Google : Wisconsin Teenagers Doodle Wins National Google Contest

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Wisconsin Teenagers
Doodle Wins National
Google Contest
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (May 22,
2013) Sabrina Brady was
named the 2013 U.S. winner of
the Doodle 4 Google competition
for her image titled Coming
Home. Her artwork will be
featured on Googles (NASDAQ: GOOG) homepage tomorrow, May 23. The Wisconsin student
won a $30,000 college scholarship and a $50,000 technology grant for her high school.
Students from across all 50 states participated in the sixth annual contest. They were asked to
draw their interpretations of this years theme, My Best Day Ever... The panel of judges that
included Katie Couric, Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman and Brian Henson, picked 50 state
winners from the 130,000 submissions. The public then voted on their favorite doodles from each
of the five age groups. After the national finalists were selected Google executives selected
Brady as the national winner.
High school senior Sabrina
Bradys drawing of her best
day ever, when her father
returned home from Iraq,
took first place in the 2013
Doodle 4 Google contest.
Google : Wisconsin Teenagers Doodle Wins National Google Contest
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The top national finalists , who each received a $5,000 college scholarship: Reagan Gonsalves,
first-grader at Santan Elementary School in Chandler, Ariz., for her doodle My best day ever is
learning about nature; Audrey Zhang, fourth-grader at Michael F. Stokes Elementary School in
Levittown, N.Y., for her doodle When I discover paradise!; Maria Iannone, seventh-grader at
Chestnut Ridge Middle School in Sewell, N.J ., for her doodle The best day ever; and J oseph
Han, eighth-grader at Falmouth Middle School in Falmouth, Maine, for his doodle Late-
afternoon bliss.
Google CEO Larry Page said, I was particularly touched by Sabrinas doodle. I loved the way
she incorporated genuine emotion with the creative use of the Google letters. This moment
clearly resonated with voters across America and everyone here at Google.
All 50 state finalists will have their artwork displayed in a special exhibition of their artwork at
American Museum of Natural History in New York until J uly 14, 2013.
I was honored to be named the national winner. It was an important moment for me and I loved
being able to express it through this contest Brady said. Brady plans to attend the Minneapolis
College of Art and Design in the fall.
The annual Doodle 4 Google national competition is open to K-12 students in U.S. schools.
Students are asked to create their own Google doodle. Through this contest Google encourages
and celebrates the creativity of young people.
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Google : Wisconsin Teenagers Doodle Wins National Google Contest
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Director of Public Relations
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Chelsea@google.com, www.google.com
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