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DACC & College Express -- Dual Credit for the Win!

Five of this year's College Express students in Computer Programming placed at the top of the Computer Science competition at the ACES Academic Challenge competition held at DACC on Tuesday.

They will all be advancing to Sectional competition at EIU on March 9th.

Pictured from left to right:

Kollin Schrader - 2nd place - 700 division

Tanner Steele - 1st place (tie) - 300 division

Bujar Haziri - 1st place (tie)  - 700 division

Carter Borgers - 1st place (tie) - 300 division

Paul Harms - 2nd place (tie) - 300 division

-- Danville Area Community College hosted the Academic Challenge in Engineering and Science (ACES) Regional competition, a test of aptitudes in Mathematics and Science, on February, 7, 2023.  The regional competition was sponsored by the Math, Sciences & Health Professions Division at Danville Area Community College.

Students were tested in seven different academic areas which included mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, english, engineering graphics and computer science.  Eight high schools, represented by nearly 115 students, participated.  Teams that have placed second or first, as well as all individuals earning a first or second place in their Division, will be competing in sectional competition on March 9 at Eastern Illinois University. See below for a list of winners.

Academic Challenge in Engineering and Science Competition Winners

I. Participating High Schools Armstrong Township, 

Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin, 

Georgetown-Ridge Farm, 

Hoopeston Area, 

Milford, 

Oakwood, 

Shiloh and 

Westville.

II. Team Awards – Trophies

Division 300- Small Schools (enrollment less than or equal to 300) 3rd:  Georgetown-Ridge Farm High School

2nd:  Armstrong Township High School

1st:  Milford High School

Division 700- Middle Size Schools (enrollment between 301 and 700)

3rd: Westville High School

2nd: Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin Cooperative High School

1st: Oakwood High School    

III. Individual Award Winners – 300 Division

A.   Math

3rd: Aria Leppard (Milford)

2nd: Carter Borgers (Milford)

1st: Cameron Langellier (Milford)

B. English 3rd:  Lily North (Shiloh), Gigi Mulvaney (Armstrong)

2nd: Maddie Hardwick (Milford), Jeremy Lappin (Georgetown-Ridge Farm)

1st: Landon Freeman (Armstrong)

C. Chemistry 3rd: Rylan Mosier (Georgetown-Ridge Farm)

2nd: Chloe Winslow (Georgetown-Ridge Farm)

1st: Madison Demarse (Milford)

D. Physics 3rd: Donovan Loveall-Lavandoski (Shiloh)

2nd: Kayli Trotter (Shiloh), Andy Houlihan (Shiloh), Zoey Harding (Armstrong)

1st: Landon Freeman (Armstrong)

E. Biology 3rd: Kaylee Blackford (Armstrong)

2nd: Kelsey Blackford (Armstrong), Andy Houlihan (Shiloh), Jack Houlihan (Shiloh), Brenden Cash (Shiloh)

1st: Kenzie Hales (Shiloh)

F. Engineering Graphics 3rd: Noa Rosa (Shiloh)

2nd: Kennedy Brown (Shiloh), Lily Brown (Shiloh)

1st: Levi Ash (Shiloh), Grant North (Shiloh)

G. Computer Science 3rd: Zoey Harding (Armstrong)

2nd: Paul Harms (Milford), Colton Murphy (Armstrong), Alex McCrone (Georgetown-Ridge Farm), Jacob Smith (Shiloh)

1st:  Tanner Steele (Georgetown-Ridge Farm), Carter Borgers (Milford)

IV. Individual Award Winners – 700 Division

A.   Math

3rd: Kalie Tison (Oakwood), Natalie Clapp (Bismark-Henning-Rossville-Alvin)

2nd: Piper Heise (Westville), Tayelor Lowe (Bismark-Henning-Rossville-Alvin), Kyle McFarland (Oakwood), Grant Powell (Oakwood), Joshua Gernand (Bismark-Henning-Rossville-Alvin)

1st: Kevin Clapp (Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin Cooperative),

B. English 3rd:  Ramona Liggett (Oakwood)

2nd: Eva Rangel (Bismark-Henning-Rossville-Alvin)

1st: Sean Hudson (Hoopeston)

C. Chemistry 3rd: Aidan Skinner (Westville)

2nd: Emely Goodwin (Oakwood), Levi Tucker (Westville), Alexa Ball (Bismark-Henning-Rossville-Alvin)

1st: Amber-Christine Reed (Bismark-Henning-Rossville-Alvin)

D. Physics 3rd: Grant Powell (Oakwood)

2nd: Kyle McFarland (Oakwood)

1st: Joshua Gernand (Bismark-Henning-Rossville-Alvin)

E. Biology 3rd: Jackson Priest (Westville)

2nd: Jayden Bolton (Hoopeston)

1st: Ethan Richards (Westville)

F. Engineering Graphics 3rd: Aidan Skinner (Westville), Kollin Schrader (Oakwood)

2nd: Gabriel Joneikis (Hoopeston)

1st: Sean Hudson (Hoopeston)

G. Computer Science 3rd: Levi Tucker (Westville), Hannah Smith (Bismark-Henning-Rossville-Alvin), Cade Schaumburg (Westville)

2nd: Kollin Schrader (Oakwood)

1st:  Bujar Haziri (Oakwood), Ethan Frattick (Bismark-Henning-Rossville-Alvin)

V. DACC Scholarship Winners

This year Danville Area Community College awarded a scholarship to the two highest ranking seniors competing in Academic Challenge.  These scholarships cover 24 credit hours at DACC.  This year’s winners were:  Kelsey Blackford (Armstrong) and Ethan Richards (Westville)