38 Preston County Schools students participated and represented their schools and county at the Region VII Social Studies Fair on Tuesday, April 7th, 2026 at Glenville State University.
Preston had a strong performance bringing home 26 first place awards, 7 second, and 3 third.
The first place winners will be moving on to the state-level competition on April 28th, 2026 at the Charleston Civic Center.
Preston County Schools couldn't be more proud of the efforts of all of students who participated and how well they represented themselves, their schools, and the county. Good luck at states.
Those winners are:
DIVISION I
FIRST PLACE: LILLIAN WUNDERLICH, LAUREL SHAFFER, EMERY DORNACKER, LANDRY DAVIS, LILAH KELLY, COOPER KELLY, LILLIAN CRANE AND OAKLEY GILLEY, KARA REYNOLDS & HAILEY HUNT, AND ROWAN VANDEVORT
SECOND PLACE: KALEIGH HARTMAN AND CARLEIGH STUCHELL
THIRD PLACE: CHARLIE HAYES & MAILYNNE BALL
DIVISION II
FIRST PLACE: OWEN CALHOUN, JUDE SQUIRES & HARRY CALE, VADA WALSH, CARTER BOLYARD & PAYTON WAGNER, SYLVIANA BITTINGER, DEREK EDMUNDS & TYLER STREET, LAYLA WATERS, IRIS NELSON, LEXI FULK, CARTER GARBART & OLIVIA KELLY AND EMMA GOODRICH
SECOND PLACE: SILAS MENENDEZ & ARLEY MERASHOF, KADENCE TEETS & HAYDEN WILLIAMS, OWEN SHAY, CALLEN JENKINS & LANDON ROBINSON
THIRD PLACE: ENZO RICHARDS
DIVISION III
FIRST PLACE: REMINGTON WOLFE & ISAIAH NELSON, ALISON SCHMIDLE & WYATT BRAHAM, ISABELLA EDMUNDS, ALYSSA FRIEND, REESE STRATTON, AADEN MILLER, NATALIE JAVOSKY, KAITLYN FLORES AND KENNA BISHOFF
SECOND PLACE: AUTUMN BOLYARD, MACKENZIE SELDERS AND HEIDI MICHAEL
THIRD PLACE: TYLER SPHAR AND JESSE GIBBS
Not placing, but a super strong performance in some difficult categories: Wyatt Galloway and Ava Waters
