2014-2025 WI Crystal Growing Contest Results

The results are listed in reverse chronological order.

WI Crystal Growing Contest winners

wdt_ID Year/Category Grade/place Winners/Winning teams
1 2025 Middle schools
2 Best overall 1 Grayden Kelly-Van Domelen. Bright Minds Academy, Sun Prairie
3 2 Annabelle Awe, Mason Long. Lombardi Middle School, Green Bay
4 Best quality Grace Batchlor, Jackson Sleeter, Peyton Schulze. Lombardi Middle School, Green Bay
5 Best teacher’s crystal Cheryl Kelly-Van Domelen. Bright Minds Academy, Sun Prairie
6 Contest-inspired art 1 Janessa Melchert, Addiysn Gonzalez, Jaycee Ventura. Lombardi Middle School, Green Bay
7 2 Grayden Kelly-Van Domelen. Bright Minds Academy, Sun Prairie
8 3 Annabelle Awe, Mason Long. Lombardi Middle School, Green Bay
9 2025 High schools
10 Best overall 1 Sieun Lee, Crystal Huang, Harry Jin. Middleton High School
11 2 Owen Nankervis, Nex Glover, Sean Kinder. Ripon High School
12 3 Joey Bowers, Abi Sanderson. Portage High School
13 Best quality Eva Hoxie, Grace Bartlett, Elsie Fieder. Ripon High School
14 Best teacher’s crystal Sarah Klingbile, Jenny Mueller, Carrie Schmidt. Seymour Community High School
15 Contest-inspired art 1 Kai Schnoor, Violet Rubeck. Portage High School
16 2 Joey Bowers. Portage High School
17 2019 Middle schools
18 Best overall 1 Cayden Bendlin Penner, Cobain Pellebon-Bohan, Tatum Metzger, Velma Hamilton MS, Madison
19 2 Nathan Kuehl, Indian Mound MS, McFarland
20 3 Madison Vollmer, Shattuck MS, Neenah
21 Best quality Zach Twesme, Lake Mills MS, Lake Mills
22 Best teacher’s crystal Dean Doersch, Shattuck MS, Neenah
23 Contest-inspired art 1 Payton Kelly-Van Domelen, Bright Minds Academy, Sun Prairie
24 2019 High schools
25 Best overall 1 Will McGrath, Tyler Parteka, Pablo Bustamante, Hartford Union HS, Hartford
Year/Category Grade/place Winners/Winning teams