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Ada Margaret Smith Award

NOTE: This award is open to students in grades 6-12.

The Ada Margaret Smith Award is named in memory of a long-time Cameron teacher and historian because of her love for and commitment to students and history. This award is presented to the most promising young historian at HOTRHF. Each sponsor is allowed to nominate one student for this award. The student must be registered under the teacher to qualify.

  • Student’s first and last name
  • Sponsor's email address
  • Student’s project division and category
  • Student’s project title
  • Name of school
  • Name of history fair sponsor
  • A brief statement on why this student is a promising historian (1-2 paragraphs)

Nominate a student for the Ada Margaret Smith Award here

Nominations for the award will be screened by HOTRHF representatives. The top nominees will be invited to an interview. Student sponsors will be notified by Friday, February 13, 2023 if their student was selected for interview. Arrangements for an interview will be made at this time.

The award recipient will receive a plaque and a prize. The winner will be announced at the annual Heart of Texas Regional History Fair Awards Ceremony.


Past Ada Margaret Smith Award Winners

Year

Name

School

1989

Ronald Meador

West High School

1990 

Stephanie Brown  

St. Louis School

1992 

Luke Barbin  

St. Louis School

1993  

Carrie Trice

Lorena High School

1995

Wylie DeWalt

Reicher High School

1996

Matt Hartley

St. Louis School

1997

Greg Borchardt

Lorena Middle School

1998

Branson Heinz

Lorena Middle School

1999

Karen Petree

Lake Air Middle School

2000

Chris Lemley

Lorena High School

2001

Corley Sims

Nicholas Steger

Lake Air Middle School

Midway Middle School

2002

Whitney Brewton

Lorena High School

2003

Brittany Anderson

A. J. Moore Academy

2005

Stevie Walker-Webb

A. J. Moore Academy

2006

Lindsay Liles

C.H. Yoe High School

2007

Whitney Gafford

Lorena High School

2008

Karl Lockhart

Midway High School

2009

Taylor Gersbach

Katherine Parker  

Waco High School

Tennyson Middle School

2010

Corey Roberts

Waco High School

2011

Josh Conatser

Waco High School

2012

Reed Cooper

Waco High School

2013

Nathan Wells

Waco High School

2014  

Tarean Stotts

Waco High School

2015  

Bennett Johnson

Waco High School

2016 

James Ackerman 

Atlas Academy

2018 

Truman Cunningham 

Quinn Middle School Annex-Rapoport Academy

2019

Caroline Moehlebrock

Belton New Tech @ Waskow
2020 Hannah Wood

North Belton Middle School

2021

Fiona Fulton Lorena High School

2022

Carrie-Ann Keane Robinson Junior High

 

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Carroll Library Building
1429 S. 5th St.

Heart of Texas Regional History Fair
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One Bear Place #97186
Waco, TX 76798-7186

hotfair@baylor.edu
(254) 710-3783
Baylor BU Heart of Texas Regional History Fair Awards HOTRHF Special Awards Ada Margaret Smith Award
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