2024 State Contest Finalists
The 2024 finalists from the state-level National History Day contest in North Carolina.
| Award | Student(s) | Project Title | School | Teacher/Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Group Documentary, 1st Place | Alvin Shen, Dennis Lin | Meiji Restoration: The Turning Point of Japan's History | Jay M Robinson Middle | Heather Layton |
| Junior Group Documentary, 2nd Place | Abigail Blair, Lyla Varnum | The Day The River Ran Red: The Wilmington Coup of 1898 | The International School at Gregory | Sarah Stepanski |
| Junior Group Documentary, 3rd Place | Grace Wachtel, Katherine Gierl | A Pill Safer Than Alka-Seltzer: Thalidomide and the FDA | St. Michael the Archangel | Paul Gauthier |
| Junior Group Exhibit, 1st Place | Olivia Stetler, Zipporah Tunnage | In Flames: America's Only Successful Coup | Holly Shelter Middle | Jeffrey Stanek |
| Junior Group Exhibit, 2nd Place | Omer Demirci, Raoul Favret | On The Edge | Pine Springs Preparatory Academy | Jerry Hensler |
| Junior Group Exhibit, 3rd Place | Atiksh Bhan, Benjamin Estrem, Miles Fitzgerald | The 1898 Wilmington Massacre: Stifling The Economic And Political Future Of Wilmington | Wilmington Academy of Arts and Sciences | Ryan Gibble |
| Junior Group Performance, 1st Place | Lea Nuckles, Madalo Bean | How The Storming Of The Bastille Changed France Forever | Wayne School of Engineering | Michell Rutledge |
| Junior Group Performance, 2nd Place | Eleanor Savoy, Elizabeth Brown, Eska Garrison, Madeline Barker | The Massacre of the Romanovs: The Murders that Established Communist Russia | ArtSpace Charter School | Ian Canary-King |
| Junior Group Website, 2nd Place | Caroline Sleik, Lia Corbeil | Virginia Apgar And The Apgar Score | Hendersonville Middle | Anne Boyette |
| Junior Group Website, 3rd Place | Ben Kowalak, Samuel Cannon | Roman Concrete: Laying The Foundation For Modern Architecture | Hendersonville Middle | Anne Boyette |
| Junior Individual Documentary, 1st Place | Daniel Bashtovyy | The Hungarian Revolution Of 1956 | Oakwood School | Erica Imbimbo |
| Junior Individual Documentary, 2nd Place | Abram Baker | The Most Dangerous Event In History | Wilmington Academy of Arts and Sciences | Ryan Gibble |
| Junior Individual Documentary, 3rd Place | Tilghman Reiss | Kicked off the Pitch: The 1921 Bans on Women's Soccer | Wilmington Academy of Arts and Sciences | Ryan Gibble |
| Junior Individual Exhibit, 1st Place | Penelope Gilliland, Khushi Ravi Kumar, Sarahna Agarwal | Women Must Not Depend Upon The Protection Of Men, But Must Be Taught To Protect Herself | Pine Springs Preparatory Academy | Jerry Hensler |
| Junior Individual Exhibit, 2nd Place | Ruby Huggins | Keeping It Cool: How Refrigeration Changed History | Hendersonville Middle | Anne Boyette |
| Junior Individual Exhibit, 3rd Place | Eliza Johnson | A Call To Action | Wilmington Academy of Arts and Sciences | Ryan Gibble |
| Junior Individual Website, 1st Place | Zayden Young | Homer Plessy and the Doctrine of Separate but Equal | Hendersonville Middle | Anne Boyette |
| Junior Individual Website, 2nd Place | Sarah Taaffe | The Phonograph: The Invention That Changed the Music Industry | Woodlawn School | Michael Perry |
| Junior Individual Website, 3rd Place | Ada Staebell | The Monuments Men: The Fight To Preserve Europe's Cultural Treasures | Hendersonville Middle | Anne Boyette |
| Junior Paper, 1st Place | Michael Wei | Citizenship, the 14th Amendment, and Justice | Davis Drive Middle | Alex Wei |
| Junior Paper, 2nd Place | Tiger Zhao | From Pain to Power - How the Attack on Pearl Harbor Changed History | Davis Drive Middle | Chengmin Huang |
| Junior Paper, 3rd Place | Elle Sprenger | The Radium Girls: How Tragedy Led To Advancements in Health And Safety | Woodlawn School | Michael Perry |
| Senior Group Documentary, 1st Place | Audrey Seiler, Clarissa Hamlin, Zanyiah Lash | Black World War Two Veterans: The Catalyst for Justice Through the Civil Rights Movement and Beyond | Rockingham Co Early College High | Valencia Abbott |
| Senior Group Documentary, 2nd Place | Emma He, Irene Xu | Buckle Up! How Synthetic Plastic Changed the Automobile Industry | Early College at Guilford | Morris Johnson |
| Senior Group Documentary, 3rd Place | Elianna Yoder, Jonah Hardin, Kyle Malt | Hawks and Doves: How the Tet Offensive of 1968 provoked a tumultuous political and social turning point in America. | Classical Scholars | Yvonne Krowka |
| Senior Group Exhibit, 1st Place | Catherine Kendall, Ellen Lan | From Tsarism to Communism: A Failed Transformation | Cary Academy | Naomi Barlaz |
| Senior Group Exhibit, 2nd Place | Hanna Davis, Leo Boersma, Sophia Catino, William King | How Standard Oil's Mark Can Never Be Erased | New Hanover High | Chad Goins |
| Senior Group Exhibit, 3rd Place | Faith Brennan, Grace Liu, Meredith Presnell | Seo Taiji and Boys: How the First K-Pop Group Defied Tradition and Ignited the Korean Wave | Early College at Guilford | Morris Johnson |
| Senior Group Performance, 1st Place | Ava Karis Renegar, Campbell Hodge, Kerrigan Wankel | Where are the Women? How The Bond Between Indigenous Women And The Suffragists Created A Turning Point In The Movement For Women's Rights. | Classical Scholars | Eliza Hardin |
| Senior Group Performance, 2nd Place | Alex Lin, Bryan Fernandes, Keegan Fullagar, Marnie Lasher | The Battle of Guilford Courthouse | Early College at Guilford | Morris Johnson |
| Senior Group Performance, 3rd Place | Ishaan Sinha, Jaya Koneswaran, Jishnu Kolla, Ohm Patel, Vihaan Mitra | Cutting Edge: How Sliced Bread Changed the World | Early College at Guilford | Morris Johnson |
| Senior Group Website, 1st Place | Adam Politi, Rowan Forkin, Slade Forkin | Orbital Beginnings: Sputnik and the Birth of the Space Age | Cape Fear Academy | Nathan Gergel |
| Senior Group Website, 2nd Place | Abby Mocharnuk, Nishitha Daniel | The Holodomor: A Turning Point in the History of Genocide | Early College at Guilford | Morris Johnson |
| Senior Group Website, 3rd Place | Ezra Kushigian, Ryan Malt | W.H.O.? Zhdanov that is Who. How One Man Created a Turning Point in World Health, Medical Advancements, and Foreign Relations | Classical Scholars | Eliza Hardin |
| Senior Individual Documentary, 1st Place | Finn McElwee | Friends to Enemies: The CIA Backed Coup in Iran | Chapel Hill High | Veena Anglin |
| Senior Individual Documentary, 2nd Place | Kanishka Dhaliwal | The Bangladesh Liberation War | Oakwood School | Erica Imbimbo |
| Senior Individual Documentary, 3rd Place | Samuel Pate | How Personal Photography Changed Our View of Warfare | Massey Hill Classical High | Mark Czechowski |
| Senior Individual Exhibit, 1st Place | William Gardner | The Chevrolet Corvair | Cape Fear Academy | Nathan Gergel |
| Senior Individual Exhibit, 2nd Place | Magali Murray | The Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 | Crossroads FLEX | Cheryl Murray |
| Senior Individual Exhibit, 3rd Place | Lucia Reynal | Penicillin, Molding Solutions | Woodlawn School | Cameron Edsall |
| Senior Individual Performance, 1st Place | Isabella Hardy | Hang Down Your Head and Cry: The Turning Point Of The American Folk Revival | Gryphon Academy | Elizabeth Hardy |
| Senior Individual Performance, 2nd Place | David Milbourne | How Did the September 11th Attacks Change the US? | Reid Ross Classical High | David Pearce |
| Senior Individual Performance, 3rd Place | Julian Garcia | How Was the Fall of the Berlin Wall a Turning Point in History? | Reid Ross Classical High | David Pearce |
| Senior Individual Website, 1st Place | Kathryne Hong | The Vietnam War: A Turning Point for Black American Civil and Social Rights in the Military | Durham Academy | Brian Fennessy |
| Senior Individual Website, 2nd Place | Jack Kendall | Canned Food | Woodlawn School | Cameron Edsall |
| Senior Individual Website, 3rd Place | Maggie Norris | Silver Linings: Lasting Impacts Of Civil War Photography | Junius H Rose High | Stephanie Noles |
| Senior Paper, 1st Place | Xiaozhi Pan | Ideological Hegemony in China: A Tradition with Deep Historical Roots | Asheville School | Nathaniel Johnson |
| Senior Paper, 2nd Place | Scott McFarland | Escaping The Malthusian Trap: The Haber-Bosch Process | Isaac M Bear Early College High School | Stephen McFarland |
| Senior Paper, 3rd Place | Evan Cox | The Zimmermann Telegram: The Message That Transformed The World | Cape Fear Academy | Nathan Gergel |
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