National History Day in South Carolina 2007
State Award Recipients

Congratulations to Linda Hardin, Tanglewood Middle School, Greenville
Richard T. Farrell National History Day Teacher of the Year
 

More than 300 middle and high school students from around the state converged on the S.C. Archives and History Center on April 28 to take part in the National History Day state finals competition. The students competed individually and in groups in four categories: historical papers, exhibits, performances and documentaries. The two Gold Medalists in each category earned the opportunity to represent South Carolina at the national competition in June at the University of Maryland.

Junior Historical Paper
Gold Medalist and Recipient of the Confederation of State and Local Historical Societies Award for Best Junior Division Historical Paper: Sarah Rhu; The Triumph and Tragedy of Robert Smalls; Hand Middle School, Columbia; Teacher: Carolyn Donchatz
NationalContest: 3rd place and Best Entry on Civil War History

Gold Medalist: Anthony Scannella; The Navajo Secret; Trinity Collegiate, Darlington; Teacher: Lucy McCoy

Silver Medalist: Randall Still; Miguel Cervantes and Don Quixote; League Academy, Greenville; Teacher: Jeri Sarracina

Junior Individual Documentary
Gold Medalist: Jackie McSorley; "Immunized or Paralyzed" - Triumphs and Tragedies of the Polio Vaccine; Hand Middle, Columbia; Teacher: Carolyn Donchatz
National Contest: 14th Place

Gold Medalist: Destry Jones; A Maine Yankee in King Cotton's Courthouse; Crayton Middle School, Columbia; Teacher: Mary Ann Odom

Silver Medalist: Gray Johnson; The Warsaw Ghetto: From Tragedy to Triumph; Schofield Middle School, Aiken; Teacher: Mark Roberts

Junior Group Documentary
Gold Medalist: Luke Barker, Erik Engstrom; Accusation, Discrimination, Incarceration: The Japanese American Internment; Laing Middle School, Mt Pleasant; Teacher: Margaret Price

Gold Medalist: Annalise Eberhard, Kari Mahannah, Rachel Perkins; Voices of Mauthausen: Tragedy of a Concentration Camp and the Triumph of the Human Spirit ; Schofield Middle School, Aiken: Mark Roberts
National Contest: 3rd place

Silver Medalist: Morgan Fulmer, Jamie Brill; The Great Race of Mercy: Tragedy Turned to Triumph; Schofield Middle School, Aiken; Teacher: Mark Roberts

Junior Individual Performance
Gold Medalist: M. Hunter Green-Myers; Francis Marion, The Swamp Fox of the Lowcountry: Tragedy to Triumph; South Aiken Baptist School, Aiken; Teacher: Deborah Green-Myers

Gold Medalist: Cannon Spradley; A City in Ruins: The Tragic Decisions of Isaac Cline and the Galveston Hurricane on 1900; Sullivan Middle School, Rock Hill; Teacher: Bud Cope

Silver Medalist: David Arias; The Stono Rebellion; Kelly Mill Middle School, Columbia; Teacher: Phillip Corsi

Junior Group Performance
Gold Medalist: Helen Martin; Se'phora Le'on, Amy Knight; A Voice That Fought for Freedom; League Academy, Greenville; Teacher: Jeri Sarracino

Gold Medalist: Raegan McCullough, Sabrina Pierce, Jolee Young; Anne Frank: From Tragedy to Triumph; Starr-Iva Middle School, Starr, Teachers: Sheryl Bobo, Dana McMullan

Silver Medalist: Elyssa Easterling; Macy Martin, Cameron Brock; Katherine Oliver; Ellis Island: Immigration, Reception, and Quarantine Station, Long Middle School, Cheraw; Teacher: Debra Ballard

Junior Individual Exhibit
Gold Medalist: Carolina Cubbage; Death By Fire; Sullivan Middle School, Rock Hill; Teacher: Bud Cope

Gold Medalist: Laura McNeill; The Day the Clowns Cried; New Ellenton Middle, Aiken; Teacher: Bonnie B. McNeill
National Contest: 12th Place

Silver Medalist: Sawyer Jackson; Island Hopping: The Strategy for Triumph over Japan during World War II; Schofield Middle School, Aiken; Teacher: Mark Roberts

Junior Group Exhibit
Gold Medalist: Aran Savory, Ginger Seymour; The Trials: Triumph and Tragedy of a Struggling Puritan Community; Hand Middle School, Columbia; Teacher: Carolyn Donchatz

Gold Medalist: Lauren Heaton, Erica Powell, Emily Hendrix; Strike: The General Textile Strike of 1934 at Chiquola Mill; Starr-Iva Middle School, Starr; Teachers: Christy Dodd, Sheryl Bobo
National Contest: Outstanding state Entry - Junior Division and 5th place

Silver Medalist: Stewart Bryant, Jeffrey Lorenz, Kiefer Johnson; Desmond Doss: A Triumphant Hero in the Battle of Okinawa; Trinity Collegiate, Darlington; Teacher: Lucy McCoy

Junior Individual Website
Gold Medalist: Caitlin Wolfe; The Night of Long Knives; Saluda Trail Middle School, Rock Hill, Teacher: Emily Warner

Senior Historical Paper
Gold Medalist: Nadine Luedicke; Trummerfrauen: The Forgotten Heroes; Ridge View High School, Columbia; Teacher: Michael Bates

Gold Medalist and Recipient of the Confederation of State and Local Historical Societies Award for Best Senior Division Historical Paper: Emily Bowerman; The Triumph of the Tragic Match Girls; Ridge View High School, Columbia; Teacher: Michael Bates

Silver Medalist: Daniel Morales; Cotton in White, Black, and Green: Cotton Cultivation in Antebellum South Carolina and its Economic Consequences on White Persons, Slavery, and the Environment; HomeSchool S.C.H.O.L.A.R.s, Irmo

Senior Individual Documentary
Gold Medalist: Ramsey Hardin; Valley Forge: Tragic Retreat, Triumphant Return; Greenville High School, Greenville, Teacher: Linda Hardin

Gold Medalist: David Petty; The Hope for Triumph and the Ultimate Tragedy at the Honea Path Textile Strike; Spartanburg Christian Academy; Spartanburg; Teacher: Thurston Faulkner
National Contest: Outstanding State Entry - Senior Division and 10th Place

Silver Medalist: Jamie Montgomery; The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: From Tragedy to Triumph; Rock Hill High School, Rock Hill; Teacher: Haley Whyte

Senior Group Documentary
Gold Medalist: Gabriel Carvalho-Silva; Shreyas Kousik; Zhehao Mao; Japanese Atrocities in China During the Second Sino-Japanese War; Academic Magnet High School, Charleston; Teacher: Jason Stackhouse

Gold Medalist: Walker Stinnette, Brennan Baylis, MacKenzie Sunday, Meredith Nix; Jamestown: A New World Triumph; A. C. Flora High School, Columbia, Teacher: Mary Ann Odom

Silver Medalist: John Minner, Rayce West, Travis Cartee, Laiken Shepherd; Triumph and Tragedy of the Civil War: The Rise and Fall of Confederate Nationalism; Summerville High School, Summerville; Teacher: Jeremy Shumpert

Senior Individual Performance
Gold Medalist: Ami Pulaski, Mary Chesnut; Governor's School for the Arts, Greenville; Teacher: Rusty Godfrey

Gold Medalist: Jennifer Gilmore; There is No Magic Dividing Line; Silver Bluff High School, Aiken; Teachers: Donna Eisenhart, Jim McNeill

Senior Group Performance
Gold Medalist: Christian Hainey, Jackie Pierce; "We Can Do It!": The Triumphant Work of Women on the Home Front During the Tragedy of World War II; Cheraw High School, Cheraw; Teacher: Gail Ingram

Gold Medalist: Charles Craig, Alex Herron; The Telecommunication War; Rock Hill High School, Rock Hill; Teacher: Ms. Yetman

Silver Medalist: Elijah Kitts, Jim Reynolds, Anthony Gilbert, Jeffrey Floyd, Carter Brewer; “Baylan-Haven Mather Academy:” Triumph and Tragedy in American History; Camden Military Academy, Camden; Teacher: John Heflin

Senior Individual Exhibit
Gold Medalist: Brittany Pifer, The H.L. Hunley: An Innovative Triumph with a Tragic Fate; Blythewood High School, Blythewood; Teacher: Marc Turner

Gold Medalist: Mary Elizabeth Walters; Hell's Highway: Triumph to Tragedy in Operation Market Garden; Trinity Collegiate, Darlington; Teacher: Bryan Kaye

Silver Medalist: Katherine Brown; Black Thursday; Rock Hill High School, Rock Hill; Teachers: Haley Whyte, Tina Janus

Senior Group Exhibit
Gold Medalist: Divyesh Patel, Garrett Forman, Aaron Miller; The Manhattan Project: A Triumphant Tragedy; Cheraw High School, Cheraw; Teacher: Gail Ingram

Gold Medalist: Dragos Ciobanu, Georgia Harpe; The Kindertransport: A Small Triumph over the Tragedy of the Holocaust; Cheraw High School, Cheraw; Teacher: Gail Ingram

Silver Medalist: Trey Lee; Aakash Patel; Gandhi and the Independence Movement of India: The Triumph of India's Independence and the Tragedy of the Hindu-Muslim Conflict; Cheraw High School, Cheraw; Teacher: Gail Ingram

Senior Individual Website
Gold Medalist: Mike Griffis; The Federal Art Project: Visual Arts During the Great Depression; Governor's School for the Arts, Greenville, Teacher: Rusty Godfrey

Gold Medalist: Cassandra Falk, Senator Joseph McCarthy: A Man Out to Make a Point; Governor's School for the Arts, Greenville; Teacher: Rusty Godfrey

Senior Group Website:
Gold Medalist: Chestley Couch, Jr., John Ramsey; The Apollo Program: Triumph and Tragedy in the Space Race; Summerville High School, Summerville; Teacher Jeremy Shumpert

Special Topic Awards
University of South Caroliniana Award for Best Entry on South Carolina History Using South Carolina Primary Sources; Junior Divison: Sarah Rhu; The Triumph and Tragedy of Robert Smalls; Hand Middle School, Columbia; Teacher: Carolyn Donchatz

University of South Caroliniana Award for Best Entry on South Carolina History Using South Carolina Primary Sources; Senior Divison: David Petty; The Hope for Triumph and the Ultimate Tragedy at the Honea Path Textile Strike; Spartanburg Christian Academy; Spartanburg; Teacher: Thurston Faulkner

The Wil Lou Gray Award for Outstanding Entry on Women’s History

Junior Division: Elise Mercer, Eleanor Roosevelt; McCracken Junior High School, Spartanburg; Teacher: Sandy Abbott-Powell

Senior Division: Shelby Meadows, Megan Barden; Activist, Volunteer, Reformer: Dorothea Lynde Dix; Silver Bluff High School, Aiken; Teachers: Donna Eisenhart, Jim McNeill

The Jimmy Doolittle Award for Outstanding Entry on Military History

Junior Division: Sydney Hammond, Sarah Disario; The Battle of Iwo Jima; McCracken Junior High, Spartanburg, Teacher: Sandy Abbott-Powell

Senior Division: Jessica Jordan; “GQ Johnny”: The Triumph and Tragedy of the USS Johnston in the Battle Off Samar Island; Trinity Collegiate, Darlington; Teacher: Bryan Kaye

The Textile Award for Outstanding Entry on the History of Labor

Junior Division: Katie McDuffie, Cami de Lucy, Elizabeth Gilchrist, "The Strike is On!" - The Tragedy and the Triumph of the Honea Path Textile Strike; Hand Middle School, Columbia, Teacher: Carolyn Donchatz

The John C. West Award for Outstanding Entry on World History

Junior Division: Jake Henderson; Auschwitz: "Never Again"; McCracken Junior High School, Spartanburg; Teacher: Sandy Abbott-Powell

Senior Division: Adam Matyi-Szabo, The Siege of Belgrade: Defending the Gateway to Europe; Academic Magnet High School, Charleston; Teacher: Frank Flanigan

The Charles Woodmason Award for Outstanding Entry on the History of Religion

Junior Division: Alex Krainin, Zach Fuller, Jackson Dent, Josh Pruett; Creation of Israel: Triumph and Tragedy; Trinity Collegiate, Darlington; Teacher: Bryan Kaye

The William Barrett Travis Award for Outstanding Entry on the History of the American West

Junior Division: Candie Escobar, Edith Anastacio, Johana Morales, Jesus Guadarrama, Reyes Esteban; Spanish Triumph- Aztec Tragedy: Cortez and the Aztecs, Tanglewood Middle School; Teacher: Linda Hardin

National History Day in South Carolina Teacher of Merit
Linda Hardin, Tanglewood Middle School, Greenville
Richard T. Farrell National History Day Teacher of the Year