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SENATOR THOMAS V. MIKE MILLER, JR. AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN GOVERNMENT HISTORY:

Student: Aiden Fleming
Topic: Northern Ireland: The Troubles
Category: Documentary
School: John Hanson Middle School County: Charles County
Teacher: Victoria Davenport

Student: Ryan Burton
Topic: The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission: Covert Operations Against Civil Rights
Category: Documentary
School: La Plata High School County: Charles County
Teacher: Michele Bingham

SPECIAL PRIZE IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, sponsored by the Maryland Commission on African
American History and Culture:

Student: Jacqueline Dianis
Topic: The Struggle for the Right to Vote
Category: Documentary
School: Accokeek Academy County: Prince Georges County
Teacher: Nina Huff

Student: Ruben Molina, Nathaniel Mamo, Errol Stoute
Topic: Loving v. the Commonwealth of Virginia
Category: Documentary
School: Baltimore Polytechnic Institute County: Baltimore City
Teacher: Maureen ONeill

AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CIVIC ACTION AND ENGAGEMENT, sponsored by the Maryland Council
for the Social Studies:

Student: Isaac Applebaum
Topic: No Easy Road to Freedom: Nelson Mandela and South Africas Freedom Struggle
Category: Performance
School: Eastern Middle School County: Montgomery County
Teacher: Laurie Hawe

Student: Carrisa Elam, Nne Idegwu, Priscilla Laguerre, Nia Thomas
Topic: The Right to Eat
Category: Performance
School: North Hagerstown High School County: Washington County
Teacher: Samuel Spinder

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THE BARRY A. LANMAN AWARD FOR ORAL HISTORY, MARTHA ROSS CENTER FOR ORAL HISTORY,
UMBC, sponsored by John D. Willard V:

Student: Rachel Ruffennach
Topic: Red Terror in Ethiopia
Category: Performance
School: Matapeake Middle School County: Queen Annes County
Teacher: Jillian Ferris

Student: Emma Hunt, Claire Hunt, Iris Martin
Topic: A Right to an Education: Black Deaf Integration into White Deaf Schools
Category: Website
School: Frederick Homeschoolers County: Frederick County
Teacher: Christine Pritt

THE MARY DOUGLAS GLASSPOOL SPECIAL AWARD FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, sponsored by Rev.
Florence L. Ledyard, Rector, St. Bartholomews Episcopal Church:

Student: Jessica Conway
Topic: Heroes of the Holocaust
Category: Exhibit
School: Sykesville Middle School County: Carroll County
Teacher: Michael McDearmon

Student: Yaw Owusu-Boaitey
Topic: Religion, Revival, Reform: The Second Great Awakening in Antebellum America
Category: Paper
School: Marriotts Ridge High School County: Howard County
Teacher: Richard Malt, Lynn Rashid

MILTON ZASLOW AWARD IN CRYPTOLOGY, sponsored by the National Cryptologic Museum
Foundation:

Student: Carrie Domogauer, Kristen Tull
Topic: Women Spies
Category: Website
School: Matapeake Middle School County: Queen Annes County
Teacher: Jillian Ferris

Student: Jeremy Davis
Topic: The NSA Scandal
Category: Website
School: Bohemia Manor High School County: Cecil County
Teacher: Michael Means
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THE MAJOR GENERAL JOHN E. MORRISON AWARD IN EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION, sponsored by
the National Cryptologic Museum Foundation:

Student: Cassandra McIltrot
Topic: Humans vs. Humans: How Human Medical Research has Impacted Our Rights and
Responsibilities
Category: Documentary
School: Sykesville Middle School County: Carroll County
Teacher: Sarah Gallagher

Student: David Polefrone
Topic: The Case of Henrietta Lacks: Rights to Genetic Material and Informed Consent
Category: Website
School: Marriots Ridge High School County: Howard County
Teacher: Richard Malt, Lynn Rashid

THE EMILY HOFFMAN AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY, sponsored Amy Plummer and
Kenneth Hoffman:

Student: Emma Markus
Topic: The Soweto Youth Uprising: A Generation Mobilized
Category: Documentary
School: Eastern Middle School County: Montgomery
Teacher: Laurie Hawe, Ned MacFadden

Student: Maria Hoppel
Topic: The Phenominal Voyage of the SS Meredith Victory
Category: Documentary
School: Home school Sacred Heart County: Harford County
Teacher: Paula Hoppel

SPECIAL PRIZE IN ETHICAL ISSUES IN HISTORY, sponsored by the Hoffberger Center for Professional
Ethics, University of Baltimore:

Student: Gabriella Smith
Topic: The Rights and Responsibilities of a Petticoat Spy: Elizabeth Van Lew
Category: Documentary
School: Plum Point Middle School County: Calvert County
Teacher: Merry Ellen Fallica

Student: Darcy Perin
Topic: Rights and Responsibilities of Australian Aborigines
Category: Documentary
School: Calvert High School County: Calvert County
Teacher: Amie Dryer
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SPECIAL PRIZE IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION, sponsored by the Maryland Historical Trust:

Student: Amy Krimm, Madeline Merrill
Topic: The Native American Repatriation Movement: The Balance of Rights and Responsibilities
Category: Website
School: Eastern Middle School County: Montgomery County
Teacher: Laurie Hawe

Student: Dione Jacobs, Jordan Glenn
Title: The Ridgeley Rosenwald School
Category: Exhibit
School: Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. Senior High School County: Prince Georges County
Teacher: Kishanna Poteat Brown

SPECIAL PRIZE IN LABOR HISTORY, sponsored by Community College of Baltimore County, Labor
Studies Program:

Student: Jamie Ditzel
Topic: Extra, Extra
Category: Exhibit
School: Stephen Decatur Middle School County: Worcester County
Teacher: Leah Olsen

Student: Julia Thomas, Quinn Wandalowski
Topic: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Category: Website
School: Smithsburg Senior High County: Washington County
Teacher: John Fetchen

SPECIAL PRIZE IN MARITIME HERITAGE OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY, sponsored by the Maritime
Committee of the Maryland Historical Society:

Student: William Fehrenbacher, Stuart Sykes
Topic: Overharvesting Leads to Troubled Waters: Chesapeake Bay Watermen
Category: Exhibit
School: Matapeake Middle School County: Queen Annes County
Teacher: Jillian Ferris

Student: Drake Moran
Topic: Conservation of the Chesapeake Bay and the Oyster Population
Category: Exhibit
School: St. Marys Ryken High School County: St. Marys County
Teacher: Stevenson Foote

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SPECIAL PRIZE IN MARYLAND HISTORY, sponsored by the Maryland Historical Society:

Student: Caroline Walworth, Victoria Walworth, Mattie Conner, Abigail Carpenter, Grace Park
Topic: Japanese Internment: Americas Dark Days
Category: Documentary
School: Matapeake Middle School County: Queen Annes County
Teacher: Jillian Ferris

Student: Dia Brown
Topic: Harriet E. Brown and Thurgood Marshall
Category: Performance
School: Huntingtown High School County: Calvert County
Teacher: James Hall and Merry Ellen Fallica

SPECIAL PRIZE IN MARYLAND HISTORY, sponsored by the Maryland Association of History Museums:

Student: Megha Sharma
Topic: Children At Work: The Governments Neglect of Childrens Rights During Baltimores
Industrial Revolution
Category: Performances
School: Mayfield Woods Middle School County: Howard County
Teacher: Tim Grafton, Charla Philips

Student: Josef Dolde, Matthew Sciamanna
Topic: Vietnam and the Politics of Protest: From Catonsville to College Park
School: Bohemia Manor High School County: Cecil County
Teacher: Michael Means

MICHAEL E. PATTEN MEMORIAL HISTORY AWARD FOR BEST USE OF PRIMARY SOURCES, sponsored
by the Frank Patten Family:

Student: Carrie Pritt, Alayna Stepp
Topic: Life Behind A Wall: The Denial of Rights in Communist East Germany
Category: Performance
School: Frederick Homeschoolers County: Frederick County
Teacher: Christine Pritt

SPECIAL PRIZE IN MILITARY HISTORY, sponsored by the Historical Miniatures Gaming Society:

Student: Quentin Cooper
Topic: Tuskegee Airmen
Category: Exhibit
School: St. Ambrose School County: Prince Georges County
Teacher: James Goeke-Morey
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SPECIAL PRIZE IN MILITARY HISTORY, continued:

Student: Jacob Wells
Topic: Did Trumans Responsibilities to End The War Justify His Decision To Infringe on the
Civilians of Japans Right To Life?
Category: Documentary
School: Urbana High School County: Frederick High School
Teacher: Susan Levin


NAVAL AND MARITIME HISTORY AWARD, sponsored by the National Capitol Commandery of the
Naval Order of the United States

Student: Lucy Hubbard, Michelle Seaberg, Imani Humphreys-Torres
Topic: A Comparison of the British and American Perspectives of The War of 1812 from the
Home Front
Category: Performance
School: The Mount Washington School County: Baltimore City
Teacher: Ryan Kaiser

Student: Anthony Figueroa, Chase Koski
Title: USS Bailey
Category: Exhibit
School: North Caroline High School County: Caroline County
Teacher: Alan Rausch


THE PEACE STUDY CENTER AWARD, sponsored by the Peace Study Center, Baltimore:

Student: Nora Bay, Arshiya Dutta, Manasi Yedavalli
Topic: A Grain of Salt: How The Dandi Salt March Impacted the Fight for Indian Rights
Category: Exhibit
School: Eastern Middle School County: Montgomery County
Teacher: Laurie Hawe

Student: Sean Kim, Selena Willett, Nick Girard
Title: Conscientious Objectors During the Vietnam War
Category: Documentary
School: Calvert High School County: Calvert
Teacher: Amie Dryer



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SPECIAL PRIZE IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, sponsored by the UMBC Human
Context of Science & Technology Program:

Student: Kaitlyn Digsby, Nichole Fish, Kesha Pancholi, Sydney Whitaker
Topic: Breaking Barriers and Saving Lives
Category: Website
School: Old Mill Middle School North County: Anne Arundel
Teacher: Andrew Dangel

Student: Braden Scranton, Andrew Wood, Alex Paranilam
Topic: The Copyright and the Patent
Category: Website
School: Mount Saint Joseph High School County: Baltimore City
Teacher: Ryan Folmer


SPECIAL PRIZE IN WOMENS HISTORY, The Department of History, and Gender and Womens Studies
University of Maryland, Baltimore County:

Student: Emma Shaer, Mia Mayman
Topic: The Womens Suffrage Parade
Category: Performance
School: E. Russell Hicks Middle School County: Washington County
Teacher: Ginger Scally

Student: Aishwarya Shettigar, Amy Zhang
Topic: A Glimpse into the Streaks of Red: The Rights of Child Brides
Category: Exhibit
School: Baltimore Polytechnic Institute County: Baltimore City
Teacher: Maureen ONeill


The George Washington Leadership Prize sponsored by George Washingtons Mount Vernon:

Student: Cheyenne Scott
Topic: The Culper Ring: Not Just an Engagement Between Men and Women, But Against the
Common Enemy
Category: Performance
School: North Point High School County: Charles County
Teacher: Jessica Pratta


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The Judges James and Constantine Kit Sfekas Award for Law and Society, sponsored by Honorable
Stephen J. and Dr. Elizabeth Sfekas:

Student: Alex Sheranko, Garrett Kane
Topic: A President, A Judge and A Secessionist: Exparte Merryman
Category: Documentary
School: Southern Middle School County: Calvert County
Teacher: Melissa Kallfelz, Phil Logan

Student: Demetri Cendo, Ethan Greist
Topic: Nuremberg: The Modern Foundation of Human Rights
Category: Documentary
School: Allegany High School County: Allegany County
Teacher: Kimberly Sloane

Special Prize in Legal and Constitutional History, sponsored by A Generous Anonymous Donor:

Student: William Mah
Topic: Mendez vs. Westminster: One Familys Sacrifice Paved the Way for Brown vs. Board of
Education
Category: Exhibit
School: Lake Elkhorn Middle School County: Howard County
Teacher: Erica Waters

Student: Miranda Forbes
Topic: Abraham Lincoln and the Suspension of Habeas Corpus in Baltimore
Category: Paper
School: South River High School County: Anne Arundel County
Teacher: Georgia Ladd

Special Prize in Democracy, sponsored by a generous anonymous donor:

Student: Craig Storm
Topic: The Evolution of Two Democracies: The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens in
Classical Athens and Modern America
Category: Paper
School: Mattawoman Middle School County: Charles County
Teacher: Karen Thornton

TEACHER AWARDS
PATRICIA BEHRING MIDDLE SCHOOL HISTORY DAY TEACHER OF THE YEAR:
Leah Renzi, Parkville Middle School County: Baltimore County

PATRICIA BEHRING HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY DAY TEACHER OF THE YEAR:
Mark Howell, Westlake High School County: Charles County
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DISTRICT TEACHER AWARDS:

Anne Arundel County: Michael Yuscavage, Arundel High School
Calvert County: Amie Dryer, Calvert High School
Caroline County: Alan Rausch, North Caroline High School
Carroll County: Michael McDearmon, Sykesville Middle School
Central District: Ryan Folmer, Mount Saint Joseph High School, Baltimore City
Frank Passaro, Calvert Hall College High School, Baltimore County
Charles County: Mark Howell, Westlake High School
Frederick County: Scott Strait, Brunswick Middle School
Harford County: Jake Hollin, John Carroll School
Howard County: Cindy Waugh, Ellicott Mills Middle School
Prince Georges County: Nina Huff, Accokeek Academy
Queen Annes County: Jill Ferris, Matapeake Middle School
Somerset County: Carla West, Washington High School and Academy
Washington County: Tim Ackinclose, Clear Spring Middle School