Outstanding Achievement

Outstanding Achievement 2025

The following students/groups have been selected as Outstanding Achievement at the 2025 Ocean County Teen Arts Festival, and have been selected to represent Ocean County at the NJ State Teen Arts Festival.

Dance

Dance

Jackson Liberty High School Liberty Lionettes Dance Team Love Runs Out
Toms River High School North Jayda Niedzielski & Madison Mastriano Hometown Glory
OCVTS Grunin Performing Arts Academy Ava Brunson, Emily Snyder, Mia Valenzano, Ariana Gallagher, Samantha Voss, Kennedy Brosnan, Lila Holman Lover, You Should’ve Come Over
OCVTS Grunin Performing Arts Academy Briana Crowley, Anna Sophia Thornton, Ava Brunson, Arianna Gallagher, Chaelyn Earp, Lia Valenzano, Paige Holzapfel, Morgan Timmons, Emily Snyder, Lila Holman, Ava Genova Both Sides Now

Instrumental

Large Instrumental

Central Regional High School Central Regional Percussion Ensemble In the Sky/Freerider

Small Instrumental

Barnegat High School Banegat HS Saxophone Quartet
Southern Regional HS Southern Regional Select-String Gravitas
Toms River High School East Kiran Kanuga, Isabella Merlino, Isabella Cutillo, Christina Dakrat, and Stephanie Moriarity String Quartet and Piano Piece

Piano

Toms River High School East Christina Dakrat Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

Literary Arts

Creative Writing

Barnegat High School Isabella Jeffers A Garden of Lillies
Barnegat High School Jaylisse Cruz Untitled
Brick Township High School Isabella Specht Close Friends
Barnegat High School Aaron Uhlak Flickering Shadows

Poetry

Point Pleasant Boro High School Meredith Killi A Recipe for Growing Up
Brick Township HS Bee Peters Illness
Point Pleasant Boro High School Rae Izworski Paper Crane

Musical Theatre

Large Musical Theatre

Pinelands Regional High School Cast Prologue – Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812

Small Musical Theatre

Pinelands Regional High School Julia Snider She Used To Be Mine
Donovan Catholic High School Ava Buray Just Around the Corner
Pinelands Regional High School Cast of Legally Blonde Gay or European?

Theatre

Large Theatre

Toms River High School North Nautical Star Theatre Company Twelfth Night

Small Theatre

Toms River High School North Allyson Olivera The Seagull
OCVTS Grunin Performing Arts Academy Gabreal Amoroso & Kae Siciliano Brian & The Comet
Toms River High School North Lia Warren Streetcar Named Dresire

Video

Filmmaking

Lacey Township Jackson Conlan, Erik Stroin, Michael Davino, Paige Tonachio, Patrick Jordan & Lee Falvey The Great Christmas Race
Donovan Catholic Carolina Rivera-Colon The Griffin: Something Big

Visual Arts

2D Visual Arts

Central Regional High School Giovanna Mantegna Hide, Don’t Seek Charcoal
OCVTS Brick Center Isabella Warnock Hey Driver Photography
Pinelands Regional High School Luca Terranova Apocalypse Mixed Media
Southern Regional High School Xai Chase Engraved Reflection of Batok Mixed Media
Pinelands Regional High School Hannah Mancuso Self Portrait Acrylic
Central Regional High School Brooke Baranyay R.K. in Charcoal Charcoal
Central Regional High School Shayla Salinas-Gonzalez Midnight Stroll in Tokyo Acrylic
OCVTS Brick Center Mariana Silvestre Eternal Reach Mixed Media
Jackson Liberty High School Alexa Lothian Bath from Above Charcoal
Toms River High School North Lana Schmidt Stitched Together Mixed Media
Toms River High School North Emma York Textile Traditions Mixed Media
Donovan Catholic Sienna Kerr Simone Oil Paint
Point Pleasant Boro High School Lily Harner Ella Photography
Central Regional High School Emma Mitchell 6.40 Acrylic
Jackson Memorial High School Anastasia Lau Ides of Stress Multi Media
Toms River High School North Jaelani Hernandez Winner! Acrylic on Canvas Boards
Brick Township High School Kayden Lohrey Etheral Dawn Acrylic on Paper
Barnegat Township High School Mikayla Zimerla Last Bite of Fall Acrylic on Fabric
Barnegat Township High School Robyn-Kate Buenaventura Hand Hug Pencil on Paper
Toms River High School North Arianna Cirasuolo Lamyridae Luminance Goache, Oil Pencil

3D Visual Art

Central Regional High School Angelina Allard Harmony Totem Glazed Earthenware
Barnegat High School Maira Lopes Duality of a Breath Mixed Media
Point Pleasant Boro High School Michal Zoppel FlaƱeur Clay & Found Items
Central Regional High School Evan Groiss The Void Mixed Media

Selected for the NJ State Teen Arts Festival Traveling or Virtual Exhibit

Central Regional High School Brooke Baranyay R.K. in Charcoal Charcoal
Toms River High School North Emma York Textile Traditions Mixed Media
Point Pleasant Boro High School Lily Harner Ella Photography

Vocal

Large Vocal

Lacey Township High School Lacey Township HS Select Choral Ensemble Ezekiel Saw De Wheel/Come Away Sweet Love

Small Vocal

Jackson Liberty HS Jackson Liberty HS TB Choir Come Travel with Me
Southern Regional HS Southern Regional HS Boys Choir Walk Like A Man/Longest Time
OCVTS Grunin Performing Arts Academy OCVTS GPAA Vocal Ensemble Never One Thing