Google's Doodle of Choice Comes From California

Her doodle was great, but when it came time to decide which one would represent Google on its homepage Friday the honors went to a 7-year-old California boy.

This morning Google unveiled the national winner of its Doodle for Google contest with the big winner being Matteo Lopez of South San Francisco. He also took the top spot in the K-3 category in which represented the state with her artistic doodle representing her future career aspiration.

Lindsey, a third grader at Tolland Intermediate School and student at the Connecticut Art School in South Windsor, was the New England region's finalist for her age group in the annual Doodle 4 Google competition.

She was one of 10 students ranging in age from kindergarten through third grade to be a finalist in the Region 1 section. Her doodle was chosen from tens of thousands before being whittled down to 100 and then 10.

Although her doodle will not appear on the Google homepage Friday, it will be hung for all to see at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City through June 16 and at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art from May 20 through July 19.

Lindsey and the 39 other regional finalists and national winners were also treated special doodle classes with Google artists and got to meet this year's judges. 

For more details about the competition and to read more about the winners check out the Google blog spot.