Texas History Day, April 28-29, 2006
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Texas History Day, April 28-29, 2006
Senior and Junior Division Medalists
Special Award Recipients
SENIOR AND JUNIOR DIVISION MEDALISTS
| Place | Students | School/Teacher | Title | |
| Junior Group Documentary | 1 | Madison Scherrer, Jaynie Pallasch | Goodson Middle School, Cypress, Terry Noe | Love Canal: What Lies Beneath |
| 2 | Alexandria Beck, Abigail Nixon | La Vernia Elementary, La Vernia, Boyd Harrison | Signs of Change | |
| 3 | Bianca Payne, Susan Ngo | Hoffman Academy, Houston, Beth Crowley | Justice at Nuremberg | |
| 4 | Ann Nguyen, Arjana Amataj, Natalie Dunn, Julie Tran | Holub Middle School, Houston, Cindi Payne | Are You Now or Have You Ever Been? | |
| Finalist | Kara Neaves, Vu Guyet | Gunn Junior High, Arlington, Lauri Rule | Title IX: Women's Stand for Equality | |
| Finalist | Katie Cranfill, Shelby Campbell, Cheyenne Fullmer | Copperas Cove Junior High, Copperas Cove, Danny Corbett | The Melody of Protest | |
| Finalist | Kasera Greene, Kelsi Teakell, Van Tran | Fossil Hill Middle School, Fort Worth, Gina Nelson | Beyond Baseball | |
| Finalist | Isabel Protomartir, Kayla Hankins, Mayank Agarwal, Isoken Omoruyi | Holub Middle School, Houston, Cindi Payne | A Terrible Resolve: Truman Takes A Stand | |
| Finalist | Christopher Smith, Hob Howell | Lorena Middle School, Lorena, Pat Browder | Vietnam: America's Controversial Stand | |
| Finalist | Hannah Eichenberger-Gay, Lauren Hollingsworth | Murphy Middle School, Murphy, Donna Jenkins | Hail to the Chief: Chief John Ross's Stand Against the Trail of Tears | |
| Senior Group Documentary | 1 | Kristen Karaffa, Latisha Flowers | Trenton High School, Trenton, Carolyn Lambert | Dan Moody: Bringing Down the Invisible Empire |
| 2 | Mecklin Ragan, Shivani Patel | Carroll High School, Corpus Christi, Suzanne Ransleben | Norbert Wollheim: Taking a Stand Against Forced Labor | |
| 3 | Kimberly Pardo, Amanda Padilla, Alison Cockins, Marcus Ayala, Allen Tullos | Hanna High School, Brownsville, Rodrigo Garcia | Taking a Stand at Palo Alto | |
| 4 | Diana Ngo, Nancy Mai, Rebecca Palacios, Molly Sun | Carver High School for Applied Tech/Engineering/Arts, Houston, Todd Gonion | Deng Xiaoping's Revolutionary Stand for China | |
| Finalist | Abby Satterfield, Jillian Randall, Audrey Hayes, Abigail Cheney, Deblina Moulik | Martin High School, Arlington, Juliann Warner | John Howard Griffin: Taking a Stand on Civil Rights | |
| Finalist | Audrey Lentz, Kara Kemp, Austin Fullmer | Copperas Cove High School, Copperas Cove, Danny Corbett | Resistance from the Pulpit | |
| Finalist | Ashish Shah, Vivek Venkatraman, Hersh Verma | Carroll High School, Corpus Christi, Suzanne Ransleben | Mikhail Gorbachev: A Standing Ovation for Reform | |
| Finalist | Jafar Ayyad, Andrew Trautmann, Samuel Friedman, Adarsh Goud, Samuel Rauch | Health Careers High School, San Antonio, Jennifer Bishop | Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus: Harbinger of Reform in the Ailing Roman Republic | |
| Junior Group Exhibit | 1 | Kaitlyn Martin, Mary Grosjean, Marlee Burns, Karsyn Jackson | Baytown Junior High, Baytown, Peter Cushman | Vietnam War College Protests: 13 Seconds that Altered 13 Years of War |
| 2 | Kevin Boes, Adam Smith, Cody Hoskinson, Seth Kendrick, Jacob Crites | Copperas Cove Junior High, Copperas Cove, Danny Corbett | Freedom Flyers | |
| 3 | Emily Schomburger, Kendall Molsberry, Dixie Hamner, Jennifer Gao, Madeline Boese | Haggard Middle School, Plano, Floy Rorie | Ida Tarbell, Pioneer of the Muckrakers | |
| 4 | Matthew Sinclair, Anthony Spears, Matthew Garrett | Copperas Cove Junior High, Copperas Cove, Danny Corbett | Nuclear Showdown | |
| Finalist | Yessenia Garcia, Erika Pena | Baytown Junior High, Baytown, David LaGrange | Angel of Hope | |
| Finalist | Sarah Beddingfield, Amanda Maddox | Colorado Middle School, Colorado City, Beverly Adams | Daredevil of the Sky | |
| Finalist | Mark Thomas, Jake Dickson | Lorena Middle School, Lorena, Pat Browder | Lewis W. Hine: Pictures Said It All | |
| Finalist | Eleni Sanders, Kelly O'Connell, Sarah Doucette, Kaitlyn Hale | Haggard Middle School, Plano, Floy Rorie | Alice Coachman: Jumping Over the Racial Barrier | |
| Senior Group Exhibit | 1 | Marlene Morales, Christopher Morales, Ethan Shane Wilson, Yvanna Navarro | Falfurrias High School, Falfurrias, Sharon Wilson | Midway: The Stand That Stopped the Spread of the Japanese Empire |
| 2 | Nikhil Amin, Khang Phan, Tri Doan, Lia Gamboa | North Garland High School, Garland, Brian Thurston | White Rose | |
| 3 | Ana Mendoza, Victoria Mendoza, Emily Whitley | Eisenhower Ninth Grade School, Houston, Debra Brown | Taking a Stand for the Defenseless | |
| 4 | Christopher Gonzalez, Mariss Ayon | Health Careers High School, San Antonio, Rachel Hernandez | The Howl of the Beat Generation | |
| Finalist | Cassandra Bennett, Daniel Lipford | Bonham High School, Bonham, Glenda Sears | Yellow Slave Trade | |
| Finalist | Gloria Castorena, Jenna Pergande, Nikki Lockhart | Copperas Cove High School, Copperas Cove, Dina Williamson | Children of the Dragon | |
| Junior Group Performance | 1 | Elizabeth Rives, Katharine Heffner, Audrey Chao | Sartartia Middle School, Sugar Land, Simona Giambrone | By Grace I'm Saved |
| 2 | Akshay Patnana, Ankeet Mutha, Siddharth Desai | T H Rogers Secondary, Houston, Janie McPhail | Father of India | |
| 3 | Lourdes Martinez, Xanthe Lopez, Keara Hunt, Stephanie Maharaj | Hartman Middle School, Houston, Robert Weisinger | The Suffragettes | |
| 4 | Linh Le, Bianca Bamgbade, Duc Pham, Melba Jacob, William Luu | Holub Middle School, Houston, Willie Ruth Wilmer | The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword | |
| Finalist | Joseph Jean, Keiosha Addison, Candice Archangel | Baytown Junior High, Baytown, LeRonda Smith | She Stood Alone: A Conversation with Elizabeth Eckford | |
| Finalist | Amy Olsen, Dominika Snodgrass | Cedar Bayou Junior High, Baytown, Maggie Eubanks | A Tale of Gallantry: Joan of Arc Stands for France and God | |
| Finalist | Bridget Pawelek, Katharine Aten | East Central Heritage Middle School, San Antonio, Vangie Bielke | Eleanor Roosevelt: The Woman that Stood Her Ground | |
| Finalist | Emily Reeder, Carrie Cooper, Molly McGrew | Midway Middle School, Waco, Leaslie DeVille | Deborah Samson: Taking a Stand | |
| Senior Group Performance | 1 | Elisa Nino, Elizabeth Rentfro, Emilio Banda, Valerie Vera, Yoshio Pineda | Lopez High School, Brownsville, Patricia Diaz | Murder in the Forest: A Francisco Mendes Story |
| 2 | Lisa Hinojosa, Amanda Gonzalez, Jordan Saenz, Brittany Garcia, Ashley Quintanilla | Falfurrias High School, Falfurrias, Sharon Wilson | Taking A Stand In History: The Voice That Challenged A Nation | |
| 3 | Leonard Hawthorne, Christian Coleman | Nimitz Ninth Grade School, Houston, Richard Cheplick | 6 Foot 4 Ungrateful Negro | |
| 4 | Travis Creek, Lauren Cox, Daniel Waggoner, Ashley McLendon, Trent Jones | Copperas Cove High School, Copperas Cove, Stephen Simecek | Irish Rebel, Irish Patriot, Irish Hero | |
| Finalist | Cristina Hermosillo, Paola Alvarez, Maira Rucoba, Maria Luna | Eisenhower Ninth Grade School, Houston, Debra Brown | The Power of One | |
| Finalist | Christa DuBose, TreyVon Cargill, Connor Long | A J Moore Academy, Waco, Daniel Pfleging | The Montgomery Bus Boycott | |
| Junior Individual Documentary | 1 | Michelle Rosique | Rudder Middle School, San Antonio, Carlita Kosty | Si Se Puede |
| 2 | Christina Phan | Holub Middle School, Houston, Cindi Payne | America As Good As Its Promise | |
| 3 | Tyler Pruski | East Central Heritage Middle School, San Antonio, Vangie Bielke | Child Labor | |
| 4 | Marlayna Botello | Lake Air Middle School, Waco, Sharon Smith | Clara Barton: Angel of the Battlefield & Founder of the American Red Cross | |
| Finalist | Nichole Nerf | Baytown Junior High, Baytown, Peter Cushman | Making Things Right: Eunice Kennedy Shriver | |
| Finalist | Patrick Inglis | Gunn Junior High, Arlington, Lauri Rule | One Revolutionary Pot of Tea | |
| Finalist | James Voytek | Horace Mann Junior High, Baytown, David Mikulenka | Flight 93: The Legacy of Standing up to Terrorism | |
| Finalist | Van Harrison | Johnston Middle School, Houston, Lowell Brown | Art Against War | |
| Finalist | Rebecca Hole | Haggard Middle School, Plano, Floy Rorie | Marjory Stoneman Douglas: Mother of the Everglades | |
| Finalist | Siddharth Mullick | Fort Settlement Middle School, Sugar Land, Jimmy Brooks | Theodore Roosevelt and the Panama Canal | |
| Finalist | Jessi Riel | Midway Middle School, Waco, Leaslie DeVille | Louis Riel: Leader of the Metis | |
| Senior Individual Documentary | 1 | William Trotty | Carver High School for Applied Tech/Engineering/Arts, Houston, Todd Gonion | From Pulpit to Protest: Rev. Jemison and the Baton Rouge Bus Boycott |
| 2 | John Laue | Brazos Area Home Schoolers, College Station, Susan Laue | When Tears Are Not Enough: POW - MIA Wives Take a Stand | |
| 3 | Yandee Vazquez | Eisenhower Ninth Grade School, Houston, Debra Brown | La Guerra Sucia...The Dirty War | |
| 4 | Brandon Pruski | East Central Heritage Middle School, San Antonio, Vangie Bielke | Taking a Stand to Fall: Robert Oppenheimer | |
| Finalist | Vivian David Garcia | Falfurrias High School, Falfurrias, Sharon Wilson | Thurgood Marshall: Standing For Equality | |
| Finalist | Sara Dawson | Lewisville High School, Lewisville, Josh Banks | Dada: Taking a Stand Against Art | |
| Junior Individual Exhibit | 1 | Stuart Tiller | Gentry Junior High, Baytown, Jenice Coffey | And We Fought for Texas....The Defenders of the Alamo: Few Stand Against Many |
| 2 | Sara Heskin | Goodson Middle School, Cypress, Terry Noe | Clara Barton Sees Red: A Vision with a Mission | |
| 3 | Priscilla Leyva | Reed Academy, Houston, NeCauje Turner | Long Live the Cause | |
| 4 | Swaroop Rao | Sartartia Middle School, Sugar Land, Jill Wolosonovich | Exposing Big Tobacco | |
| Finalist | Alexandra Breeding | Ichthus Academy, Driscoll, Paula Breeding | The Stand that Fueled a Revolution | |
| Finalist | Wayne Pollard III | Daggett Montessori, Ft Worth, christine combs-moore | NAACP Takes A Stand Against School Segregation | |
| Finalist | Caleb Downs | La Vernia Elementary School, La Vernia, boyd harrison | Jean LaFitte - The Patriotic Pirate; An Egotistical Pirate Takes a Stand for America | |
| Finalist | Bridgette Kieffer | Haggard Middle School, Plano, Floy Rorie | Three Cheers for the Crystal City Chicanos!!! | |
| Senior Individual Exhibit | 1 | Helen Bowman | International School of America, San Antonio, Jay McCusker III | Breaking the Chains: Dorothea Dix's Advocacy for the Mentally Ill |
| 2 | Deborah Le | Eisenhower Ninth Grade School, Houston, Debra Brown | Their Timeless Land | |
| 3 | Kathryn Perez | Eisenhower Ninth Grade School, Houston, Debra Brown | Taking a Stand Against the Expected by Publishing the Unexpected | |
| 4 | Federico Gutierrez | Mercedes High School, Mercedes, Amy Madden | Berlin Wall | |
| Finalist | Jacqueline Pak | Hanna High School, Brownsville, Rodrigo Garcia | La Plaza de las Tres Culturas: The Fall of Revolution | |
| Finalist | Parampreet Gill | Jersey Village High School, Houston, Barbara Lederman | Protestors take a stand in the vietnam war | |
| Junior Historical Paper | 1 | Kailtin Barnes | Teague Middle School, Humble, Nicole Brantley | Don't go into the basement |
| 2 | Nikita Kansra | Sartartia Middle School, Sugar Land, Mary Gaspard | The Brave One | |
| 3 | Joshua Rozner | Lanier Middle School, Houston, Cheryl Grimm | Simon Wiesenthal: A Beam of Justice Through a Nazi Night | |
| 4 | Erica Lynn | T H Rogers Secondary, Houston, Janie McPhail | Standing Up for the Disabled | |
| Finalist | Anna McCorquodale | Fulmore Middle School, Austin, Mary Anne Wilkinson | The Suez Canal Crisis of 1956 | |
| Finalist | Omar Esparza | Holub Middle School, Houston, Rick Madsen | It's Not Sexy, But it had teeth: Eliot Uses the Tax Code | |
| Finalist | Stephanie Eckert | Lincoln Middle School, San Angelo, beth McAda | Taking a Stand to Preserve Historic Buildings With Tax Increment Reinvestment Zones | |
| Finalist | Nadia Gonzalez | Stell Middle School, Brownsville, Martin Leal | Dolores Huerta: Taking astand for migrant workers | |
| Senior Historical Paper | 1 | Sarah James | Sterling High School, Baytown, Donna Britt | Taking a Stand Against Indiscriminate Pesticide Use: Rachel Carson's Silent Spring |
| 2 | Lindsay Liles | Cameron Yoe High School, Cameron, Toni Lafferty | By an Immediate Revelation: Anne Hutchinson's Ideological Stand for Religious Freedom and Democracy in Colonial New England | |
| 3 | Bilal Muhammed | Eisenhower Ninth Grade School, Houston, Debra Brown | The Stand to Westernize | |
| 4 | Heather Olguin | Navasota High School, Navasota, Kathy Day | Belles of the Ballgame: The All-American Girls Baseball League | |
| Finalist | Jeannie Binder | Carroll High School, Corpus Christi, Suzanne Ransleben | Pope John Paul II: A Vision of Hope | |
| Finalist | Melanie Steen | Carroll High School, Corpus Christi, Suzanne Ransleben | The Straw That Broke Camel's Back | |
| Finalist | Elizabeth Compton | Waltrip High School, Houston, Kristie Barbee | This Will Not Stand: Taking a Stand Against the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait | |
| Finalist | Amanda Randolph | La Vernia Elementary, La Vernia, boyd harrison | A Political Paradox | |
| Junior Individual Interpretive Web Site | 1 | Kaitlyn Martin | Baytown Junior High, Baytown, Peter Cushman | Kent State Vietnam War Protest |
| 2 | Soroush Rezayat | Holub Middle School, Houston, Cindi Payne | Victory or Death: Travis' Stand at the Alamo | |
| 3 | Matthew Higgins | Colorado Middle School, Colorado City, Beverly Adams | From Savagery to Civilization: Kiowa Indians Take a Stand in History | |
| 4 | Alyssa Perez | Meacham Middle School, Fort Worth, Ana Villarreal | The Chicano Movement | |
| Finalist | Randi Richards | Baytown Junior High, Baytown, David LaGrange | Crawling the English Channel | |
| Finalist | Raoul Garcia | Lucio Middle School, Brownsville, Celange Santiso | The Bolsheviks: Standing Up for a New World Order | |
| Senior Individual Interpretive Web Site | 1 | Bilal Muhammed | Eisenhower Ninth Grade School, Houston, Debra Brown | The Stand to Westernize |
| 2 | Yvette Arellano | Eisenhower Ninth Grade School, Houston, Debra Brown | West Side Sheller Story | |
| 3 | Samantha Trevino | Falfurrias High School, Falfurrias, Sharon Wilson | Dr. Hector P. Garcia: Standing for Justice | |
| 4 | Travis Carr | Navasota High School, Navasota, Kathy Day | Debunking the Red Scare: Edward R. Murrow | |
| Finalist | Victoria Mock | Los Fresnos High School, Los Fresnos, Rosie Olivares | Protest at Tiananman Square: Students Take a Stand | |
| Finalist | Israel Webber | Navasota High School, Navasota, Kathy Day | The Hero of San Jacinto Fights Secession | |
| Junior Individual Performance | 1 | Alejandro Reyes | Drew Academy, Houston, Katherine Montenegro | Winner In Defeat |
| 2 | Collin Cresson | Lorena Middle School, Lorena, Bruce McCarver | Taking a Stand, Turning the Tide | |
| 3 | Madeline Tinney | Tennyson Middle School, Waco, Jenice Long | The Children of the Holocaust, Taking a Stand Against the Final Solution | |
| 4 | Jonathan Box | O Henry Middle School, Austin, paul stearns | Winston Churchill | |
| Finalist | Allynn Delaney | T H Rogers Secondary, Houston, Janie McPhail | A Child's Right, A Parent's Choice | |
| Finalist | Caleb Moore | Greenville Christian School, Greenville, Lewis Smith | Patrick Henry | |
| Finalist | Vanessa Spencer | Eckert Intermediate, Houston, Wendy Stephenson | Muhammad Ali's Fight Outside of the Ring | |
| Finalist | Dillon Wooten | Trenton High School, Trenton, Carolyn Lambert | Protests and Patriotism Through a Soldiers Eyes | |
| Senior Individual Performance | 1 | Whitney Gafford | Lorena High School, Lorena, Greg Blanchard | Refusing To Have My Wings Clipped |
| 2 | Ariel Hernandez | Eisenhower Ninth Grade School, Houston, Debra Brown | Joan of Arc | |
| 3 | Paul Goetze | Clarendon High School, Clarendon, Lyndal Gillen | End of an Era: How Dan Moody Defeated the KKK | |
| 4 | Travis Alan Jarrett | Alice High School, Alice, Adela Ramirez | Walking Out To Take A Stand: Mexican American Students Walk For Civil Rights | |
| Finalist | Brandice Nelson | Homeschool, Cedar Park, Nichelle Nelson | Before Brown: The Case of Hedgpeth vs. The New Jersey Board Of Education | |
| Finalist | Elaine Harwell | Coronado High School, El Paso, Zane Harwell | Soviet Women and Their Stand During the Great Patriotic War |
SPECIAL AWARDS
| Special Award | Division | Students | School/Teacher | Title |
| Outstanding Interpretive Web Site Award | Junior Division | Kaitlyn Martin | Baytown Junior High, Baytown, Peter Cushman | Kent State Vietnam War Protest |
| Outstanding Interpretive Web Site Award | Senior Division | Bilal Muhammed | Eisenhower Ninth Grade School, Houston, Debra Brown | The Stand to Westernize |
| Student's Choice Exhibit Award | Junior Division | Courtney Coleman | Teague Middle School, Humble, Nicole Brantley | Texas taking a stand for the fallen victims of hurricane katrina |
| Student's Choice Exhibit Award | Senior Division | Kumar Sudhakaran, Robin Trotter | Carroll High School, Corpus Christi, Suzanne Ransleben | The Texas Revolution: The Fight for Texas |
| The American History Innovation Award | Junior Individual Exhibit | Sara Heskin | Goodson Middle School, Cypress, Terry Noe | Clara Barton Sees Red: A Vision with a Mission |
| The American History Innovation Award | Senior Individual Exhibit | Weston Hunt | Scarborough High School, Houston, Angela Alley | Taking a Stand for the Rights of the Disabled |
| The Arab/Arab-American History Award | Senior Group Exhibit | Amber Khan, Renu George | Lewisville High School, Lewisville, Josh Banks | Gandhi and Jinnah: Their Fights for Freedom |
| The C. M. Caldwell Memorial Award for Texas History | Junior Historical Paper | Baxter Easley | All Saints Episcopal, Tyler, Debra Parham | Taking a Stand for School Safety: The New London School Explsion |
| The C. M. Caldwell Memorial Award for Texas History | Senior Individual Exhibit | Anna Mariah Garcia | Falfurrias High School, Falfurrias, Sharon Wilson | Last Stand At the Alamo: Preserving Our Texas Heritage |
| The Institute of Texan Cultures Award | Junior Group Exhibit | Robert Castillo, Christopher Gutierrez, Esteban Resendez | Memorial Intermediate, Alice, Adela Ramirez | Standing Up for Civil Rights: Dr. Hector P. Garcia & the American GI Forum |
| The Jane McCallum Women in Texas History Award | Junior Individual Performance | Allynn Delaney | T H Rogers Secondary, Houston, Janie McPhail | A Child's Right, A Parent's Choice |
| The Jane McCallum Women in Texas History Award | Senior Individual Performance | Whitney Gafford | Lorena High School, Lorena, Greg Blanchard | Refusing To Have My Wings Clipped |
| The Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP Legal History Award | Junior Individual Exhibit | David Miller | Lake Air Middle School, Waco, Sharon Smith | Leon Jaworski: Championing the Rule of Law |
| The Mexican-American History Award | Junior Group Exhibit | Robert Castillo, Christopher Gutierrez, Esteban Resendez | Memorial Intermediate, Alice, Adela Ramirez | Standing Up for Civil Rights: Dr. Hector P. Garcia & the American GI Forum |
| The Mexican-American History Award | Junior Historical Paper | Kelsey Thompson | Haggard Middle School, Plano, Floy Rorie | Cesar Chavez; From Anger to Action-His Fight for Farmers' Rights |
| The Mexican-American History Award | Senior Group Exhibit | Gilberto Hernandez, Adilene Rucoba, Miriam Cuellar, Eduardo Sanchez | Carver High School for Applied Tech/Engineering/Arts, Houston, Todd Gonion | Emiliano Zapata: Taking a Stand for the Indigent |
| The Mexican-American History Award | Senior Historical Paper | Cindy Salazar | Hanna High School, Brownsville, Rodrigo Garcia | Miranda v. Arizona: Changing the Rights of the Accused |
| The Oral History Award | Junior Individual Documentary | Christina Phan | Holub Middle School, Houston, Cindi Payne | America As Good As Its Promise |
| The Oral History Award | Senior Individual Documentary | John Laue | Brazos Area Home Schoolers, College Station, Susan Laue | When Tears Are Not Enough: POW - MIA Wives Take a Stand |
| The Oral History Award-Honorable Mention | Junior Individual Documentary | Nichole Nerf | Baytown Junior High, Baytown, Peter Cushman | Making Things Right: Eunice Kennedy Shriver |
| The Oral History Award-Honorable Mention | Junior Individual Documentary | Shruti Varadharajan | Sartartia Middle School , Sugar Land, Peter Garcia | Removing the Shadow of the Crippler: Jonas Salk's Stand to End Polio |
| The Oral History Award-Honorable Mention | Senior Group Documentary | Gabriel Moreno, John Lara, Jesse Mora, David Schumacher, Olivia Silva | Jay High School, San Antonio, Gretchen Catron | Has America Achieved True Democracy? Gordon Hirabayashi's Struggle for Constitutional Equality |
| The Oral History Award-Honorable Mention | Senior Individual Documentary | William Trotty | Carver High School for Applied Tech/Engineering/Arts, Houston, Todd Gonion | From Pulpit to Protest: Rev. Jemison and the Baton Rouge Bus Boycott |
| The Texas Old Missions and Forts Restoration Association Award | Junior Individual Exhibit | Stuart Tiller | Gentry Junior High, Baytown, Jenice Coffey | And We Fought for Texas....The Defenders of the Alamo: Few Stand Against Many |
| The Texas Old Missions and Forts Restoration Association Award | Senior Individual Exhibit | Anna Mariah Garcia | Falfurrias High School, Falfurrias, Sharon Wilson | Last Stand At the Alamo: Preserving Our Texas Heritage |
| The Willie Lee Gay Award for African-American History | Junior Group Exhibit | Grant Wilson, Lexi Wilson, Austin Wilson, Candice Wilson | Lorena Middle School, Lorena, Pat Browder | Rosa Parks: Taking a Seat in American History |
| The Willie Lee Gay Award for African-American History | Senior Paper | Christine Folger | Midland Freshman High School, Midland, Mark LaCroix | Stand Against Segregation |
| The Willie Lee Gay Award for African-American History-Honorable Mention | Junior Group Exhibit | Jerek Lara, Colten Johnson | Marathon Indpendent School Dist, Marathon, Andrea Johnson | Lt. Henry O. Flipper |
| The Willie Lee Gay Award for African-American History-Honorable Mention | Senior Paper | Stephanie Krol | Robert E. Lee High School, Midland, Cindy Truitt | Doris Miller: A Black American Taking A Stand in History |






