62 LOCAL STUDENTS AWARDED AT THE STATE COMPETITION
![NHD in New Mexico's Heather McClenahan posing with an NHD prize winner](https://newmexicohumanities.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NHD-Heather-McClenahan-web30.jpg)
For the first time since the pandemic, 62 students emerged from among their competitors and took top honors at this year’s highly anticipated in-person New Mexico History Day state contest. Nearly 200 mid and high school students gathered from across the state to compete at the University of New Mexico on Saturday, April 15.