I would absolutely have pegged this as satire, but it looks like a Eugene Ross did indeed place second in a web design competition in Sarasota.
http://www.sarasotacountyschools.net/schools/sarasotahigh/in...
Ctrl-F Eugene Ross
http://www.sarasotacountyschools.net/schools/sarasotahigh/in...
Ctrl-F Eugene Ross