UNION UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES WEST TENNESSEE REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR WINNERS

JACKSON, April 16-- Winners of the 34th annual West Tennessee Regional Science Fair were announced recently in a ceremony at Union University.

Nishea Foley of Camden Central High School and Richa Airee of Martin Westview High School took top honors in the senior high divisions. Foley's The Viability of Glochidia of the Butterfly Mussel won the senior biological division, while Airee's Assay of Nitric Oxide and Nitric Oxide Synthase won the senior physical category.

Foley and Airee were chosen from entries representing schools across West Tennessee, excluding Shelby County. The event was judged by representatives from area colleges and universities, industries, government agencies, and the military.

Foley, Airee and their sponsoring teachers will receive an expense-paid trip to the 47th International Science and Engineering Fair in Tuscon, Arizona this May. Both winners also earned a $1,000 Union University scholarship, a $60 cash award and a plaque.

Other winners, their categories and schools are:

Senior Biological Division

Second Place, Bradley Carter, Martin Westview High School; Third Place, Barry Tuck, Gleason High School; Honorable Mention, Jennifer Judge, Martin Westview High School.

Junior Biological Division

First Place, Jay Yeargin, Greenfield Junior High School; Second Place, Crystal Thornsberry, Greenfield High School; Third Place, Tera A. Sanders, Greenfield High School; Honorable Mention, Travis Bailey, Fayette County High School.

Senior Physical Division

Second Place, Eric Brantley, Camden High School; Third Place, Andy King, Fayette County High School, Honorable Mention, Jay Jackson, Martin Westview High School.

Junior Physical Division

First Place, Beth Ann Coats, Greenfield Junior High School; Second Place, Christopher Porter, Greenfield High School; Third Place, Marsha Mason, Southwest Elementary School; Honorable Mention, Brandon Thornsberry, Greenfield High School.

Senior Team Division

Joey Hall, Matthew Williams, William Ragon, Jackson Christian School.

Junior Team Division

Harold Matlock, Nathan DeWitt, Wesley Blankenship, Jackson Christian School.

Sweepstakes Awards

Martin Westview High School and Greenfield Junior High School.

American Meteriological Society Awards

Candice Floyd, Greenfield High School, and Rachel Perry, Greenfield High School.

Association for Women Geoscoentists Award

Jennifer Judge, Martin Westview High School.

Eastman Kodak Award

Bradley Carter, Martin Westview High School.

Junior Engineering Technical Society

Andy King, Fayette County High School

National Association of Corrosion Engineers

Bradley Carter,, Martin Westview High School

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Eric Brantley, Camden High School.

Proctor and Gamble

Richa Airee, Martin Westview High School, and Crystal Thornsberry, Greenfield High School.

U.S. Air Force

First Place, Senior Division: Richa Airee, Martin Wetview High School.

Second Place, Senior Division: Deborah Wiseman, Fayette County High School.

First Place, Junior Division: Seth Johnson, Greenfield High School.

Second Place, Junior Division: Jay Yeargin, Greenfield Junior High School.

U.S. Army

Engineering Category: Andy King , Martin Westview High School.

Environmental Science Category: Manika Sharma, Martin Westview High School.

Life Science Category: Nishea Foley, Camden Central High School.

Math/Computer Science Category: Kila Tucker, Greenfield High School.

Physical Science Category: Ellen Marks, Camden Central High School.

Best Overall: Manika Sharma, Martin Westview High School.

U.S. Navy/Marine Corps

Bradley Boals, Martin Westview High School; Kila Tucker, Greenfield High School; Joshua Johnson, Greenfield High School; Manika Sharma, Martin Westview High School.

Yale Science and Engineering Association

Brandon Thornsberry, Greenfield Junior High School.

Tennessee Energy Education Network

Beth Ann Coats, Greenfield Junior High School.

U.S. Metric Association

Kila Tucker, Greenfield High School.

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