Cori Barwick, a student at Hastings (Nebraska) Middle School, earned a $6,000 scholarship to Hastings College for her individual exhibit titled, “The Race to the South Pole.” She received her award February 27, when Hastings College hosted a regional event for National History Day for middle and high school students.
Other top students receiving scholarships include the first runner-up duo with their website named “The Jonestown Massacre: The Tragedy of How a Cult Leader Led 900 People in a Mass Suicide.” The duo consisted of Natalie Brandt and Andrew Brandt of Hastings Senior High. Each received a $5,000 scholarship.
Second runner-up group of Destiny Songer, Cierra Cannady and Mireya Guiterrez of Hastings Senior High all received a $4,000 scholarship for their group exhibit titled, “The Triangle Factory Fire: Triumph out of Tragedy.”
The top three recipients in each category are listed below.
Top Award Recipients
Junior Division (grades 6-8)
Individual Documentary
First place: Bree Witte of Hastings Middle School with “Hated Heroes”
Group Documentary
First place: Rebekah Evans and Mary Howie of Hastings Middle School with “Polio Vaccination: The Tragedy & Triumph of Polio”
Individual Exhibit
First place: Cori Barwick of Hastings Middle School with “The Race to the South Pole”
Second place: Blake Schiffbauer of Hastings Middle School with “The Triumph and Tragedy of Lafayette Escadrille”
Third place: Spencer Schiffbauer of Hastings Middle School with “Apollo 13: The Successful Failure”
Group Exhibit
First place: Ethan Shaw and Jacob Petr of Sandy Creek Middle School with “The Unbreakable Code”
Second place: Jake Dane, Zachery Corman and Connor Janda of Sandy Creek Middle School with “9/11”
Third place: Ella Martin, Lexi Shuck and Sophie Dane of Sandy Creek Middle School with “Women’s Suffrage”
Historical Paper
First place: Kaleb Whitmore of Sandy Creek Middle School with “Martin Luther King Jr: A Man of Powerful Words”
Senior Division (grades 9-12)
Group Documentary
First place: Anna Wibbles and Diana Brailita of Hastings Senior High with “Magic Bullet: Triumphant Development of Penicillin”
Second place: Chelsey Espinosa and Mary Ferone of Hastings Senior High with “Triumph of the Unbroken Man, Louis Zamperini”
Third place: Katilyn Zimmerman, Sydney Nelson and Alice Vu of Hastings Senior High with “The Tragedy of Hatred; The Triumph of Love: Loving v. Virginia”
Individual Exhibit
First place: Cooper Beahm of Hastings Senior High with “12 Days of Terror”
Second place: Calan Brant of Hastings Senior High with “The Great Chicago River Rerouting”
Third place: Courtney Beave of Hastings Senior High with “The Triumph of the Newsies”
Group Exhibit
First place: Destiny Songer, Cierra Cannady and Mireya Gutierrez of Hastings Senior High with “The Triangle Factory Fire: Triumph out of Tragedy”
Second place: Ashlee Long, Brittany Oschner and Aerely Chacon of Hastings Senior High with “From Triumph to Tragedy: Welcome Aboard the Titanic”
Third place: Brayden Mackey, Trevor Sullivan and David Smith of Hastings Senior High with “Domestic Terrorist or Hero? The Triumphs and Tragedies in the Life of John Brown”
Historical Paper
First place: Ben Anderson of Hastings Senior High with “The Morning Sun Shines Over the Prison Wall: The Cambodian-Vietnemase War and the End of the Cambodian Genocide”
Second place: Hayden Stephenson of Hastings Senior High with “The Triumph of Title IX”
Third place: Laif Hutline of Hastings Senior High with “Triumph & Tragedy on the Open Range- The Life & Death of Isom Prentice Olive”
Group Website
First place: Natalie Brandt and Andrew Brandt of Hastings Senior High with “The Jonestown Massacre: The Tragedy of How a Cult Leader Led 900 People in a Mass Suicide”
Second place: Amelie Carlson and Colin Scarlet of Hastings Senior High with “Standing Firm for Their Faith”
Third place: Jenna Heinz, Caitlin Rempe, Lexie League and Adrianna Clark of Sandy Creek High School with “Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a Dream Speech””
Group Performance
First place: Kael Nissen, Hannah Evans, Anderson Rogers, Kobi Ennen and Katelyn Ceclre of Hastings Senior High with “The Rise and Fall of the Third Wave”
Second place: Rachely McKelvy and Gracie Cervantes of Hastings Senior High with “The Tragic Trials of Salem”
Hastings College is a private, four-year institution located in Hastings, Nebraska, that focuses on student academic and extracurricular achievement. Hastings College has been named among “Great Schools, Great Prices” by U.S. News & World Report and a “Best in the Midwest” by The Princeton Review. For more, go to hastings.edu.
