Past Winners

2011 Theme: Speak, Lord; Your Servant is Listening!

United States

Grade 12

  1.  

    First Place

    Try Prayer
    Katherine T. Hutto
    Mount de Sales Academy
    Macon, Ga.
  2.  

    Second Place

    Try Prayer
    Andrea Catherine Kramer
    Holy Angels Academy
    Louisville, Ky.
  3.  

    Third Place

    Try Prayer
    Olivia Henning
    Holy Angels Academy
    Louisville, Ky.

Grade 11

  1.  

    First Place

    Try Prayer
    Casey Michele Corsaro
    Roncalli High School
    Indianapolis, Ind.
  2.  

    Second Place

    Try Prayer
    Katey Blackwell
    Roncalli High School
    Indianapolis, Ind.

Grade10

  1.  

    First Place (Tie)

    Try Prayer
    Emily Ann Johnson
    Holy Angels Academy
    Louisville, Ky.
  2.  

    First Place (Tie)

    Try Prayer
    Jillian M. Conrad
    St. Conrad Academy
    (Home school)
    Indianapolis, Ind.
  3.  

    Second Place

    Try Prayer
    William Brent Sivori
    Holy Angels Academy
    Louisville, Ky
  5.  

    Third Place

    Try Prayer
    Andrea Paola Sainz
    The Pharr Oratory Schools of St. Philip Neri
    Pharr, Texas

Grade 9

  1.  

    FirstPlace

    Try Prayer
    John Paul Poole
    Holy Angels Academy
    Louisville, Ky
  2.  

    SecondPlace

    Try Prayer
    Riley Joelle Campana
    Holy Angels Academy
    Louisville, Ky
  3.  

    Third Place

    Try Prayer
    Courtney Nicole Wax
    The High School of St. Thomas More
    Champaign, Ill.

Grade 8

  1.  

    First Place

    Try Prayer
    Andrew Norton
    St. Thomas More School
    Brooklyn, Ohio
  2.  

    Second Place

    Try Prayer
    Grant Fritz
    Saint Peter’s School
    Geneva, Ill.
  3.  

    Third Place

    Try Prayer
    Sydney Rene Knieriem
    Sacred Heart School
    Redlands, Calif.

Grade 7

  1.  

    FirstPlace

    Try Prayer
    Caylin Schwartz
    Guardian Angels
    (Home school)
    Rochester, N.Y.
  2.  

    Second Place

    Try Prayer
    Erica Lisa
    St. Catherine of Bologna
    Ringwood, N.J.
  3.  

    ThirdPlace

    Try Prayer
    Alexandria Trevino
    The Pharr Oratory Schools of St. Philip Neri
    Pharr, Texas

Grade 6

  1.  

    First Place

    Try Prayer
    Elizabeth Curcio
    St. Joseph - St. Thomas School
    Staten Island, N.Y.
  2.  

    Second Place

    Try Prayer
    Annie Marcolin
    St. Jude’s School
    Rockville, Md
  3.  

    Third Place

    Try Prayer
    Jenna Conrad
    St. Conrad Academy
    (Home school)
    Indianapolis, Ind

Grade 5

  1.  

    First Place

    Try Prayer
    Kristina Rossi
    St. Peter and Paul
    Turnersville, N.J.
  2.  

    Second Place

    Try Prayer
    Maria Elizabeth Murphy
    St. Michael Parish School
    Wheeling, W.Va.
  3.  

    Third Place

    Try Prayer
    Farrah Sands
    Aquin Catholic Elementary
    Freeport, Ill.

Grade 4

  1.  

    First Place

    Try Prayer
    Jamie Rivard
    Holy Family Parish
    (Home school)
    Gladstone, Mich.
  2.  

    Second Place

    Try Prayer
    Cassidy Ann Mistretta
    St. Peter Chanel School
    Paulina, La.
  3.  

    Third Place (Tie)

    Try Prayer
    Jessica Buonerba
    Mary Immaculate Queen
    Lemoore, Calif.
  5.  

    Third Place (Tie)

    Try Prayer
    JoeEllen Rodriguez
    St. Peter’s Memorial School
    Laredo, Texas

Grade 3

  1.  

    First Place

    Try Prayer
    Marissa Poska
    St. Joseph-St. Thomas School
    Staten Island, N.Y.
  2.  

    Second Place

    Try Prayer
    Vincent Cotroneo
    Our Lady of Grace
    Fairview, N.J.
  3.  

    Third Place

    Try Prayer
    Timothy Taute
    St. Joseph-St. Thomas School
    Staten Island, N.Y.

Grade 2

  1.  

    First Place

    Try Prayer
    Joe Garcia IV
    St. Peter’s Memorial School
    Laredo, Texas
  2.  

    Second Place

    Try Prayer
    Austin Michael Martin
    St. Peter Chanel School
    Paulina, La.
  3.  

    Third Place

    Try Prayer
    Joe Garcia IV
    St. Peter’s Memorial School
    Laredo, Texas

Grade 1

  1.  

    First Place

    Try Prayer
    Maria Detillier
    St. Peter Chanel School
    Paulina, La.
  2.  

    Second Place

    Try Prayer
    Paul Licata
    St. Joseph-St. Thomas School
    Staten Island, N.Y.
  3.  

    ThirdPlace

    Try Prayer
    Noah Detillier
    St. Peter Chanel School
    Paulina, La.

Grade K

  1.  

    FirstPlace

    Try Prayer
    Alexa N. Cirkinyan
    Our Lady of Grace School
    Fairview, N.J.
  2.  

    Second Place

    Try Prayer
    Lola Dinneen
    St. Joseph-St. Thomas School
    Staten Island, N.Y.
  3.  

    Third Place

    Try Prayer
    Sofia E. Diaz
    Our Lady of Grace School
    Fairview, N.J.