History Day Region 4 winners, 2015
With the exception of the Normandy Allies Prize, all winners listed here
(including those who were originally listed as runners-up) are eligable
to go on to the state competition
Junior Individual Performances:
1st place: Lauren Reynolds, “Corrie Ten Boom: A Light in the
Darkness”
William Monroe Middle School, Teachers: Stephanie Hammer, Emily
Likins-Hohman, Allison Smith Hughes
2nd place: Qin Shi Huangi, “Maddy Woolever”
Robert Ayler Middle School, Teacher: Laura Brown
Junior Group Performances:
1st place: Jared Knights, Drew Hoffacker, Carly Miller, “Wild Bill
Donovan: Legendary WWII Spymaster and Father of the CIA”
William Monroe Middle School, Teacher: Stephanie Hammer, Emily
Likins-Hohman, Allison Smith Hughes
2nd place: Molly Earle, Abigail Davis, ”Not Your Everyday Kennedy:
Eunice Kennedy Shriver and the Special Olympics”
William Monroe Middle School, Teacher: Stephanie Hammer, Emily
Likins-Hohman, Allison Smith Hughes
Other Winners:
Aimee Schill, Eli Yorty, T. Benjamin Montes-Bradley, “Alan Turing”
J.T. Henley Middle School, Teacher: Teresa Goodin
Junior Individual Documentary:
1st place: Nicole Shostek, “Clematine Wamariya”
Robert E. Aylor Middle School, Teacher: Laura Brown
2nd place: Ashlyn Craig, “Alice Paul & Her Fight for Women's Suffrage”
Robert E. Aylor Middle School, Teacher: Laura Brown
Other Winners:
Jackson Hephner, “Franklin D. Roosevelt's Leadership and Legacy”
Sutherland Middle School, Teacher: Diana McCullough
Junior Group Documentary:
1st place: Quinn Henkel, Hannah McIntusff, Arianna Mosqueda, “A
Struggle through Hard Times: How Eleanor Roosevelt Saved Miners”
William Monroe Middle, Teachers: Stephanie Hammer, Emily LikinsHohman, Allison Smith Hughes
2nd place: Evan Wagner, Sydney Vann, “My Life is My Message.†The
Story of Mahatma Gandhi’s Life as a Peaceful Leader”
William Monroe Middle School, TeachersL Stephanie Hammer,
Emily Likins-Hohman, Allison Smith Hughes
Other Winners:
Gabrielle Eng, Katie Herndon, “How One Man Ruined a Country”
J.T. Henley Middle School, Teacher: Teresa Goodin
Julia Kouvas, Kella Meier, “Gloria Steinem: Leading the Revolution”
J.T. Henley Middle School, Teacher: Teresa Goodin
Junior Individual Websites:
1st place: Trevor Myers, “The Voice of the Unspoken: The
Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo and the Fight to Reunite Stolen
Children With Their Families”
William Monroe Middle, Teachers: Stephanie Hammer, Emily LikinsHohman, Allison Smith Hughes
2nd place: Sarah Enrile, “Boring Books Forget all about them.”
William Monroe Middle, Teachers: Stephanie Hammer, Emily LikinsHohman, Allison Smith Hughes
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Other winners:
August Lamb, “The MANHATTAN PROJECT: The story of how the
largest and most powerful bombs of the time came to be”
Beford Middle School, Teacher: David Zentmyer
Jadyn Kowahl, “The British Schindler: The Man Who Saved Over 600
Lives”
William Monroe Middle, Teachers: Stephanie Hammer, Emily LikinsHohman, Allison Smith Hughes
Junior Group Websites:
1st place: Jake Greenberg, Cooper DeVito, Carter Spilman, “George
Catlett Marshall”
J.T. Henley Middle School, Teacher: Teresa Goodin
2nd place: Anna Barrett, Sarah Talley, “Milton Hershey and His School:
More than Chocolate”
William Monroe Middle, Teachers: Stephanie Hammer, Emily LikinsHohman, Allison Smith Hughes
Other Winners:
Keegan Sutton, Logan Spencer, “Elizabeth Van Lew: Union Spy in the
Heart of the Confederacy”
William Monroe Middle, Teachers: Stephanie Hammer, Emily LikinsHohman, Allison Smith Hughes
Rebekah Coles, Madeline Anderson, “Louis Armstrong: King of Jazz”
William Monroe Middle, Teachers: Stephanie Hammer, Emily LikinsHohman, Allison Smith Hughes
Anna Mazurowski, Dominic Ruiz, “The Awakening that Awoke
Everyone: Jonathan Edwards and the First Great Awakening”
William Monroe Middle, Teachers: Stephanie Hammer, Emily LikinsHohman, Allison Smith Hughes
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Junior Individual Exhibits:
1st place: Frances Cecilia Newman, “Virginia Wasn't Always for Lovers:
Loving vs. Virginia (1967)”
Buford Middle School, Teacher: Alan Causey
2nd place: Abbie Dodson, “Andrew Jackson”
Robert E. Aylor Middle School, Teacher: Laura Brown
Other Winners:
Alice Owen, “Mother Theresa”
Buford Middle School, Teacher: David Zentmyer
Sydney Elizabeth Lewin, “Women with Wings: The Women Airforce
Service”
Buford Middle School, Teacher: Alan Causey
Isaac Chapman, “Theodore Roosevelt – Leading the Charge Through
the Panama Canal”
Robert E. Aylor Middle School, Teacher: Laura Brown
Edie Aten, “Rachel Carson”
Buford Middle School, Teacher: Margie Roache
Skylar Treadwell, “Leadership and legacy of Jane Goodall”
Robert E. Aylor Middle School, Teacher: Laura Brown
Junior Group Exhibits:
1st place: Connor Wilson, Danny McKinney, “Apollo 11: The Mission
that Redefined Impossible“
William Monroe Middle School, Teacher: Stephanie Hammer, Emily
Likins-Hohman, Allison Smith Hughes,
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2nd place: Jenna Velasquez, Madeline Genz, “The Great War:
American Women’s Lasting Effect”
William Monroe Middle School, Teacher: Stephanie Hammer, Emily
Likins-Hohman, Allison Smith Hughes,
Other Winners:
Mikayla Brown, Conner Brown “Robert Ballard: Exploring the Sea and
Its Secrets”
William Monroe Middle School, Teacher: Stephanie Hammer, Emily
Likins-Hohman, Allison Smith Hughes
Jack Emery, Evan Sposato ”Georgy Zhukov.”
J.T. Henley Middle School, Teacher: Teresa Goodin
Kate Whitley, Camille Kielbasa. “Google and Its Founders”
J.T. Henley Middle School, Teacher: Teresa Goodin
Nina Brooks, Autumn Hiller, “Women's Baseball in WWII”
Buford Middle School, Teacher: David Zentmyer
Maggie Helmen, Sidney Dean, “Let Us In: 81 Women Shatter the US
Naval Academy's 131 Year History as a Male Institute”
William Monroe Middle School, Teacher: Stephanie Hammer, Emily
Likins-Hohman, Allison Smith Hughes
Junior Historical Papers:
1st place: Carolanne Birchfield, "Caroline Norton: The Power of the
Pen"
Sutherland Middle School, Teacher: Diana McCullough
2nd place: Sydney Hunter, "Andy Warhol: Leader and Legacy of the Art
World"
James Wood Middle School, Teacher: Steven Grubbs
Other Winners:
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Johannes Hollebrandse, "The Leadership and Legacy of Che Guevara"
James Wood Middle School, Teacher: Steven Grubbs
Evelyn Garey, "A Well Oiled Machine: The Heroic Story of Alan
Turing"
J.T. Henley Middle School, Teacher: Teresa Goodin
Senior Group Performances:
1st place: Eslam Hassan, Cana Curtis, “I Am Not Isabella”
Sherando High School, Teacher: Dana Larrick
Senior Individual Documentary:
1st place: Caitlin Bishop, “Michael Faraday”
Western Albemarle High School, Teachers: Elizabeth Mulcahy
2nd place: Logan Apple, “Vasco Nunez de Balboa: Founder of Panama”
Millbrook High School, Teacher: Lauren Elliot
Other
Winners:
Merriam Abboud, “Huckleberry Finn: The Architect of Modern
American Literature”
Wakefield Country Day School, Teacher: Jeff Days
Senior Group Documentary:
1st place: Karter Ohlson, Elise Eckman, Jeremy Linabburg, McKenna
Ohlson, “Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Justice Sandra Day O'Connor”
Sherando High School, Teacher: Jennifer McKannan
2nd place: Lyubomir Trayanov, Connor Jordan-Hyde, “Hermann
Goering: An Innovative Politician, General, and Leader”
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Western Albemarle High School, Teacher: Elizabeth Mulcahy
Other Winners:
Elyse Ricigliano, Morgan Cooper, Mya Virdi, “Midwife of the Harlem
Renaissance: Jessie Faust”
Sherando High School, Teacher: Jennifer McKannan
Senior Individual Websites:
1st place: Caroline Harvey, “The Other America: Leading the War on
Poverty”
Sherando High School, Teacher: Shelly Andrews
2nd place: Alena MacKay-Smith, “Ang San Suu Kyi and the National
League for Democracy”
Sherando High School, Teacher: Shelly Andrews
Other Winners:
Quintin DeGroot, “Bletchley Park: Leading the Information Race,
Changing Information’s Future”
Sherando High School, teacher: Dana Larrick
Senior Group Websites:
1st place: Faith Reid, Roxy Ix, “Jean Baptiste Colbet: The Mastermind
Behind Louis XIV”
Western Albermarle High School, Teacher: Elizabeth Mulcahy
2nd place: Camryn Madagan, Autumn Mitchell, “The Beatles: Leaders
and Legacies in American Pop Music”
Western Albermarle, Teacher: Steven Havdra
Other Winners:
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Olivia Spencer, Madison Pittman, “Dorothea Dix – Revolutioanry
Reformer”
Western Albermarle High School, Teacher: Sandra McLaughlin
Senior Individual Exhibits:
1st place: Genna Repich, “Harvey Milk”
Western Albemarle High School, Teacher: Sandra McLaughlin
2nd place: Rhiannon Moore, “Mary Had a Little Thanksgiving: Sarah
Josepha Hale”
Sherando High School, Teacher: Jennifer McKannan
Other Winners:
Nell Fountain, “Pierre De Coubertin; Changing The World One
Olympic Game At A Time”
Western Albemarle High School, Teacher: Elizabeth Mulcahy
Campbell Baker, “Thomas Watson, Jr.”
Wakefield Country Day School, Teacher: Jeff Day
Senior Group Exhibits:
1st place: Nichole Heon, Emma Ratcliffe. “Jules Rimet: Founder of the
World Cup”
Western Albermarle High School, Teacher: Elizabeth Mulcahy
2nd place: Darby Garner, Abigail Sears, “Thomas Gallaudet: Paving the
Way for Communication and Understanding the Deaf Community”
Sherando High School, Teacher: Shelly Andrews
Other Winners:
Lauren Cheetham, Lucas Dumez, “Breaking the Barrier”
Wakefield Country Day School, Teacher: Jeff Day
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Morgan Quinnelly, Megan Everly, “How the FBI Led the Ted Bundy
Case”
Sherando High School, Teacher: Jennifer McKannan
Kaitlin Mallia, Dana Isaacs, “Wishing Upon a Star: Walt Disney”
Western Albermarle High School, Teacher: Sandra McLaughlin
Senior Historical Papers:
1st Place: Chris Hays, “The Leadership and Complicated Legacy of J.
Edgar Hoover”
Charlottesville High School, Teacher: Margi Roache
2nd Place: Monica Grabowska, “An Example for Future Ages: Tadeusz
Kociuszko’s Quest To Free Thomas Jefferson's Slaves”
Albemarle High School, Teacher: Julia Dyer
Other Winners:
Benjamin Swales, “David Livingstone: His Journey through Africa to
Prominence, I Presume”
Western Albemarle High School, Teacher: Elizabeth Mulcahy
Sophie Eichelberger, “To Infinity and Beyond: Katherine Johnson’s
Leadership and Legacy”
Western Albemarle High School, Teacher: Elizabeth Mulcahy
Leah Dunston, “Father of the Nuclear Navy”
Sherando High School, Teacher: Dana Larrick
Normandy Allies Prize
Courtland Morris, “Reopened Scars,”
East Rockingham High School, Teacher: Rachel Whitmer