2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

2002 YoungArts Winners

FINALISTS

Cinematic Arts

Khalid Ali Art Center College of Design | Baltimore, MD

Antonio Campos The Dwight School | New York, NY

Scott Gerber New York University | Staten Island, NY

Matthew Tyler Old Town High School | Old Town, ME

Dance

Kassi Abreu | Ballet Druid Hills High School | Delray Beach, FL

William Cannon | Jazz Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center | Columbus, OH

Mariana Cardenas | Modern New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Ryan Driscoll | Other Bishop Watterson High School | Columbus, OH

Terri Duhon | Modern High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Unterreo Edwards | Modern Tri-Cities High School | Austell, GA

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Jared Grimes | Tap Southwest Guilford High School | High Point, NC

Zach Ingram | Modern New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Drew Jacoby | Ballet Pacific Northwest Ballet | Seattle, WA

Erica Jimbo | Modern North Carolina School of the Arts | West Bloomfield, MI

Sarah Lane | Ballet Home School | Bloomfield, NY

Celia Merendi | Ballet New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Michelle Mola | Modern North Carolina School of the Arts | Lutz, FL

Anthony Smith | Modern High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Laura Winters | Ballet Klein Oak High School | Spring, TX

Jazz

William Artope, Jr. | Trumpet Evanston Township High School | Evanston, IL

Gerald Clayton | Keyboard Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Altadena, CA

Brian Green | Guitar Harvard-Westlake School | Los Angeles, CA

Jason Nazary | Percussion Brookwood High School | Lawrenceville, GA

Andrew Peate | Double Bass Newport High School | Bellevue, WA

Music

Justin Bahrami | Flute University of Cincinatti | La Canada, CA

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Lauren-Sarah Carpenter | Violin John L. Miller Great Neck North High School | Great Neck, NY

Rachel Easterwood | Clarinet North Carolina School of the Arts | Anniston, AL

Megan Glover | Classical Piano Eureka High School | Eureka, MO

Mario Gotoh | Violin Brookline High School | Brookline, MA

Michael Heckenkamp | Percussion Oconomowoc High School | Oconomowoc, WI

Guson Kang | Classical Piano Palo Alto High School | Palo Alto, CA

Eunice Keem | Violin New Trier Township High School | Northfield, IL

Tomo Matsuo | Classical Piano Glenbrook South High School | Glenview, IL

S. McGlinchey | Flute Lexington High School | Lexington, MA

Jane Pae | Violoncello Livingston High School | Livingston, NJ

Benjamin Pila | Classical Guitar Howard W. Blake High School | Tampa, FL

Sheridan Seyfried | Composition Home School | Oreland, PA

Tiffany Shiau | Classical Piano Gretchen Whitney High School | Cerritos, CA

Tatyana Tenenbaum | Composition Amherst-Pelham Regional High School | Amherst, MA

Photography

Omead Afshari Carver Center for Art and Technology | Reisterstown, MD

Brandi Hamilton Texas Woman University | Houston, TX

Carole McClintock

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, MD

Amber Ricke Miami Palmetto Senior High School | Miami, FL

Natalia Yovane Miami Palmetto Senior High School | Miami, FL

Theater

Daniel Amboyer | Spoken Only Interlochen Arts Academy | Shelby, MI

Afton Boggiano | Spoken and Musical Theater Nassau BOCES Cultural Arts Center | Dix Hills, NY

Abraham Cruz | Spoken Only Benjamin Franklin Terry High School | Rosenberg, TX

Leilani Drakeford | Spoken Only Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | Queens, NY

Brittany Gadbury | Spoken Only Vancouver School of Arts and Academics | Vancouver, WA

Brian Hoffman | Spoken and Musical Theater Broadneck High School | Annapolis, MD

Victoria Huston-Elem | Spoken and Musical Theater Nassau BOCES Cutural Arts Center | Huntington, NY

Adam Kingsley | Spoken Only Tates Creek Senior High School | Lexington, KY

Nicholas Mayo | Spoken and Musical Theater Interlochen Arts Academy | San Antonio, TX

Alexander Michaels | Spoken and Musical Theater Interlochen Arts Academy | New York, NY

Brad Selvig | Spoken Only Douglas Anderson School of the Performing Arts | Jacksonville, FL

Traci Skoldberg | Spoken and Musical Theater Nassau BOCES Cutural Arts Center | Hauppauge, NY

Rawson Vint | Spoken Only Wheaton Warrenville South High School | Warrenville, IL

Jack Walker-Pearson | Spoken Only Winston Churchill High School | San Antonio, TX

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Timothy Wilson | Spoken and Musical Theater Abilene High School | Abilene, TX

Visual Arts

Maria Canlas High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Stafford, TX

Rachel Danner Franklin D. Roosevelt Senior High School | Bethesda, MD

Sarah Freeman Thousand Oaks High School | Thousand Oaks, CA

David Hagerman Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | Boca Raton, FL

Hilary Jacks New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Jane Kim Benjamin N. Cardozo High School | Little Neck, NY

Matthew Krawcheck New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Cara Levine Harvard-Westlake School | Pacific Palisades, CA

Jenny Liao Benjamin N. Cardozo High School | Bayside, NY

Laini Nemett Carver Center for Art and Technology | Stevenson, MD

Holly Perez New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Carly Silverman Carver Center for Art and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Elliot Spence Carver Center for Art and Technology | Relay, MD

Benton Stone The Montgomery Academy | Montgomery, AL

Benjamin Wilke High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Voice

Charlotte Barnett | Soprano Oakcrest High School | Mays Landing, NJ

Bryan Burdick | Tenor Faith Heritage School | Brewerton, NY

Vincent Davies | Tenor Milwaukee High School of the Arts | Milwaukee, WI

Amy Lawrence | Soprano Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | South Pasadena, CA

Ted Malawer | Popular Voice Herricks High School | Roslyn Heights, NY

Karen Paxton | Soprano Providence Senior High School | Charlotte, NC

Briana Rossi | Mezzo Soprano Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School | Hamilton, MA

Mark Van-Arsdale | Tenor Cherry Creek High School | Englewood, CO

David Wolff | Baritone Richard Montgomery High School | Chevy Chase, MD

Laura Workman | Popular Voice Pine View High School | Saint George, UT

Writing

Jonas Budris | Expository Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School | Vineyard Haven, MA

Claire Cheney | Poetry Milton Academy | Milton, MA

Aditi Gupta | Expository Clarkstown High School North | New York, NY

William Holman | Poetry Towson Senior High School | Towson, MD

Lisa Holt | Short Story Perpich Center for Arts Education | Excelsior, MN

Richard Kight | Short Story

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | North Augusta, SC

Janelle Krumm | Short Story Perpich Center for Arts Education | Vadnais Heights, MN

Miriam Lawrence | Short Story Milton Academy | Brookline, MA

Arlene Levitin | Poetry John L. Miller Great Neck North High School | Great Neck, NY

Sarah Major | Short Story Hershey High School | Hershey, PA

Katherine Merrill | Expository Waynflete School | Portland, ME

Austin O’Driscoll | Short Story South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Charleston, SC

Constance Parng | Short Story William Fremd High School | Hoffman Estates, IL

Meghan Whitehead | Short Story Phillips Academy | Lynnfield, MA

Kelly Wright | Poetry The Fine Arts Center | Travelers Rest, SC

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Cinematic Arts

Cayenne Douglass Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY

Dance

Marcus Bellamy | Modern Interlochen Arts Academy | Punta Gorda, FL

Sarah Bledsoe | Choreography Booker T. Washington H. S. P. V. A | Dallas, TX

Brian Brown | Modern Professional Children’s School | New York, NY

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Ariane Crutchfield | Modern Benjamin Franklin High School | New Orleans, LA

Jessica Emmons | Jazz Booker T. Washington H. S. P. V. A | Carrollton, TX

Bharath Guntupalli | Other Bellaire Senior High School | Houston, TX

Corey Hutchins | Tap Greater Hartford Academy of Arts | Manchester, CT

Davon Rainey | Modern Interlochen Arts Academy | Memphis, TN

Dani Rose | Modern Denver School of the Arts | Golden, CO

Jennifer Rowe | Ballet University of Hawaii Laboratory School | Honolulu, HI

Jazz

Christopher Huckfeldt | Keyboard Bloomington North High School | Bloomington, IN

Brian Kinsella | Composition Roosevelt High School | Seattle, WA

Hitomi Oba | Composition Berkeley High School | Berkeley, CA

Andrew Smiley | Guitar William H. Hall High School | West Hartford, CT

Music

Chris Chung | Classical Piano Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA

Jonathan Graybill | Composition Home School | Willowstreet, PA

Carolyn Jantsch | Tuba Interlochen Arts Academy | Worthington, OH

Evan Kuhlmann | Basson Interlochen Arts Academy | Seattle, WA

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

David Marks | Violin John Hersey High School | Mount Prospect, IL

Steven Mayo | Composition Plano East Senior High School | Plano, TX

Scott Myers | Organ Interlochen Arts Academy | Doylestown, PA

Lisa Steltenpohl | Viola Lake Zurich High School | North Barrington, IL

Nicholas Stovall | Oboe Interlochen Arts Academy | Austin, TX

Azusa Ueno | Classical Piano RHAM High School | Hebron, CT

Photography

Erika Krapf Miami Palmetto Senior High School | Miami, FL

Timothy Renteria Miami Palmetto Senior High School | Miami, FL

Inga Tapias The Art Institute of Los Angeles | Miami, FL

Theater

Paul Andersen | Spoken Only Winston Churchill High School | San Antonio, TX

Sh’lon Anderson | Spoken Only Interlochen Arts Academy | Detroit, MI

Katherine Foster | Spoken Only Yorktown High School | Arlington, VA

Michala Hansen | Spoken and Musical Theater Interlochen Arts Academy | Marquette, MI

David James | Spoken and Musical Theater Natomas Performing Fine Arts Academy | Rocklin, CA

Andrew Pastides | Spoken Only South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Columbia, SC

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Keith Sidney | Spoken Only Jones Academy Magnet | Chicago, IL

Nicholas Westrate | Spoken Only Interlochen Arts Academy | Junction, MI

Henry Wiener | Spoken Only Power Academic and Performing Arts Complex | Jackson, MS

Danielle Williamson | Spoken and Musical Theater Howard W. Blake High School | Valrico, FL

Visual Arts

Brett Gottdener Chadwick School | Palos Verdes Estates, CA

Emily Holland High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Jamie Kutner Carver Center for Art and Technology | Pikesville, MD

Kate Mauldin New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Samuel Miller Albert Einstein High School | Silver Spring, MD

Tara Niemann Albert Einstein High School | Derwood, MD

Jeffrey Niesen Pinellas County Center for the Arts - Gibbis High School | Belleair, FL

Jennifer Sage Poolesville High School | Poolesville, MD

Alexandra Sheldon Shelton High School | Shelton, WA

Robert Weiss Booker T. Washington H. S. P. V. A | Dallas, TX

Elizabeth Wellinghoff Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI

Nash Wolford Avon, NY

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Voice

Monique Carreño | Soprano New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Brandon Conley | Tenor Interlochen Arts Academy | Fort Wayne, IN

Nayanna Holley | Popular Voice Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Mary McGehee | Soprano Westminster Schools | Atlanta, GA

Grace McLean | Jazz Voice Orange County High School | Costa Mesa, CA

Erica Schuller | Soprano Milwaukee High School of the Arts | Milwaukee, WI

Writing

Sara Douglas | Short Story East Hampton High School | East Hampton, NY

Leatha Edmonson-Smith | Poetry Interlochen Arts Academy | Detroit, MI

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins | Short Story St. John’s College High School | Washington, DC

Gilliam Jones | Poetry Interlochen Arts Academy | La Jolla, CA

Becca Lieman | Poetry Carver Center for Art and Technology | Owings Mills, MD

Samantha Nataro | Poetry Carver Center for Art and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Nora Rawn | Poetry Towson Senior High School | Baltimore, MD

Meaghan Russell | Poetry Carver Center for Art and Technology | Timonium, MD

Moira Weigel | Poetry Hunter College High School | Brooklyn, NY

Spencer Williams | Play or Script for Film/Video

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Westside High School | Omaha, NE

MERIT

Cinematic Arts

Lee Cipolla Dr. Michael Krop High School | Miami, FL

John Coghlan King William High School | Seattle, WA

Livia Foldes Perpich Center for Arts Education | St. Louis Park, MN

Gandja Monteiro Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY

Gabe Rothschild High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Shannon Youso North Canyon High School | Phoenix, AZ

Dance

Phillip Attmore | Tap Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Pasadena, CA

Lauren Birnbaum | Ballet Palm Harbor University High School | Palm Harbor, FL

Kirven Boyd | Jazz Boston Arts Academy | Dorchester, MA

Janet Choi | Other Van Nuys High School Performing Arts Magnet | North Hills, CA

Kristin Engesser | Modern Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | Middle Village, NY

Lynorris Evans | Choreography Tri-Cities High School | Atlanta, GA

Lynorris Evans | Modern Tri-Cities High School | Atlanta, GA

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Mara George | Ballet Christian Community High School | Alliance, OH

Kyra Green | Modern Druid Hills High School | Boynton Beach, FL

Amber Jackson | Ballet La Follette High School | Madison, WI

Tara Lally | Ballet Nazareth Academy | Pittsford, NY

Tara Lally | Jazz Nazareth Academy | Pittsford, NY

Laura Mead | Ballet Berkeley High School | Berkeley, CA

Joie Meffert | Ballet National Cathedral School for Boys | Washington, DC

Philip Orsano | Jazz Nassau BOCES Cultural Arts Center | Williston Park, NY

Kristin Ratatori | Jazz Port Washington High School | Port Washington, WI

Joseph Rivera | Jazz Mainland Regional High School | Somers Point, NJ

Kearsha Saxon | Modern Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, MD

Anisha Srinivasan | Other Plano West Senior High School | Dallas, TX

Shannon West | Ballet Arizona School for the Arts | Gilbert, AZ

Laura Winters | Modern Klein Oak High School | Spring, TX

Jazz

Rex Gregory | Saxophone High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Brian Kinsella | Keyboard Roosevelt High School | Seattle, WA

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Julien Lane | Trombone Duke Ellington School of the Arts | Washington, DC

Robert Marshall | Composition Marin Catholic High School | Novato, CA

Clayton Pritchard | Saxophone Grapevine High School | Grapevine, TX

Music

Christopher Bernard | Composition St. Paul’s School | Towson, MD

Yen Chen | Classical Piano Davis Senior High School | Davis, CA

Sharon Dickens | Basson Interlochen Arts Academy | Louisville, KY

Nikolas Fehr | Accordion Wayne State University | Farmington Hills, MI

Rebecca Helm | Classical Piano Home School | Louisville, KY

Grace Hou | Classical Piano Poquoson High School | Poquoson, VA

Jerry Huang | Classical Piano Mission San Jose High School | Fremont, CA

Michael Hui | Classical Piano Niles West High School | Morton Grove, IL

Jason Issokson | Violin Booker T. Washington H. S. P. V. A | Waxahachie, TX

Stephen Kalnoske | Organ Walt Whitman High School | Bethesda, MD

Mary Levri | Organ St. Joseph High School | Sarver, PA

Alison Lowell | Oboe Wheaton North High School | Wheaton, IL

Ruth Mar | Harp The Learning Home | Bellevue, WA

Andrew Moon | Violin

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Power Catholic High School | Flint, MI

Hitomi Oba | Composition Berkeley High School | Berkeley, CA

Thomas Oswald | Violin Baton Rouge Magnet High School for Academy And V. Arts | Baton Rouge, LA

Emily Richmond | Composition Beaverton High School | Beaverton, OR

David Ross | Flute Perpich Center for Arts Education | North Mankato, MN

Raymond Santos | Clarinet Lakota West High School | Westchester, OH

Cristina Spinei | Composition Trinity Catholic High School | Stamford, CT

Jessica Tam | Classical Piano Gunn High School | Los Altos Hills, CA

Philippe Treuille | Composition Trinity School | New York, NY

Dawn Wohn | Violin Northern Valley Regional High School | Old Tappan, NJ

Amy Wong | Classical Piano La Jolla High School | La Jolla, CA

Logan Young | Composition Georgetown High School | Georgetown, SC

Theater

Shannon Amiry | Spoken and Musical Theater Barrington High School | Barrington, IL

Laura Betinis | Spoken and Musical Theater Rosholt High School | Amherst Junction, WI

Curtis Branson | Spoken and Musical Theater Gardner Edgerton | Gardner, KS

Anna Burgstede | Spoken Only Interlochen Arts Academy | Waupaca, WI

Salvatore Cacciato | Spoken Only Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Amelia Calhoun | Spoken Only South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC

Douglas Calhoun | Spoken Only South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Columbia, SC

Hope Cervantes | Spoken Only Booker T. Washington H. S. P. V. A | Dallas, TX

Derrick Davis | Spoken and Musical Theater James Bowie High School | Austin, TX

William Davis | Spoken Only Interlochen Arts Academy | Portland, OR

Joshua Day | Spoken Only Tamalpais High School | Mill Valley, CA

Diego De Alava | Spoken Only New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Thomas Dixon | Spoken Only Interlochen Arts Academy | Lake Geneva, WI

Tristan Fuge | Spoken and Musical Theater Santa Fe Preparatory School | Santa Fe, NM

David Futernick | Spoken Only Greater Hartford Academy of Arts | Hartford, CT

Daina Gozan | Spoken Only New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA

Robert Graupner | Spoken and Musical Theater Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Alex Hutchinson | Spoken and Musical Theater New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Major Johnson | Spoken and Musical Theater High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Julia Jones | Spoken Only Friendswood High School | Friendswood, TX

Nicole Jorgenson | Spoken and Musical Theater Powers Lake High School | Tioga, ND

Erich Lane | Spoken Only The High School for the Performing & Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Thomas Linnard | Spoken Only James Bowie High School | Austin, TX

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Gabriel Miranda | Spoken Only Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Ishtar Montes de Oca | Spoken Only New World School of the Arts | Key Biscayne, FL

Rachel Moulton | Spoken and Musical Theater Interlochen Arts Academy | Gainesville, FL

Stanton Nash | Spoken Only Longview High School | Longview, TX

Remigio Ortiz | Spoken Only Booker T. Washington H. S. P. V. A | Dallas, TX

Morgan Rosse | Spoken Only High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Candice Safstrom | Spoken and Musical Theater Chaparral High School | Temecula, CA

Billy Sage | Spoken Only Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY

Ali Shinall | Spoken Only Westminster Schools | Atlanta, GA

Tara Simon | Spoken and Musical Theater Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | Lake Worth, FL

Alex Stepick | Spoken Only New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Margaret Weisman | Spoken Only Vancouver School of Arts and Academics | Vancouver, WA

Jacob Womack | Spoken Only Power Academic and Performing Arts Complex | Jackson, MS

Visual Arts

Max Abeles Professional Children’s School | New York, NY

Gabriel Abrantes Walter Biddle Saul High School | Betheda, MD

Eric Ackerson Saranac Lake High School | Saranac Lake, NY

Sabah Ahmed

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Holton-Arms School | Gaithersburg, MD

Anastasia Alexandrin Emmaus High School | Allentown, PA

Martha Allen Academy of Sacred Heart | New Orleans, LA

Michael Anderson North Harford High School | Havre De Grace, MD

Mykel Archie Lithonia High School | Lithonia, GA

Talar Arous Karen Jeppe Armenian College | Worcester, MA

Noor Ashour Plano West Senior High School | Plano, TX

Megan Barber Interlochen Arts Academt | Newaygo, MI

Valerie Battenfeld Carver Center for Art and Technology | Towson, MD

Jessica Beckerman Ventura Senior High School | Ventura, CA

Katherine Behrsin Urban School of San Francisco | Kensington, CA

Chelsey Bence Pius XI High School | Menomenee Falls, WI

Julia Benjamin Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY

Berit Bentson Jenks High School | Tulsa, OK

Alexandra Berg Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Noah Berkley Cranston High School East | Cranston, RI

Caitlin Berndt Carver Center for Art and Technology | Towson, MD

Justin Black Lee High School - The North East School of the Arts | San Antonio, TX

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Meredith Black Classen School of Advanced Studies | Oklahoma City, OK

Lyndsay Bloom High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Sid Bodalia Visual and Performing Arts High School | Jersey City, NJ

Rachel Boggan Plano West Senior High School | Dallas, TX

Evan Boggess Fairmont Senior High School | Farimont, WV

James Bowron Power Academic and Performing Arts Complex | Jackson, MS

Sean Boylan Walt Whitman High School | Bethesda, MD

Kevin Bradley Calvert Hall College High School | Baltimore, MD

Amanda Bredbenner Klein Forest High School | Houston, TX

Fanny Brodie Wichita East High School | Wichita, KS

Geoffrey Browne Marist High School | Lithonia, GA

Kathryn Burge Jefferson High School | Lafayette, IN

Lindsay Byrne Deerfield Academy | Deerfield, MA

Meghan Cassidy Pius XI High School | Johnson Creek, WI

Christen Cheek The Montgomery Academy | Montgomery, AL

Uree Choi Northern Valley Regional Old Tappan | Old Tappan, NJ

Christina Chuo Walter Biddle Saul High School | Bethesda, MD

Christie Cimermancic Pius XI High School | Hobertus, WI

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Cicero Clamor Visual and Performing Arts High School | Jersey City, NJ

Michael Clark Friends School of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD

Steven Cochrane Howard W. Blake High School | Lutz, FL

Laura Cooperman Cleveland Heights High School | Cleveland Heights, OH

Evanne Cooperson Vintage High School | Napa, CA

Miriam Dafford Lafayette High School | Lafayette, LA

Megan Daum Booker T. Washington H. S. P. V. A | Dallas, TX

William Davis The Montgomery Academy | Montgomery, AL

Sara Deane Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts | Baltimore, MD

Nicole DeBarber Nonnewaug High School | Woodbury, CT

Michael DeMers Northshore High School | Slidell, LA

James Derdeyn Booker T. Washington H. S. P. V. A | Dallas, TX

Katie Dobbins Herndon High School | Herndon, VA

Henry Doebereiner Carver Center for Art and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Nicole Donaire Visual and Performing Arts High School | Jersey City, NJ

Darlene Duchatelier Benjamin N. Cardozo High School | Queens Village, NY

Amber Dumas Summerville High School | Summerville, SC

Eric Duncan George Washington Carver | Houston, TX

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Stephanie Dunmire Carver Center for Art and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Samuel Durphy Carver Center for Art and Technology | Woodstock, MD

Claire Edwards Towson Senior High School | Townson, MD

Stephen Eichhorn Oakwood Senior High School | Montgomery, OH

Kristin Elder Platte Valley Academy | Burns, WY

Linden Ellis Richard Montgomery High school | Rockville, MD

Ronnie Farmer John S. Davidson Fine Arts School | Hephzibah, GA

Rene Fasola New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | La Place, LA

Dana Feigenbaum Harvard-Westlake School | Encino, CA

Lisa Fields John Jay High School | Katonah, NY

Christine Fisher Council Rock High School | Holland, PA

Gregory Foxworth, II Bryan High School | Bryan, TX

Andrew Francis High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Lori Frazier Harrison Arts Center | Lakeland, FL

Whitney Frazier Plano West Senior High School | Plano, TX

A. J. Fusco Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center | Columbus, OH

Reinier Gamboa New World School of the Arts | Hialeah, FL

Scott Goodman Mamaroneck High School | Mamaroneck, NY

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Tyler Graham Schrieber High School | Port Washington, NY

Jessica Greenfield Providence Senior High School | Charlotte, NC

Matthew Gualco El Camino Fundamental High School | Sacramento, CA

Pascale Gueracague Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | Coral Springs, FL

Anna Guiles Carver Center for Art and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Kale Halperin Interlochen Arts Academy | Madison, MI

Matt Handler Poolesville High School | Gaithersburg, MD

Tom Harrington Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, MD

Ruth Harris New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Caitlin Hewitt Walt Whitman High School | Glenecho, MD

Megan Hildebrandt Walled Lake Central High School | Walled Lake, MI

Katie Hillesland Albert Einstein High School | Rockville, MD

Dustin Hodges Corona del Mar High School | Newport Beach, CA

Ashley Hosler New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Andrew Huneycutt Harrison Arts Center | Lakeland, FL

Anne Israel Classen School of Advanced Studies | Oklahoma City, OK

Amanda Ives Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | Lake Worth, FL

Carrie Jablonski West Allis Central High School | New Berlin, WI

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Fritznie Jarbath New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

William Johnsen Stanwood High School | Stanwood, WA

Bori Kang Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | Bayside, NY

Lauren Katz Carver Center for Art and Technology | Owings Mills, MD

Katherine Kesselring East Stroudsburg High School | East Stroudsburg, PA

Sarah Khan New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Dayoung Kim Benjamin N. Cardozo High School | Flushing, NY

Ha Kim Northern Valley Regional High School | Closter, NJ

Jae Mee Kim Carver Center for Art and Technology | Cockeysville, MD

Regina Kim Northern Valley Regional High School | Hamington Park, NJ

Jacob King Walt Whitman High School | Bethesda, MD

Marina Kliger Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | Brooklyn, NY

John Kovacs New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA

Jin Young Kwak Moanalua High School | Honolulu, HI

Rebekah Kwon Curtis Senior High School | University Place, WA

Daniel Lane Albert Einstein High School | Chevy Chase, MD

Allison Lapcheska Jefferson High School | Lafayette, IN

Constance Lee Walter Biddle Saul High School | Bethesda, MD

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Elizabeth Lee Hillsborough High School | Hillsborough, NJ

Elizabeth Lee Masconomet Regional High School | Topsfield, MA

Elliott Lehnen Jefferson High School | Lafayette, IN

Sarah Lewis Lee High School - The North East School of the Arts | San Antonio, TX

Ryan Liban Pius XI High School | Greenfield, WI

Patrick Liddle Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI

Brenda Lin Walter Biddle Saul High School | Bethesda, MD

Daniel List New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Cathy Lu New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Rachel Lwin Towson High School | Cockeysville, MD

Alexander Man Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Woodland Hills, CA

Lauren Manoogian Clayton High School | St. Louis, MO

Lindsay Martin Boulder High School | Boulder, CO

Carole McClintock Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, MD

Melissa McClure Lansing Central School | Willseyville, NY

Faith McCormack Maryland Institute College of Arts | Baltimore, MD

Danielle Menendez New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Adam Michalak Pius XI High School | Brookfield, WI

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Ashlee Mitchell Jefferson High School | Lafayette, IN

Cortni Mogloukin Interlochen Arts Academy | Northport, MI

Setareh Mohtarez Old Bridge High School-West Campus | Matawan, NJ

Mark Momper Archbishop Moeller High School | West Chester, OH

Yoo Moon Van Nuys High School Performing Arts Magnet | Los Angeles, CA

Misty Morrisar East Unox Junior High | Howard, OH

David Mramor West Geauga High School | Chesterland, OH

Caroline Mullen Holton-Arms School | Potomac, MD

Alex Muller New World School of the Arts | Coral Gables, FL

Evan Nayfa Booker T. Washington H. S. P. V. A | Dallas, TX

Emily Neifeld Carver Center for Art and Technology | Balto, MD

Dung Nguyen Hawthorne High School | Hawthorne, CA

Hanna Niklewicz Newtown High School | Sandy Hook, CT

Katie Ornelas Booker T. Washington H. S. P. V. A | Dallas, TX

Christopher Outwin The College of Wooster | Yarmouth, ME

Hee Park Northern Valley Regional High School | Bergen, NJ

Barbara Partyka Visual and Performing Arts High School | Jersey City, NJ

Jason Pastrana South Miami Senior High School | Miami Beach, FL

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Elisabeth Paulsen Wiley Consolidated School | Lamar, CO

Edgar Pedroza High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Larry Peifer The Chicago Academy for the Arts | Winnetka, IL

Matthew Perez Dundee Crown High School | Carpentersville, IL

Michael Petruzzo Our Lady of Lourdes High School | Millbrook, NY

Khanh Pham Wauwatosa East High School | Milwaukee, WI

Keren Pilinger Dr. Michael Krop High School | North Miami Beach, FL

Crystal Pitts Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI

Ashley Poelstra Jefferson High School | Lafayette, IN

Jordan Poole High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Philippe Previl Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | Valley Stream, NY

Ying Qian Hopewell Valley Central High School | Hopewell, NJ

Chris Ralli Brunswick School | Rye, NY

Robin Randisi South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Hilton Head Island, SC

Hetal Rathon Visual and Performing Arts High School | Jersey City, NJ

Cassidy Rehl Walnut Hill School | Natick, MA

Julie Rogers South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | North Augusta, SC

Mia Rollow Wilde Lake High school | Columbia, MD

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Edward Rossel New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Patricia Ruehl Catonsville High School | Baltimore, MD

Daniel Salmieri Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | Brooklyn, NY

Ingrid Sanchez Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | Lake Worth, FL

Jayson Santos St. Joseph High School | Honolulu, HI

Carol Schmitz Montgomery Blair High School | Gaithersburg, MD

Paul Schneider St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX

Matthew Schoen New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | Covington, LA

Roberta Schriber High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Emilie Selden Interlochen Arts Academy | Petaskey, MI

Galen Sencil Carver Center for Art and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Gay Serge, Jr. New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Scarleth Sevilla New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Cory Sharer Cherry Valley Springfield Central School | Cherry Valley, NY

Eileen Shigekawa Lee High School - The North East School of the Arts | San Antonio, TX

Nolan Shutler St. Mark’s School of Texas | De Soto, TX

Jacob Silva Lee High School - The North East School of the Arts | San Antonio, TX

Thomas Slanec Jefferson High School | Lafayette, IN

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Daniel Small Harrison Arts Center | Lakeland, FL

Alina Smirnova Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | Brooklyn, NY

Erin Smith The Woodlands High School | Woodlands, TX

Miranda Smith Walt Whitman High School | Bethesda, MD

Ryan Smith Albert Einstein High School | Bethesda, MD

Vladislav Smolkin Carver Center for Art and Technology | Owings Mills, MD

Alexey Sokolin Hunter College High School | Rego Park, NY

Feliz Solomon Design and Architecture Senior High | Coral Gables, FL

Jessica Southern Carver Center for Art and Technology | Parkton, MD

Cyrus St. Amand-Paliakoff Menlo School | Atherton, CA

Ryan Stewart Lafayette High School | Lafayette, LA

Steven Stoll Wauwatosa West High School | Wauwatosa, WI

Derek Stoops Jefferson High School | Lafayette, IN

Julie Sugar High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Christopher Sulzbach Calvert Hall College High School | Baldwin, MD

Viet-Thi Ta School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA

Lauren Tarbel Booker T. High School H. S. P. V. A | Dallas, TX

Kathryn Taylor Wellesley High School | Wellesley, MA

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Jaireh Tecarro Visual and Performing Arts High School | Jersey City, NJ

Walker Thisted University of Illinois - Laboratory High School | Chicago, IL

Shamira Thomas Visual and Performing Arts High School | Jersey City, NJ

Maura Thompson John Coopes School | Houston, TX

Eliza Tobin Lamoille Union High School | Johnson, VT

Eddie Tombs Carver Center for Art and Technology | Baltimore, MD

James Tribble South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC

Nataliya Tyaglo School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA

Jennifer Tydings Carver Center for Art and Technology | Baldwin, MD

Adrian Uribarri New World School of the Arts | Hialeah, FL

Erin Vanhorn Jefferson High School | Lafayette, IN

Michael Verastigui Lee High School - The North East School of the Arts | San Antonio, TX

Hollis Verns The Montgomery Academy | Montgomery, AL

Giancarlo Viganego Pius XI High School | Greenfield, WI

Devin Walker Ames Senior High School | Ames, IA

Sean Walker New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Ted Wang Plano West Senior High School | Plano, TX

Catherine Waters Benjamin N. Cardozo High School | Floral Park, NY

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Hannah Webb Cedar Falls High School | Cedar Falls, IA

Emily Weddle Xavier College Preparatory | Phoenix, AZ

Melissa Weinberg Carver Center for Art and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Taraneh Wilkinson Highlands High School | Ft. Thomas, KY

Michael Willett Oak Mountain High School | Birmingham, AL

Ariel Williams Booker T. Washington H. S. P. V. A | Dallas, TX

Brae Williams Portland, OR

Tanya Wilson Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts | Baltimore, MD

Jordan Winick Wissahickon High School | Huntingdon Valley, PA

Lu Xia Deerfield Academy | Providence, RI

Sena Yang The Bush School | Bellevue, WA

Jennifer Yuen School of the Arts | Alameda, CA

Christina Yung Marymount High School | Santa Monica, CA

Mary Zawalski Clear Lake High School | Houston, TX

Amanda Zeitler Saginaw Arts & Sciences Academy | Saginaw, MI

Janeva Zentz Louisville High School | Woodland Hills, CA

Ting Zhao Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | El Monte, CA

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Voice

Elise Balzer | Soprano Park Falls High School | Park Falls, WI

Megan Bell | Soprano Interlochen Arts Academy | Columbus, OH

Matthew Cavanaugh | Baritone Stroudsburg High School | East Stroudsburg, PA

Anrea Covais | Soprano Rutherford High School | Rutherford, NJ

Clinton Curtis | Baritone Key West High School | Key West, FL

Jaclyn Fromer | Popular Voice Windward School | Los Angeles, CA

Julie-Anne Hamula | Soprano Trinity Preparatory School | Oviedo, FL

Rena Harms | Soprano Santa Fe High School | Cerrillos, NM

Judith Hill | Popular Voice Academy of the Canyons | Canyon Country, CA

Joanna Howard | Soprano West Hampton Beach High School | West Hampton, NY

Roseanne Kue | Mezzo Soprano New York University | New York, NY

Amanda Miller | Mezzo Soprano Centennial High School | Franklin, TN

Dana O’Connell | Mezzo Soprano Spring High School | Spring, TX

Lauren O’Malley | Soprano Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child | Morristown, NJ

Erin Sanzero | Soprano Saint Pius X High School | Albuquerque, NM

Jennifer Sese | Soprano School for Creative and Performings Arts | Cincinnati, OH

Talya Smilowitz | Soprano William H. Hall High School | West Hartford, CT

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Adam Smith | Tenor Interlochen Arts Academy | Rives Junction, MI

Tatyana Tenenbaum | Popular Voice Amherst-Pelham Regional High School | Amherst, MA

Rebecca Vallas | Mezzo Soprano Woodward Academy | Atlanta, GA

Laura Workman | Soprano Pine View High School | Saint George, UT

Writing

Hanna Badalov | Poetry Carver Center for Art and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Michael Campbell | Poetry St. Thomas Aquinas High School | Dover, NH

Elyse Caudill | Short Story Carver Center for Art and Technology | Reisterstown, MD

Ariana Deignan-Kasmides | Poetry Carver Center for Art and Technology | Reisterstown, MD

Anne Donlon | Poetry Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | Staten Island, NY

Natalie Elliott | Poetry Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL

Angela Fleury | Short Story South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Charleston, SC

Mary Folse | Poetry Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL

Melissa Fowler | Poetry The Fine Arts Center | Taylors, SC

Andrew Fox | Short Story Perpich Center for Arts Education | Elk River, MN

Kelly Hageman | Short Story West Aurora High School | Aurora, IL

William Hilary | Short Story The Dwight School | New York, NY

2002 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

James Hosking | Short Story Rondout Valley High School | Accord, NY

Kevin Johnson | Short Story Lincoln Park High School | Chicago, IL

Sara Jones | Poetry Towson High School | Baltimore, MD

Lowren Kerr | Poetry Carver Center for Art and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Miriam Lawrence | Poetry Milton Academy | Brookline, MA

Leigh Lybrand | Poetry Hammond School | Columbia, SC

Wythe Marcshall | Selection from Novel Chamblee High School | Stone Mountain, GA

Erin O’Brien | Poetry Howard W. Blake High School | Lutz, FL

Jennifer Ragus | Poetry Milton Academy | Weston, MA

Erin Reid | Poetry Carver Center for Art and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Jeffrey Skaistis | Short Story Lahser High School | Bloomfield Hills, MI

Lindsey Steding | Expository Dr. Phillips High School | Orlando, FL

Lauren Thompson | Expository Carver Center for Art and Technology | Ruxton, MD

Morgan Walker | Expository Carver Center for Art and Technology | Hydes, MD

Jillian Weiser | Selection from Novel Rowland Hall-St Mark’s School | Farmington, UT

Stephen Williams | Poetry Shadyside Academy | Pittsburgh, PA

Lindsey Wright | Poetry Douglas Anderson School of the Performing Arts | Jacksonville, FL

Paloma Zepeda | Short Story Milton Academy | Irvine, CA