Congratulations to the winners of Middleton Lawn
& Pest Control’s 2008
“What’s Bugging You?”
Youth Achievement Award Competition!
Our second annual competition asked high school seniors across the state to answer the question “What’s Bugging You?” in the form of a written essay or artwork submission. Middleton reviewed more than 400 student essays and nearly 100 artwork entries and narrowed the submissions down to award the top three entries in each category, as well as the top entry from each of 22 participating counties.
The six overall winners below will each receive a $2,000 Achievement Award for college expenses, payable directly to the school or university of his/her choice:
County |
School Name |
Entry Category |
Student Name |
Broward |
Cooper City High School |
Written |
Michael Worley |
Broward |
Coral Springs High School |
Written |
Timothy Foster |
Duval |
Stanton College Preparatory High School |
Written |
Crystal Amanda Rodriguez |
Marion |
Vanguard High School |
Visual |
Amy M. Pucek |
Sarasota |
Booker High School |
Visual |
Evan Lovejoy |
Seminole |
Oviedo High School |
Visual |
Bianca Velazquez |
The 22 county winners below will each receive a $500 Achievement Award for college expenses, payable directly to the school or university of his/her choice:
County |
School Name |
Entry Category |
Student Name |
Alachua |
St. Francis Catholic High School |
Written |
Benjamin Petitto |
Brevard |
West Shore Jr/Sr High School |
Written |
Kern Vijayvargiya |
Broward |
Miramar High School |
Written |
Katrina Brinkman |
Collier |
Gulf Coast High School |
Written |
Christopher Howland |
Duval |
Paxon School for Advanced Studies |
Written |
Christian Tan |
Flagler |
Flagler-Palm Coast High School |
Written |
Andrew Earle |
Hernando |
Central High School |
Written |
Lauren McKenna |
Hillsborough |
Alonso High School |
Written |
Lindsey Everett |
Indian River |
Vero Beach High School |
Written |
Jillian Askren |
Lake |
Eustis High School |
Written |
Dyllan Howell |
Marion |
Belleview High School |
Written |
Lauren Beebe |
Martin |
Jensen Beach High School |
Written |
Zandria Bryant |
Orange |
Olympia High School |
Written |
Jennifer B. Blocker |
Osceola |
Osceola High School |
Written |
Robert Michael Randle |
Palm Beach |
Jupiter Community High School |
Written |
Kimberly Twoey |
Pasco |
Ridgewood High School |
Written |
Kandi Coffman |
Pinellas |
Calvary Christian High School |
Written |
Theresa Linnert |
Polk |
Lake Region High School |
Written |
Kelsie Timpe |
Sarasota |
Booker High School |
Written |
Rachel Barnard |
Seminole |
Lake Mary High School |
Written |
Morgan Hill |
St. John |
St. Augustine High School |
Written |
Allison Walter |
Volusia |
Deland High School |
Written |
Maria Caroselli |
