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Texas History Day, May 6-7, 2005

Senior Division Medalists
Junior Division Medalists
Special Awards Winners

SENIOR DIVISION MEDALISTS

HISTORICAL PAPERS
	Student	School/Teacher	Entry Title
1^st	Sarah James	Ross S. Sterling High School, Baytown Karyn Cabana	Candid Communication from Two Memoirs: The Key to Social Understanding of the Jewish Holocaust Experience
2^nd	Jamila Phillips	North Garland High School, Garland Sherry Mullins	Communication: The Driving Force Behind the Rationing Program
3^rd	Rebeca Hammann	Carroll High School, Corpus Christi Suzanne Ransleben	Propaganda: The Key to Fabricating Hitler's Third Reich
4^th	Monica Loas	Eisenhower High School, Houston Debra Brown	The Pentagon Papers
Finalist	Katharine Folger	Midland Freshman, Midland Mark LaCroix	Communication That Flies
Finalist	Joe Medrano	Pace High School, Brownsville Samantha Drash	Pony Express
Finalist	Patricia Restrepo	St. Thomas Episcopal, Houston Lisa Condrey	Triumvirate Communicates through Landmark Laws: Intellectual debate and collaboration ensure religious liberty in Early Virginia and lead to protections enshrined in First Amendment
Finalist	Lara Woodhull	Vines High School, Plano Carol Bell	Sailors and Samurai: Commodore Perry's Understanding Through Communication with Japan
*INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS*
1^st	Kymberly Ball	Sandra Day O'Connor High School, Helotes Ravae Shaeffer	Communicating Children's Rights--The American Judicial System
2^nd	Michelle Pham	Eisenhower High School, Houston Debra Brown	Songs of the Vietnam War
3^rd	Caitlin Pennell	North Garland High School, Garland Sherry Mullins	A Window on the World: The National Geographic Society
4^th	Kristen Evans	Ross S. Sterling High School, Baytown Karyn Cabana	When Sound Overcame Sense
Finalist	Brady Pitcher	North Garland High School, Garland Sherry Mullins	Protest Music and the Effects on Public Opinion During the Vietnam War
Finalist	Ashley Peek	North Side High School, Ft. Worth Ima Fleming Foster	Harlem Renaissance Writers and Artists Speak Out
GROUP EXHIBITS
1^st	Hollen Slaughter, Huong Le, Mai Le, Jake Meharg, Chris Frobenius	La Porte High School, La Porte Becky Nail	The Enigma: Mystery of History
2^nd	Daniel Garrett, Brandy Parker	Copperas Cove High School, Copperas Cove Danny Corbett	Dens of Death
3^rd	Emmanuel Ibarra, Jody de Leon, Michael Menchaca, Anabel Morin	Weslaco High School, Weslaco Fidel Casas	The Power of Nazi Propaganda
4^th	Gloria Castorena, Jenna Pergande, Nikki Lockhart	Copperas Cove High School, Copperas Cove Dina Williamson	All the News That's Fit to Print
Finalist	Parampreet Gill, Harmandeep Gill	Jersey Village High School, Houston Brad Owens	Civil Disobedience: Actions Speak Louder than Words
Finalist	Veronica Calderon, Vanessa Ornelas	Valentine High School, Valentine Adam Portillo	The History of the Cell Phone
*INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES*
1^st	Abigail Ochoa	Eisenhower Ninth Grade Center, Houston Debra Brown	Mayan Glyphs
2^nd	Paul Goetze	Clarendon High School, Clarendon Lyndal Gillen-Goetze	Communication Through Photography: The FSA Key to Understanding the Great Depression
3^rd	Christina Jones	Lee High School, Midland Cindy Truitt	The Most Dangerous Woman in America: Emma Goldman's Fight for Reform
4^th	Cortney Heard	Sandra Day O'Connor High School, Helotes Ravae Shaeffer	Eldridge Cleaver: The Black Power Fighter
Finalist	Bethany Bowen	C.H. Yoe High School, Cameron Toni Lafferty	Communication through Television: A Fifty Year Journey
Finalist	Monica Fuentes	Highlands High School, San Antonio Sarah Marlott	Why Can't They Hear Me - Helen Keller
*GROUP PERFORMANCES*
1^st	Ly Pham, Nabiha Aziz, Eva Cheng, Mohamed Mohamed, Rebecca Le	Eisenhower High School, Houston Debra Brown	Hello There, GI Joe
2^nd	Cathy Ngo, Christy Ngo, Alyssa Cantu, Kimberly Truong, Roxanne Trujillo	Eisenhower High School, Houston Debra Brown	Actions Speak Louder than Words
3^rd	Stevie Walker-Webb, Corey Oliver, Warren Mines, Jordan Shilo	A J Moore Academy, Waco Karen Brown	Secrets Under the Surface: Communication of the Underground Railroad
4^th	Cassandra Coleman, Monica Moreno	Carroll High School, Corpus Christi Suzanne Ransleben	Frankly Speaking: The Diary That Changed the World
Finalist	Dung La, Chris Lew, Alfred Lam, Nikhil Amin, Alvin Lam	North Garland High School, Garland Sherry Mullins	Mao's Key to Understanding: Communication through the Cultural Revolution in China
Finalist	Crystal Cantu, Emilio Banda, Yoshio Pineda, Valerie Vera	Lopez High School, Brownsville Patricia Diaz	The Slavery Passage
*INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARIES*
1^st	Daniel Bui	Eisenhower High School, Houston Debra Brown	Not for Vengeance, but for Justice
2^nd	Peter Schulte	Austin High School, Sugar Land Cindy Case	Understanding the Infantry: Ernie Pyle's Communication During World War II
3^rd	John Laue	Cinco Ranch High School, Katy Kay Stephenson	Welcome to the Hanoi Hilton ... We Will Communicate!
4^th	Vivian Garcia	Falfurrias High School, Falfurrias Sharon Wilson	Warriors With Words: Navajo Code Talkers
Finalist	Brandon Pruski	East Central High School, San Antonio Belinda Markovich	Cryptology: Covert Communication Through Codes and Ciphers
Finalist	Anish Patel	Carroll High School, Corpus Christi Suzanne Ransleben	The Living-Room War
*GROUP DOCUMENTARIES*
1^st	Ernesto Reyes, Austin Glamser	Eisenhower High School, Houston Debra Brown	Understanding the Irish Question
2^nd	Lea Gamboa, Lia Gamboa, Lynn Santos	North Garland High School, Garland Sherry Mullins	Voices from the Past: Alice Fletcher
3^rd	Kelsey Gustin, Gao Cathy, Chan Dingyun, Bauer Jared, James Dolezal	Elkins High School, Missouri City Leonard Brogan	How the Home Front Undermined Front Line Morale: Letters from the South
4^th	Farah Khimji, Caroline Hamilton, Sebastian Cancino, Edmarc Hedrick	Lewisville High School, Lewisville Josh Banks	Untamed Beauty: The Enduring Grandeur of the American West
Finalist	Justin Thompson, Nicole Skillings	North Garland High School, Garland Sherry Mullins	Lifeline: Prisoner of War Communications, the Key to Understanding
Finalist	Ryan Neal, Stephanie Hockett, Stephen Schneider	Sandra Day O'Connor High School, Helotes Bryan Heath	Nazi Propaganda: Mastering the Art of Communication
*INDIVIDUAL INTERPRETIVE WEBSITES*
1^st	Kevyn Jackson	Robert E. Lee High School, Baytown Steve Koester	The Hollywood Red Scare: Communicating Hysteria Throughout The Nation
2^nd	Yandee Vazquez	Eisenhower High School, Houston Debra Brown	An Invisible Enemy
3^rd	Kanwal Shahid	Eisenhower High School, Houston Debra Brown	The Consequence of Communication
4^th	Samantha Trevino	Falfurrias High School, Falfurrias Sharon Wilson	Braille: Touching the Written Word
Finalist	Vivian Garcia	Falfurrias High School, Falfurrias Sharon Wilson	Warriors With Words: The Navajo Code Talkers
Finalist	Nicholas Bray	North Garland High School, Garland Sherry Mullins	Al Capone vs the Press
*GROUP INTERPRETIVE WEBSITES*
1^st	Ashish Shah, Alyssa Endres, Gregory Perez, Micheal Ansel	Carroll High School, Corpus Christi Suzanne Ransleben	The Navajo Code Talkers: Passwords to Military Communication
2^nd	Bill Wu, Kevin Busby, Tri Doan, Casper Woroszylo	North Garland High School, Garland Sherry Mullins	Communication Through Photography: The World Through a Different Perspective
3^rd	Idzel Jaimes, Ana Mendoza, Emily Whitley	Eisenhower High School, Houston Debra Brown	If Walls Could Talk...
4^th	Ethan Wilson, Marlene Morales, Christopher Morales, Yvanna Navarro	Falfurrias High School, Falfurrias Sharon Wilson	Seeking the American Dream: The Role of Land Advertising

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JUNIOR DIVISION MEDALISTS

HISTORICAL PAPERS
	Student	School/Teacher	Entry Title

1^st	Nathan Livingston	Branch Crossing Junior High, The Woodlands Lisa Holtin	Measures of Freedom: Civil War Music as a Communicator in History
2^nd	Lauren Zook	Earl Rudder Middle School, San Antonio Carlita Kosty	Hear Ye, Hear Ye! -- The Story of English Heralds
3^rd	Claire Luensmann	La Vernia Junior High, La Vernia Don Wildenstein	The Committees of Correspondence: Communicating Ideas of an Independent Nation
4^th	Steven Wiseman	Noel Grisham Middle School, Austin Todd Stovall	What Hath God Wrought?
Finalist	Coleton Mayo	Cedar Bayou Junior High, Baytown Donna Britt	The Fireside Chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Finalist	Melinda Liu	Haggard Middle School, Plano Floy Rorie	American Visual Positive Propaganda During World War II
Finalist	Tim Barnhill	Goodson Middle School, Cypress Mike Wilson	Hurricane Carla and the 1900 Storm: A Contrast in Communication
Finalist	Galen Nailor	Parker Intermediate School, Houston Ashley Pryor	Vietnam: Through the Lens and Print
Finalist	Hollie Bullock	Goodson Middle School, Cypress Mike Wilson	Oveta Culp Hobby: A Pioneer in Communication
*INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS*
1^st	David Simmons	La Vernia Junior High, La Vernia Don Wildenstein	Communicating Freedom: Reagan's Berlin Wall Speech
2^nd	Ethan Garza	Smith Junior High, Sinton Jamie Ritter	Reporting From Vietnam: A Look At How Television Affected The Vietnam War
3^rd	Lindsey Low	Midway Middle School, Hewitt Patsy Brooks	Advertising: Communicating to Women During World War II
4^th	Stuart Tiller	Gentry Jr. School, Baytown Toni Rosenbaum	Texas Cattle Brands-Communicating Ownership, Wealth and Tradition
Finalist	Marla Sobotik	Goodson Middle School, Cypress Terry Noe	"Success Is Enthusiasm in Action" Communicating Her Values: The Mary Kay Story
Finalist	Evelyn Gonzalez	Meacham Middle School, Ft. Worth Ana Villarreal	Navajo Oral Traditions: The Art of Memory
*GROUP EXHIBITS*
1^st	Emily Neville, Heidrun Hallgrimsdottir, Brooke Boncimino, Chris Baker	Goodson Middle School, Cypress Michael Wilson	How TV Changed America's Outlook on the Vietnam War
2^nd	Elizabeth Chase, Jessica Bitterly	Cedar Bayou Junior School, Baytown Donna Britt	Navajo Code Talkers: Living by the Code
3^rd	Caroline Dillard, Devon Trumbauer, Irene Hwang	Haggard Middle School, Plano Floy Rorie	How Bob and Carl Changed the World: The Articles that Exposed the Watergate Scandal
4^th	Kaitlyn Martin, Marlee Burns, Zachary Carter	Baytown Junior, Baytown Leronda Smith	Secrets in Stone: Unlocking the Code
Finalist	Jack Pults, Jason Permenter	Goodson Middle School, Cypress Michael Wilson	The Mail Must Go Through
Finalist	Garrett Jaynes, Lauren Jaynes, Katelyn Jaynes	Midway Middle School, Hewitt Nick Smith	The Role of Radio in Communication History
*INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES*
1^st	Whitney Gafford	Lorena Middle School, Lorena Larry Havard	Deep Inside Enemy Lines
2^nd	Alejandro Reyes	Jewell S. Houston, Houston Jacqueline Gainous	Orphans Preferred
3^rd	Cher'Don Charles	Parker Intermediate, Houston Ashley Pryor	A Picture Says A Thousand Words: The Murder and Message of Emmett Till
4^th	Collin Cresson	Lorena Middle School, Lorena Patrick Browder	Rebels, Roar and a Revolution
Finalist	Purvaja Ganesan	Sartartia Middle School, Sugar Land Damien Bassett	Indian Classical Dance
Finalist	Alicia Lopez	Memorial Intermediate, Alice Ashley Dotson	Ladies Home Journal
*GROUP PERFORMANCES*
1^st	Elizabeth Abels, Prachi Bhawalkar, Andy Garcia, Kimberly Yeh, Matthew Ziesmer	Sartartia Middle School, Sugar Land Simona Giambrone	Propaganda: Understanding the Agenda
2^nd	Travis Jarrett, Rene Martinez, Sarah Martinez	William Adams Middle School, Alice Joseph Eberhard	Man's Best Friend Throughout History: Dogs Communicate Thus We Understand
3^rd	David Thomson, Daniel Berkowitz, Jared Kennedy	Baytown Junior, Baytown David LaGrange	The Letters of William B. Travis: Why We Remember the Alamo
4^th	Lauren Tinney, Andrea Thompson	Tennyson Middle School, Waco Jenice Long	John and Abigail Adams: Communication that Shaped a Revolution
Finalist	Chance Ruder, Joe Ramirez	Connally Middle Schhol, San Antonio Cathi Pena	The Land of Texas
Finalist	Brandi Leal, Samantha Valdez, Inez Cardenas, Erika Diaz	Garza Middle School, Weslaco Cheryl Hinojosa	Communicating Women's Right to Vote
*INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARIES*
1^st	Amber Essary	Lorena Middle School, Lorena Larry Havard	Torn, Tested and Burned: Texas v. Johnson and the Freedom Behind the Flag
2^nd	Karl Lockhart	Midway Middle School, Hewitt Leaslie Deville	Any Bonds Today? The Story of the Office of War Information
3^rd	Ashton Raschke	Colorado Middle School, Colorado City Beverly Adams	The Unbreakable Code
4^th	Madison Scherrer	Goodson Middle School, Cypress Michael Wilson	Jane Goodall: The Communication with Chimpanzees
Finalist	Amelia Taylor	Clarendon Junior High, Clarendon John Taylor	The Pony Express: Wireless Communication in the 19th Century
Finalist	Rebecca Hole	Haggard Middle School, Plano Floy Rorie	The Relationships In Letters Over Time
*GROUP DOCUMENTARIES*
1^st	Kara Kemp, Austin Fullmer, Audrey Lentz	Copperas Cove Junior High, Copperas Cove Danny Corbett	Mirror with a Memory
2^nd	Mathew Dominguez, Brandi Engle	Goodson Middle School, Cypress Tiffany Lechinger	Communicating Their Way to Victory
3^rd	Parker Robinson, Logan Wilhide, Bill White	Shackelford Jr. High, Arlington Lauri Rule	Amber Alert: Communication That Saves Lives
4^th	Christina Phan, Bianca Bamgbade	Holub Middle School, Houston Leann Looney and Cindi Payne	Vote for Me!: Political Campaign Commercials as a Reflection of History
Finalist	Nolan Mills, Logan Mills, Seth Grubb	La Vernia Junior High School, La Vernia Don Wildenstein and Boyd Harrison	Tokyo Rose: The Legend Behind Enemy Airwaves
Finalist	Brian Connaway, Jared Selcoe, Reese Shetrone, Chris Conser	Goodson Middle School, Cypress Terry Noe	Spark of the Space Race: Sputnik and Communication in the Sky
*INDIVIDUAL INTERPRETIVE WEBSITES*
1^st	Paul Taylor	Shackelford Jr. High, Arlington Lauri Rule	The Internet: Evolution of a Revolution Redefining Global Communications
*GROUP INTERPRETIVE WEBSITES*
1^st	Logan Mills, Nolan Mills, Seth Grubb	La Vernia Elementary, La Vernia Boyd Harrison	Tokyo Rose: The Legend Behind Enemy Airwaves
2^nd	Ronica Spratt, Jamesha Homer, Channing Hooper, Christen Williams	William James Middle School, Fort Worth Stephen Shupee	Rap History
3^rd	Ashley Moore, Kendall Joplin	Shackelford Jr. High, Arlington Lauri Rule	Helen Keller: The Challenge to Communicate
4^th	Ashley Montgomery, Meghan Cook	Baytown Junior School, Baytown Peter Cushman	Walt Disney: America Through Animation

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SPECIAL AWARD WINNERS

C. M. CALDWELL MEMORIAL AWARD FOR TEXAS HISTORY
Placement	Student	School/Teacher	Entry Title

Junior Division	Hollie Bullock	Goodson Middle School, Cypress Michael Wilson	Oveta Culp Hobby: A Pioneer in Communication
Senior Division	Sarah Mills	Robert E. Lee Freshman School, Midland Cindy Truitt	How Better Communication Could Have Helped on Explorer of the Past
AMERICAN HISTORY INNOVATION AWARD
Junior Division	Cramer Johnson	Trenton Middle School, Trenton Carolyn Lambert	The Evolution of Communication Through Hearing Devices
Senior Division	Jeffrey Rodriguez	Vines High School, Plano Carol Bell	The Birth of Radio: A Cornerstone of Communication
*INSTITUTE OF TEXAN CULTURES AWARD*
Junior Division
1st Ind.	Anthony Garcia	Central Middle School, Weslaco Velma Zapata	Corridos y Dichos: Communicating a People's History Through Song and Art
2nd Ind.	Stewart Tiller	Gentry Junior School, Baytown Toni Rosenbaum	Texas Cattle Brands, Community, Ownership and Wealth
1st Grp.	Michelle Campbell, Colton Johnson, Jerek Lara	Marathon Middle School, Marathon Andrea Johnson	The Silver Spike Company
2nd Grp.	Alejandra Villalpa, Marcella Garza, Mariza Pacheco	Ann Richards Middle School, Mission Silvia Garza	They Failed to Communicate
Senior Division
1st	Andrea Jordan	Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School, Orange Jody Andes	The End of the Road
2nd	Anndria Kidd, Bret Carter	Clarendon High School, Clarendon Lyndal Gillen-Goetze	The Clarendon Enterprise: Spreading the Word Since 1878
*LOCKE LIDDELL & SAPP LLP LEGAL HISTORY AWARD*
	Kymberly Ball	Sandra Day O'Connor High School, Helotes Ravae Shaeffer	The American Judicial System: Communicating the Rights of Children
*TEXAS OLD MISSIONS AND FORTS RESTORATION ASSOCIATION AWARD*
	Sarah Mills	Robert E. Lee Freshman School, Midland Cindy Truitt	How Better Communication Could Have Helped on Explorer of the Past
*ORAL HISTORY AWARD*
Junior Division	Christina Phan, Biance Bamgbade	Holub Middle School, Houston Leann Looney, Cindi Payne	Vote for Me! Political Commercials as a Reflection of History
Senior Division	John Laue	Cinco Ranch High School, Katy Kay Stephenson	Welcome to the Hanoi Hilton: We Will Communicate.
Honorable Mention-Senior Division	Bryan Prihod, Richard Thompson, Jeromey Thornton, Byoung Ka	Ross Sterling High School, Baytown Karyn Cabana	Communication and the First Amendment: Unlocking Watergate Through the Freedom of the Press
Honorable Mention-Senior Division	Ernesto Reyes, Austin Glamser	Eisenhower High School, Houston Debra Brown	Understanding the Irish Question
Honorable Mention-Junior Division	Mary Ellen Knewtson, Katie Hunicutt, Peri Tehven	Sartartia Middle School, Sugar Land Mary Gaspard	A Voice Without Words
Honorable Mention-Junior Division	Matthew White, Scott Villanueva	St. Matthews Catholic School, San Antonio William Stintsman	Navaho Code Talkers: Their Language, Their Weapon
Honorable Mention- Junior Division	Nolan Mills, Logan Mills, Seth Grubb	La Vernia Junior High, La Vernia Don Wildenstein, Boyd Harrison	Tokyo Rose: The Legend Behind Enemy Airwaves
*STUDENT CHOICE EXHIBIT AWARDS*
Junior Division	Cramer Johnson	Trenton Middle School, Trenton Carolyn Lambert	The Evolution of Communication Through Hearing Devices
Senior Division	Daniel Garrett, Brandy Parker	Copperas Cove High School, Copperas Cove Danny Corbett	Dens of Death
*UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN SCHOLARSHIP*
Senior Division	Patricia Restrepo	St. Thomas Episcopal School, Houston Lisa Condrey	Triumvirate Communicates through Landmark Laws: Intellectual debate and collaboration ensure religious liberty in Early Virginia and promote protections enshrined in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
*WILLIE LEE GAY AWARD FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY*
Junior Paper	Jayde Encalade	Drew Academy, Houston Katherine Montenegro	Two Communications, One Message
Junior Exhibit	Maya Gascoyne, Kaitlin Suttles, Michelle Felberg	Lanier Middle School, Houston Cheryl Grimm	Singing to Steal Away
Senior Exhibit	Andrea Jordan	Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School, Orange Jody Andes	The End of the Road: Transmitting Racial Hatred in Rural America
*JEWISH HISTORY AWARD*
Junior Division	Justin Green	Sartartia Middle School, Sugar Land Debbie Hansen	Decency in a Time of Death and Deceit, A Danish Boy's Perspective on How Communication Spared the Jews during the Holocaust
Senior Division	Rebeca Hammann	Carroll High School, Corpus Christi Suzanne Ransleben	Propaganda: The Key to Fabricating Hitler's Third Reich
*OUTSTANDING INTERPRETIVE WEBSITE AWARD*
Junior Division	Logan Mills, Nolan Mills, Seth Grubb	La Vernia Elementary, La Vernia Boyd Harrison	Tokyo Rose: The Legend Behind Enemy Airwaves
Senior Division	Ashish Shah, Alyssa Endres, Gregory Perez, Micheal Ansel	Carroll High School, Corpus Christi Suzanne Ransleben	The Navajo Code Talkers: Passwords to Military Communication

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