2010 Winners listed below:
Please click on the names below to view a PDF document of each students’s winning essay.
Grand Scholarship Prize: $50,000 scholarship (up to $12,500 per year renewable up to four years)
Andrea Bestor
Junior, Avon Lake High
1st Runner Up: $25,000 scholarship (up to $6,250 per year renewable up to four years)
Amnon Carmi
Junior, Beachwood High
2nd Runner-Up: $15,000 scholarship (up to $3,750 per year renewable up to four years)
Diane Ryu
Junior, Shaker Heights High
7 Honorable Mentions – $1,000 cash prize
Conner DeWeerd
Senior, Brecksville/Broadview Heights High
Tamar Kodish
Senior, Shaker Heights High
Rachel Littler
Senior, Garrett A. Morgan School of Science
Melekte Melaku
Senior, Mayfield High
Brett Musick
Senior, Beachwood High
Jenn Novak
Junior, Brecksville/Broadview Heights High
Mario Pollard
Senior, Cleveland School of the Arts
Lower Grades-cash prizes
10th Grade
$300 First Prize: Laura Milstein
Brush High
$200 Second Prize: Hayleigh Sanders
Olmsted Falls High
$100 Third Prize: Clay McMullen
West Geauga High
9th Grade
$300 First Prize: Seth M. Kubaitis
Kenston High
$200 Second Prize: Tyler C. Gamble
Cleveland Heights High
$100 Third Prize: Tiairra Varner
Cleveland Heights High
8th Grade
$300 First Prize: Chidera I. Mgbudem
R. B. Chamberlin Middle
$200 Second Prize: Anna E. Stanton
Rocky River Middle
$100 Third Prize: Holly Krampitz
Rocky River Middle
7th Grade
$300 First Prize: Lilly Makee
West Geauga Middle
$200 Second Prize: Shawn Zubek
St. Mary Byzantine
$100 Third Prize: Beka Waterman
Hathaway Brown
6th Grade
$300 First Prize: Elizabeth Ye
Orchard Middle
$200 Second Prize: Blaise DeRoberts
Montessori at Holy Rosary School
$100 Third Prize: Gabrielle E. Goodman
North Royalton Middle