Contest Winners
Design Drafting National Competition Winners
First Place – High School Competition
Hailey-Ann Seavey, 12th Grade
Pacific Southwest Region
Sponsoring Chapter: Las Vegas #74
$1,500
Second Place – High School Competition
Hannah Cushing, 11th Grade
North Central Region
Sponsoring Chapter: Indianapolis #34
$1,000
First Place – College Competition
Grace Zalubas, Sophmore
North Central Region
Sponsoring Chapter: Lansing #177
$1,500
Second Place – College Competition
Joseph Tomshe, Freshman
South Central Region
Sponsoring Chapter: Houston #3
$1,000
First Place – High School Division
Braeden N. Byrd, 12th Grade
NAWIC Pacific Southwest Region
El Paso, TX Chapter 248
Design Submitted:Byrd, Braeden 20-PSW-TX-480509-004-HD
Second Place – High School Division
Jethro Rust, 12th Grade
NAWIC South Atlantic Region
Roanoke, VA Chapter 226
Design Submitted:Rust, Jethro 20-SA-VA-470225-001-HD Narrative and plans
First Place – College Division
Grace Zalubas, Freshman
NAWIC North Central Region
Lansing, MI Chapter 177
Design Submitted:Zalubas, Grace NC-MI-002325-008-CD-Narrative and Plans
Second Place – College Division
Luke Gulbranson, Junior
NAWIC Midwest Region
Fargo-Moorhead, ND Chapter 246
Design Submitted:Gulbranson, Luke 19-MW-ND-002997-002-CD-Narrative and Plans
First Place – High School Division
Isaac Vera, 12th Grade
Pacific Southwest Region
El Paso, TX Chapter 248
Second Place – High School
Clayton Rettig, 11th Grade
Southeast Region
Atlanta Chapter 49
First Place – College Division
Luke Gulbranson, North Dakota State University
Midwest Region
Fargo-Moorhead, ND Chapter 246
First Place – High School Division
Jasmin Cabuco, 10th Grade
South Atlantic Region
Charlotte Chapter 121
Second Place – High School
Abiyerra Thomas, 12th Grade
Southeast Region
Atlanta Chapter 49
*Ms. Thomas was 1st place winner for NEF’s Design Drafting Competition in 2016-2017!
Honorable Mention
Patrick McManama, 12th Grade
North Central Region
Indianapolis Chapter 34
1st Place – CAD
Abiverra Thomas – 11th grade
Atlanta Chapter #49 – NAWIC Southeast Region
1st Place – HAND
Heather Lezon – 12th grade
Indianapolis Chapter #34 – NAWIC North Central Region
2nd Place – CAD
Trevor Andrew Weigel – 12th grade
Las Vegas Chapter #74 – NAWIC Pacific Southwest Region
3rd Place – CAD
Nicholas Williams – 11th grade
Columbia Chapter #113 – NAWIC South Atlantic Region
1st Place – CAD
Abiverra Thomas – 11th grade
Atlanta Chapter #49 – NAWIC Southeast Region
1st Place – HAND
Heather Lezon – 12th grade
Indianapolis Chapter #34 – NAWIC North Central Region
2nd Place – CAD
Trevor Andrew Weigel – 12th grade
Las Vegas Chapter #74 – NAWIC Pacific Southwest Region
3rd Place – CAD
Nicholas Williams – 11th grade
Columbia Chapter #113 – NAWIC South Atlantic Region
1st Place Hand Drafting
Jared Harmon
Chapter 34 Indianapolis
North Central Region
1st Place CAD
John Peter Acayan
Chapter 111 San Bernardino / Riverside
Pacific Southwest Region
2nd Place CAD
Sabrina Brown
Chapter 302 Kalamazoo / Battle Creek
North Central Region
3rd Place CAD
Jeffrey Hackett
Chapter 73 Greater Orlando
Southeast Region
Honorable Mention
Conor Maffat
Chapter 52 of Rhode Island
Northeast Region
Block Kids National Building Competition Winners
1st Place
Nathan Fleming, 1st Grade
“Bulldozer Named Sonic”
Pacific Southwest Region
Sponsoring Chapter: Hawaii Chapter #114
2nd Place
Kody Goeas, 5th Grade
“Dam with Three Water Filters”
Pacific Northwest Region
Sponsoring Chapter: Alaska #197
1st Place
Andrew Hippler, 5th Grade
“Oil Rig”
NAWIC Pacific Northwest Region – Alaska Chapter 197
2nd Place
Chloe Brown, 5th Grade
“Community Bakery”
NAWIC Southeast Region – Altanta, GA Chapter 49
3rd Place
Carissa Hopkins, 5th Grade
“Power Station with Solar Panels”
NAWIC South Atlantic Region – Charlotte, NC Chapter 121
1st Place
Noah Weston, 4th Grade
“Flying Solar Powered Aircraft”
NAWIC’s Northeast Region – Wilmington, DE Chapter 96
2nd Place
Benjamin Kramer, 5th Grade
“Spiral Magnetic Generator with a Battery and a Cable Going to a House/Charging Station'”
NAWIC South Atlantic Region – Asheville, NC Chapter 154
3rd Place
Phoenix Chin, 5th Grade
“Art Coliseum / Gallery to House Art Projects by both adults and children'”
NAWIC South Central Region – San Antonio, TX Chapter 11
1st Place
Isaac Dei – 5th grade
“Pulley that smashes rock and uses a conveyor to collect crushed rock”
Oklahoma City Chapter 383 – NAWIC’s South Central Region
2nd Place
Ronan Joyce – 4th grade
“Working drawbridge to ‘get across the river'”
Cincinnati Chapter #64 – NAWIC’s North Central Region
3rd Place
Jalen Bernard – 1st grade
“Watchtower ‘to warn pilots of the low bridge ahead'”
Capital District’s Chapter #261 – NAWIC’s Northeast Region
1st Place
Adam Klassen – 6th grade
“Giant Artificial Stomach” Power Plant
(uses excess food to create energy using same process as human stomach)
St Joseph Chapter #162 – NAWIC Midwest Region
2nd Place
Zaden Renfro – 5th grade
Hydro-Electric Powered Zipline
Tulsa Chapter #76 – NAWIC South Central Region
3rd Place
Drew Smalling – 5th grade
Road Paver / Repair Vehicle on Tracks
Wilmington Chapter #96 – NAWIC Northeast Region
1st Place
Gavin Fritts, 3rd Grade
Solar Power Ski Lift
Midwest Region, Chapter 100 – Greater Kansas City
2nd Place
Zach Peterson, 3rd Grade
Project Battle Ship
Pacific Southwest Region – Chapter 56 Pikes Peak
3rd Place
Charlie Foster, 3rd Grade
Seismic Detector
Pacific Northwest – Chapter 54 – Portland
Andrew Gusso
Grade 2 ~ Brandon, SD
“Car Bridge”
Region 13 – Chapter #237 – Greater Sioux Falls
Second Place
George Nations
Grade 5 ~ Tomball, TX
“Off-shore Drilling Rig”
Region 7 – Chapter #3 – Houston
Third Place
Ethan Lau
Grade 2 ~ Wichita, KS
“Trash Recycle/Electricity Generation Plant”
Region 6- Chapter #120 – Greater Wichita