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2023 Sixteenth Annual Driving the Message Contest

2023 WINNERS!

First Place

Mackenzie VanDyke, Trumbull Career and Technical Center, Warren, OH

Second Place

Joely Donnell, Young Women’s Leadership Academy, Fort Worth, TX

Third Place

Alexis Flores, Young Women’s Leadership Academy, Fort Worth, TX

Teen Choice

Taylor Pumphrey, Frisco Career and Technical Education Center, Frisco, TX

Sponsor Choice

Sriananya Chaganti, Frisco Career and Technical Education Center, Frisco, TX

First Place Video

Elizabeth Wicker, Norfolk Senior High School, Norfolk, NE

Second Place Video

Twyla Tarter, Will Donaldson, Kenneth York, Madalyn Burns, Mallory Whiten, and Ayden Goodman, Whitewright High School, Whitewright, TX

Third Place Video

Addison Stump, Hananiah Smith, Brina Guan, and Jaden Orlandi, Amherst Steele High School, Amherst, OH

Teen Choice Video

Athena Chen and Kavya Dewangan, Frisco Career and Technical Education Center, Frisco, TX

Sponsor Choice Video

Kaylee Hornback and Keith Kibler, Frisco Career and Technical Education Center, Frisco, TX

2023 Honorable Mentions

Sriananya Chaganti, Frisco Career and Technical Education Center, Frisco, TX Dominique Sennet, Young Women’s Leadership Academy, Fort Worth, TX
Dulse Puga, Young Women’s Leadership Academy, Fort Worth, TX Sophia Hawkins, Trumbull Career and Technical Center, Warren, OH
Joshua Benitez, La Vernia High School, La Vernia, TX Deena Alabed, Young Women’s Leadership Academy, Fort Worth, TX
Jose Fernandez and Sri Saket Vishwanath, Frisco Career and Technical Education Center, Frisco, TX Gina Xu and Lisa Partain, Frisco Career and Technical Education Center, Frisco, TX
Blake George and Joseph Osgood, Frisco Career and Technical Education Center, Frisco, TX Jason Whidby, Zachariah Liesching, and Vittorio Lester, Frisco Career and Technical Education Center, Frisco, TX
Madison Trujillo, Frisco Career and Technical Education Center, Frisco, TX Nicole Martinez, Eagle Pass High School, Eagle Pass, TX

Past Winners:

  • 2022 – Results
  • 2021 – Results
  • 2020 – Results
  • 2019 – Results
  • 2018 – Results
  • 2017 – Results
  • 2016 – Results
  • 2015 – Results
  • 2014 – Results
  • 2013 – Results
  • 2012 – Results
  • 2011 – Results
  • 2010 – Results
  • 2009 – Results
  • 2008 – Results

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