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SOMERSET PLACE FOUNDATION
 
African-American History
Junior Level - Website
Hailey Sherman
Woodlawn School
Dorothy Counts: Shattering the Boundaries of Segregation
Junior Level - Individual Performance
Baylea Williams
St. Peter's Catholic School, Greenville
The Invisible Soldier: Mary Elizabeth Bowser and the Confederate White House
Junior Level - Individual Exhibit
Rachel Davis
Davis Christian Academy, Raleigh
Dr. M.T. Pope: Successful African-American Businessman
Junior Level - Group Performance

Shavanda Rountree

Alicia Cooper
Central Middle School, Gatesville
Madam C.J. Walker
 
Senior Level - Individual Exhibit
Jake Skillings
CD Owens High School, Black Mountain
John Brown
 
Agricultural History
Senior Level - Individual Exhibit
John Morse
AC Reynolds High School, Asheville

True D. Morse: Pioneer in Rural Development

 

 
American Legal System
Junior Level - Individual Exhibit
Remigio deVente
St. Peter's Catholic School, Greenville
Thurgood Marshall
 
Senior Level -Group Exhibit
Anna Dietrich

Kelsey Luvender

Taylor Kirkland

JH Rose High School, Greenville
Mark Felt: Hero or Hypocrite

 

 

 
American Patriotism
Senior Level - Paper
Samuel Chapin
Raleigh Charter High School
The Last Great American: George Marshall and the Marshall Plan
 
Senior Level -Group Exhibit
Elise Carroll
Suzanne Nelson
Katelyn Chiang
JH Rose High School, Greenville, NC
The Last Great American: George Marshall and the Marshall Plan

 

 

Audry Herd
Junior Level - Individual Performance
India Thomas
Thomas Academy, Saluda
Blackbeard: Terror at Sea
 
Senior Level - Group Documentary
Kristin Gibson
Lisa Moffitt
Swansboro High School, Swansboro
Otway Burns: Legacy of the Sea

 

 
Civil War History
Senior Level - Website
Perry Chappell
Elizabeth Harry
Cape Fear Academy, Wilmington

Sara Lamb: A Woman in the War

 

EMILY JOHNSON and MARTHA WALSTON
 
Cold War/Vietnam Era
Junior Level - Group Exhibit
Domingo Rodriguez-Cue

James Mallette

St. Peter's Catholic School, Greenville

Fidel Castro: The Leader of the Revolution That Changed Cuba Forever

 
Senior Level - Individual Documentary
Steven Boehm
AC Reynolds, High School, Asheville
The Legacy of Julius and Ethel Rosenburg: A Warning Against Social Overreaction in a Time of Crisisif
 
 
Exhibit Prize - Individual
Junior Level - Individual Documentary
Marie Payne
St. Peter's Catholic School, Greenville
Jacob Riis: Social Reform in a Flash
 
Senior Level - Website
Kevin Waid
AC Reynolds High School, Asheville
Coward or Saint? Pius XII
 
 
Founding Era/Revolutionary War
Junior Level -Group Documentary
Mike Twarog
Scarlett Walston
St. Peter's Catholic School, Greenville
B. Franklin: Inventor
 
Senior Level -Individual Performance
Sara Kast
TC Roberson High School, Asheville

Sybil Ludington: The Female Paul Revere

 

JOE MOBLEY and KAY WYCHE
 
Great Depression/World War II Era
Junior Level - Individual Documentary
Lachlan Johnson
Woodlawn School, Greenville
Marion Post Wolcott: Documenting the Depression
 
Senior Level - Group Documentary
Maegan Clawges
Allison Hill
AC Reynolds High School, Asheville
Through the Lens: Dorothea Lange's Action to Help the Impoverished
 
 
Innovations In History
Senior Level - Paper
Patrick Goldin
Greensboro Goldin School, Greensboro
J. Pierpont Morgan
 
 
Local History
Junior Level - Taylor Jamison
Swain County Middle School, Bryson City
Dean Smith: Tar hell Hero
 
Senior Level - Group Exhibit

Kelsey Oliver

Laura Stanley

CD Owen High School, Black Mountain
Rafael Guastavino
 
DR. and MRS. BRIAN SHORT
 
Medical History
Junior Level - Paper
Aenia Amin
St. Peter's Catholic School, Greenville
Elizabeth Blackwell: The Woman Who Paved the Path for Females
 
Senior Level - Website
Lauren Spoeneman
North Mecklenburg High School, Charlotte
Transforming Teeth: a Leader Transforms Dentistry
 
 
Military History
Junior Level - Website
Zac Agnew
AC Reynolds Middle School, Asheville
Bonnie Prince Charlie
 
Senior Level - Website
Marshall Jones
AC Reynolds High School, Asheville
Operation Inferno
 
 
Naval History
Junior Level - Group Exhibit
Hunter Bazemore
Ross Askew
Patrick Kirby
Central Middle School, Gatesville
Blackbeard
 
 
North Carolina History
Junior Level - Individual Documentary
Helen Mary Hamilton
St. Peter's School, Greenville
Kate B. Reynolds: The Legacy of Giving
 
Senior Level -Individual Documentary
Steve Gordon
Asheville Christian Academy, Asheville
The Last American Hero
 
 
Outstanding Use of Primary Sources

Junior Level - Paper

Rachel Tan
St. Peter's Catholic School, Asheville
Rachel Carson: Author of the Book that Changed History
 
Senior Level - Group Documentary

Lily Clarke

Caleb Pressley

Marie Baxter

AC Reynolds High School, Asheville

James Gore King McClure

 

HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH CAROLINA
 
Southern History
Junior Level - Individual Documentary
Dakota Fritz
Soterian Academy, Black Mountain
Dr. Carl Alwin Schenck
 
Senior Level - Group Exhibit
Jamie Mitchell
Janna Peterson
AC Reynolds High School, Asheville
The Heart of Biltmore
 
Transportation History
Junior Level - Website
John Bell
St. Peter's Catholic School, Greenville
Henry Ford: From Brilliant Innovator to Despot
 
 
Women's History
Junior Level - Group Exhibit
Kelsey Hollifield
Lauren Hartbarger
CD Owens Middle School, Black Mountain
Angelina Grimke
 
Senior Level - Group Exhibit
Haley Sheafor
Tirion Sheafor
Northwest School of the Arts, Cornelius
Ruth Handler, Barbie's Mom