(2025) N.C. History Day State Contest Category Results
Group Documentary
Abigail Blair
First Place Medalist
Chords of Defiance: The Resistance of the Wilmington Ten
The International School at Gregory
Charlotte Burre
First Place Medalist
Invisible Wounds: How The Legal Right To Wage War Led to the Responsibility to Restore Psychological Health For Our Veterans
Classical Scholars
Zoe Ihde
First Place Medalist
Invisible Wounds: How The Legal Right To Wage War Led to the Responsibility to Restore Psychological Health For Our Veterans
Classical Scholars
Kaia Rolfe
First Place Medalist
Invisible Wounds: How The Legal Right To Wage War Led to the Responsibility to Restore Psychological Health For Our Veterans
Classical Scholars
Lyla Varnum
First Place Medalist
Chords of Defiance: The Resistance of the Wilmington Ten
The International School at Gregory
Maddux Hansel
Second Place Medalist
The Dark Side of Discovery: Exploring Ethical Issues in Medical Research
Hendersonville Middle
Kate Huscher
Second Place Medalist
The Dark Side of Discovery: Exploring Ethical Issues in Medical Research
Hendersonville Middle
Finn McElwee
Second Place Medalist
Silenced: How NC's Public Employees Lost Their Voice
Chapel Hill High
Suh Hee Shin
Second Place Medalist
Silenced: How NC's Public Employees Lost Their Voice
Chapel Hill High
Abigail Bruce
Third Place Runner-up
The Woman Who Changed Medicine: Innovation, Injustice, and the Infamous Theft of Henrietta Lack's Cells
Early College at Guilford
Yadira Mendez
Third Place Runner-up
Peeking Through History: The Right to Privacy
Hendersonville Middle
Princess Piamah-Assin
Third Place Runner-up
The Woman Who Changed Medicine: Innovation, Injustice, and the Infamous Theft of Henrietta Lack's Cells
Early College at Guilford
Evie Scroggs
Third Place Runner-up
Peeking Through History: The Right to Privacy
Hendersonville Middle
Group Exhibit
Catherine Kendall
First Place Medalist
Shifting Stories: How Education Reframed Korematsu
Cary Academy
Ellen Lan
First Place Medalist
Shifting Stories: How Education Reframed Korematsu
Cary Academy
Sadie Lankford
First Place Medalist
If Only: The Story of the Wilmington Ten
Holly Shelter Middle
Scarlett Rauen
First Place Medalist
If Only: The Story of the Wilmington Ten
Holly Shelter Middle
Joyce Xu
First Place Medalist
Shifting Stories: How Education Reframed Korematsu
Cary Academy
Lilly Cacawa
Second Place Medalist
Title IX
ArtSpace Charter School
Gemma Edwards
Second Place Medalist
Title IX
ArtSpace Charter School
Elena Gale
Second Place Medalist
Stolen Childhoods
St. Michaels Homeschool Co-op
Emma Rose Laurell
Second Place Medalist
Stolen Childhoods
St. Michaels Homeschool Co-op
Zelie Polnaszek
Second Place Medalist
Stolen Childhoods
St. Michaels Homeschool Co-op
Sophia Siebert
Second Place Medalist
Stolen Childhoods
St. Michaels Homeschool Co-op
Chloe Dixon
Third Place Runner-up
The Animal Welfare Act: How It Changed the Responsibilities of Those Accountable for Animals
Hendersonville Middle
Alex Pearson
Third Place Runner-up
The Animal Welfare Act: How It Changed the Responsibilities of Those Accountable for Animals
Hendersonville Middle
Aynsley Tryon
Third Place Runner-up
The 13th Amendment: Slaves of The State
Isaac M Bear Early College High School
Valeria Valdiri
Third Place Runner-up
The 13th Amendment: Slaves of The State
Isaac M Bear Early College High School
Group Performance
Zia Cartrett
First Place Medalist
Society of the Living Dead: How the Denial of Corporate Responsibility Resulted in Worker Rights Violations and the Tragic Loss of Life
Classical Scholars
Tybi Dugdale
First Place Medalist
Society of the Living Dead: How the Denial of Corporate Responsibility Resulted in Worker Rights Violations and the Tragic Loss of Life
Classical Scholars
Jonah Hardin
First Place Medalist
Nothing About Us Without Us: How One Group of Disability Rights Activists Fought for Recognition by Forcing the Government to Accept Responsibility for Discrimination
Classical Scholars
Campbell Hodge
First Place Medalist
Nothing About Us Without Us: How One Group of Disability Rights Activists Fought for Recognition by Forcing the Government to Accept Responsibility for Discrimination
Classical Scholars
Evie Koppin
First Place Medalist
Society of the Living Dead: How the Denial of Corporate Responsibility Resulted in Worker Rights Violations and the Tragic Loss of Life
Classical Scholars
Kyle Malt
First Place Medalist
Nothing About Us Without Us: How One Group of Disability Rights Activists Fought for Recognition by Forcing the Government to Accept Responsibility for Discrimination
Classical Scholars
Anslee Renegar
First Place Medalist
Society of the Living Dead: How the Denial of Corporate Responsibility Resulted in Worker Rights Violations and the Tragic Loss of Life
Classical Scholars
Ava Karis Renegar
First Place Medalist
Nothing About Us Without Us: How One Group of Disability Rights Activists Fought for Recognition by Forcing the Government to Accept Responsibility for Discrimination
Classical Scholars
Elianna Yoder
First Place Medalist
Nothing About Us Without Us: How One Group of Disability Rights Activists Fought for Recognition by Forcing the Government to Accept Responsibility for Discrimination
Classical Scholars
Kaana Anda - Morelli
Second Place Medalist
The Rights and Responsibilities to Be President - The Watergate Affair
Pine Springs Preparatory Academy
Arsema Belete
Second Place Medalist
The Rights and Responsibilities to Be President - The Watergate Affair
Pine Springs Preparatory Academy
Katelyn Kwark
Second Place Medalist
The Rights and Responsibilities to Be President - The Watergate Affair
Pine Springs Preparatory Academy
Kayligrace Moody
Second Place Medalist
Investigative Journalism
Isaac M Bear Early College High School
Olivia Steigerwald
Second Place Medalist
The Rights and Responsibilities to Be President - The Watergate Affair
Pine Springs Preparatory Academy
Anah Stough
Second Place Medalist
Investigative Journalism
Isaac M Bear Early College High School
Madalo Bean
Third Place Runner-up
League of Nations, or League of Victors?
Wayne School of Engineering
Chloe Colby
Third Place Runner-up
The Edenton Tea Party
Pine Springs Preparatory Academy
Clara Dailey
Third Place Runner-up
The Edenton Tea Party
Pine Springs Preparatory Academy
Makayla Huffman
Third Place Runner-up
The Edenton Tea Party
Pine Springs Preparatory Academy
Veeksha Kethavat
Third Place Runner-up
The Edenton Tea Party
Pine Springs Preparatory Academy
Lea Nuckles
Third Place Runner-up
League of Nations, or League of Victors?
Wayne School of Engineering
Group Website
Colin Brown
First Place Medalist
Stolen Childhoods: How the United States Stripped Native American Children of Their Human Rights to Home and Culture and Failed to Accept Responsibility for Redress
Classical Scholars
Ben Gardner
First Place Medalist
Broken Arrow: Accidentally Implementing Nuclear Code
Holly Shelter Middle
Ezra Kushigian
First Place Medalist
Stolen Childhoods: How the United States Stripped Native American Children of Their Human Rights to Home and Culture and Failed to Accept Responsibility for Redress
Classical Scholars
Rowan Maishman
First Place Medalist
Stolen Childhoods: How the United States Stripped Native American Children of Their Human Rights to Home and Culture and Failed to Accept Responsibility for Redress
Classical Scholars
Ryan Malt
First Place Medalist
Stolen Childhoods: How the United States Stripped Native American Children of Their Human Rights to Home and Culture and Failed to Accept Responsibility for Redress
Classical Scholars
Gavin Oplinger
First Place Medalist
Broken Arrow: Accidentally Implementing Nuclear Code
Holly Shelter Middle
David Ruland
First Place Medalist
Stolen Childhoods: How the United States Stripped Native American Children of Their Human Rights to Home and Culture and Failed to Accept Responsibility for Redress
Classical Scholars
Rowan Forkin
Second Place Medalist
The Geneva Conventions: A Rulebook for War in a Changing World
Cape Fear Academy
Slade Forkin
Second Place Medalist
The Geneva Conventions: A Rulebook for War in a Changing World
Cape Fear Academy
Charlie Hurwitz
Second Place Medalist
Plessy Versus Ferguson - The Journey to Freedom
Cane Creek Middle
Owen McAbee
Second Place Medalist
Plessy Versus Ferguson - The Journey to Freedom
Cane Creek Middle
Adam Politi
Second Place Medalist
The Geneva Conventions: A Rulebook for War in a Changing World
Cape Fear Academy
Jackson Renton
Second Place Medalist
The Geneva Conventions: A Rulebook for War in a Changing World
Cape Fear Academy
Abigail Bailey
Third Place Runner-up
FEMA: The Rise and Fall of U.S. National Disaster Response
Hendersonville Middle
John Bailey
Third Place Runner-up
FEMA: The Rise and Fall of U.S. National Disaster Response
Hendersonville Middle
Leah Lawhorne
Third Place Runner-up
The Cambodian Genocide Survivors in America
Wayne School of Engineering
Amber Mason
Third Place Runner-up
The Cambodian Genocide Survivors in America
Wayne School of Engineering
Individual Documentary
Joselyn Hutson
First Place Medalist
Women with Wings: The Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II
Holly Shelter Middle
Woody Taylor
First Place Medalist
Power Without Limits: The Vietnam Legacy
Woodlawn School
Lily Atwill
Second Place Medalist
A Step in the Fight for Gay Rights: Harvey Milk
Isaac M Bear Early College High School
Thanapat (Hashi) Lucksanapirak
Second Place Medalist
The WTO: Balancing Rights and Responsibilities in Global Trade
Alston Ridge Middle School
Aadhya Palamaner
Third Place Runner-up
Cinema for Change: Indian Films and Their Role in Societal Change in India
Oakwood School
Etienne van Tonder
Third Place Runner-up
Promises Made, Justice Delayed: The Right to Land in District Six
Cary Academy
Individual Exhibit
Elsie-Mae Clayton
First Place Medalist
The Federal Government and the Broken Promises
Swain County Middle School
Olivia Stetler
First Place Medalist
Explicit Content: How Censorship Led to Lyrical Liberation
Wilmington Early College High
Magali Murray
Second Place Medalist
Operation Hidden History: Laos's Rights vs. Uncle Sam's Responsibility
Holly Springs High
Max Wagner
Second Place Medalist
Humanity on Trial: The Geneva Conventions of 1949 | When the world ruled that even war must have rules
Pine Springs Preparatory Academy
Jane O'Herin
Third Place Runner-up
Cuyahoga River Fires
ArtSpace Charter School
Claire Zhong
Third Place Runner-up
Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu: A Scientist’s Rights, A Leader’s Responsibility
Cary Academy
Individual Performance
Lara Cratty
First Place Medalist
"To Arms, Citizens!": Song and People in Revolutionary France
Cratty Family Homeschool
Isaiah Zebley
First Place Medalist
The SS St Louis and the Right to Asylum
ArtSpace Charter School
Marnie Lasher
Second Place Medalist
Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington: Advocate for Women’s Rights in a World of Oppression
Early College at Guilford
Reginald Bess II
Third Place Runner-up
“Dear Mama: Voices of Black Soldiers in the Civil War, WWI, and WWII”
Tarboro High
Individual Website
Riley Gale
First Place Medalist
Rights, Responsibilities, and the Tenement House Reform Movement of New York City
Woodlawn School
Kathleen Godfrey
First Place Medalist
"You Can’t": The Rights and Responsibilities of Neurodivergent Children
Classical Scholars
Mariana Nieblas-Lugo
Second Place Medalist
Rationing: Rights and Responsibilities
Pamlico County Middle
Cayden Rybicki
Second Place Medalist
Operation Wetback: A Clash Between Rights and Responsibilities in Immigration Policy
North Henderson High
Joshua Lindgren
Third Place Runner-up
The Wounded Knee
Woodlawn School
Colin Talmadge
Third Place Runner-up
The Green Book: A Long Drive to Equality
Cane Creek Middle
Paper
Louisa Cratty
First Place Medalist
An Image of America: Photographer Russell Lee and the Rights of the People
Cratty Family Homeschool
Anisa Hasanaj
First Place Medalist
Autonomy’s Paradox: Kosovo’s Sovereignty in the Shadow of Intervention
North Carolina School Of Science And Mathematics
Andrew Larsen
Second Place Medalist
"Not in Our Name": The Central American Sanctuary Movement and the Struggle for Salvadoran Asylum Rights
Watauga High
Blondge Phanor
Second Place Medalist
The Creation of UNC-Chapel Hill
Wayne School of Engineering
Mackenzie Cihocki
Third Place Runner-up
Targeted by Industry: The Birth of the Environmental Justice Movement
Holly Shelter Middle
Greyson Wilcox
Third Place Runner-up
Shostakovich Under Fire
Cape Fear Academy