Ozark Chapter – Missouri Society of Professional Engineers
For Immediate Release – Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Contact: Jerry Jesky, P.E., 417-885-1746
MATHCOUNTS 2025
Organized by: Ozark Chapter - MSPE
Held on Saturday, February 1, 2025, at Drury University in Springfield, MO
There were ten (10) schools who participated, with a total of 66 students competing!
MATHCOUNTS is a nationwide program designed to improve math skills among U.S. students. Sponsors help encourage middle school students, who are at a crucial stage in developing and sustaining math interest and ability. This year was MATHCOUNTS’s 42nd anniversary.
Participating Schools and Coaches:
- Cherokee Middle School, Springfield, MO – Angela Starns
- Greenwood Laboratory School, Springfield, MO – Songfeng Zheng
- Immaculate Conception School, Springfield, MO – Christy Cunningham
- Nixa Junior High School, Nixa, MO – Elizabeth Tiller
- Ozark Junior High School, Ozark, MO – Jessica Giesler
- Pleasant View Middle School, Springfield, MO – John Vassilaros
- Scholars at Central High School, Springfield, MO – Audra Uzzell
- St. Agnes School, Springfield, MO – Cam Branson
- St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School, Springfield, MO – Matthew Hillwick
- Westport Middle School, Springfield, MO – Jill Reinke
A total of 20 students from the Ozark Chapter qualified for the State MSPE competition on March 8, 2025, at the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO (the top two teams and the top 12 individuals not on a top two team qualified to go to state). Seven (7) schools will be sending students to the State competition: Nixa Junior High, Greenwood Laboratory School, Scholars at Central High School, Cherokee Middle School, Immaculate Conception School, Ozark Junior High, and Pleasant View Middle School.
Team Results:
The top two school teams were as follows:
1. Nixa Junior High School
- Caden Edlund
- Viraaj Chadha
- Shreyansh Nakkanti
- Alta Winn
2. Greenwood Laboratory School
- Dylan Zheng
- Jodie Liu
- Sarina Zheng
- Arjun Jayarao
Top 12 Individuals Not on a Top 2 Team:
- Will Hein – Immaculate Conception
- Kriti Bande – Scholars @ Central H.S.
- Gianna Oghlakian – Scholars @ Central H.S.
- Nikolay Pavlenko – Ozark Jr. High
- Jackson Haahr – Cherokee Middle School
- Asher Beauchamp – Pleasant View Middle School
- Brady Hathcock – Immaculate Conception
- Josie Lowenthal-Hershey – Cherokee Middle School
- Jude Miller – Scholars @ Central H.S.
- Ethan Ethridge – Scholars @ Central H.S.
- Zoey Shoemaker – Scholars @ Central H.S.
- Joshua Shang – Scholars @ Central H.S.
Trophies were presented to the top ten individuals and the top four teams along with their team coach, and Drury awarded five $1,000 scholarships to the top scoring individuals. All students and coaches received a certificate, t-shirt, and goodie-bag.
For this event, the Ozark Chapter of MSPE received major funding from F&H Supply and Springfield 3M, as well as the use of Drury University facilities at no charge.
Other supporting organizations include: Olsson, Inc., City Utilities, City of Springfield, Missouri State University, Own, Inc., Great River Engineering, Palmerton & Parrish, and the Ozark Chapter MSPE.
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