NDOT Reveals Winners of Fourth Annual “Name-A-Snowplow” Contest

Dec. 17, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.) — The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) is excited to announce winners of its fourth annual “Name-A-Snowplow” contest. This contest strives to bring awareness about winter weather preparedness and safety to Nebraska’s elementary and middle school students. This year, NDOT received over 1,300 submissions from across the state, a new record for the contest.

NDOT visited the winning schools to personally congratulate the students. During the visits, students had the chance to see the newly named snowplows up close and ask NDOT snow fighters questions about snow removal and plow operations.

“This contest is an excellent opportunity to highlight the effort that goes into ensuring our roads are safe, especially during winter,” said NDOT Director Vicki Kramer. “Engaging with students allows us to tell our story while delivering a safety message to Nebraska’s future drivers.”

NDOT operates a fleet of more than 600 snowplows to ensure driver safety during winter weather. During a winter storm event, each plow is deployed with a full tank of liquids and salts to treat the road surface.

As winter approaches, drivers can view travel conditions and stay informed by tracking both the newly named snowplows and past winners in real time at 511.nebraska.gov.

Video and photos from the events are available here: ndot.info/snowplow.

Schools with winning snowplow names, along with the NDOT districts where the plows will be assigned:

District  Snowplow Name School
1 Avalanche Johnson County Central Public Schools
1 Fast & Snowiest Southern Elementary School
2  Aspiradora de Nieve (Snow Vacuum Cleaner) Blumfield Elementary School
2 Han Snowlo Up to Snow Good Meadows Elementary School
3 CTRL-Snow-Delete Shell Creek Elementary School
3 Snow Snow Plower Rangers Stanton Community Schools
4 Mr. Freeze Doniphan-Trumbull Public School
4 Snowcus Pocus High Plains Community Schools
5 Hungry Hungry Snoweater Geil Elementary
5 Pete the Plow Rushville Elementary School
6 Snow Rex Wallace Public School
6 Who Let the Plows Out?! Hershey Public Schools
7 Chilli Vanilli Axtell Community School
7 Freeze Fighter Maywood Public School
8 Cold and Bold Loup County Public Schools
8  Slusher Crusher Keya Paha County Schools