Place
of Convention:
Arlington Convention Center, Texas
Date of Convention: June 14-17, 2000
Total Attendance: 2837 Clubs: 164
Paid Attendance: 2788 Non Paid (judges, exhibitors, pre-school,
staff): 49
Elected Chairman of Board: Mr. Harry Ward, Virginia
Elected Vice Chairman of Board: Mr. W. C. Totten, West
Virginia
Elected
as National Junior Student Officers
President:
Chandra
Comeaux ( Erath Middle School, Louisiana)
Vice Pres: Jerika
Wilson (Trigg County Middle School, Kentucky)
Secretary: Jay
Elliott (Seymour Middle School, Tennessee)
Reporter: Matthew
Garrett (Metcalfe County Middle School, Kentucky)
Chaplain: Joel
Cummings (Lauderdale Middle School, Tennessee
COMPETITION
WINNERS
Attendance
Award
Pierre Part Middle School, Louisiana (155)
Arts
and Crafts
Paintings
(Oils or Acrylics)
1st
Place:
Juhn Marie Green (Bowling Green School, Louisiana)
2nd Place: Crystal Brown (Holly Hill Middle School, South
Carolina)
3rd Place: Erin Ridley (Columbia Middle School, Illinois)
4th Place: Courtney Moses (Williamsburg Independent School,
Kentucky)
5th Place: Heather Alexander (North Pike Middle School,
Mississippi)
Photography
1st
Place:
Marty Smith (Gilmer Middle School, Georgia)
2nd Place: Ashley Hodgkins (Gregg Middle School, South
Carolina)
3rd Place: Stacy Walden (Millsap Junior High School, Texas)
4th Place: Erin Warren (Philadelphia Elementary School,
Mississippi)
5th Place: Aaron King (Tenaha Middle School, Texas)
Sculpture
1st
Place:
Lacey Bridges (Daphne Middle School, Alabama)
2nd Place: Brithey Menconi (Round Top-Carmine High School,
Texas)
3rd Place: Gabrielle Hawkins, Bryce Suber, Katrina Johnson
(The Imani School, Texas)
4th Place: Rochelle Barbar (Milwee Middle School, Alabama)
5th Place: Caitlan Lochridge (Honey Grove Middle School,
Florida)
Sketching-Pastels
or Charcoal
1st
Place:
Ginny Darcsisin (North Pike Middle School, Mississippi)
2nd Place: Grace Aimar (Moultrie Middle School, South
Carolina)
3rd Place: Dustin Kinsey (Lyman Ward Military Academy,
Alabama)
4th Place: Lauren Tucker (Northwestern Middle School,
Georgia)
5th Place: Rochelle Barber (Milwee Middle School, Florida)
Sketching-Pen,
Pencil or Ink
1st
Place:
Rebekah Reeder (Athens Bible School, Alabama)
2nd Place: Ginny Dancsisin (North Pike Middle School,
Mississippi)
3rd Place: Lauren Rosser (Moultrie Middle School, South
Carolina)
4th Place: Raeley Armstrong (Parkview Baptist School,
Louisiana)
5th Place: Lauren Hughes (Mabank Middle School, Texas)
Watercolors
1st
Place:
Ryan Utterback (Bath County Middle School, Kentucky)
2nd Place: Ginny Dancsisin (North Pike Middle School,
Mississippi)
3rd Place: Courtney Mahler (Honey Grove Middle School,
Texas)
4th Place: Melissa Souza (Santa Fe High School, Florida)
5th Place: Loren Brackeen (Athens Bible School, Alabama)
Crafts
Crochet/Knitting
1st
Place:
Cathy Restivo (Sacred Heart-Conroe, Texas)
2nd Place: Amanda Carter (Echols County Middle School,
Georgia)
3rd Place: Olivia Watson (Monroe County Middle School,
Kentucky)
4th Place: Sarah Dean (J. Frank White Academy, Tennessee)
5th Place: Nateka Capps (Woodmont Middle School, South
Carolina)
Cross
Stitch
1st
Place:
Jami Smith (Elkhorn City Elementary School, Kentucky)
2nd Place: Kristie Wagner (Valverda Elementary School,
Louisiana)
3rd Place: Amanda Lyle (Metcalfe County Middle School,
Kentucky)
4th Place: Rebekah Sallee (Athens Bible School, Alabama)
5th Place: Sarah Kevett (Eldorado Middle School, Illinois)
Hand-made
Jewelry
1st
Place:
Rachel Reutter (Gretna Middle School, Virginia)
2nd Place: Andrew Henry (Choctaw Central Middle School,
Mississippi)
3rd Place: Kristy Coffey (Metcalfe County Middle School,
Kentucky)
4th Place: Cheyenne Wallace (Tucker Elementary School,
Mississippi)
5th Place: Kara Girado (James Bowie Elementary School,
Texas)
Needlepoint/Embroidery
1st
Place:
Jami Smith (Elkhorn City Elementary School, Kentucky)
2nd Place: Kayli Blanchard (Napoleonville Middle School,
Louisiana)
3rd Place: Amber Dickison (Honey Grove Middle School,
Texas)
4th Place: Chasity Yates (Union Elementary School, Mississippi)
5th Place: Misty Hopson (Anna Middle School, Illinois)
Woodworking
1st
Place:
Bart Bolton (Belgreen High School, Alabama)
2nd Place: Justin Lowe (Daphne Middle School, Alabama)
3rd Place: Tommy Morrison (Bryan Elementary School, Alabama)
4th Place: Melissa Krause (Round Top-Carmine High School,
Texas)
5th Place: Cheyne Opiela (Youngsville Middle School, Louisiana)
Wreaths
1st
Place:
Brittani Black (Hempstead Middle School, Texas)
2nd Place: Jamie Rush (Monroe County Middle School, Kentucky)
3rd Place: Katie Thrash (Philadelphia Elementary School,
Mississippi)
4th Place: Tiffany Francis (Sacred Heart-Crosby, Texas)
5th Place: Megan Hileman (Jonesboro Elementary School,
Illinois)
Banners
1st
Place:
Northwestern Middle School, Georgia
2nd Place: Lanier Middle School, Georgia
3rd Place: Cumberland County High School, Kentucky
4th Place: Greenfield Junior High School, Tennessee
5th Place: Millsap Junior High School, Texas
Campaign
Skits
1st
Place:
Beulaville Junior High School, North Carolina (Justin Duff)
2nd Place: Johnsonville Middle School, South Carolina
(Heidi Bishop)
3rd Place: Metcalfe County Middle School, Kentucky (Matthew
Garrett)
4th Place: Honey Grove Middle School, Texas (Chad Foster)
5th Place: Seymour Middle School, Tennessee (Jay Elliott)
Essay
1st
Place:
Brandy Kay Faulkner (Clay County High School, Alabama)
2nd Place: Mark Kendall (Eldorado Middle School, Illinois)
3rd Place: Stefanie Parker (Carver Middle School, Mississippi)
4th Place: Brent Baxley (Seymour Middle School, Tennessee)
5th Place: Tonya Sexton (Metcalfe County Middle School,
Kentucky)
Quiz
Bowl
1st
Place:
Webb Bridge Middle School, Georgia
2nd Place: Arab Junior High School, Alabama
3rd Place: Moultrie Middle School, South Carolina
4th Place: Gladden middle School, Georgia
Scrapbook
1st
Place:
Greenfield School, Tennessee
2nd Place: Philadelphia Elementary School, Mississippi
3rd Place: Sacred Heart School-Crosby, Texas
4th Place: Erath Middle School, Louisiana
5th Place: Jeff Davis Middle School, Georgia
Service
Award
1st
Place:
Recovering the Gifted Child Academy, Illinois
2nd Place: Inman Middle School, Tennessee
3rd Place: L.J. Price Middle School, Georgia
4th Place: B.F. Grady School, North Carolina
5th Place: Red Bank Elementary School, Tennessee
Songfest
1st
Place:
Bath County Middle School, Kentucky
2nd Place: River’s Edge Elementary School, Georgia
3rd Place: Greenfield School, Tennessee
4th Place: Chinquapin Junior High School, North Carolina
5th Place: Honey Grove Middle School, Texas
Speech
1st
Place:
Jolie Daniels (Swainsboro Middle School, Georgia)
2nd Place: Cary Ash (Park Forrest Middle School, Louisiana)
3rd Place: Brent Baxley (Seymour High School, Tennessee)
4th Place: Justin Harris (Boutte Christian Academy, Louisiana)
5th Place: William Dyson (The Imani School, Texas)
Spelling
1st
Place:
Geoffrey Thomas (Paul Breaux Middle School, Louisiana)
2nd Place: Thad Salmen (Christ the King School, Kentucky)
3rd Place: Moreko Griggs (Kate Collins Middle School,
Virginia)
4th Place: Michael Willian (Hart County High School, Kentucky)
5th Place: Kat Noble (James Bowie Elementary School, Texas)
T-Shirt
Design
1st
Place:
Joseph Martin (Choctaw Central Middle School, Mississippi)
2nd Place: Tonisha Williams (Belle Rose Middle School,
Louisiana)
3rd Place: Jeff Chmielewski (Northwestern Middle School,
Georgia)
4th Place: Clay Dopson (Lyman Ward Military Academy, Alabama)
5th Place: Andrea Pike (Philadelphia Junior High School,
Mississippi)
Talent-Group
1st
Place:
Monroe County Middle School, Kentucky
2nd Place: Athens Bible School, Alabama
3rd Place: Avondale Elementary School, Georgia
4th Place: St. George Episcopal School, Texas
5th Place: Pierre Part Middle School, Louisiana
Talent-Special
1st
Place:
Dutch Fork Middle School, South Carolina (Diexia Wang)
2nd Place: Glade Elementary School, Mississippi (Leigha
Dry)
3rd Place: Purks Middle School, Georgia (Brandon Crowley)
4th Place: Tom Bean Middle School, Texas (Kelsi Parrish)
5th Place: Gretna Middle School, Virginia (Dana Cooke)
National
Officer Runners-UP
President: Brittany Rucka
(Sacred Heart School-Crosby, Texas)
Vice Pres.: Chance Johnson (Mabank Middle School, Texas)
Secretary: Sean Ferrell (Union Middle School, Mississippi)
Reporter: Kyle Robinson (Philadelphia Junior High School,
Mississippi)
Chaplain: Matthew Taheri (Plainview High School, Alabama)
