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Texas History Day Winners 2003

Texas History Day, May 9-10, 2003

Senior Division Medalists
Junior Division Medalists
Special Awards Winners

SENIOR DIVISION MEDALISTS

HISTORICAL PAPERS
	Student	School/Teacher	Entry Title
1^st	Rebecca Hammann	Carroll High School, Corpus Christi Suzanne Ransleben	Rigoberta Menchú and the Rights of the Indigenous People of Guatemala
2^nd	Somala Muhammed	Eisenhower High School, Houston Debra Brown	To THe Victor Goes the Responsibility
3^rd	Casper Woroszylo	North Garland High School, Garland Sherry Mullins	Solidarity: The Polish Spirit
4^th	Ashley Johnson	Vines High School, Plano Tamara Harrington	Rights and Responsibility
*INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS*
1^st	Sarah Schurer	Eisenhower High School, Houston Debra Brown	Swiss Armed Neutrality
2^nd	Jay DiSimoni	Copperas Cove High School, Copperas Cove Dina Williamson	Immortal Voices
3^rd	Kristen Evans	Ross Sterling High School, Baytown Hal Davis and Jenice Coffey	It's a Toxic Day in the Neighborhood: The Story of Lois Gibbs
4^th	Ethan Wilson	Falfurrias High School, Falfurrias Sharon Wilson	Casa Dividida: Hispanics in Blue and Gray
GROUP EXHIBITS
1^st	Gabriel Villarreal, Ana Palacios, Kristie Vela	Falfurrias High School, Falfurrias Robert Perales and Sharon Wilson	We Shall Overcome: The Battle for the Ballot
2^nd	Vanessa Garza, Tina Nguyen, Tiffany Dinh, Ben Pham, Catherine Tran	Eisenhower High School, Houston Debra Brown	Through the Lies of Yellow Journalism
3^rd	Cleotilde Campos, Joe Garcia, Ashley Perez	Falfurrias High School, Falfurrias Sharon Wilson	Texas Groundwater Law: Rights vs. Responsibilities
4^th	Katie Nelson, Jessica Ricke, Chelsea Lyons, Jillian Bontke, Alyssa Rodriguez	Jersey Village High School, Houston Lisa McNeill	Writes v. Responsibilities: Supreme Court Supports School Censorship
*INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES*
1^st	Martin Nguyen	Eisenhower High School, Houston Debra Brown	The Hurt That Never Ends: An American Holocaust
2^nd	Jaime Espensen-Sturges	McAllen Memorial High School, McAllen LeAnna Morse	Writing on a Clean Slate: Women During the Civil War
3^rd	Maysie Gosselin	North Garland High School, Garland Sherry Mullins	Sarah Bagley and the Women's Labor Unions
4^th	Riana Canetti-Rios	Booker T. Washington High School, Houston Lela Roberts	Hear Me! The Koasati Story
*GROUP PERFORMANCES*
1^st	Ivah Cantu, James Maupin, Nancy Pena, Ryan Perez	Falfurrias High School Falfurrias Imelda Cantu, Middy Wilkinson, and Sharon Wilson	The Panic Broadcast of 1938: A Responsible Right to Touch That Dial
2^nd	Lindsay Ramos, Christopher Ramos, Roberto Benavides,Sarah Benavides	Falfurrias High School, Falfurrias Eric Ramos and Sharon Wilson	"Stop Them Damn Pictures": The Influence of Political Cartoons in History
3^rd	Crystal Cho, Eva Cheng, Rebecca Le, Ly Pham	Eisenhower Ninth Grade Center, Houston Stephen Martin	Painting the Town Red
4^th	Mathew Ganceres, Leah George, Ramiro Guerrero, Lavonya McAlister, Bruce Moss	Copperas Cove High School, Copperas Cove Danny Corbett	Freedom Is a Constant Struggle
*INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARIES*
1^st	Daniel Compton	Aldine Ninth Grade School, Houston Bill Danes	The Port Chicago Boys
2^nd	Thomas Ash	Lamar High School, Arlington Lauri Rule	A Nation's Promise, A Responsibility Denied
3^rd	Brandon Pruski	East Central High School, San Antonio Belinda Markovich	Rights and Responsibilities of Creating and Using the Atomic Bomb
4^th	Ankit Shah	Carroll High School, Corpus Christi Suzanne Ransleben	Fight for Rights: Government Responsibility and Civil Rights in South Africa
*GROUP DOCUMENTARIES*
1^st	Chelsea Kindred, Diana Rocha, Edward Libranda, Ricky Patel	Nimitz High School, Houston Barbi Petty and Rick Cheplick	. . . And God Created Man
2^nd	Glen Rhodes, Chris Cha, Dake Weng, Thomas Douglas	Cypress Falls High School Houston Meg Moore	The G.I. Bill of Rights
3^rd	Niels Joaquin, Douglas Ansel, Nicholas Cox	Carroll High School, Corpus Christi Suzanne Ransleben	Holy Smokes: The Government's Responsibility to Balance the Rights of the Tobacco Industry and Its Consumers
4^th	Drew Stone, Chris Kominczak	Cypress Falls High School, Houston Amy Thibaut	Strangers at Home: The Rights and Responsibilities of the Japanese-American Internment

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JUNIOR DIVISION MEDALISTS

HISTORICAL PAPERS
	Student	School/Teacher	Entry Title

1^st	David Toney	Gentry Junior High School, Baytown Jenice Coffey	Eminent Domain: From Use to Abuse
2^nd	Travis Granger	Hoffman Middle School, Houston Beth Crowley	In Search of Balance
3^rd	Jonathan Briseno	Rudder Middle School, San Antonio Gene Alber	Intervention: Is it Our Responsibility?
4^th	Matthew Delgado	Thorton Middle School, Katy Cassie Johnson	A. Philip Randolph: Fight or Be Slaves
*INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS*
1^st	Thomas Miller	Lake Air Middle School, Waco Karen McDonald	Rights Trampled, Responsibilities Ignored: Alabama Coushatta Tribe Seeks Justice for Loss of Aboriginal Lands
2^nd	Stephen Pulvirent	Murchison Middle School, Austin Michele Mauldin	Power to the Press
3^rd	Lauren Evers	Weis Middle School, Galveston Mrs. Honnoll	Cherokee Removal: The Tragic Trail of Broken Promises
4^th	Julie Bartrip	Baytown Junior High School, Baytown Pat Kana	Brownwood: From Subdivision to Nature Center
*GROUP EXHIBITS*
1^st	Daniel Garrett, Brandy Parker	Copperas Cove Junior High School, Copperas Cove Danny Corbett	Behind the Barbed Wire
2^nd	Courtney Weiser, Tiffany Van	Goodson Middle School, Cypress Terry Noe	The Face of the Enemy
3^rd	Jason Benham, Drew Carini	Lorena Middle School, Lorena Pat Browder	Behind Barbed Wire
4^th	Joshua O'Banion, Ryan Williams	Gentry Middle School, Baytown Hal Davis	Pioneer of the Panhandle: Charles Goodnight
*INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES*
1^st	Andrew Wortham	La Vernia Middle School, La Vernia Don Wildenstein	Its Debatable: Uncle Tom's Cabin, Sparking the Debate, Abolitionist's Responsibilities vs. States Rights
2^nd	Colin Powell	Lake Air Middle School, Waco Karen McDonald	A Republic of Rogues: Pirate Democracy On the Seven Seas
3^rd	Hunter Nelson	Spring Forest Middle School, Houston Maurine Richter	Rights & Responsibilities: The Crusade Against Child Labor
4^th	Navneet Setlur	Goodson Middle School, Cypress Terry Noe	Mahatma: The Great Soul
*GROUP PERFORMANCES*
1^st	Whitney Gafford, Shawn McCully, Amber Essary	Lorena Middle School, Lorena Pat Browder	The Cries of The Children
2^nd	Cassie Walker, Allison Marshall	Lanier Middle School, Houston Cheryl Grimm	Fannie Lou Homer: African American Voting Rights
3^rd	Renee Reinecke, Maria Cerana, Taylor Camden	Spring Forest Middle School, Houston Maurine Richter	Thursday's Daughters: Women on the Job 24/7
4^th	Braden Smith, Melissa Gunn, Mason Walker, Kayla Valis	Lorena Middle School, Lorena Pat Browder	Vote America! Its Your Right and Your Responsibility
*INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARIES*
1^st	Alexandra Calvert	Goodson Middle School, Cypress Terry Noe	Child Labor: A Continuing Evil
2^nd	Bryan Smith	Parker Intermediate, Houston Ashley Pryor	Interned Americans
3^rd	Peter Schulte	Sartartia Middle School, Sugar Land Kevin Winter	The Explosion Felt 'Round the World
4^th	Victoria Espensen-Sturges	Cathey Middle School, McAllen M. Stockton	May 4: Forgotten Responsibility, Infringed Rights
*GROUP DOCUMENTARIES*
1^st	Austin Glamser, Ernesto Reyes	Drew Academy, Houston Debbie Brown and Katherine Montenegro	To Inoculate or Not to Inoculate
2^nd	Kevyn Jackson, Shannon Allport, Matthew Chapa	Baytown Middle School, Baytown Pat Kana	From Many, One: The Rights and Responsibilities of Religion in School
3^rd	Jena DiSimoni, Heather Pergande, Courtney McCune	S.C. Lee Middle School, Copperas Cove Dina Williamson	Her Light Still Shines
4^th	Huy Nguyen, Angie Wong, Benson Thottiyil, Azhar Merchant	Holub Middle School, Houston Rick Madsen	Miranda v. Arizona: The Crime That Changed American Justice

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SPECIAL AWARD WINNERS

AMERICAN HISTORY INNOVATION AWARD
Placement	Student/School	Teacher	Entry Title

Junior Division	Damian Balmforth	Ross Middle School, El Paso Cynthia Humphries	Individual Exhibit: Educating a Nation: Taking the Responsibility, Horace Mann, and the Education Reformers
Senior Division	Amber Todora	John Jay High School, San Antonio Ann Still	Individual Exhibit: Clawing Out Cruelty: The Fight for Animal Rights
*INSTITUTE OF TEXAN CULTURES AWARD*
Junior Division	Ryan Williams, Joshua O'Banion	Gentry Middle School, Baytown Hal Davis	Group Exhibit: Pioneer of the Panhandle: Charles Goodnight
Senior Division	Ryan Saenz	Falfurrias High School, Falfurrias Sharon Wilson	Individual Exhibit: Their Rights . . . My Responsibility: Dr. Hector P. Garcia
*JEWISH HISTORY AWARD*
Senior Division	Christine Chacko	North Garland High School, Garland Sherry Mullins	Historical Paper: Ernestine Louise Powel Rose: Woman Suffragist, Abolitionist, and Jew
*JANE MCCALLUM WOMEN IN TEXAS HISTORY AWARD*
Junior Division	Sarah Connelly, Brooke West	Heritage Middle School, San Antonio Vangie Bielke	Group Exhibit: Out of the Blue and Into History
Senior Division	Melanie Aston, Tara Grigg, Sara Franco	Jersey Village High School, Houston Julie Villarreal and Becky Hawkins	Group Performance: Creating G.I. Jane: The Rights and Responsibilities of the Women's Army Corps
*ORAL HISTORY AWARD*
Junior Division	Paul Goetze	Clarendon Middle School, Clarendon Kirby Hatley	Individual Performance: R & R Cartoons
Senior Division	Stephanie Clark	Cypress Fairbanks High School, Cypress Royce Black	Individual Performance: The Bay of Pigs "Failure"
Honorable Mention- Senior Division	Brian Prihoda, Jeromy Thornton, Richard Thomson	Ross Sterling High School, Baytown Jessica Miskell	Group Documentary: The Dream Lives on: Right to Control and Responsibility to Maintain the Panama Canal
*STUDENT CHOICE EXHIBIT AWARDS*
Junior Division(Tie)	Laura Desrouchers	Goodson Middle School, Cypress Terry Noe	Individual Exhibit: The Day the Water Died
Junior DivisionTie)	Kayla Kidwell	Trenton ISD, Trenton Carolyn Lambert	Individual Exhibit: Freedom of Religion
Senior Division	Gabriel Villarreal, Ana Palacios, Kristie Vela	Falfurrias High School, Falfurrias Robert Perales and Sharon Wilson	Group Exhibit: We Shall Overcome: The Battle for the Ballot
*WILLIE LEE GAY AWARD FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY*
1^st	Michael Johnson, Ahmeen Muhammed	Teague Middle School Kim Chandler	Junior Group Exhibit: 40 Acres and A Mule
2^nd	Emily Brents	Lanier Middle School, Houston Cheryl Grimm	Junior Individual Exhibit: Henry O. Flipper
3^rd	Michael Vaughn	Lorena Middle School, Lorena Greg Blanchard	Senior Individual Exhibit: America's Darkest Hour: Waco's Greatest Hero
4^th	Camille Sale	North Garland High School, Garland Sherry Mullins	Senior Individual Exhibit: A Journey Through the NAACP in Texas
*UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN SCHOLARSHIP*
Senior Division	Nichole Vitucci	Copperas Cove High School, Copperas Cove Dina Williamson	Group Exhibit: A State Born In Strife

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