TX, Health Careers H S, Mary Muenster Ping Pong Diplomacy: Richard Nixon's 1972 Visit to China | Cindy Wu | ||
| 2nd | Houston, TX, Eisenhower Ninth Grade, Stephen Martin Debate and Diplomacy: A Missile Crisis | Shabir Muhammad | ||
| 3rd | San Antonio, TX, East Central H S, Vangie Bielke The Path to Peace: Debate and Diplomacy in Rwanda and Burundi | Kris Aten | ||
| Honorable Mention | Beaumont, TX, Texas Academy Of Leadership In The Humanities, Elizabeth Chapman Paris Peace Conference of 1919 | Saad Memon | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Corpus Christi, TX, Carroll H S, Sydna Arnold & Paula Berny Wilson v. Lodge: Debate on a Diplomatic League | Sara Surani | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Presidio, TX, Presidio H S, Roberto Lujan Illegal Immigration | Hector Villanueva | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Navasota, TX, Navasota H S, Kathy Day & Lauren Martin American Concentration Camps: Japanese Internment | Lacie Bihms | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Waco, TX, A J Moore Acad, Daniel Pfleging Brown v. The Board of Education | Nandi Martinez | ||
| Senior (grades 9-12) Individual Exhibit [back to top] | ||||
| Place | City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title | Student(s) | ||
| 1st | Spring, TX, Salinas Homeschool, Lisa Salinas Solidarity: From a Polish Shipyard to the Kremlin, the Diplomacy that Shaped Eastern Europe | Annie Salinas | ||
| 2nd | Houston, TX, Nimitz High School, Amy Serck & Rick Cheplick AJAX: A Coup for Oil and Power | Jesus Salinas | ||
| 3rd | Houston, TX, Carver H S For Applied Tech/Engineering/Arts, Todd Gonion & Jessica Gray North Korean Diplomacy: The Military Cash Cow | Walker Thompson | ||
| Honorable Mention | Plano, TX, Williams High School, Richard Walker Lincoln vs. Douglas: The Slave Debate | Vinod Samuel | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Baytown, TX, Ross S. Sterling, Donna Britt Special Education: Before and After I.D.E.A. | Katherine Salom | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | San Antonio, TX, John Jay Science & Engineering Academy, Tori Berry Failure of Diplomacy: The 1994 Genocide of Rwanda | George Garcia | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Navasota, TX, Navasota H S, Kathy Day & Lauren Martin Fighting for Equality: The Tuskegee Airmen | Diego Regalado | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Anderson, TX, Anderson-Shiro Secondary School, Justin Krueger Did Thomas Jefferson and our Founding Fathers intend for Christianity to be Expelled from Public Life? | Analeigh Lamb | ||
| Senior (grades 9-12) Group Exhibit [back to top] | ||||
| Place | City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title | Student(s) | ||
| 1st | Falfurrias, TX, Falfurrias H S, Gildardo Salazar A Soldier Dies: A Debate Divides A Community | Kathryn Galvan Ashley Pena Kayla Lopez | ||
| 2nd | Brownsville, TX, Porter H S, Jeffrey Rodriguez The Scopes Monkey Trial: Debating the Origin of Man | Nancy Noyola Amy Ortiz Lazaro Hernandez | ||
| 3rd | Houston, TX, Nimitz High School, Allan Bodeker & Barbi Binnig From Folly to Frontier | Monica Melendez Mayra Romero Arturo Reyes Eduardo Cerna | ||
| Honorable Mention | Waco, TX, Waco H S, Courtney Copas & Neil Shanks Persian Gulf War | Andy Pendleton Matthew Lerma Brandon Harrison | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Brenham, TX, Brenham High School, Kim Strauss & Lanny Williams Debate: Saving Lives Through the Deaths of Others | Jeremy Arnold Cullen Chovanec | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Brownsville, TX, Lopez H S, Elizabeth Carr & Laura Ortiz The Maximilian Affair: A French Intervention in Mexico | Adrianna Santos Hugo Gomez Mirna Reyna | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Clarendon, TX, Clarendon H S, Lyndal Gillen-Goetze Ping-Pong Diplomacy | Dominique Brady Maritta Brady | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Navasota, TX, Navasota H S, Kathy Day & Lauren Martin Mendez vs Westminster: White but not Equal | Cruz Rodriguez Ricardo Aguilar | ||
| Senior (grades 9-12) Individual Performance [back to top] | ||||
| Place | City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title | Student(s) | ||
| 1st | Houston, TX, Eisenhower High School, Linda Kleeman & Mari Glamser The Sound of Diplomacy: A Musical Debate | Christina Franklin | ||
| 2nd | Houston, TX, Nimitz High School, Allan Bodeker & Barbi Binnig From Peasant to Gangster: How Diplomacy Created a Criminal Empire | Edwin Argueta | ||
| 3rd | El Paso, TX, El Paso H S, Zane Harwell Sam Houston: Soldier, Statesman, Traitor | Elijah Harwell | ||
| Honorable Mention | San Antonio, TX, Johnson High School, Adrian Viccellio The Sail or the Scroll? | Katherine Rodriguez | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Plano, TX, Williams High School, Richard Walker Brown v. The Board of Education: Our Nation's Test | Malvika Gupta | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Brenham, TX, Brenham High School, Kim Strauss & Lanny Williams The History of Ballet: Keeping Balerinas Spinning on Their Toes | Bonnie Sturrock | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Brownsville, TX, Hanna H S, Scott Sherman Anna Howard Shaw: A Soldier in the Fight for Women's Rights | Alexis Sandoval | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Sanderson, TX, Sanderson High School, Trisha Stannard Women's Destiny: The Right to Vote | Noemi Nunez | ||
| Senior (grades 9-12) Group Performance [back to top] | ||||
| Place | City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title | Student(s) | ||
| 1st | Waco, TX, Waco H S, Courtney Copas & Ken Heller The Scopes Monkey Trial: A Debate at Dayton | Jordan Blair Kristen Chapman Reed Cooper Stefan White | ||
| 2nd | San Antonio, TX, Burbank H S, Carlos De Leon Writing the Treaty of Versailles | Adrianna Ayala Christopher Aragon Lee Jimenez Eliza Almeida Mayra Almeida | ||
| 3rd | Houston, TX, Nimitz High School, Allan Bodeker & Barbi Binnig The Great Debate: Where Do We Go From Here? | Gregory Harrison Ricky Minor Lily Hartman Jalen Jefferson Lindsay Flournoy | ||
| Honorable Mention | Plano, TX, Plano East Sr H S, Richard Walker Congress of Vienna:Changing the Way Europeans do Business | Bryan Beck Alyssa Wolverton Anna Shapovalova | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Falfurrias, TX, Falfurrias H S, Gildardo Salazar & Martha Gutierrez The Constitutional Convention of 1787: The Debate That Changed Our Nation | Margo Martinez D'Andrea Escobar Andrea Ramos John Michael Gonzales Alexandria Guerra | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Clarendon, TX, Clarendon H S, Lyndal Gillen-Goetze Blanton v. Wells: The Struggle for Women's Rights | Samantha Sanderson Emily Martinez | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Katy, TX, Cypress Lakes Hs, Terry Noe Fighting A War of Scrutiny | David Sapre Christian Martin Max Gillick | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Weslaco, TX, Weslaco High School, Stephanie Powelson Failure Is Impossible: The Debate Over Women's Suffrage | Claudia Dominguez Luci Garza Alyssa Hernandez Shelbi Foerster Lauren Fann | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Brownsville, TX, Hanna H S, Rodrigo Garcia & Myra Solis European Diplomacy: White Man's Scramble for the Dark Continent | Diego Coronado Kassandra Gonzalez Sam Mayen Siena McFetridge Aurora Villarreal | ||
| Senior (grades 9-12) Individual Documentary [back to top] | ||||
| Place | City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title | Student(s) | ||
| 1st | Houston, TX, Nimitz High School, Allan Bodeker & Barbi Binnig Into the Depths of Debate | Aric Barnes | ||
| 2nd | Houston, TX, Eisenhower High School, Linda Kleeman & Mari Glamser Checkpoint Charlie: Debate and Diplomacy at the Crossing | Tasnim Mohamed | ||
| 3rd | San Antonio, TX, Health Careers H S, Carrie Foster The Scopes Monkey Trial | Alicia Kruzelock | ||
| Honorable Mention | Sugar Land, TX, William B Travis High School, Matt Lyons Beyond the Cradle: The Outer Space Treaty | Subhash Gubba | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Corpus Christi, TX, Carroll H S, Sydna Arnold Defining Debate: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Hannah Wallace | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | El Paso, TX, Eastwood H S, Amy Holzman, Sergio Guerrero & Eloy Alvarado The Vietnam War: America Divided | Jackson Alexander | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Clarendon, TX, Clarendon H S, Lyndal Gillen-Goetze Wet vs Dry: A Moral Debate | Miranda Miller | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | San Antonio, TX, John Jay Science & Engineering Academy, Tori Berry Breaking Down the Great Wall: Nixon's Visit to China | Carolina Lopez-Trevino | ||
| Senior (grades 9-12) Group Documentary [back to top] | ||||
| Place | City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title | Student(s) | ||
| 1st | Houston, TX, Nimitz High School, Allan Bodeker & Barbi Binnig The War They Waged and the Peace They Sought | Monica Cordova Juan Jaramillo Cassandra Powell | ||
| 2nd | San Antonio, TX, Health Careers H S, Carrie Foster Choosing Peace: The Camp David Accords | Ariella Noorily Pavela Bambekova Karoline Xu Samantha Lin | ||
| 3rd | Houston, TX, Eisenhower High School, Linda Kleeman & Mari Glamser Morgenthau: Maestro or Shtadlan | Dimas Gonzales Alejandro Suazo Wendy Gonzales Jonathan Espinoza Nernwon Kargou | ||
| Honorable Mention | Plano, TX, Plano East Sr H S, Richard Walker The Potsdam Conference: Debate, Diplomacy, and the Emergence of the Iron Curtain | Zulian Tjuatja Matthew Connelly | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | San Antonio, TX, Communications Arts High School, Lisa Stevens The Frankenstein Effect: How the United States Facilitated the Rise of Afghanistan's Monster | Caitlin Quinn Aleksandar Tinkovski | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Corpus Christi, TX, Carroll H S, Sydna Arnold & Margaret Warfield A City's History of Violent Debate: A Hope for a Diplomatic Future | Will Steen Kaitlyn Upton | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Richardson, TX, Pearce H S, Susan McClellan Were We Warned? | Sarah Jarrell Maddie Cothrun Sara Sonom Laura Myers | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Brownsville, TX, Lopez H S, Elizabeth Carr & Bitia Buenrostro Educational Equity: English as a Second Language | Jose Garcia Imelda Guerrero Gabriela Moreno Roxanne Mejia Jessica Proa | ||
| Senior (grades 9-12) Group Interpretive Web Site [back to top] | ||||
| Place | City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title | Student(s) | ||
| 1st | Houston, TX, Nimitz High School, Allan Bodeker & Barbi Binnig Into the Rising Sun: A Diplomatic Demise | Noel Carrizales Robert Pomirko Gustavo Villarreal Perla Martinez Brianna McCutchen | ||
| 2nd | Houston, TX, Eisenhower High School, Linda Kleeman & Mari Glamser Let My People Go | Dimitri Mayes Hamza Badat Chloe Cauley Briana Mayes Mohammad Chauhan | ||
| 3rd | Arlington, TX, Martin H S, Juliann Warner The Good Friday Agreement | Joseph Francis Adrianne Espanet Ashleigh Fleming | ||
| Honorable Mention | Brownsville, TX, Pace H S, Peggy Gutierrez Obscenity or Art: How the Beats Shook the World | Kimberly Carmona Sylvia Butanda | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Brownsville, TX, Veterans Memorial High School, Philip Anderson Abortion: Both Sides of the Issue | Gloria Narvaez Sergio Cavazos Crystal Sandoval | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Trenton, TX, Trenton H S, Laura Thedford Versailles: The Beginning or the End | Andrew Holland Chase Haden John Holland | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Katy, TX, Cypress Lakes Hs, Terry Noe The Sacco and Vanzetti Case: America on Trial | Helen Taboada Jaime Villegas | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Baytown, TX, Ross S. Sterling, Arlene Hastings-Hill Scopes Trial | Taylor Gamez Farah Ashraf Rida Ashraf | ||
| Distinguished Achievement | Navasota, TX, Navasota H S, Kathy Day 7 Lauren Martin You've Come a Long Way, Maggie. | Qanteria Roberson Leece Uilkie Gabriela Garcia | ||
| Colonial Dames Award [back to top] | ||||||
| Entry # | Category | Entry Title City, State, School | Teacher(s) | Students | ||
| 1008 | Junior (grades 6-8) Individual Historical Paper | Miranda v. Arizona: A Citizen's Rights Sartartia Middle School Sugar Land, TX | Judy Carter | Joyce Huang | ||
| 2010 | Senior (grades 9-12) Individual Historical Paper | Winning a Voice: The Women's Suffrage Debate Martin H S Arlington, TX | Juliann Warner | Mackenzie Harrington | ||
| Student Choice Award [back to top] | ||||||
| Entry # | Category | Entry Title City, State, School | Teacher(s) | Students | ||
| 1507 | Junior (grades 6-8) Individual Exhibit | Ping Pong Diplomacy: Nixon's 1972 Visit to China Cedar Bayou Junior School Baytown, TX | Carrie Kinnaman & Renee Dehoyos | Jonathan Garcia | ||
| 2516 | Senior (grades 9-12) Individual Exhibit | Politics in Power Carroll H S Corpus Christi, TX | Sydna Arnold | Kristen Underbrink | ||
| 2532 | Senior (grades 9-12) Individual Exhibit | Solidarity: From a Polish Shipyard to the Kremlin, the Diplomacy that Shaped Eastern Europe Salinas Homeschool Spring, TX | Lisa Salinas | Annie Salinas | ||
| The Descendants of Austin's Old Three Hundred History Award [back to top] | ||||||
| Entry # | Category | Entry Title City, State, School | Teacher(s) | Students | ||
| 1004 | Junior (grades 6-8) Individual Historical Paper | Sam Houston's Treaty with the Cherokee Indians: An Attempted Peaceful Solution with a Violent End Livingston J H Livingston, TX | Suzonna McFarlain | Allison Faith | ||
| 1015 | Junior (grades 6-8) Individual Historical Paper | A Nationwide Debate Leads to a Diplomatic Solution: The Annexation of Texas Livingston J H Livingston, TX | Suzonna McFarlain | Lindsey Moore | ||
| The C. M. Caldwell Memorial Award for Texas History [back to top] | ||||||
| Entry # | Category | Entry Title City, State, School | Teacher(s) | Students | ||
| 1500 | Junior (grades 6-8) Individual Exhibit | Sam Houston- When Debate and Diplomacy Fail Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School San Antonio, TX | Angelica Espinosa | Madalyn Hoover | ||
| 2012 | Senior (grades 9-12) Individual Historical Paper | The Salt of the Earth: Chaos at San Elizario, Texas Eisenhower High School Houston, TX | Linda Kleeman & Mari Glamser | Jennifer Loas | ||
| The Hispanic Heritage Award [back to top] | ||||||
| Entry # | Category | Entry Title City, State, School | Teacher(s) | Students | ||
| 1633 | Junior (grades 6-8) Group Exhibit | The Baracero Program Cedar Bayou Junior School Baytown, TX | Caren Miller | Adulfo Amador & Patrick Fernandez | ||
| 1833 | Junior (grades 6-8) Group Interpretive Web Site | The Bracero Program Horace Mann J H Baytown, TX | Noemi (Ami) Liggett & Suzy Ferrell | Juan Perez & Jaime Rodriguez | ||
| 2012 | Senior (grades 9-12) Individual Historical Paper | The Salt of the Earth: Chaos at San Elizario, Texas Eisenhower High School Houston, TX | Linda Kleeman & Mari Glamser | Jennifer Loas | ||
| 2636 | Senior (grades 9-12) Group Exhibit | A Soldier Dies: A Debate Divides A Community Falfurrias H S Falfurrias, TX | Gildardo Salazar | Kathryn Galvan & Ashley Pena & Kayla Lopez | ||
| The Institute of Texan Cultures Award [back to top] | ||||||
| Entry # | Category | Entry Title City, State, School | Teacher(s) | Students | ||
| 1535 | Junior (grades 6-8) Individual Exhibit | Quannah Parker Boerne Middle School North Boerne, TX | Bryan Degner | Taryn Turner | ||
| 2636 | Senior (grades 9-12) Group Exhibit | A Soldier Dies: A Debate Divides A Community Falfurrias H S Falfurrias, TX | Gildardo Salazar | Kathryn Galvan & Ashley Pena & Kayla Lopez | ||
| The Jane McCallum Women in Texas History Award [back to top] | ||||||
| Entry # | Category | Entry Title City, State, School | Teacher(s) | Students | ||
| 2405 | Senior (grades 9-12) Group Performance | Blanton v. Wells: The Struggle for Women's Rights Clarendon H S Clarendon, TX | Lyndal Gillen-Goetze | Samantha Sanderson & Emily Martinez | ||
| The Jewish History Award [back to top] | ||||||
| Entry # | Category | Entry Title City, State, School | Teacher(s) | Students | ||
| 1034 | Junior (grades 6-8) Individual Historical Paper | The Six Day War Greenville Christian School Greenville, TX | Lewis Smith | Austin Bratton | ||
| The Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Legal History Award [back to top] | ||||||
| Entry # | Category | Entry Title City, State, School | Teacher(s) | Students | ||
| 2602 | Senior (grades 9-12) Group Exhibit | Mendez vs Westminster: White but not Equal Navasota H S Navasota, TX | Kathy Day & Lauren Martin | Cruz Rodriguez & Ricardo Aguilar | ||
| The Oral History Award [back to top] | ||||||
| Place | Category | Entry Title City, State, School | Teacher(s) | Students | ||
| 1st | Junior (grades 6-8) Individual Documentary | Get in the Game-Leveling the Playing Field Waco Baptist Academy Waco, TX | Tracy Smith | Ben Martinsen | ||
| 2nd | Junior (grades 6-8) Individual Documentary | M14 vs M16 | Jeannine McMeans | Will Wakefield | ||
| 1st | Senior (grades 9-12) Individual Documentary | Beyond the Cradle: The Outer Space Treaty William B Travis High School Sugar Land, TX | Matt Lyons | Subhash Gubba | ||
| 2nd | Senior (grades 9-12) Individual Documentary | Breaking Down the Great Wall: Nixon's Visit to China John Jay Science & Engineering Academy San Antonio, TX | Tori Berry | Carolina Lopez-Trevino | ||
| The Texas Old Missions and Forts Restoration Association Award [back to top] | ||||||
| Entry # | Category | Entry Title City, State, School | Teacher(s) | Students | ||
| 2610 | Senior (grades 9-12) Group Exhibit | Mission Commission--The Spanish Ambition: Missions in East Texas Chireno H S Chireno, TX | Jacy King | Gage Wurtz & Christopher Franclemont | ||
| The Willie Lee Gay Award for African-American History [back to top] | ||||||
| Entry # | Category | Entry Title City, State, School | Teacher(s) | Students | ||
| 1018 | Junior (grades 6-8) Individual Historical Paper | Gains for African-Americans Required Struggle Colorado Middle Colorado City, TX | Beverly Adams | Kaysi Sims | ||
| 1607 | Junior (grades 6-8) Group Exhibit | Should I Stay or Should I Go? Adams Middle Alice, TX | Elida De Leon | Frank A. Leal & Oscar Montalvo | ||
| 2009 | Senior (grades 9-12) Individual Historical Paper | Brown v. the Board of Education: A Struggle Toward Equality Carroll H S Corpus Christi, TX | Sydna Arnold | Sonal Ahuja | ||
| 2515 | Senior (grades 9-12) Individual Exhibit | Fighting for Equality: The Tuskegee Airmen Navasota H S Navasota, TX | Kathy Day & Lauren Martin | Diego Regalado | ||
