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Milwaukee School of
Engineering's annual Opportunity Conference was held on Nov. 21-24, 2008. The
29th annual conference drew teams from throughout Wisconsin and
Illinois to compete and demonstrate excellence in the areas of computers,
mathematics and science. Trophies, medals and plaques were awarded to recognize
top individual and team scores, and all students received t-shirt for their
participation.
Top placing teams were:
COMPUTER COMPETITION
Tie for first
place: Whitefish Bay High School, Milwaukee,
Wis., and Stoughton High School, Stoughton, Wis.
Whitefish Bay High School
Coach: Bruce Gill
Team Members: Eitan Babcock, Ian Gee, Samantha Luber, Devon Munger
Stoughton High School
Team members: Adam Demuri,
Austin Johnson, Theron Luhn, Kyle Schmitt
Third place: Whitewater High School Team A, Whitewater,
Wis.
Coach: Laura Masbruch
Team members: Ben Heller, Brandon Korf, Sean McKenzie, Felicia Wilson
MATH COMPETITION
First place: Whitefish Bay High School,
Whitefish Bay, Wis.
Coach: Terry Young
Team members: Eitan Babcock, Ian Gee, Andrew Groble, Ben Ihde, Zak
Kaplan, Sue Lim, Cullen Munger, Minh Tam Trinh
Second place:
Marquette University High School, Milwaukee, Wis.
Coach: Joe Griesbach
Team members: Ryan Ackmann, Alex Becherer, Justin Chan, Sean Conley, Tom
Fehring, Michael Hanley, Jake Murtha, Tim Noack
Third place: Homestead High School, Mequon, Wis.
Coach: Monica Gantner
Team members: Robby Friedlander, Dillon Kelly, Erin Kuhl, Alex Loiben,
Rahul Subramanian, Tyr Weisner-Hanks, Nick Yeh, Franklin Zhu
SCIENCE COMPETITION
First place: Vernon Hills, Vernon Hills, Ill.
Coach: Josh Ravenscraft
Team members: Daniel Fong, Sean Hogan, Kevin Lee, Cliff Nelson,
Allen Ni, Colleen Rhoades, Gordy Skeoch, Brian Smith
Second place: Arrowhead A, Hartland, Wis.
Coach: Cheri Kaiser
Team members: Tyler Chu, Dan Douglas, Amishi Kumar, Alex Mentzer, Dan Schwartz,
Alec Uebersohn, Aaron Vassar, Steve Wolfson
Third place: Libertyville A, Libertyville, Ill.
Coach: Pete Dawson
Team members: Hani Awni, Martha Evans, Jeff Goldman, Sarah Oswald, Weitao
Qiang, Anish Raman, Gavin Winkel, Shiyi Wu
Top Overall Individual Scores (highest at top)
Awni, Hani - Libertyville
Ni, Allen - Vernon Hills
Goldman, Jeff - Libertyville
Porubsky, Nick - Brookfield Central
Uebersohn, Alex - Arrowhead
Denu, Ryan - Brookfield Central
Hogan, Sean - Vernon Hills
Chu, Tyler - Arrowhead
Douglas, Dan - Arrowhead
Nelson, Cliff - Vernon Hills
Qiang, Weitao - Libertyville
Rhoades, Colleen - Vernon Hills
Fong, Daniel - Vernon Hills
Jacobson, Lucas - Oak Creek
Top Biology Score:
Ni, Allen - Vernon Hills
Top Chemistry Scores (tie):
Qiang, Weitao - Libertyville
Ni, Allen - Vernon Hills
Top General Science Score
(tie):
Awni, Hani - Libertyville
Doll, Matt - Stoughton
Uebersohn, Alec - Arrowhead
Top Physics Score:
Awni, Hani - Libertyville