Murray, KY - Seventeen high schools from three states were represented by team and individual participants in the 36th Murray State University High School Chemistry Scholarship Tournament, November 2, 2006.
A total of 71 students from high schools in Kentucky, Illinois, and Tennessee participated in the activity sponsored by the MSU Department of Chemistry, in conjunction with the Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society.
Contestents during the exam
The
four top-scoring individuals will be offered scholarships to Murray State
and were presented cash awards and plaques, while the top-scoring teams
were presented cash awards and plaques. Cash awards were also presented
to the three highest scoring individuals currently in the first year of
high school chemistry.
1st Place Team from left to right: Sponsor, Becky Fairbanks, Alan Manning,
Daniel White, Matt Jordan, Josh Hyatt
and Tournament Director Dr. Terry McCreary
The four top-scoring
individuals were: Josh Hyatt, First Place, Murray High School, Murray,
KY, Becky Fairbanks, Sponsor; Matt Jordan, Second Place, Murray High School,
Murray, KY, Becky Fairbanks, Sponsor; Andy Couch, Third Place, Waverly
Central High School, Waverly, TN, Robby Einerson, Sponsor; Daniel White,
Fourth Place, Murray High School, Murray, KY, Becky Fairbanks, Sponsor.
Winners
in the Lower Division section were: Justin Palmer, First Place, Calloway
Co. High School, Murray, KY, Jeremy Krug, Sponsor; Tyler Cantrell, Second
Place, Mayfield High School, Mayfield, KY, Mary Seay, Sponsor; Khristian
Sunga, Third Place, Hardin County High School, Elizabethtown, IL, Larry
Conley, Sponsor.
The
school team winners were: First Place, Murray High School, Murray, KY,
Becky Fairbanks, Sponsor; Second Place, Marion High School, Marion, IL,
Megin Rice, Sponsor; Third Place, Waverly Central High School, Waverly,
TN, Robby Einerson, Sponsor; Fourth Place, Calloway County High School,
Murray, KY, Jeremy Krug, Sponsor.
