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(2025) Virginia History Day State Contest Category Results

Group Documentary

Allison Arnett
First Place
Buck V. Bell: The rights of people with mental disabilities and the responsibilities of their government.
Grafton High
Madea Hendrix
First Place
Buck V. Bell: The rights of people with mental disabilities and the responsibilities of their government.
Grafton High
Bansari Patel
First Place
Buck V. Bell: The rights of people with mental disabilities and the responsibilities of their government.
Grafton High
Isabel Rossi
First Place
The Rights and Responsibilities of Creating Life: Georgeanna Seegar Jones and the Establishment of In Vitro Fertilization in America.
James Blair Middle School
Kaitlyn Wong
First Place
The Rights and Responsibilities of Creating Life: Georgeanna Seegar Jones and the Establishment of In Vitro Fertilization in America.
James Blair Middle School
Elizabeth Lee
Second Place
The Cruel Internment of Japanese Americans
West Springfield High
Mercy Mundy
Second Place
The Manhattan Project: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Destroyer of Worlds
Lois Hornsby Middle
Maggie Poulter
Second Place
The Manhattan Project: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Destroyer of Worlds
Lois Hornsby Middle
Niki Wei
Second Place
The Cruel Internment of Japanese Americans
West Springfield High
Grace Yim
Second Place
The Cruel Internment of Japanese Americans
West Springfield High
Qinyan Cai
Third Place
The Invisible Army: Forgotten Hands That Held a Nation Together
The Madeira School
Taylor Johnson
Third Place
Watergate: The Scandal That Would Shock the Nation
St. John Neumann Academy
Ziru Li
Third Place
The Invisible Army: Forgotten Hands That Held a Nation Together
The Madeira School
Rylan Wasky
Third Place
Watergate: The Scandal That Would Shock the Nation
St. John Neumann Academy

Group Exhibit

Elsie Cole
First Place
Shenandoah National Park: The Struggle Between Land Development, Preservation, and Human Rights
Western Albemarle High
Clayton Cox
First Place
The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall
Linkhorne Middle
Anistyn Crabtree
First Place
Ida B. Wells: A Fighter for Justice
Richlands Elementary
Aria Gugliotta
First Place
The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall
Linkhorne Middle
Mac Morrison
First Place
The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall
Linkhorne Middle
Ella Rae Patton
First Place
Ida B. Wells: A Fighter for Justice
Richlands Elementary
Amelia Schulz
First Place
Shenandoah National Park: The Struggle Between Land Development, Preservation, and Human Rights
Western Albemarle High
Ksenia Feshchanka
Second Place
A Right To Swim: The Struggle For Women’s Swimming Equality
Swift Creek Middle
Retaj Hayajneh
Second Place
Jim Crow Laws/School Segregation
Al Madina School of Richmond
Lumen Miller
Second Place
A Right To Swim: The Struggle For Women’s Swimming Equality
Swift Creek Middle
Manar Nafie
Second Place
Jim Crow Laws/School Segregation
Al Madina School of Richmond
Mikaela Scott
Second Place
A Fire that Changed America: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and the Fight for Workers' Rights
Grafton High
Emma Sere
Second Place
A Fire that Changed America: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and the Fight for Workers' Rights
Grafton High
Katerina Canning
Third Place
The Opioid Crisis: How Purdue Pharma Impeded on Patient Rights
Fredericksburg Academy
Sasha Grey
Third Place
Title IX: Fight for Equality
Browne Academy
Leela Kharkar
Third Place
Title IX: Fight for Equality
Browne Academy
Kian Lucus
Third Place
Title IX: Fight for Equality
Browne Academy
Carter March
Third Place
Title IX: Fight for Equality
Browne Academy
Avery Moran
Third Place
Women's Voting Rights
Groveton Elementary
Connor Sims
Third Place
The Opioid Crisis: How Purdue Pharma Impeded on Patient Rights
Fredericksburg Academy
Amiya Woolcock
Third Place
Women's Voting Rights
Groveton Elementary
Savannah Wright
Third Place
The Opioid Crisis: How Purdue Pharma Impeded on Patient Rights
Fredericksburg Academy

Group Performance

Chase Breton
First Place
Susan B Anthony: The Fight for Women Suffrage
Mary Munford Elementary
Ben Franssen
First Place
The Battle of Blair Mountain
William Monroe Middle
Miles Franssen
First Place
The Battle of Blair Mountain
William Monroe Middle
Natalie Goff
First Place
Tinker v. Des Moines: How Iowa Students Reshaped First Amendment Rights
Lake Braddock Secondary
Becca Goldsmith
First Place
Susan B Anthony: The Fight for Women Suffrage
Mary Munford Elementary
Mason Greer
First Place
The Battle of Blair Mountain
William Monroe Middle
Grant Rawlings
First Place
The Battle of Blair Mountain
William Monroe Middle
Victoria Shea
First Place
Tinker v. Des Moines: How Iowa Students Reshaped First Amendment Rights
Lake Braddock Secondary
Olin Shrum
First Place
The Battle of Blair Mountain
William Monroe Middle
Kasey Stafsudd
First Place
Tinker v. Des Moines: How Iowa Students Reshaped First Amendment Rights
Lake Braddock Secondary
Madeline Bruton
Second Place
Rationing During World War II
Fluvanna County High
Cassidy Leta
Second Place
The Divide Unraveled
Robious Elementary
Riya Menachery
Second Place
Painful Partition: The Worsening Effects against Minorities
Fredericksburg Academy
Ella Milleson
Second Place
Rationing During World War II
Fluvanna County High
Ava Parrish
Second Place
The Divide Unraveled
Robious Elementary
Mehak Pirzada
Second Place
Painful Partition: The Worsening Effects against Minorities
Fredericksburg Academy
Seraphina Colliver
Third Place
The WAVES program: A splash in womens rights
Blacksburg New School
Thomas LaFleur
Third Place
Rights and Responsibilities of Referee's Throughout History
Fredericksburg Academy
Elizabeth Lisic
Third Place
The WAVES program: A splash in womens rights
Blacksburg New School
Yahya Lodhi
Third Place
The Boston Tea Party
Al Madina School of Richmond
Abaan Qureshi
Third Place
The Boston Tea Party
Al Madina School of Richmond
Ameer Ramadan
Third Place
The Boston Tea Party
Al Madina School of Richmond
Abigail Rouse
Third Place
Rights and Responsibilities of Referee's Throughout History
Fredericksburg Academy

Group Website

Raymond Gao
First Place
Tule Lake
Grafton High
Seokhyun Hong
First Place
A Path to Equality Korematsu vs United States
Haycock Elementary
Luke Liu
First Place
Tule Lake
Grafton High
Landon Su
First Place
Tule Lake
Grafton High
Mila Xu
First Place
A Path to Equality Korematsu vs United States
Haycock Elementary
Sarah Edgar
Second Place
What Isn't Yours: The Shenandoah National Park Land Grab and the Struggle for Property Between Government and the Individual Citizen
Rockbridge County High
Eve Flavin
Second Place
Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
Linkhorne Middle
Eleanor Fontaine
Second Place
Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
Linkhorne Middle
Josi Hall
Second Place
Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
Linkhorne Middle
Liesl Niebur
Second Place
What Isn't Yours: The Shenandoah National Park Land Grab and the Struggle for Property Between Government and the Individual Citizen
Rockbridge County High
Harmony Spinner
Second Place
Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
Linkhorne Middle
Waverly Thomasey
Second Place
Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
Linkhorne Middle
Riyan Golden
Third Place
The Roles of the Food and Drug Administration
Fredericksburg Academy
Ronin Johnessee
Third Place
The Roles of the Food and Drug Administration
Fredericksburg Academy
Finn McGrady
Third Place
The Roles of the Food and Drug Administration
Fredericksburg Academy
Hulya Sarican
Third Place
Miranda v. Arizona: Where the Right to Remain Silent Was Born
Haycock Elementary
Guamaral Sod-Erdene
Third Place
Miranda v. Arizona: Where the Right to Remain Silent Was Born
Haycock Elementary

Individual Documentary

Eliza Shah Mohammed
First Place
The Language Movement: How Bengali Students Fought for the Right to Speak Their Mother Tongue
Haycock Elementary
Hasini Vedhere
First Place
The Waco Siege: How a Federal Operation Highlighted the Tension Between Government Responsibility and Violating Citizens’ Rights in American Governance
Albemarle High
Caroline Bruton
Second Place
Precious Cargo: Operation Babylift and America’s Responsibility to a Defeated Ally
Fluvanna County High
Colin Li
Second Place
Chesapeake Oyster Wars: How the Tragedy of the Commons Demonstrates a Need for Maritime Rights and Responsibilities
Longfellow Middle
Dahlia Obiedat
Third Place
The Cuban Rafter Exodus: A Multifaceted Battle for Rights and Responsibilities
Blacksburg High
Elaina Wang
Third Place
The Social Security Act: Balancing Rights and Responsibilities in a Nationwide Retirement System
Longfellow Middle

Individual Exhibit

Arabella Horton
First Place
“The Greatest Mistake of Modern Medicine”: The Psychosurgical Procedure that Permanently Altered Personalities
Woodgrove High
Magnolia Keith
First Place
School for Everyone
Compass Academy
Kellen Ward
First Place
A Strike That Brought U.S. Railroads To A Standstill
William Monroe Middle
Julia Jones
Second Place
Post-Brown Segregation in Richmond Public Schools: A History of Resistance
Albert Hill Middle
Louise Lapington
Second Place
Welfare Helps Everyone
Mary Munford Elementary
Sophia Newtson
Second Place
The Comics Code Authority
West Springfield High
Amena Ahmed
Third Place
St. Luke Penny Savings Bank: The Legacy of Maggie L. Walker
Al Madina School of Richmond
Reeves Boschen
Third Place
Barbara Johns' Walkout: Upholding Justice
Albert Hill Middle
Ryan Coffey
Third Place
Secret Agent Orange: The Unforeseeable Future of War
West Springfield High

Individual Performance

Rayan Gupta
First Place
Japanese Internment: Rights and Responsibilities
J. Michael Lunsford Middle
Charlie Levine
First Place
Sophie Scholl and the White Rose
H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program
Aprameyan Ramanujan
First Place
Atoms for Peace
Spring Hill Elementary
Kyrie Franklin
Second Place
Ruby bridges the first black girl to attend a all white school
Tidewater Collegiate Academy At Virginia Wesleyan University
Celeste Ide
Second Place
Plastic: How A Solution Became Pollution
Joseph T. Henley Middle
Grace Kihoro
Second Place
The Liberation of Kenya and the Failures of the British
West Springfield High
Carson Long
Third Place
Prohibition: All but the right to drink
Tallwood High
August Price
Third Place
The Weight of Responsibility to Protect Civil Rights: Separate Rights are Not Equal Rights
Longfellow Middle

Individual Website

Alicia Fu
First Place
Rights Breached, Responsibilities Neglected: How the My Lai Massacre Unraveled the American Atrocities of the Vietnam War
Albemarle High
Julianna Sun
First Place
Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle: The Novel that Made Everyone Vegetarian-- Declaring the Government’s Responsibility to Protect the Rights of Workers and Consumers
Longfellow Middle
Samantha Kwon
Second Place
The Manhattan Project - Rights, Responsibilities and the Burden of Atomic Power
Haycock Elementary
Galila Tulu
Second Place
Right to Remain Silent: The Miranda v. Arizona Court Case
West Springfield High
Adabel Biniam
Third Place
Qey Shibir
West Springfield High
Tasnia Rahman
Third Place
The Seneca Falls Convention: Helping Change Rights, Helping Shift Responsibilities
Francis C. Hammond Middle

Paper

Avery Brandt
First Place
Individual Liberty vs. The Common Good: How Jacobson v. Massachusetts Explored The Complex Balance Between Rights and Responsibilities Through the Lens of Vaccination
Albemarle High
Mina Liu
First Place
For Better or For Worse: In the Shadows of Silenced Rights and Abandoned Research Responsibilities at the Cincinnati Hospital
Longfellow Middle
Lorelei Rousseau
Second Place
A Century Long Fight for Constitutional Gender Equality
William Monroe Middle
Aanya Singh
Second Place
The 1924 Khasis’ Forest Freedom Struggle: Rights, Responsibilities, and Environmental Legacy
Collegiate School
Briana Brown
Third Place
Failure to Uphold Rights and Responsibilities: The Tuskegee Syphilis Study - Briana Brown
Cosby High
Caroline Tso
Third Place
When is it Right?: When to Declare Equal Rights to Marriage
Frost Middle
(2025) Virginia History Day State Contest Special Awards

VMFA Arts & Literature Award

Nina Bucey-Card
RachelCarsonandSilentSpringstate.pdf
Pulaski County Middle
Ayaan Khan
UK Music Censorship
Fredericksburg Academy
silas squillaro
UK Music Censorship
Fredericksburg Academy
Gavin Wheeler
UK Music Censorship
Fredericksburg Academy

VCU Center for Sport Leadership Sports History Award

Sasha Grey
Title IX: Fight for Equality
Browne Academy
Leela Kharkar
Title IX: Fight for Equality
Browne Academy
Shenan Lewis
A Dirty Game: The Genocide Behind the 1978 World Cup
Tallwood High
Kian Lucus
Title IX: Fight for Equality
Browne Academy
Carter March
Title IX: Fight for Equality
Browne Academy

ALSA Asian History Award

Rayan Gupta
Japanese Internment: Rights and Responsibilities
J. Michael Lunsford Middle

The Hollins University Women's History Award

Scarlett Andress
Women's Coeducation Rights at UVA
James River High
Katie Batthany
Women's Coeducation Rights at UVA
James River High
Jordan Rafferty
Women's Coeducation Rights at UVA
James River High
Elsi Reinicke
UVA's Gritty Women of 74'
Leslie H. Walton Middle
Angelina Wilkerson
Women's Coeducation Rights at UVA
James River High

LGBTQ+ History Award

Cailyn Jiao
Love Without Boundaries: Taiwan's Fight for Same Sex Marriage
Grafton High

The Betsy S. Barton History Day Scholarship

Caroline Bruton
Precious Cargo: Operation Babylift and America’s Responsibility to a Defeated Ally
Fluvanna County High

Encyclopedia Virginia Elementary Project Award

Aprameyan Ramanujan
Atoms for Peace
Spring Hill Elementary

Anne R. Worrell Junior Project Award

Julia Jones
Post-Brown Segregation in Richmond Public Schools: A History of Resistance
Albert Hill Middle

Bobby Chandler Senior Project Award

Elsie Cole
Shenandoah National Park: The Struggle Between Land Development, Preservation, and Human Rights
Western Albemarle High
Amelia Schulz
Shenandoah National Park: The Struggle Between Land Development, Preservation, and Human Rights
Western Albemarle High

ALSA Latino History Award

Dahlia Obiedat
The Cuban Rafter Exodus: A Multifaceted Battle for Rights and Responsibilities
Blacksburg High

CodeVA Technology and Innovation Award

Wyatt Davis
The Manhattan Project: Testing the Limits of Nuclear Rights & Responsibilities
West Springfield High
Celeste Ide
Plastic: How A Solution Became Pollution
Joseph T. Henley Middle
Thomas Walker
The Manhattan Project: Testing the Limits of Nuclear Rights & Responsibilities
West Springfield High
Ben Warbel
The Manhattan Project: Testing the Limits of Nuclear Rights & Responsibilities
West Springfield High

George C. Marshall Award in Diplomacy

Caroline Bruton
Precious Cargo: Operation Babylift and America’s Responsibility to a Defeated Ally
Fluvanna County High
Adriel Lopez
D-Day: How America Helped Turn the War
Swift Creek Middle
Luke Monahan
D-Day: How America Helped Turn the War
Swift Creek Middle

George Washington Leadership Award

Isaac Malik
The Truman Doctrine: The Responsibility of the U.S.A. to Protect the Right to Democracy
Herndon High
Zain Malik
The Truman Doctrine: The Responsibility of the U.S.A. to Protect the Right to Democracy
Herndon High
Emery Talley
Sherman's march to the sea: When Rights and Responsibilities Clash
Charlottesville Day School

John Marshall Center Prize for Constitutional History & Civics

Yoonsub Choi
Bananagate: Watershed Economic Reforms for the Protection of Fair Competition
Oakton High
Elaina Wang
The Social Security Act: Balancing Rights and Responsibilities in a Nationwide Retirement System
Longfellow Middle

MacArthur Memorial Award

Aswini Bhattarai
Women who served in World War 2
Dranesville Elementary
Madeline Bruton
Rationing During World War II
Fluvanna County High
Willow Elliott
Justice Beyond Borders: Nuremberg Trials and Their Role in Human Rights
Pulaski County Senior High
Prudence Middleton
Women who served in World War 2
Dranesville Elementary
Ella Milleson
Rationing During World War II
Fluvanna County High

Mary Bicouvaris Award in Virginia History

Eve Flavin
Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
Linkhorne Middle
Eleanor Fontaine
Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
Linkhorne Middle
Josi Hall
Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
Linkhorne Middle
Harmony Spinner
Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
Linkhorne Middle
Grant Swenty
The Real Cost of Gold Mining
Rockbridge County High
Waverly Thomasey
Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
Linkhorne Middle

MCV Foundation Medical History Prize

Briana Brown
Failure to Uphold Rights and Responsibilities: The Tuskegee Syphilis Study - Briana Brown
Cosby High
Deen Lateef
Battered Bodies: Medicine’s Betrayal of Minority Communities
Louise A. Benton Middle

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Award

Katerina Canning
The Opioid Crisis: How Purdue Pharma Impeded on Patient Rights
Fredericksburg Academy
Connor Sims
The Opioid Crisis: How Purdue Pharma Impeded on Patient Rights
Fredericksburg Academy
Savannah Wright
The Opioid Crisis: How Purdue Pharma Impeded on Patient Rights
Fredericksburg Academy

Military Aviation Museum Award in Aviation History

Russell Bucy
Flying with a Red Tailwind: How the Tuskegee Airmen Spearheaded a Larger Civil Rights Movement
Rockbridge County High
Luke Eichholz
Flying with a Red Tailwind: How the Tuskegee Airmen Spearheaded a Larger Civil Rights Movement
Rockbridge County High
Caleb Evans
Civilly Responsible Tuskegee Airmen
William Monroe Middle
Michael Hardwick
Civilly Responsible Tuskegee Airmen
William Monroe Middle

National Maritime Historical Society Award

2nd Place
Isabelle Koneru
The Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff
Swift Creek Middle
1st Place
Colin Li
Chesapeake Oyster Wars: How the Tragedy of the Commons Demonstrates a Need for Maritime Rights and Responsibilities
Longfellow Middle

Naval Order of the United States Award in Naval History Award

Seraphina Colliver
The WAVES program: A splash in womens rights
Blacksburg New School
Elizabeth Lisic
The WAVES program: A splash in womens rights
Blacksburg New School
Mariska Sharma
Yeomanettes: The First Women to Salute
John Handley High

The 1882 Foundation History Award

Sophia Jiao
The Rise of Another Era of Slavery: The Dehumanization of Indentured Chinese and Indian Laborers
Grafton High
Arya Patel
The Rise of Another Era of Slavery: The Dehumanization of Indentured Chinese and Indian Laborers
Grafton High

The Robert Russa Moton Museum African American History Prize

Noah Diebler
Preservation and Erasure in Colonial Yorktown
Grafton High
August Price
The Weight of Responsibility to Protect Civil Rights: Separate Rights are Not Equal Rights
Longfellow Middle

White House History Prize

Joaquin Garcia
The Pentagon Papers
West Springfield High
Taylor Johnson
Watergate: The Scandal That Would Shock the Nation
St. John Neumann Academy
Zach Kurry
The Pentagon Papers
West Springfield High
Ellie Lentner
Freedom of Religion; Influenced by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
Graham Intermediate
Rylan Wasky
Watergate: The Scandal That Would Shock the Nation
St. John Neumann Academy
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