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2023 KY Educators Rising National Conference Results

INDIVIDUAL COMPETITIONS-FINALISTS

Lesson Planning & Delivery – Humanities, Varsity

  • GRAND CHAMPION/FIRST PLACE
    Janae Renee Allen, Ballard High School (Jefferson County)

Impromptu Speaking, Varsity

  • GRAND CHAMPION/FIRST PLACE
    Paley Grace Huntington, Ballard High School (Jefferson County)
  • SECOND PLACE
    Anna-Beth Lane Cook, Lincoln County High School

Creative Lecture, Varsity

  • SECOND PLACE
    Alyssa Paige DeShon, Lincoln County High School

Educators Rising Moment, Junior Varsity

  • SECOND PLACE 
    Aiddan Phoenix Robinson, Ballard High School (Jefferson County)

Exploring Education Administration Careers-Finalists, Junior Varsity

  • SECOND PLACE
    Choncey Richardson, Western Kentucky University (WKU) Young Male Leadership Academy (Warren County)

Impromptu Speaking, Junior Varsity

  • SECOND PLACE
    Emma K. Pratt, Russell County High School

Exploring Non-Core Subject Teaching Careers, Varsity

  • THIRD PLACE
    Sarah Jessy Jose, Ballard High School (JCPS)

Lesson Planning & Delivery – STEM, Junior Varsity

  • THIRD PLACE
    Aundrayah Berry, Waggener High School (Jefferson County)

Public Speaking, Junior Varsity

  • THIRD PLACE
    Ellah Kathryn Pruitt, LaRue County High School

TEAM COMPETITIONS-FINALISTS

Ethical Dilemma, Junior Varsity

  • THIRD PLACE
    Emma Wilson and Anna Gosser, Russell County High School

INDIVIDUAL COMPETITIONS-SEMI-FINALISTS

Educators Rising Moment Semi-Finalists – Varsity

  • Elle Adaline Myers: Frederick Douglass High School (Fayette County)

Exploring Education Administration Careers Semi-Finalists – Junior Varsity

  • Colin Anderson: WKU Young Male Leadership Academy

Exploring Non-Core Subject Teaching Careers Semi-Finalists – Varsity

  • Sarah Jessy Jose: Ballard High School (Jefferson County)
  • Avery Scott Tavis: Frederick Douglass High School (Fayette County)

Impromptu Speaking Semi-Finalists – Junior Varsity

  • Taryn Hadley Walsh: Russell County High School
  • Madelyn Lee-Ann Cain: Ballard High School (Jefferson County)

Job Interview Semi-Finalists – Junior Varsity

  • Mia Nicole Dennis: LaRue County High School

Job Interview Semi-Finalists – Varsity

  • Laila G Reynolds-Porter: Frederick Douglass High School (Fayette County)

Children’s Literature K-3 Semi-Finalists – Junior Varsity

  • Ray Shaw: Meade County High School

Children’s Literature K-3 Spanish Semi-Finalists – Varsity

  • Leoaxy Valerio: Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (Fayette County)

Lesson Planning & Delivery – CTE Semi-Finalists – Varsity

  • Alicia Rose Konichek: Bullitt Central High School (Bullitt County)

Lesson Planning & Delivery – Arts Semi-Finalists – Varsity

  • Gentry Taylor Osbourn: Lincoln County High School

Public Speaking Semi-Finalists – Varsity

  • Emma Claudia Leslie: Ballard High School (Jefferson County)

TEAM COMPETITIONS-SEMI-FINALISTS

Researching Learning Challenges Semi-Finalists – Junior Varsity

  • Ayden Page and Cameron Bell, WKU/Young Male Leadership Academy (Warren County)

Researching Learning Challenges Semi-Finalists – Varsity

  • Hailey Kelly and Isabella Enlow, Central Hardin High School (Hardin County)

SCHOLARSHIPS and HONOR SOCIETY

2023 Educators Rising Conference Scholarship

  • Katelynn Coffman, Lincoln County High School

2023 Educators Rising Scholarship Recipients

  • Khya Dielkes, Mead County High School
  • Audrey Gilbert, Frankfort High School (Frankfort Independent)
  • Kaitlyn Hannah, Greenup County High School
  • Arabella Ross, Washington County High School

2023 Educators Rising Honor Society Inductees

  • Allison Cassell, Paul Lawrence Dunbar High (Fayette County)
  • Audrey Gilbert, Frankfort High School (Frankfort Independent)
  • Jordan Ingram, Paul Lawrence Dunbar (Fayette County)
  • Caroline Johns, Paul Lawrence Dunbar (Fayette County)
  • Alicia Konichek, Bullitt Central High School (Bullitt County)
  • Ellie Richardson, Paul Lawrence Dunbar (Fayette County) 
  • Macy Stillwell, LaRue County High School
  • Emma Stillwell, LaRue County High School
  • Maggie White, Webster County High School