Hays Arts Council
2024 FAMOUS FIGURES award-winning performances –
1st Place – Jaden Brull as Hedy Lamarr (Holy Family)
2nd Place – Byron Burns as Moe Howard (O’Loughlin)
3rd Place (tie) – Katie Hines as Betsy Ross (Washington)
3rd Place (tie) – Ava Ryan as Clara Barton (Roosevelt)
4th Place – Olivia Eck as Mamie Till (St. Mary’s)
5th Place – Elliott Howden as Napoleon Bonaparte (Wilson)
Click the link below to watch the 2024 Famous Figures finals.
2024 Famous Figures hosted by Hays Arts Council
2024 Hays Arts Council FAMOUS FIGURES finalists by school
HOLY FAMILY ELEMENTARY
Jaden Brull as Hedy Lamarr
Sperry Mall as Dorothy Kamenshek
Kelsey Robben as Eliza Hamilton
Nora Stoecklein as Anne Frank
WILSON ELEMENTARY
Lily Atkinson as Betty White
Presley Connally as Anne Frank
Collins Harris as Jackie Stiles
Elliott Howden as Napoleon Bonaparte
Mason Huwa as Robert Ripley
Harper Nichol as Paige Bueckers
ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY
Kate Pope as John Wayne
Miley Vanek as Dolly Parton
Gentry Jenkins as Jennie Finch
Ava Ryan as Clara Barton
LINCOLN ELEMENTARY
Mila Womack as Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Georgia Olson as Deborah Sampson
Coyle Detherage as Nick Offerman
Brian Sheeley as King Henry the 8th
O’LOUGHLIN ELEMENTARY
Byron Burns as Moe Howard
Alaina Yarmer as Aly Raisman
Aliyah Kinderknecht as Anne Frank
Blair Paul as Billie Jean King
Kash Wendland as Babe Ruth
Liam Wise as Roberto Clemente
VICTORIA ELEMENTARY
Knox Potter as Michael Jordan
Dax Leikam as Musashi Miyamoto
Sage Schwien as Davy Crockett
ST. MARY’S GRADE SCHOOL
Olivia Eck as Mamie Till
Breckyn Honas as Elizabeth Blackwell
WASHINGTON GRADE SCHOOL
Katie Hines as Betsy Ross
Phoebe Davis as Queen Elizabeth I
The Hays Arts Council Famous Figures is a living history and performance project open to fifth-grade students in Ellis County public and private schools.
It involves a short performance as a favorite person (living or deceased) from the present through the distant past.
The project promotes the use of research skills, awareness and appreciation of the qualities of a positive role model, thinking and writing in a creative manner, and developing acting and public speaking skills.