EHS wins first place in mathematics tournament

“We are proud to host such a scholarly tournament on our campus,” said Dr. Nancy W. Chandler, ESCC President. “As a former math teacher, I appreciate the hard work and dedication it takes for each student to excel and participate in such a competition.”

Participating schools came from all over southeast Alabama and northern Florida, with Enterprise High School, Enterprise Junior High School, Dauphin Junior High School, New Brockton High School, Elba High School and Enterprise Preparatory Academy representing Coffee County.

This year, ESCC offered two full-tuition scholarships to students.

To receive the scholarships, students had to have the highest score in their division, an interest in attending ESCC and must have plans to become a math major.

Dr. Jeffery H. Coats, ESCC Dean of Students, awarded the Division I scholarship to John Stalvey of Enterprise High School and Division II scholarship to Shufeng Zhen of Elba High School.

“Hosting this math tournament is a great way to encourage students to pursue math as a career,” said ESCC mathematics division chair, Kathy Haynes. “It’s also a wonderful way to show students what a great place ESCC is to attend. I hope they see what value we place on mathematics and the encouragement we can offer them along their academic journey. This is a great place to start.”

Enterprise High School’s Division 1 took home first place and was comprised of Austin Henderson, Ryan Requijo and Erin Stafford

The EHS Division 2 team, Abby Thompson, Christi Jo Hahn, Faizel Animashau, finished third overall. 

Logan Stewmon and Ryan Massey of EJHS were individual winners in the algebra 1 category and EJHS students Taylor Driscoll and Brandon Brooks were individual winners in the geometry category along with Logan Graham, of Dauphin Junior High School.