Makenna Jolley was named the Utah winner of the 15th Annual"Doodle for Google" contest which invited K-12 students to submit art for the homepage of the ubiquitous web browser.Thousands of works were submitted in the Grade 10-12 group, with Jolley, a student at Alta High School, taking the top spot in the state.
Makenna's artwork was titled"I'm snow grateful," and was a nod to the epic amount of snow Utah received over the winter. "I am grateful for the snow. Utah has been in an extreme drought for the past two decades and the dry winters have only made it worse. However, this past season we have gotten 175% more snow than previous years. This has knocked us down a level on the severity scale, providing hope for Utah's future," she wrote on her submission.