2000 Wyoming State Science Fair Awards
Laramie, Wyoming
Sweepstakes Awards
Senior Division
First Place ($250, certificate and rosette)
Jason Chiu Laramie Sr. High School
Runner-up ($125, certificate and rosette)
Erin Stoesz Laramie Sr. High School
Junior Division
First Place ($250, certificate and rosette)
Christy Gorzalka Holy Name School- Sheridan
Runner-up Tie ($ 62.50, certificate and rosette)
Blaine Ziegler Sheridan Junior High School
Luke Loetscher Burns Junior High School
University of Wyoming Tuition Scholarships
$2500 Scholarship
Jason Chiu Laramie Sr. High School
$1250 Scholarships
Cy Bevenger Cody High School
Drew Blas Cheyenne East High School
Tiffany Clark Campbell County High School
Erin Stoesz Laramie Senior High School
United States Air Force
First Place (certificate, databank, day planner and medal)
Junior division Zach Gibson Dean Morgan Jr. High School
Senior division Jason Chiu Laramie Senior High School
Second place (certificate, databank, day planner and medal)
Junior division Anthony Ritzdorf Kemmerer Middle School
Senior division Sara Schneider Little Snake River Valley School
Third Place (certificate and medal)
Junior Division Erin Hollingsworth Cody Middle School
Senior Division Michael Yurkowski Centennial Junior High - Casper
United States Navy and Marine Corps (programmable scientific calculator)
Chelsea Peterson Campbell County High School
Sara Schneider Little Snake River School – Baggs
Erica Johnson Little Snake River School – Baggs
Nicole Velikaneye Sheridan Junior High School
Department of the Army
First Place (certificate, $100 savings bond)
Tiffany Clark Campbell County High School
Outstanding Projects (certificate, $50 savings bond)
Beau Wibbens Laramie Senior High School
Lindsay Paul Ten Sleep High School
Jason Chiu Laramie Senior High School
Cy Bevenger Cody High School
Certificates of Achievement
John Borer Cody High School
Cheryl Collen Ten Sleep High School
Katie Cohen Cheyenne Central High School
Mandie Nichols Campbell County High School
Beverly Cheese East Junior High – Rock Springs
Alisa Haines East Junior High – Rock Springs
Saygar Bevenger Cody High School
University of Wyoming Graduate School Special Awards ($25 and certificate)
Curt Mayer Ten Sleep High School
Erin Stoesz Laramie Senior High School
Jared Collingswood Greybull Middle School
Tamarah Winchell Paradise Valley Christian School – Casper
Amanda Kuck Cody Middle School
Rykki Lynn Olson Shoshoni Jr. High School
Christina Stockhouse Jackson Hole Middle School
Casey Lipp Greybull Middle School
University of Wyoming Department of Geography and Recreation Special Environmental Awards ($25 and certificate of achievement)
Lindsay Paul Ten Sleep High School
Q.T. Blair Cody Middle School
University of Wyoming Department of Anthropology (t-shirt and certificate)
Erin Stoesz Laramie Senior High School
Kendall Brunette Pinedale Middle School
University of Wyoming Geological Museum
(Geology Museun t-shirt, dinosaur pin and certificate)
Kendall Brunette Pinedale Middle School
Beau Erickson Paradise Valley Christian School – Casper
Amy Michaelis Cody Middle School
Rainbow Photograpy (one-use cameras)
Becky Kemp Davis Middle School- Evanston
Sohaila Dadelahi Holy Name School – Sheridan
Michael Coyne Greybull Middle School
Lisa Herrod Cody Middle School
Tina Sorge Jackson Hole Middle School
Brian Cherni Tongue River Middle School
Kristen Osborne McCormick Jr. High School – Cheyenne
Kate Seurer Central Middle School – Sheridan
Jesse Miller Shoshoni Jr. High School
Amanda Watson Cody Middle School
Ty Davis McCormick Jr. High School
Laramie Rivers Conservation District (certificates and nature journals)
Tiffany Clark Campbell County High School
Sara Schneider Little Snake River School - Baggs
Saygar Bevenger Cody High School
Michelle Huxtable Shoshoni Jr. High School
Michael Harris Holy Name School – Sheridan
Becky Kemp Davis Middle School - Evanston
Rocy Mountain Water Environment Association (First place $250 savings bond and certificate, second place $100 savings bond and a certificate)
First place:
Junior Division Will Combs McCormick Jr. High School - Cheyenne
Senior Division Erica Johnson Little Snake River School - Baggs
Second Place:
Junior Division Chris Reynolds Central Middle School – Sheridan
Senior Division Cy Bevenger Cody Middle School - Cody
Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award (certificate and $200 award)
R.J Hatch and Ryan Norwood Cheyenne East High School
Intel Excellence in Environmental Health and Safety Award (certificate and $200 award)
Conservation International (certificate)
Erica Johnson Little Snake River School – Baggs
Wyoming Energy and Conservation Office Special Energy Scholarships
$1250 scholarship: (team, share the award) Andrew Coughlin and Nathan Nicholas Laramie Senior High School
$750 scholarship: (tie, split the $750 award) Keri Braunberger Tongue River Middle School and Q.T. Blair Cody Middle School
American Meteorological Society (certificates)
Drew Blas Cheyenne East High School
Cheryl Collen Ten Sleep High School
Association For Women Geoscientists Award (certificate)
Tiffany Clark Campbell County High School
Eastman Kodak Company Award (camera )
Beau Wibbens Laramie Senior High School
Herbert Hoover Presidential Laibray Association (certificate and medallion)
Michael Yurkoski Centennial Jr. High School - Casper
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Award (certificate and book)
Jason Chiu Laramie Senior High School
Water Environmental Federation (certificate)
Erica Johnson Little Snake River School – Baggs
Department of Health and Human Services (certificate)
Mandie Nickels Campbell County High School
U. S. Metric Association
Erica Johnson Little Snake River School – Baggs
Yale Science and Engineering Award
Misty Stombaugh Cheyenne East High School
National Association of Corrosion Engineers
Taffy Kempton Sheridan Junior High School
American Chemical Society ($25 and certificates)
Joe Pierce Pinedale Middle School
Cy Bevenger Cody High School
University of Wyoming Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering (Certificate and book- "The Great Bridge"
Keri Braunberger Tongue River Middle School
Felicia Resor Jackson Hole Middle School