Mr. Saboe's Model UN Awards History: Subiaco Academy

2000 Arkansas Model UN Conference at University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR

• Six Subiaco Academy students represented Spain and founded the Subiaco Academy Model UN Team
• Served on the Special Political Committee, Social Humanitarian Committee, and Legal Committee

2001 Washington Area Conference at George Washington University, Washington, DC

• Ten Subiaco Academy students represented Spain and Jordan
• Served on the Special Political Committee, Social Humanitarian Committee, and four other committees

2001 Arkansas Model UN Conference at University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR

• Nine Subiaco Academy students represented Colombia and Fiji
• Served on the Special Political Committee, Social Humanitarian Committee, Legal Committee, Economic and Finance Committee, and Economic and Social Council
• Earned first award for Subiaco Academy Model UN Team for Outstanding Delegate Honorable Mention for Legal Committee (Zac Stewart)

2002 Washington Area Conference at George Washington University, Washington, DC

• Six Subiaco Academy students represented Colombia
• Served on the Disarmament and International Security Committee, Social Humanitarian Committee, International Court of Justice, UNICEF, Organization of American States, Security Council
• Earned Verbal Commendation for UNICEF (Alex Salb) and Organization of American States (Alejandro Hagan)

Total Awards for Subiaco: Three awards for four conferences

Mr. Saboe's Model UN Awards History: Pope John Paul II HS

2002 Arkansas Model UN Conference at University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR

• Twenty seven Pope John Paul II High School students represented Japan, Canada, Austria, Denmark, Spain, and South Africa. Three students served as pages.
• Served on the Special Political Committee, Social Humanitarian Committee, Legal Committee, Economic and Finance Committee, and Economic and Social Council
• Head Delegates were Jordan Rippy, Adam Pacsi, Adrienne Krebs, Ryan Jones, Joe Liyana, and Tyler Conger
• Earned first awards for Pope John Paul II Model UN Team for Best Delegate for Economic and Social Council (Stephanie Vail), Best Position Papers for South Africa (Adrienne Krebs, Megan Forester, Kristina Courtney, Britta Roach, Grace Lawson, Colleen Callaghan), and Best Position Papers for Denmark (Jordan Rippy, Kollan Spradlin, Christi Whalen, Jennifer Bernard)

2003 Western Kentucky University Model UN Conference, Bowling Green, KY

• Twenty two Pope John Paul II High School students represented Sweden, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Egypt, Ireland, Mexico, Norway, India, Ukraine, and South Africa. Three students served as pages.
• Served on the Special Political Committee, Social Humanitarian Committee, Commission on Human Rights, Security Council, and Middle East Peace Summit
• Head Delegates were LA Borders, Katy Sullivan, Michael Zola, Stephanie Vail, Jane Lewis, Sarah Jackson, and Louis Morshead
• Eleven resolutions authored or co-authored by Gracie Parham, Kate Green, Louis Morshead, Hailey Robison, Logan Spiva, Stephanie Vail, and Christina Printz were passed by their respective committee.
• Earned Outstanding Delegate trophies (awarded by fellow delegates) for Social Humanitarian (Louis Morshead), Commission on Human Rights (Kate Green), Middle East Peace Summit (Logan Spiva), and Security Council (Stephanie Vail).
• Earned Outstanding Delegate staff recognition for Social Humanitarian (Louis Morshead) and Commission on Human Rights (Hailey Robison) and Outstanding Delegate Honorable Mention for Social Humanitarian (Christina Printz) and Middle East Pace Summit (Logan Spiva).

Pope John Paul II High School 2002-2003 Model UN Team Awards

• Most Oustanding Contribution to Model UN: Stephanie Vail
• Best Researcher: Christina Printz
• Best Public Speaker: Louis Morshead
• Best Head Delegate: Jordan Rippy
• Awards, 2002-2003: Eleven awards for two conferences
• Total Awards, 2002-2003: Eleven awards for two conferences

2003 Vanderbilt University Model UN Conference, Nashville, TN

• Twenty six Pope John Paul II High School students represented Spain, Egypt, Iran, Ireland, and Finland.
• Served on the Security Council, Special Political Committee, Social Humanitarian Committee, Legal Committee, Disarmament Committee, and Economic and Social Council
• Head Delegates were Stephanie Vail, Katy Sullivan, Catie Campbell, Adam Pacsi, and Ken Carver
• Twenty two resolutions authored or co-authored by Ken Carver, Will Adams, Stephanie Vail, Katie Gibbens, Annie Musacchio, Robert Summerford, Adam Pacsi, Katy Sullivan, Olivia Walker, Hailey Robison, Ryan Maynard, Rosemary Bardill, Marie Jacobovitz, Mary Catherine Overbey, Allie Thompson, Will Smith, and Courtney Clifford were passed by their respective committee. These 22 were of 27 total passed by the committees on which JP2 students served.
• Earned Best Delegate Honorable Mention for Disarmament Committee (Adam Pacsi) and for Economic and Social Council (Robert Summerford) and Best Position Paper for Ryan Maynard.

2003 Arkansas Model UN Conference at University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR

• Thirty five Pope John Paul II High School students represented Spain, Mexico, Egypt, Iran, Ireland, Djibouti, Denmark, and Finland. Two students served as pages.
• Served on the Security Council, the Historical Security Council, Special Political Committee, Social Humanitarian Committee, Legal Committee, Economic and Finance Committee, and Economic and Social Council
• Head Delegates were Jordan Rippy, Paige Montgomery, Louis Morshead, Allison Erkman, Elena Magrans, Jenna Voor, Olivia Walker, Spencer Cook
• 11 resolutions authored or co-authored by Rebecca Tompkins, Louis Morshead, Jordan Rippy, Lauren Sposa, Adam Pasci, Kristin Bollig, Allison Erkman, Paige Montgomery, Marie Jacobovitz, Megan Carter, and Logan Spiva were passed by their respective committees. These 11 were of 19 total passed by the committees on which JP2 students served.
• Earned two awards for Best Position Papers for Ireland, which included Head Delegate Jenna Voor, Michael Zola, Sarah Jackson, and Christina Printz, and for Spain, which included Head Delegate Jordan Rippy, Courtney Clifford, Lauren Sposa, Rebecca Tompkins, and Jane Lewis.
• Earned four Rappoteur or Best Delegate Awards, including Louis Morshead (Egypt) for the Economic and Finance Committee, Adam Pasci (Iran) for the Special Political Committee, Stephanie Vail (United Kingdom) for the Historic Security Council, and Hailey Robison (Iran) for the Economic and Social Council.
• Earned ten Outstanding Delegate Awards, including Stephanie Vail, Logan Spiva, Jordan Rippy, Hailey Robison, Adam Pacsi, Lauren Sposa, Olivia Walker, Robert Summerford, Rebecca Tompkins, and Louis Morshead.
• Earned the Best Delegation Plaque for Iran, which included Head Delegate Allison Erkman, Adam Pacsi, Eric Branson, Robert Summerford, and Hailey Robison. In addition, we earned an Honorable Mention Best Delegation Award for Egypt, which included Head Delegate Louis Morshead, Ryan Maynard, Allie Thompson, and Katy Sullivan.
• First conference where we earned more awards (18) than any other school.

2004 Spring Arkansas Model UN Conference at Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR

• Twenty six Pope John Paul II High School students represented Spain, Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Ireland, Cuba, Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom, and Finland. Two students served as pages.
• Served on the Security Council, Special Political Committee, and Social Humanitarian Committee.
• Head Delegates were Jordan Rippy, Stephen Glass, Allison Erkman, Stephanie Vail, Elena Magrans, Ryan Wilkins, Ashley Nuestro, Spencer Cook
• Earned Best Position Paper Award for Allison Erkman and Best Position Paper Award Honorable Mention for Spencer Cook.
• Earned three Best Delegate Awards (more than any other school), including Kate Green (United Kingdom) for the Social Humanitarian Committee, Hailey Robison (Pakistan) for the Special Political Committee, and Jordan Rippy (Spain)for the Security Council. In addition, we earned a Best Delegate Honorable Mention Award for Allison Erkman (Germany).
• We tied another school for the most awards won.

2004 Washington Area Conference at George Washington University, Washington, DC

• Fifteen Pope John Paul II High School students represented Afghanistan, Cameroon, Iran, and Egypt
• Served on the Disarmament Committee, Special Political Committee, World Health Organization, League of Arab States, Yalta Conference, Criminal Justice Commission
• Head Delegates were Catie Campbell (Afghanistan), Will Adams (Egypt), Ryan Maynard (Iran), Logan Spiva (Cameroon)
• Earned Best Delegate Award for Jordan Rippy (Egypt) for League of Arab States and a Verbal Commendation for Hailey Robison (Iran) for the World Health Organization.

Pope John Paul II High School 2003-2004 Model UN Team Awards

• Most Outstanding Contribution to Model UN: Hailey Robison
• Best Researcher: Allison Erkman
• Best Public Speaker: Jordan Rippy
• Most Improved: William Adams
• Awards, 2003-2004: Twenty-nine awards for four conferences
• Total Awards, 2002-2004: Forty awards for six conferences

2004 Fall Arkansas Model UN Conference at Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR

• Thirty eight Pope John Paul II High School students represented Spain, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Cuba, United Kingdom, Panama, Romania, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, North Korea, Libya. Two students served as pages.
• Served on the Security Council, Special Political Committee, Social Humanitarian Committee, and International Atomic Energy Agency.
• Head Delegates were Allison Erkman, Kenny Carver, Louis Morshead, LA Borders, Catie Campbell, Michael Zola, Kate Green, Mairead Kennedy, Katelyn Cook, Ashley Nuestro, Spencer Cook
• 5 resolutions authored or co-authored by Kenny Carver, Kate Green, Adam Pacsi, Patrick McGinn, Marie Jacobovitz, Ashley Nuestro, Allison Erkman, and Lauren Sposa were passed by their respective committees. These 5 were of 14 total passed by the committees on which JP2 students served.
• Earned Best Position Paper Award for Kate Green (Libya)
• Earned 3 Honorable Mention Best Delegate Awards, including Allison Erkman (Pakistan) for the Social Humanitarian Committee, Kate Green (Libya) for the Special Political Committee, and Jordan Rippy (Pakistan)for the Security Council.
• We came in second for the most awards won by the participating schools.

2004 Arkansas Model UN Conference at University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR

• Forty-seven Pope John Paul II High School students represented Pakistan, Panama, Poland, Libya, Netherlands, Cuba, Hungary, Saudi Arabia
• Served on the Security Council, the International Court of Justice, Special Political Committee, Social Humanitarian Committee, Legal Committee, Economic and Finance Committee, Economic and Social Council, UN Environmental Program, and International Atomic Energy Agency.
• Head Delegates were Adam Pacsi, Courtney Clifford, Tim McGrath, Erin Stubbs, Amy Cook, LA Borders, Hailey Robison, Elena Magrans.
• 14 resolutions authored or co-authored by Allison Erkman, Lauren Sposa, Olivia Walker, Patrick McGinn, Adam Pacsi, Robert Summerford, Will Adams, Blake Nelson, Michael Zola, Spencer Cook, Hailey Robison, Erin Stubbs, Elena Magrans, Jordan Rippy, Kristina Courtney, Caroline Pekarsky, Courtney Campbell, and Rebecca Tompkins were passed by their respective committees. These 14 were of 28 total passed by the committees on which JP2 students served.
• Earned five of eight awards (more than any other school) for Best Position Papers for Pakistan (Adam Pacsi, Allison Erkman, Patrick Fajardo, Robert Summerford, Caroline Pekarsky, Jordan Rippy), Libya (Hailey Robison, Olivia Walker, Rebecca Tompkins, Ryan Maynard), Panama (Courtney Campbell, Amy Cook, Stephanie Brown, Chris Glass, Kyle Williams), Hungary (Courtney Clifford, LA Borders, Jessica Gad, Patrick Koetters, Blake Nelson, Danetria Crowder), and the Netherlands (Erin Stubbs, Katy Sullivan, Codie Gentry, Megan Carter, Katelyn Cook, Louis Morshead).
• Earned six Rappoteur or Best Delegate Awards, including Jordan Rippy (Pakistan) for the Security Council, Louis Morshead (Netherlands) for the International Court of Justice, Adam Pacsi (Pakistan) for the Special Political Committee, Allison Erkman (Pakistan) for the Social and Humanitarian Committee, Rebecca Tompkins (Libya) for the Economic and Finance Committee, and Hailey Robison (Libya) for the Economic and Social Council. These students accounted for six of the nine students recognized at the conference with this honor, more than any other school.
• Earned seven Outstanding Delegate Awards, including Allison Erkman (Pakistan), Rebecca Tompkins (Libya), Hailey Robison (Libya), Jordan Rippy (Pakistan), Adam Pacsi (Pakistan), Robert Summerford (Pakistan), and Elena Magrans (Saudi Arabia).
• Earned Honorable Mention Best Delegation Awards for Pakistan (Adam Pacsi, Allison Erkman, Patrick Fajardo, Robert Summerford, Caroline Pekarsky, Jordan Rippy, Saudi Arabia (Elena Magrans, Lauren Sposa, Patrick McGinn, Kenny Carver, Catie Campbell, Spencer Cook, Alex Jones), and for Libya (Hailey Robison, Olivia Walker, Rebecca Tompkins, Ryan Maynard).
• We came in second for the most awards won by the participating schools.

2005 University of Illinois Model UN Conference, Champaign-Urbana, IL

• Twenty-two Pope John Paul II High School students represented Czech Republic, Estonia, Gabon, Hungary, India, Latvia, Lithuania, Syria
• Served on the Future Security Council, European Union, the Disarmament Committee, Economic and Social Council, and the World Health Organization.
• Head Delegates were Tim McGrath, Cassie Missimer, Michael Zola, Amy Cook, and Nicole Schoemer.
• 9 resolutions authored or co-authored by Tim McGrath, Caroline Pekarsky, Amy Cook, Elena Magrans, Kate Green, Nicole Schoemer, Danetria Crowder, Elaina Al-Nimri, Ali Leonard, Alexandra Patterson were passed by their respective committees. These 9 were of 15 total passed by the committees on which JP2 students served.
• Earned 2 Outstanding Delegate Awards, including Kate Green and Nicole Schomer for the World Health Organization.
• We came in tied for third place for the most awards won by the participating schools, tying or beating 12 of the 17 schools present.

Pope John Paul II High School 2004-2005 Model UN Team Awards

• Most Outstanding Contribution to Model UN: Allison Erkman
• Best Researcher: Cassie Missimer
• Best Public Speaker: Kate Green
• Awards, 2004-2005: Twenty-seven awards for three conferences
• Total Awards, 2002-2005: Sixty seven awards for nine conferences

2005 Georgia Technical Institute Model UN Conference, Atlanta, GA

• Thirty-three Pope John Paul II High School students represented Libya, Mauritania, Algeria, Congo, Central African Republic, Chad, Mozambique, Senegal, and Niger.
• Served on the Security Council, the Special Political Committee, the Social Humanitarian Committee, the Disarmament Committee, the Legal Committee, the Economic Finance Committee, the International Atomic Energy Association, the African Union, and the Organization of Islamic Conference.
• Head Delegates were Allison Erkman, Rebecca Tompkins, Erin Stubbs, Amy Cook, and Austin Ashworth.
• 11 resolutions authored or co-authored by Erin Stubbs, Rebecca Tompkins, Allison Erkman, Abby Link, Nicole Schoemer, Will Adams, Bianca Callejas, Elena Magrans, and Conor Beath were passed by their respective committees. These 11 were of 38 total passed by the committees on which JP2 students served.
• Earned 2 Honorable Mention Outstanding Delegate Awards, including Allison Erkman for Social Humanitarian and Nicole Schoemer for the African Union.

2005 Arkansas Model UN Conference at University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR

• Thirty-one Pope John Paul II High School students represented United Kingdom, Slovakia, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Poland.
• Served on the Security Council, the International Court of Justice, Special Political Committee, Social Humanitarian Committee, Legal Committee, Economic and Finance Committee, Economic and Social Council, and World Trade Organization.
• Head Delegates were Spencer Cook, Tim McGrath, Kris Browne, Megan Carter, Michael Zola/Amy Cook, and Hannah Rankin.
• 6 resolutions authored or co-authored by Allison Erkman, Caroline Pekarsky, Nicole Schoemer, Codie Gentry, Courtney Clifford, Ashley Nuestro, Stephanie Brown, Megan Carter, and Rebecca Tompkins were passed by their respective committees. These 6 were of 15 total passed by the committees on which JP2 students served.
• Earned two awards for Best Position Papers for United Kingdom (Allison Erkman, Spencer Cook, Hailey Robison, Lauren Sposa, Rebecca Tompkins, Bianca Callejas, Nicole Schoemer) and Slovakia (Tim McGrath, Elaina Al-Nimri, Kate Smith, Courtney Clifford, Codie Gentry).
• Earned four Rappoteur or Best Delegate Awards, including Bianca Callejas (United Kingdom) for the International Court of Justice, Rebecca Tompkins (United Kingdom) for the Legal Committee, Allison Erkman (United Kingdom) for the Social and Humanitarian Committee, and Nicole Schoemer (United Kingdom) for the World Trade Organization. These students accounted for four of the nine students recognized at the conference with this honor, more than any other school.
• Earned five Outstanding Delegate Awards, including Allison Erkman (United Kingdom), Nicole Schoemer (United Kingdom), Rebecca Tompkins (United Kingdom), Spencer Cook (United Kingdom), Caroline Pekarsky (Egypt).
• Earned an Honorable Mention Best Delegation Award for United Kingdom (Allison Erkman, Spencer Cook, Hailey Robison, Lauren Sposa, Rebecca Tompkins, Bianca Callejas, Nicole Schoemer).
• We tied for the second most awards won by the participating schools.

2006 University of Illinois Model UN Conference, Champaign-Urbana, IL

• Forty-two Pope John Paul II High School students represented Egypt, Germany, Netherlands, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, and Venezuela.
• Served on the International Court of Justice, Special Political Committee, Social Humanitarian Committee, Economic Finance Committee, UN Development Program, Israeli Cabinet, Palestinian Cabinet.
• Head Delegates were Elaina Al-Nimri, Caroline Pekarsky, Abby Link, Cassie Missimer, Kara Fogle, and Jordan MacConnell.
• Earned three Outstanding Delegate Awards, including Nicole Schoemer (Sierra Leone), Nick Cherry (Slovakia), and Margaret Noah (Egypt).
• We earned the third most awards won by the participating schools.

Pope John Paul II High School 2005-2006 Model UN Team Awards

• Most Outstanding Contribution to Model UN: Michael Zola
• Awards, 2005-2006: Seventeen awards for three conferences
• Total Awards, 2002-2006: Eighty four awards for twelve conferences

2006 Arkansas Model UN Conference at University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR

• Fifty-one Pope John Paul II High School students represented Germany, Ireland, Jordan, Lithuania, Morocco, New Zealand, Poland, Sierra Leone, South Korea, Spain, and Turkey.
• Served on the International Court of Justice, Special Political Committee, Social Humanitarian Committee, Legal Committee, Economic and Finance Committee, and Economic and Social Council.
• Head Delegates were Andreas Bunjor (Germany), Alan Gaertig (Ireland), Elaina Al-Nimri (Jordan), Kate Smith (Lithuania), Jillian Hinesley (Morocco), Alyssa Watts (New Zealand), Abby Link (Poland), Cassie Missimer (Sierra Leone), Bryan Mainhardt (South Korea), Elena Magrans (Spain), and Tommy Fleming (Turkey).
• Six resolutions authored or co-authored by Caroline Pekarsky, Marie Jayme, Bailey Jackson, Conor Beath, Sarah Tompkins, Rebecca Tompkins, Kate Smith, Elaina Al-Nimri, Lauren Sposa, Cassie Missimer, Megan Carter, Alyssa Watts, and Topher Hooper were passed by their respective committees. These six were of fourteen total passed by the committees on which JP2 students served.
• Earned five awards for Best Position Papers (more than any other school) for Spain (Head Delegate Elena Magrans, Lauren Sposa, Rebecca Tompkins, Topher Hooper, and Conor Beath), Lithuania (Head Delegate Kate Smith, Alex Poore, Carter Reese, Emily Ward, and Marie Jayme), Poland (Head Delegate Abby Link, Jessica Crowder, Jessica Roettger, and Bailey Jackson), New Zealand (Head Delegate Alyssa Watts, Jane Berteau, Alex Jones, Kayce Resha, and Monique Daee), and South Korea (Head Delegate Byran Mainhardt, Stacie Hewitt, Ellie Gibson, and Finn McCarthy).
• Earned three Rappoteur or Best Delegate Awards, including Lauren Sposa (Spain) for Social Humanitarian Committee, Conor Beath (Spain) for Economic Finance Committee, and Tim McGrath (Germany) for the International Court of Justice. These students accounted for three of the nine students recognized at the conference with this honor, tying one other school for the most of these awards.
• Earned nine Outstanding Delegate Awards, including Tim McGrath (Germany), Chris Young (Sierra Leone), Lauren Sposa (Spain), Dominica Pacsi (Jordan), Jillian Hinesley (Morocco), Topher Hooper (Spain), Andreas Bunjor (Germany), Rebecca Tompkins (Spain), and Kate Smith (Lithuania).
• Earned an Honorable Mention Best Delegation Award for Spain (Head Delegate Elena Magrans, Lauren Sposa, Rebecca Tompkins, Topher Hooper, and Conor Beath).
• We accounted for the second most awards won by the participating schools.

2007 Edgewater High School Model UN Conference, Orlando, FL

• Twenty Pope John Paul II High School students represented Australia, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Latvia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, and United Kingdom.
• Served on the Social Humanitarian Committee, World Health Organization, AdHoc Committee, and Historical Crisis Committee.
• Five resolutions authored or co-authored by Caroline Pekarsky, Marie Jayme, Ellie Gibson, Rebecca Tompkins, Alyssa Watts, Stephanie Kerrigan, Jillian Hinesley, Nick Cherry, and Topher Hooper were passed by their respective committees. These five were of eight total passed by the committees on which JP2 students served.
• Earned one Honorable Delegate for Nick Cherry (Spain).

2007 Spring Arkansas Model UN Conference at Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR

• Eighteen Pope John Paul II High School students represented Belgium, Brzail, China, Germany, India, Japan, Slovakia, South Africa, and United States.
• Served on the Security Council and Reformed Security Council.
• Eight resolutions authored or co-authored by Nick Cherry, Caroline Pekarsky, Jillian Hinesley, Margaret Noah, and Reed Gonzalez were passed by their respective committees. These eight were of eight total passed by the committees on which JP2 students served.
• Earned a Delegate's Choice Award for Nick Cherry (South Africa), a Delegate's Choice Award for Jillian Hinesley (Brazil), and an Outstanding Delegate Award for Nick Cherry (South Africa).
• We accounted for the second most awards won by the participating schools.

Pope John Paul II High School 2006-2007 Model UN Team Awards

• Most Outstanding Contribution to Model UN: Rebecca Tompkins
• Awards, 2006-2007: 22 awards for three conferences
• Total Awards, 2002-2007: 106 awards for fifteen conferences

2007 Arkansas Model UN Conference at University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR

• Fifty Pope John Paul II High School students represented Albania, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Jordan, Madagascar, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, Romania, and Venezuela.
• Served on the International Court of Justice, Special Political Committee, Social Humanitarian Committee, Legal Committee, Economic and Finance Committee, and Economic and Social Council.
• Head Delegates were Haley Seger (Albania), Alex Poore (Denmark), Nick Bulso (Germany/Iceland), Kayce Resha (Madagascar/Mexico), Shelby Bosi (New Zealand), Reed Gonzalez (Portugal), Justin Hickerson (Romania), and Julia Ross (Venezuela).
• 6 resolutions authored or co-authored by Elaina Al-Nimri, Nick Bulso, Andreas Bunjor, Gabi Del Gandio, Sarah Hickam, Jillian Hinesley, Marie Jayme, Cassie Missimer, Falynn Norman, Julia Ross, Margaret Ross, and Nicole Schoemer were passed by their respective committees. These 6 were of 23 total passed by the committees on which JP2 students served.
• Earned four awards for Best Position Papers (more than any other school) for Albania (Head Delegate Haley Seger, Margaret Ross, Sarah Tompkins, Morgan Roth, and Robby Wieber), Germany (Head Delegate Nick Bulso, Elaina Al-Nimri, Nick Cherry, Nicole Schoemer, Kate Smith, and Tim McGrath), Madagascar (Head Delegate Kayce Resha, Cassie Missimer, Tommy Fleming, Ellie Gibson, Jessica Crowder, and Jeremy Wilson), and Romania (Head Delegate Justin Hickerson, Marie Jayme, Joseph McGrath, Emily Bruchas, and Libba Smith).
• Earned three Rappoteur or Best Delegate Awards, including Nicole Schoemer (Germany) for Economic and Finance Committee, Nick Bulso (Germany) for Economic and Social Council, and Tommy Joe Bednar (Venezuela) for the International Court of Justice. These students accounted for three of the nine students recognized at the conference with this honor, more than any other school.
• Earned seven Outstanding Delegate Awards, including Tommy Joe Bednar (Venezuela), Nick Cherry (Germany), Tim McGrath (Germany), Julia Ross (Venezuela), Nicole Schoemer (Germany), Sarah Tompkins (Albania), and Jeremy Wilson (Madagascar).
• Earned an Honorable Mention Best Delegation Award for Germany (Head Delegate Nick Bulso, Elaina Al-Nimri, Nick Cherry, Nicole Schoemer, Kate Smith, and Tim McGrath).
• We accounted for the second most awards won by the participating schools.

2008 Carolinas Model UN Conference at University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC

• Thirty two Pope John Paul II High School students represented 32 countries.
• Served on the General Assembly, World Health Organization, League of Arab States, Security Council.
• Nine resolutions authored or co-authored by Tommy Joe Bednar, Emily Bruchas, Andreas Bunjor, Wilhelm Bunjor, John Michael Burrow, Ellie Gibson, Mary Gilstrap, Reed Gonzalez, Mary Hagy, Sarah Hartzheim, Jillian Hinesley, Amanda Holzmer, Marie Jayme, Stephanie Kerrigan, Devin Patel, Caroline Pekarsky, Gabi Phillips, Will Powell, Julia Ross, Lindsey Rouselle, and Jeremy Wilson were passed by their respective committees. These nine were of fourteen total passed by the committees on which JP2 students served.
• Earned three awards for Best Position Papers (more than any other school), including Ian Reding (Bulgaria), Mary Gilstrap (New Zealand), and Jeremy Wilson (Comoros).
• Earned two Best Delegate Awards, including Mary Hagy (Finland) and Stephanie Kerrigan (India).
• Earned four Honorable Mention Best Delegate Awards, including Tommy Joe Bednar (Sudan), Wilhelm Bunjor (Belgium), Amanda Holzmer (Georgia), and Julia Ross (Iran).
• We accounted for the most awards won by the participating schools.

Pope John Paul II High School 2007-2008 Model UN Team Awards

• Most Outstanding Contribution to Model UN: Caroline Pekarsky
• Awards, 2007-2008: 24 awards for two conferences
• Total Awards, 2002-2008: 130 awards for seventeen conferences

2008 Fall Arkansas Model UN Conference at Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR

• Twenty seven Pope John Paul II High School students represented Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Finland, Guinea, Italy, Japan, Libya, Morocco, Romania, Russia/USSR, Sierra Leone, Slovak, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Yemen.
• Served on the Security Council, Reformed Security Council, Historical Security Council, and the International Court of Justice.
• Eight resolutions authored or co-authored by Mary Gilstrap, Nick Cherry, Stephanie Kerrigan, Maria Bednar, Laura Walden, Sarah Hartzheim, Tommy Joe Bednar, Lauren Slinkard, and Gabe Arroyo were passed by their respective committees. These eight were of twelve total passed by the committees on which JP2 students served.
• Maria Massa was elected President of the International Court of Justice during her first College Model UN conference.
• Earned four Delegate's Choice Awards for Maria Massa (Sierra Leone), Stephanie Kerrigan (USSR), Tommy Joe Bednar (UK), and Nick Cherry (UK).
• Earned two Outstanding Delegate Awards for Nick Cherry (UK) and Tommy Joe Bednar (UK).
• Earned all four Position Paper Awards for Courtney O�Connor (UK), Ashlyn Keightley (Yemen), Robert Cawood (Japan), and Tommy Joe Bednar (UK).
• We accounted for the most awards won by the participating schools, earning 10 of the 14 awards given.

2008 Arkansas Model UN Conference at University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR

• Forty Pope John Paul II High School students represented Comoros, Iran, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Sudan, and the United Arab Emirates.
• Served on the International Court of Justice, Special Political Committee, Social Humanitarian Committee, Legal Committee, Economic and Finance Committee, and the Model Arab League.
• Head Delegates were Emily Bruchas (Comoros), Stephanie Kerrigan (Iran), Justin Hickerson (Kuwait), Ally Harpootlian (Lebanon), Reed Gonzalez (Morocco), Andreas Bunjor (Sudan), and Andrew Jefferies (United Arab Emirates).
• Ten resolutions authored or co-authored by Nick Cherry, Wilhelm Bunjor, Stephanie Kerrigan, Devin Patel, Andreas Bunjor, Ian Reding, Tommy Joe Bednar, and Ally Harpootlian were passed by their respective committees. These ten were of twenty total passed by the committees on which JP2 students served.
• For the fifth year in a row, a JPII student was elected President of the ICJ. Margaret Noah (Sierra Leone) was elected President of the International Court of Justice while freshmen Schyler Cox (Morocco) was elected one of three Vice Presidents during her first College Model UN conference.
• Earned three awards for Best Position Papers for Sudan (Head Delegate Andreas Bunjor, Sarah Missimer, Ian Reding, Emily Garretson, and Tommy Joe Bednar), Iran (Head Delegate Stephanie Kerrigan, Julia Ross, Nick Cherry, and Sarah Tompkins), and Kuwait (Head Delegate Justin Hickerson, Hannah Rankin, Margaret Ross, Kayce Resha, and Joseph Griggs).
• Earned two Rappoteur or Best Delegate Awards, including Nick Cherry (Iran) for the Special Political Committee and Tommy Joe Bednar (Sudan) for the Model Arab League. These students accounted for two of the nine students recognized at the conference with this honor, tied for the most among the participating schools.
• Earned three Outstanding Delegate Awards for Julia Ross, Nick Cherry, and Tommy Joe Bednar, more than any other school.
• Earned seven Outstanding Delegate Honorable Mention Awards for Wilhelm Bunjor, Andreas Bunjor, Stephanie Kerrigan, Reed Gonzalez, Margaret Noah, Schyler Cox, and Devin Patel.
• Earned an Honorable Mention Best Delegation Award for Sudan (Head Delegate Andreas Bunjor, Sarah Missimer, Ian Reding, Emily Garretson, and Tommy Joe Bednar), Iran (Head Delegate Stephanie Kerrigan, Julia Ross, Nick Cherry, and Sarah Tompkins), and United Arab Emirates (Head Delegate Andrew Jefferies, Jessica Roettger, Wilhelm Bunjor, Devin Patel, and Will Vanderslice).
• We accounted for the third most awards won by the participating schools, earning 18 awards.

2009 Spring Arkansas Model UN Conference at Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR

• Eighteen Pope John Paul II High School students represented Abyssinia, Belgium, China, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Soviet Union, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, and United Kingdom.
• Served on the Security Council and the League of Nations.
• Five resolutions authored or co-authored by Tommy Joe Bednar, Stephanie Kerrigan, Avery Story, Nick Cherry, and Lauren Slinkard were passed by their respective committees. These five were of six total passed by the committees on which JP2 students served.
• Earned two Delegate's Choice Awards for Tommy Joe Bednar (UK) and Nick Cherry (UK).
• Earned two Delegate's Choice Honorable Mention Awards for Avery Story (Turkey) and Logan Pulliza (Netherlands).
• Earned two Outstanding Delegate Awards for Tommy Joe Bednar (UK) and Nick Cherry (UK).
• Earned three Outstanding Delegate Honorable Mention Awards for Stephanie Kerrigan (China), Logan Pulliza (Netherlands), and Andrew Jefferies (USSR).
• Earned two Position Paper Awards for Tommy Joe Bednar (UK) and Nick Cherry (UK).
• Earned two Position Paper Honorable Mention Awards for Joey Staley (Portugal) and Joseph Griggs (Japan).
• We accounted for the most awards won by the participating schools, earning 13 of the 15 awards given.

2009 University of North Carolina Model UN Conference, Chapel Hill, NC

• Forty three Pope John Paul II High School students represented Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Libya, Lithuania, Madagascar, Mauritius, Namibia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Poland, Portugl, Slovakia, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and Venezuela,
• Served on the Security Council, European Union, African Union, Economic and Social Council, and General Assembly.
• Ten resolutions authored or co-authored by Nick Cherry, Marie Jayme, Maria Massa, Sarah Hartzheim, Avery Story, Tommy Joe Bednar, Mimi Glass, Robert Cawood, Andrew Jefferies, Wilhelm Bunjor, Andrew Scruggs, Hannah Vickery, Maggie Musacchio, Marie Jarrell, and Sarah Missimer were passed by their respective committees. These 10 were of 12 total passed by the committees on which JP2 students served.
• Earned two Outstanding Delegate Awards for Tommy Joe Bednar (China) in the Economic and Social Council and Wilhelm Bunjor (China) in the General Assembly.
• Earned one Outstanding Delegate Honorable Mention Awards for Nick Cherry (United Kingdom) in the Security Council.

Pope John Paul II High School 2008-2009 Model UN Team Awards

• Most Outstanding Contribution to Model UN: Nick Cherry
• Awards, 2008-2009: 44 awards for four conferences
• Total Awards, 2002-2009: 174 awards for twenty one conferences

• Top Twelve Most Individual Awards, 2002-2009: 1. Nick Cherry (tied for most conference attended at 11 with Caroline Pekarsky) - 17 awards; 2. Tommy Joe Bednar - 14 awards; 3. Allison Erkman and Rebecca Tompkins (tied) - 13 awards; 5. Hailey Robison - 12 awards; 6. Nicole Schoemer - 11 awards; 7. Jordan Rippy - 10 awards; 8. Lauren Sposa - 9 awards; 9. Louis Morshead and Adam Pacsi (tied) - 7 awards; 11. Tim McGrath and Stephanie Kerrigan (tied) - 6 awards.

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