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History Day 2015 State Competition took place on April 25, 2015 at DeWitt High School. The results are listed below.

Documentaries

Youth Individual Documentary

1. “Henry Ford”
   by: Kieran Russell, Marshall (State, 1st Place; Best Entry in �鶹��ýӦ�� History, sponsored by Meijer)
2. “Abraham Lincoln”
   by: Linus Resek, South Haven (State, 3rd Place)
3. “The Wright Brothers”
   by: Lucia Brophy, Cassopolis

Junior Individual Documentary

1. “Hoffa: Leadership and Legacy through the NMFA”
   by: Charles Hinkley, Home School (National Finalist)
2. “Thornton & Lucy Blackburn”
   by: Dynisha Hackworth, Cassopolis
3. “A. Philip Randolph - Pioneer in Unions and Civil Rights for Black Americans”
   by: David Harn, III, Gagie (Kalamazoo) (National Finalist)

Junior Group Documentary

1. “Alexander Fleming and the Story of Penicillin”
   by: Ellen Beach, Savannah Harrison, Janelle Pike, and Julie Widman, Gagie (Kalamazoo)
2. “The Legacy and Leadership of William Wallace”
   by: Lars Larsen, Kyle Lewis, and   Maddox Uckele, South Haven
3. “Nikola Tesla - The Man Who Held Lightning”
   by: Avery Daugherty and Jessee Ford, South Haven

Senior Individual Documentary

1. “Cheff Center”
   by: Brooklyn Joslyn, Portage Central

Senior Group Documentary

1. “Dr. Homer Stryker: Life and Legacy”
   by: Hannah Lane-Davies and Hayden Lane-Davies, Home School (National Finalist)

Exhibits

Youth Individual Exhibits

1. “Fidel Castro: Cuba's Mastermind or Menace?”
   by: Isabella Dacoba, Gagie (Kalamazoo) (State, Best Entry in Latino American/Hispanic World History, sponsored by Hispanic Latino Commission of �鶹��ýӦ�� in Partnership with Lansing Area Sister Cities Commission)
2. “Vlad the Impaler: The Legacy Behind the Cape”
   by: Nic Sheppard, South Haven (State, 1st Place)
3. “Lord Robert Baden-Powell - Turning Youth into Productive Citizens”
   by: Sean Cornish, Gagie (Kalamazoo) (State, 2nd Place)

Youth Group Exhibits

1. “Rosa Parks: The Chosen Face of the Montgomery Bus Boycott”
   by: Vivian Marshall and Katharine Nguyen, Kazoo (Kalamazoo) (State, 1st Place)
2. “I Have a Dream”
   by: Turab Alam and Owen Boukalik, Gagie (Kalamazoo)
3. “Women's Rights”
   by: Julia Mosier and Lana Nehme, Gagie (Kalamazoo)

Junior Individual Exhibits

1. “The Blue World - The Leadership and Legacy of Jacques Cousteau”
   by: Aidan Hammond, Gagie (Kalamazoo) (National Finalist)
2. “Col. Benjamin O. Davis”
   by: Grant Doolittle, Marshall (State, Best Entry in African American/People of African Descent World History, sponsored by Hispanic Latino Commission of �鶹��ýӦ�� in Partnership with Lansing Area Sister Cities Commission)
3. “Claudette Colvin”
   by: Kennady King, Cassopolis

Junior Group Exhibits

1. “Si Se Puede! (Yes we Can!) The Cesar Chavez Story”
   by: Reese Kerschner and Caden McKinley, Gagie (Kalamazoo) (State, Best Entry in Latino American/Hispanic World History, sponsored by Hispanic Latino Commission of �鶹��ýӦ�� in Partnership with Lansing Area Sister Cities Commission)
2. “Alice Paul: Revolutionary”
   by: Wu Clarke, Reed Crocker, and Andrew Martin, Kazoo (Kalamazoo)
3. “Teddy Roosevelt, a Leader of Life” 
   by: Jalyn Dubois and Liam Fagan, Gagie (Kalamazoo) (National Alternate)

Senior Individual Exhibits

1. “John E. Fetzer: Pioneer, Patriarch, and Philanthropist”
   by: Caroline Yapp, Hackett Catholic (Kalamazoo) (National Finalist)
2. “Religion: Movements in History”
   by: Hannah Karakula, Heritage Christian (Kalamazoo)

Senior Group Exhibits

1. “Jackie Robinson: The Legacy”
   by: Bryce Bauman, Bryant Cross, Matthew Palella, and Kyle Triemstra, Heritage Christian (Kalamazoo) (National Finalist)
2. “Winston Churchill”
   by: Noah Kitzman, Kaleb Peterson, and Isaac Wallace, Heritage Christian (Kalamazoo)
3. “The Life and Legacy of Eleanor Roosevelt”
   by: Rachel Bil, Rachel Forrest, and Courtney VanHorn, Heritage Christian (Kalamazoo) (National Finalist)

Performances

Youth Individual Performances 

1. “Mary Cassatt: Impressionist Painter”
   by: Ashley Woytal, Gagie (Kalamazoo) (State, 1st Place)
2. “Helen Keller: An Inspiration”
   by: Genevieve Kim, Gagie (Kalamazoo) (State, 3rd Place)
3. “Mother Teresa”
   by: Diya Singh, Gagie (Kalamazoo) (State, 2nd Place)

Youth Group Performances

1. “The Legacy of Nathan and Pamela Thomas”
   by: Collin Bogue, Kennedy Brooks, Anna Leach, Keith Porter, and Kendon Williams, Cassopolis (State, 1st Place; Best Entry in African American/People of African Descent World History, sponsored by Hispanic Latino Commission of �鶹��ýӦ�� in Partnership with Lansing Area Sister Cities Commission)
2. “The Little Lady Who Wrote the Book that Started the War”
   by: Zaniya Dodd, Faith Floor, and Rachel Williams, Cassopolis
3. “Steve Jobs - The Man Who Thought Differently”
   by: Carter Borton, Jack Molitor, and Dylan Shaman, Gagie (Kalamazoo) (State, 2nd Place)

Junior Individual Performances

1. “Theodore Roosevelt”
   by: Zach Lewis, Gagie (Kalamazoo) (National Alternate)
2. “Rachel Carson- An Environmental Legacy”
   by: Emerson Wesselhoff, Gagie (Kalamazoo) (National Finalist)
3. “The Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi”
   by: Hrishikesh Vaddineni, Gagie (Kalamazoo)

Junior Group Performances

1. “Geraldine Doyle: Freedom Through A Poster”
   by: Chloe Lupini, Eva Metro-Roland, and Gabriella Tiedeman, Kazoo (Kalamazoo) (National Alternate)
2. “The Life and Legacy of Harriet Tubman”
   by: Caroline Haenicke, Katherine Larason, and Jayden Lewis, Gagie (Kalamazoo) (National Finalist)
3. “Frederick Douglass”
   by: Avery Ansinn and Elise Postma, South Haven

Senior Individual Performances

1. “Diane Crump: Run for the Roses and Through the Gender Barrier”
   by: Emma Simon, South Haven (National Finalist)
2. “Gerald R. Ford: Headfirst into Chaos to Heal a Shaken Nation”
   by: Anthony Wise, South Haven (National Finalist)

Senior Group Performances

1. “Capone: A Kind Word and a Gun”
   by: Garrett Fragala and Gladys Gonzalez, South Haven (National Finalist)
2. “The Mind of Hitler”
   by: Elizabeth Carpenter and Nolani Schnabel, Heritage Christian (Kalamazoo) (National Finalist)

Websites

Youth Group Websites

1. “Jackie Robinson”
   by: Maxwell Campbell, Jillian Carey, Rowan Clark, and Ethan Cole, South Haven
2.  “John Lennon: Making Music to Promote Peace”
   by: Annie Betts, Gus Crothers, and Elliot Russell, Kazoo (Kalamazoo) (State, 1st Place)

Junior Individual Websites

1. “Mahatma Gandhi”
   by: Jina Patel, South Haven
2. “Marie Curie and the Science of Radioactivity”
   by: Cami Kittredge , Kazoo (Kalamazoo)
3. “Notable Women Authors”
   by: Grace Marshall, Kazoo (Kalamazoo)

Senior Individual Websites

1. “Lyndon Baines Johnson: The Legacy of a Leader”
   by: Noah Taylor, Heritage Christian (Kalamazoo) (National Finalist)
2. “George S. Patton Jr., The Crucial General in WWII”
   by: Brian Horan, South Haven

Junior Group Websites

1. “Qin Shi Huang and The Terracotta Army” by: Abigail Lassila and Simone Marshall, Kazoo (Kalamazoo) (National Finalist)
2. “1000 Songs in your Pocket: How the iPod and iTunes Revolutionized the Music Industry”
   by: Sophie Decker and Bowen Kittredge, Kazoo (Kalamazoo) (National Alternate)
3. “The Rise and Fall of Emperor Nero”
   by: Ava Apolo and Laryn Kuchta, Kazoo (Kalamazoo)

WMU faculty: Wilson Warren and James Cousins