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Area Students Earn Awards at Annual Cherokee Nation Science and Engineering Fair

Overall winners of the Cherokee Nation Science and Engineering Fair, from left to right-- McKalee Steen, Bretton Medlin, Lloyd Brewer and Charlotte Kirk.

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Several students throughout Cherokee Nation recently won awards during the Third Annual Cherokee Nation Science and Engineering Fair.  The fair is a venue for students to present their research projects in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines to be judged and critiqued.

            The fair brought 162 students from nearly a dozen local schools together to compete in the areas of behavioral and social sciences, biochemistry, botany, chemistry, computer science, earth and space sciences, engineering, environmental science, mathematics, medicine and health science, microbiology, physics and zoology.  Students entered more than 135 projects, while some participated in team projects.

            The Cherokee Nation Science and Engineering Fair was established by Cherokee Nation Education Services to promote academic interest and prepare students for college in the areas science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

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Awards

Overall Awards

Middle School

1^st  McKalee Steen – Grove

2^nd Dawson Floyd – Muldrow

3^rd Tristan Brown – Muldrow

 

High School

1^st Lloyd Brewer – Grove

2^nd Bretton Medlin – Grove

3^rd Charlotte Kirk – Westville

 

“Cherokee Way of Life” Awards

Middle School

1^st Cole McCrary – Muldrow

2^nd Tyler Fletcher – Stilwell

3^rd Autumn Fourkiller -Stilwell

 

High School

1^st Gretchan Moore – Muldrow

2^nd Josh Mease – Grove

3^rd Charlotte Kirk – Westville

 

Zoology Graduate Student Society Award - $50

            Zoology -

                Middle School -Adison Hood – Keys

                High School - Sara Nix – Grove

            Environmental Science

                Middle School – Kaylee Snyder – Keys

                High School - Sara Green – Grove

 

Oklahoma Chapter American Statistical Association Award - $50

            Best Use of Statistics      Dawson Floyd – Muldrow

 

Oklahoma Professional Chapter AISES Award- $50

            Katie Nix – Grove

 

Cowan Family Award – Engineering $50

            Middle School - Tyler Fletcher – Stilwell

            High School – Lloyd Brewer – Grove

 

NSU Tuition Waiver - $1,000

            Lloyd Brewer – Grove

            Bretton Medlin - Grove

 

 

Awards by Category

 

Behavioral and Social Sciences

Middle School

1^st Tristan Brown – Muldrow

2^nd Kaylee Switzer – Keys

3^rd Terin Fletcher – Stilwell

 

High School

1^st Bretton Medlin – Grove

2^nd Kaitlin Richards – Westville

3^rd Zachary McVey – Westville

 

Biochemistry

Middle School

1^st Kiley Warren – Leach

 

High School

1^st Bree Cooper – Westville

 

Botany

Middle School

2^nd Johnathan Scott – Westville

 

High School

1^st Charlotte Kirk – Westville

2^nd Whitney Reece – Westville

3^rd Lyndsey Broyles – Muldrow

 

Chemistry

Middle School

1^st Taylor Snyder – Westville

2^nd Michael Thompson – Oaks Mission

3^rd  Jennifer House – Stilwell

 

High School

1^st Louisa Kirk – Westville

2^nd Madeline Mays – Wagoner

3^rd  Katelyn Miller – Westville

 

Computer Science

High School

2^nd Rachel Williams – Westville

 

Earth and Space Science

Middle School

1^st Autumn Lawless – Keys

2^nd Sydney Hooper – Keys

3^rd Brittany Davis – Keys

 

High School

1^st Josh Mease – Grove

2^nd Tyler Davidson – Westville

 

Engineering

Middle School

1^st Tyler Fletcher – Stilwell

2^nd Ira Warren – Leach

3^rd Josiah Smith – Keys

 

High School

1^st Lloyd Brewer – Grove

2^nd Larod Snyder – Westville

3^rd RaAnda Hallum – Muldrow

 

Environmental Science

Middle School

1^st Kaylee Snyder – Keys

2^nd Brooke Ballard – Keys

3^rd Brooke Kindle – Westville

 

High School

1^st Sara Green – Grove

2^nd Gretchan Moore – Muldrow

3^rd Sara Kruczek – Wagoner

 

Mathematics

Middle School

1^st Dawson Floyd – Muldrow

2^nd Jesse Crittenden – Stilwell

 

 

Medicine and Health

Middle School

1^st McKalee Steen – Grove

2^nd Paxton McVey – Westville

3^rd Paige O’Neal – Keys

 

High School

1^st Katie Nix - Grove

2^nd Nia Yarborough – Wagoner

3^rd Joel Penner – Wagoner

 

Microbiology

Middle School

1^st Michelle Deason – Grove

2^nd Marissa Williams – Keys

3^rd Wyatt Rogers – Leach

 

High School

1^st Selma Brewer – Grove

2^nd Amy Yell – Westville

3^rd Jewel Yell – Westville

 

Physics

Middle School

1^st Holly Harvel – Muldrow

2^nd MacKenzie Wickett – Muldrow

3^rd Trenton Ward – Stilwell

 

High School

1^st Charlesa Hartshorne – Westville

2^nd Bentz Helm – Westville

 

Zoology

Middle School

1^st Adison Hood – Keys

2^nd Kindle Wilkie – Westville

3^rd Kira Brown – Muldrow

 

High School

1^st Sara Nix – Grove

2^nd Emily Alberty – Westville

3^rd Jackie Eagle – Gore

 

Team Projects

Middle School

1^st Chase Littlejohn and Ryan Collins – Stilwell

2^nd Colton Beach and Gavin Beach – Westville

3^rd Cody McCully and Johnny Buckner – Stilwell

 

High School

1^st Deidra Eagleton and Kimberlyn Wilkie – Westville

2^nd Tashua Risley, Nathan Dick and Nicholas Murray – Gore

3^rd Morgan Stark and Jennifer Butler - Wagoner