
2025 Judges:
Mike Green, Artist and Retired Art Teacher, Monongalia County Schools
General McArthur Hambrick, Associate Professor, WVU School of Dance and Theater
Caylie Simmons, Miss WV USA 2024
Olivia Travis, Miss WV Teen USA 2024
Jennifer Reuther, Miss Tri-State Area 2024
2025 Contestants
ELEMENTARY
Charlotte McWilliams | North Elementary
Singing "Beautiful Things" by Benson Boone
Lincoln Nichols and Samantha Tubice | Eastwood Elementary
Singing "A Million Dreams"
Lula Morgan | Eastwood Elementary
Singing "Never Enough" from "The Greatest Showman"
Lilyanna Wolfe | Ridgedale Elementary
Dancing to "Girls" by
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Jahlia Skeffery | Mountaineer Middle
Singing "Forgetting You" by Cam
Gianna Blanchard and Jay Ramamurthy | Suncrest Middle
Singing and Piano "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong
Gigi Crabtree | West Virginia Academy
Guitar "The Godfather"
HIGH SCHOOL
Keri Radonovich | University High School
Singing "All That Matters" from "Finding Neverland"
Samantha Bennett | University High School
Singing "In the Stars" by Benson Boone in memory of her brother, Josiah, who passed away at 2 weeks old after receiving care at WVU Medicine Children's.
Khloe Smith | Morgantown High School
Singing and Playing Piano "The Truth" by Megan Woods
Caroline Holben, Anna Gerdes, and Brennan Cox | Morgantown High School
Singing and Tap Dancing "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" by Bette Midler
Sydney Fogelman and Charlee Dunlap | Morgantown High School
Singing "Persimmon" by The Army, The Navy
Rachel Ogershok | University High School
Singing "Somewhere Only We Know" by Keane
Ezra Secreto | Morgantown High School
Singing "I'm Still Standing" by Elton John
Madelyn Schaefer | University High School
Dancing to "Helium" by Sia
Avery Garvin and Stella Snyder-Renfrew | Morgantown High School
Singing and Piano "Coming Home Song" by Sammy Rae
Lily Bryan | University High School
Singing "These Palace Walls" from "Aladdin the Musical"
Joshua Stueckle | Morgantown High School Joshua proudly supports WVU Medicine Children's where his brother, Jamie, received life-saving treatment for his congenital heart defects.
Singing "Hellfire" from "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"
Gulse Polat | Morgantown High School
Singing "Please Don't Make Me Love You" from "Dracula, the Musical"
Whitley Hardin | Clay-Battelle Middle/High School
Singing "Both Sides Now" by Joni Mitchell