VAFPS State Bowl
2025 Winners
It was another fierce year of competition amongst all of our participants from Problem Solving, Creative Writing, Action Plan Presentations, and VAFPS Special Awards, but the results are in!
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See below for all of the winners and honorable mentions across all relevant competitions for the VAFPS 2025 State Bowl.
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We wish the best luck to all of our competitors who are now bound for the 2025 International Conference from June 4-8th, 2025 at Indiana University!
VAFPS Special Awards
Wythe Award
Junior Division: Verky (Pocahontas Elementary School)
Middle Division: Stigall (Powhatan Middle School)
Senior Division: Maxwell (Granby High School)
Senior Scholarship
Wang (Alpha STEM Academy for the Gifted)
Mover and Shaker Award
Penny Robertson (Coach, Powhatan High School)
Presentation of Action Plan
Junior Division
First Place: Richardson, Hoyle, Daffan, James (Orange Hunt Elementary School, Coached by Jenny Weis)
Second Place: Case, Clapp, Murphy-Gomez, Brown (Orange Hunt Elementary School, Coached by Jenny Weis)
Third Place: Zhang, Raczko, Zhao, Xu (Alpha STEM Academy for the Gifted, Coached by Ya He and Lulu Huang)
Honorable Mention: Spence, Russo (Powhatan Middle School, Coached by Patty Haskins)
Middle Division
First Place: Hemphill, Ochoa, Shao, Southworth (Gloucester High School, Coached by LeeAnn VanVranken)
Second Place: Donnelly, Walters, Dowdy, Cockburn (Gloucester High School, Coached by LeeAnn VanVranken)
Third Place: Fessler, Gibson, Welsh, Daniels (Powhatan Middle School, Coached by Patty Haskins)
Honorable Mention: Krieger, Harvie, Traupman, Blankenship (Powhatan Middle School, Coached by Patty Haskins)
Senior Division
First Place: Li, Zhang, Duan, Huang (Alpha STEM Academy for the Gifted, Coached by Ya He and Lulu Huang)
Second Place: Chattin, VanVranken, Spangler, Micket (Gloucester High School, Coached by LeeAnn VanVranken)
Third Place: Gilmore, Ash, Wollett, Bhasin (Granby High School, Coached by Jordan Lee)
Honorable Mention: Kim, Fu, Laio, Athuru (Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Coached by Johnny Dukovich)
Community Projects - Team
Middle Division
First Place: Sichol, Townsend, Schaber (Montross Middle School, Coached by Shannon Carey-Reynolds)
Senior Division
First Place: Bates, Jamerson, Carter, Connelly, Fridley, Fritz, Green, Honaker, Mapes, McCracken, Payne, Rabas, Sanders, Seay, Skeens, Stamp, Whelan (Powhatan High School, Coached by Amanda Brooke Henderson and Penny Robertson)
Global Issues - Individual
Junior Division
First Place: Gadsby (Academy for Discovery at Lakewood, Coached by Suzanne Walters)
Senior Division
First Place: Xu (Alpha STEM Academy for the Gifted, Coached by Ya He)
Second Place: Wang (Alpha STEM Academy for the Gifted, Coached by Ya He)
Global Issues - Team
Junior Division
First Place: Richardson, Hoyle, Daffan, James (Orange Hunt elementary School, Coached by Jenny Weis)
Second Place: Case, Clapp, Murphy-Gomez, Brown (Orange Hunt elementary School, Coached by Jenny Weis)
Third Place: Zhang, Raczko, Zhao, Xu (STEM Academy for the Gifted, Coached by Ya He and Lulu Huang)
Honorable Mention: Spence, Russo (Powhatan Middle School, Coached by Patty Haskins)
Middle Division
First Place: Hemphill, Ochoa, Shao, Southworth (Gloucester High School, Coached by LeeAnn VanVranken)
Second Place: Donnelly, Walters, Dowdy, Cockburn (Gloucester High School, Coached by LeeAnn VanVranken)
Third Place: Fessler, Gibson, Welsh, Daniels (Powhatan Middle School, Coached by Patty Haskins)
Honorable Mention: Krieger, Harvie, Traupman, Blankenship (Powhatan Middle School, Coached by Patty Haskins)
Senior Division
First Place: Li, Zhang, Duan, Huang (STEM Academy for the Gifted, Coached by Ya He and Lulu Huang)
Second Place: Chattin, VanVranken, Spangler, Micket (Gloucester High School, Coached by LeeAnn VanVranken)
Third Place: Gilmore, Ash, Wollett, Bhasin (Granby High School, Coached by Jordan Lee)
Honorable Mention: Kim, Fu, Laio, Athuru (Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Coached by Johnny Dukovich)
Creative Writing
Junior Division
First Place: Cook for "Jack and the Tangerine Island" (Northumberland Middle School, coached by Michele Jennings)
Second Place: Gonzalez-Diaz for "Saving the World" (Washington District Elementary, Coached by Beth Scherm)
Third Place: Posey for "Protecting the Air" (Washington District Elementary, Coached by Beth Scherm)
Middle Division
First Place: Bunn for "The Nano Saboteur (Northumberland Middle School, coached by Michele Jennings)
Second Place: Valentine for "No Control" (Peasley Middle School, Coached by LeeAnn VanVranken)
Third Place: James for "Cassian Creel vs The Agricultural Industry" (Powhatan Middle School, Coached by Patty Haskins)
Senior Division
First Place: Wang for "The New Pastoral" (Alpha STEM Academy for the Gifted, Coached by Ya He)
Second Place: Beaumont for "Childish Things Like Spilt Milk and Financial Ruin" (H-B Woodlawn Secondary School, Coached by Margaret Carpenter)
Third Place: Dunham for "God, I hate headaches..." (H-B Woodlawn Secondary School, Coached by Margaret Carpenter)