2023 Special Award Winners

2023 Special Award Winners

Baylor Film and Digital Media

Perseverance, Bravery, and Breaking the Frontier: Alexandra Bui, Elysse, Bui, Isabelle Howson, and Emry Olivarez           
North Belton Middle

Baylor Law School

Southern Integration: Jack Fugitt, Chance McPherson, Memphis Moore, and Emma Ward 
Moody Middle

The Evolution of Gas as a Weapon: Tyler Larsson and Jarrett Springfield 
Moody Middle

Me for Ma: A Frontier for Women in Politics: McKenna Brindley, Kinleigh Fulton, Alexa Harbour, Swikriti Lamichhane, and Brynlee Newberry      
North Belton Middle

Allyson Felix: Wynne Houghton
Moody Middle

Baylor University Institute for Oral History

Southern Integration: Jack Fugitt, Chance McPherson, Memphis Moore, and Emma Ward 
Moody Middle

Bell County Museum

Higgs Boson: Barrett Brown      
South Belton Middle

Perseverance, Bravery, and Breaking the Frontier: Alexandra Bui, Elysse, Bui, Isabelle Howson, and Emry Olivarez           
North Belton Middle

Exploring the Final Frontier: A Race to Space: Levi Crotty, Colton Jeffreys, Joshua Lighthall, Michael Lockett, and Quinn Partke     
North Belton Middle School

Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Sterling C. Robertson Chapter

Remember the Tejanos at the Alamo: Luke Blevin         
Eagle Christian Academy

Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Sterling C. Robertson Chapter

Susanna Dickinson: Anna Exaire
Lake Belton Middle School

Dr Pepper Museum

Chili Queens: Jhetzza Carbajal   
Atlas Academy

Festival on the Brazos

Chili Queens: Jhetzza Carbajal   
Atlas Academy

Historic Waco

Me for Ma: A Frontier for Women in Politics: McKenna Brindley, Kinleigh Fulton, Alexa Harbour, Swikriti Lamichhane, and Brynlee Newberry      
North Belton Middle

Chili Queens: Jhetzza Carbajal   
Atlas Academy

The First Automobiles in Texas: Alexis Speegle and Bridget Tosse
Lake Belton Middle

McLennan County Historical Commission

Chili Queens: Jhetzza Carbajal   
Atlas Academy

Museum Association of Waco

Morse Code: Abigail Bland
Eagle Christian Academy

Technological Frontier Opened by Benjamin Franklin: Kenzie McPherson
Moody Middle School

National Society of the Colonial Dames - Waco Town Committee

Revolutionary War: Madelyn Rodriguez and Anabel Wilmot   
South Belton Middle

National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elizabeth Gordon Bradley Chapter

Revolutionary War: Madelyn Rodriguez and Anabel Wilmot   
South Belton Middle

National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Henry Downs Chapter

Revolutionary War: Madelyn Rodriguez and Anabel Wilmot   
South Belton Middle

The Links, Inc., Waco

Frontiers in History: African American's Struggle for Equality: Emily Hernandez 
Chaparral High School

Me for Ma: A Frontier for Women in Politics: McKenna Brindley, Kinleigh Fulton, Alexa Harbour, Swikriti Lamichhane, and Brynlee Newberry      
North Belton Middle

Chili Queens: Jhetzza Carbajal   
Atlas Academy

Sarah J. Hale: Natalie Erler and Kate Roberson   
Lorena High School

The Texas Collection

Chili Queens: Jhetzza Carbajal   
Atlas Academy

W. R. Poage Legislative Library

Dorothea Lynde Dix: Reformer and Activist: Zuly Barco  
Atlas Academy

Frontiers in History: African American's Struggle for Equality: Emily Hernandez   
Chaparral High School