2001 Wyoming State Science Fair Awards
March 4 - 6, 2001
Laramie, Wyoming
Special Awards- 2001 Wyoming State Science Fair awards page
Sweepstakes Awards
Senior Division
First Place ($250, certificate and rosette)
Jason Chiu - Laramie Senior High School
Runner-up ($125, certificate and rosette)
McKay Smith - Greybull High School
Junior Division
First Place ($250, certificate and rosette)
Gabriel Nelson - Crest Hill Elementary School- Casper
Runner-up ($ 125, certificate and rosette)
John Belcher - Pioneer Park Elementary
University of Wyoming Tuition Scholarships
$2500 Scholarship
Jason Chiu - Laramie Sr. High School
$1250 Scholarships
McKay Smith - Greybull High School
Drew Blas - Cheyenne East High School
Dustin Carruthers - Cheyenne East High School
Alyson Hertzog - Greybull High School
United States Air Force
Senior Division Top Award (certificate, databank and day planner)
McKay Smith - Greybull High School
Luke Loetscher - Burns High School
Junior Division Top Award (certificate, calculator and medal)
Brittany Iler - Cody Middle School
Megan Kuper - Greybull Middle School
Honorable Mention (certificate and commemorative coin)
Junior Division
Caitlin Barrett - McCormick Junior High School- Cheyenne
Senior Division
Jennifer Kuper - Greybull High School
United States Navy and Marine Corps (programmable scientific calculator)
Alyson Hertzog - Greybull High School
McKay Smith - Greybull High School
Jennifer Kuper - Greybull High School
Dustin Carruthers - Cheyenne East High School
Department of the Army
First Place (certificate, $100 savings bond)
Jason Chiu - Laramie Senior High School
Outstanding Projects (certificate, $50 savings bond)
Forrest Maclean - Pinedale High School
Sara Schneider - Little Snake River School- Baggs
Dustin Carruthers - Cheyenne East High School
Rob Kamber - Laramie Senior High School
Certificates of Achievement
Kody Stocks - Little Snake River School - Baggs
Cassandra Kaul - Newcastle High School
McKay Smith - Greybull High School
Drew Blas - Cheyenne East High School
Abby Bush - Tensleep High School
Amy Geringer - Wheatland High School
Melissa Murphy - Newcastle High School
Jennifer Kuper - Greybull High School
Danielle Hanson - Star Lane School- Casper
University of Wyoming Department of Anthropology (t-shirt and certificate) Whitney Ballard and Emily Reiter - Riverton Middle School
University of Wyoming Geological Museum (Geology Museum t-shirt, dinosaur pin and certificate)
Scharen Collingwood - Greybull Middle School
Melissa Cunningham - Cody Middle School
Daniel Eagles and Kalyca Hunter - Hot Springs County High School
Brandon Drake and Laura Vietti - Hot Springs County High School
Rocky Mountain Water Environment Association (First place $250 savings bond and certificate, second place $100 savings bond and a certificate)
First place:
Junior Division
Mark Pilch - Holy Name School- Sheridan
Senior Division
Danielle Hansen - Star Lane School- Casper
Second Place:
Junior Division
Christopher Caskey - Pinedale Middle School Senior Division
Jennifer Kuper - Greybull High School
Water Environmental Federation (certificate)
Danielle Hansen - Star Lane School- Casper
Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award (certificate and $200 award)
Drew Blas - Cheyenne East High School
Intel Excellence in Environmental Health and Safety Award (certificate and $200 award)
Danielle Hansen - Star Lane School- Casper
ExxonMobil Special Science Awards
$50 and a certficate
Amanda Jones - Poison Spider Elementary School- Casper
Erik Konkel - Central Middle School- Sheridan
Amanda Aimone - Kemmerer Middle School
Breanne Tobin - Midwest School
$25 and a certificate Drew Blas - Cheyenne East High School
Jason White - Laramie Senior High School
Amy Geringer - Wheatland High School
Alyson Herzog - Greybull High School
Conservation International (certificate) Jason Wille - Little Snake River School- Baggs
Wyoming Energy and Conservation Office Special Energy Scholarships
$700 scholarship: Travis Menge - Little Snake River Valley School- Baggs
$700 scholarship: Luke Loetscher - Burns High School
$600 scholarship: Rob Kamber - Laramie Senior High School
Honorable Mention Certificate: Marcie Sapp - Shoshoni School
American Meteorological Society (certificate)
Forrest Maclean - Pinedale High School
Association For Women Geoscientists Award (certificate)
Nate Collins - Wheatland High School
Wyoming Mining Association Russ Beamer Scholarships
$720 scholarship: McKay Smith - Greybull High School
$250 scholarship: Andrew Coughlin - Laramie Senior High School
$250 scholarship: Virginia Eakin - Laramie Senior High School
Eastman Kodak Company Award (camera )
Alyson Hertzog - Greybull High School
ExxonMobil Junior Division Special Awards (TI 30X two-line scientific calculators)
Mike Trummel - Sage Valley Junior High
Trey Wasserburger - Sage Valley Junior High
Melissa Norman - Clear Creek Middle School- Buffalo
Tarek Salih - Pioneer Park Elementary- Cheyenne
James Garber - Holy Name School- Sheridan
Logan Maclean - Pinedale Middle School
Jill Bedessem - Thayer Elementary- Laramie
Jordan Stephens - Jackson Hole Middle School
Shannon Johnston - Pinedale Middle School
Erica Shed - Shoshoni Junior High School
Luke Swank - Pinedale Middle School
Nikki Horton - Shoshoni Junior High School
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association (certificate and medallion)
McKay Smith - Greybull Middle School
ASM International Foundation Award for the Most Outstanding Exhibit in Materials Science (certificate and pewter medallion)
Alyson Hertzog - Greybull High School
Department of Health and Human Services (certificate)
Heather Jo Dixon - Rock River High School
U. S. Metric Association (certificate)
Heather Jo Dixon - Rock River High School
Yale Science and Engineering Award (certificate and medallion)
Alyson Hertzog - Greybull High School
Wyoming Council of Teacher of Mathematics (graphing calculator)
Breanne Tobin - Midwest School
Drew Blas - Cheyenne East High School
University of Wyoming Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering (Certificate and book)
"The Great Bridge"
McKay Smith - Greybull High School
"Unbuilding"
Kaila Kelly - Thayer Elementary School
"Underground" Jodi Oliver - Upton Middle School