2013

K-4th First Place Winner
Daniel Moore
Southside Elementary (Pike County)

5th-8th First Place Winner
Merebeth Elswick
Saint Francis School (Pikeville)

9th-12th First Place Winner
Vianna Le
Pikeville High School

2012

K-4th First Place Winner
Emily Fowler
Paintsville Elementary
The Land that Grew Coal

5th-8th Grade Winner
Alex Fowler
Paintsville Jr/Sr High School
Dangers of Abandoned Mines

9th-12th First Place Winner
Cody Phillips – Team captain
Andrew Bevins – Team Member
Sarah Compton – Team member
Cody Neace – Team Member
Jerred Workman – Team Member
Belfry High School
→ Robotic Mining Vehicle

2011

K-4th First Place Winner
Lukas and Garrett Ritchie
Hindman Elementary
→ Lego Coal Mining Rescue Story

5th-8th First Place Winner
Lynne Atkins & Megan Bailey
St. Francis
→ Coal Mining Women

9th - 12th First Place Winner
Cody Lester
Belfry HS
→ Behind the Plug

2010 

K-4th Lukas Ritchie First Place Winner
Hindman Elementary
→ Super Mario Brothers - Coal Show

5th-8th First Place Winner & Student Project of the Year Award Winner
Haley Sullivan
Feds Creek Elementary
→ Save Our Coal

9th-12th First Place Winner
Tierra Fonner & Heather Michael
Phelps High School
→ In That WV Coal Mine 

2009 

K-4th First Place Winner
Alex Fowler, Highland Elementary
→ The Kid Who Knows

5th-8th First Place Winner & Student Project of the Year Award Winner
Haley Sullivan, Feds Creek Elementary
→ Where Would We Be?

9 - 12 First Place Winner
Stacy Carriere, Senior-Prestonsburg HS
Coal-Is-Cool.com