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Students Excel at Model UN

Published December 1, 2011

Williamson County students won multiple awards last month at the 31st Annual Tennessee YMCA Model United Nations Conference.  At the conference, Tennessee middle and high school students learn about the real world operation of the United Nations by participating in a reenactment of the organization's activities.

Most students form delegations and represent member countries' interests in the General Assembly by drafting and debating resolutions.  These resolutions cover a wide variety of topics of international concern.  Other students have the opportunity to represent their countries on the Security Council and to participate in a model International Court of Justice.

Below is a list of the Williamson County students who received awards at this year's event.

High School Awards

Outstanding Delegates

  • Kasey Smith, Brentwood High, St. Lucia
  • Douglas Kievet, Centennial High, Azerbaijan
  • Jessica Smith, Franklin High, Mauritius
  • Leland Andercheck, Franklin High, Mauritius
  • Molly Rossi, Franklin High, Moldova
  • Zach Williams, Franklin High, Gabon
  • Adam Wright, Franklin High, Israel
  • Emily Rogers, Independence High, Cote d’Ivoire
  • Michael Li, Ravenwood High, Austria
  • Saif Hamden, Ravenwood High, Pakistan
  • Charlene Hong, Ravenwood High, Turkey
  • Ross Hildabrand, Ravenwood High, Austria
  • Matthew Hoke, Ravenwood High, Nigeria
  • Ryan Cawthon, Ravenwood High, Nigeria

Outstanding Resolutions

  • James Dai and Paul Kim, Brentwood High, Mali
  • Ema Aurenheimer, Seth Jackson and Rebekah Ninan, Brentwood High, Angola
  • Cole Collier, Taylor Lowe and Jeremy Soble, Brentwood High, Sao Tome & Principe
  • Briar Cranston, Bobby Gustafason and Will Wesson, Brentwood High, Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  • Leah Copeland and Brittany Faulman, Franklin High, Guinea
  • Leland Andercheck, Eric Dunay, Christina Gore and Jessica Smith, Franklin High, Mauritius
  • Saif Hamdan, Sean Mann and Alexander White, Ravenwood High, Pakistan
  • Alec Affolter, Ankita Joshi and Roshni Kaushik, Ravenwood High, Kenya
  • Emily Espinel, Charlene Hong, Ben Wang, and Jessica Song, Ravenwood High, Turkey

Outstanding Research

  • Anna Barnes, Emily Barnes, Morgan Cox, and Hannah Overmeyer, Brentwood High, Nicaragua
  • Katie Baugh and Samantha Yager, Centennial High, South Sudan
  • Jason Bonefield, Chaz Hawkins, Tyler Wenger, Centennial High, Norway
  • Elena Hibbs, Craig Jones, and Molly Rossi, Franklin High, Moldova
  • Emily Rogers and Alexandra Ryan, Independence High, Cote d’Ivoire
  • Emily Espinel, Charlene Hong, Ben Wang, and Jessica Song, Ravenwood High, Turkey

Outstanding Costume

  • Leah Copeland and Brittany Faulman, Franklin High, Guinea

Outstanding School Service Project

  • Ravenwood High School for raising $1,600 for Plan Padrino

Outstanding International Court Justice

  • Kevin Okseniuk, Ravenwood High

Outstanding Oral Argument for the Applicant

  • Francis Ding and Paul Drexler, Ravenwood High

Outstanding Memorial in the International Court

  • Francis Ding and Paul Drexler, Ravenwood High

Outstanding Counter Memorial

  • Francis Ding and Paul Drexler, Ravenwood High

Middle School Awards

Outstanding Delegates

  • Christine Barham, Hillsboro School, Israel
  • Sarah Hodges, Hillsboro School, Fiji
  • Leland VanHorn, Hillsboro School, Equatorial Guinea
  • Marshall Arons, Brentwood Middle, Cameroon
  • Bryan Webb, Brentwood Middle, Cameroon
  • Will Cuthbertson, Brentwood Middle, Serbia
  • Madison Wade, Brentwood Middle, Belize
  • Alex Schramkowski, Woodland Middle, Ecuador
  • Bayley Dees, Page Middle, Italy
  • Connor Coughran, Page Middle, Italy
  • Will Pierce, Page Middle, Papa New Guinea
  • Brock Nason, Page Middle, Kenya
  • Kenzie Mitchell, Page Middle, Nicaragua
  • Christian Suray, Page Middle, Nicaragua
  • Neal Aites, Page Middle, Vietnam
  • Ellis Lazenby, Page Middle, Russia
  • Miranda Hunter, Page Middle, Kyrgystan
  • Jared Nesbitt, Page Middle, Denmark
  • Deidra Alexander, Page Middle, Bahamas
  • Emily Jensen, Page Middle, Bahamas

Outstanding Resolution: 

  • Cal Hendershot, Ian Raines and Jack Roberts, Hillsboro School, Zimbabwe
  • Allison Forsythe, Rachel Heckle and Eliza Mills, Brentwood Middle, Timor Leste
  • Andrew Cate and Shreyas Kumar, Brentwood Middle, Nicaragua
  • Eunice Koh, Karina Chargava, Jing Dai and Lydia Sekulovski, Brentwood Middle, The Republic of Tanzania
  • Kendall Rogers, Kaitlyn Moore and Natalie Harrington, Page Middle, Haiti
  • Will Pierce, Ben Hendrix and Luke Welch, Page Middle, Papa New Guinea

Outstanding Costume: 

  • Ellie Hilldabrand, Matthew Hatton and Thomas Ito, Woodland Middle, United States
  • Daniel Nicastro, Garrett Foran, Will Layten, and Kevin Smalley, Woodland Middle, Macedonia
  • Ashley Page, Kathryn Rigsby and Anna Arrick, Woodland Middle, Mauritius
  • Bryce Akridge, Thomas Scott, Britt Stokes and Michael Kindy, Woodland Middle, Swaziland
  • Hunter Spivey, Matthew Bogle, Dhruv Devdahara and Chris Hunter, Page Middle, Greece
  • Riley Chambers, Deepak Subramanian, Coleman Davis and Logan Omer, Pae Middle, India

Best Outstanding Resolution and Presentation

  • Christopher Guardo, Sophia Matthews and Rhianna Mann, Fairview Middle, Cuba

Outstanding General Assembly Award

  • Brittan Wogsland and Alora Wogsland, Fairview Middle, Bosnia/Herzegovina