Spring Valley High School DISCOVERY students participated in the South Carolina Junior
Academy of Science Written Research Paper and Oral Presentation Competition held on March
30, 2019 at Presbyterian College in Clinton, SC. The following 66 awards totaling ~$3000
were won by DISCOVERY students. Nominees for the AAAS award have not been announced
yet.
AMERICAN JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE (AJAS) /AAAS AWARD (SEATTLE, WA, FEBRUARY, 2020): TBD
WRITTEN PAPERS
BOTANY
2ND PLACE NON-MENTORED: RIDHA FATIMA
COMBINED CATEGORIES
2ND PLACE MENTORED: VAMSI GORREPATI
COMPUTER SCIENCE
1ST PLACE NON-MENTORED: LUKE ZHANG
2ND PLACE NON-MENTORED: ANDREW “BRYSON “
MILLER
CONSUMER SCIENCE
3RD PLACE NON-MENTORED: BRIANA GRAY
ENGINEERING
1ST PLACE NON-MENTORED: SIMON WYATT
1ST PLACE NON-MENTORED: SIRAWIT SHIMPALEE
2ND PLACE NON-MENTORED: ALYSSA WILLIAMS
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
1ST PLACE NON-MENTORED: PAULINA TRIFONOVA
2ND PLACE NON-MENTORED: JOSEPHINE GARDINER
3RD PLACE NON-MENTORED: RONIT PATHAK
3RD PLACE NON-MENTORED: JONATHAN CARUSO
MATHEMATICS
2ND PLACE MENTORED: SPARSHO DE
MICROBIOLOGY
1ST PLACE NON-MENTORED: PRANAV GUNTUPALLI
2ND PLACE NON-MENTORED: YASH PATEL
3RD PLACE NON-MENTORED: JAY PATEL
PHYSICS
1ST PLACE NON-MENTORED: ANDREW MOTT
3RD PLACE NON-MENTORED: SAHIL THAKKAR
PHYSIOLOGY & HEALTH
2ND PLACE NON-MENTORED: CRAWFORD LATHAM
3RD PLACE NON-MENTORED: SYDNEY HOOK
4TH PLACE NON-MENTORED: DEIVEEK KERAI
PSYCHOLOGY
1ST PLACE NON-MENTORED: ERIN BYRD
2ND PLACE NON-MENTORED: JANE MCCALLUM
3RD PLACE NON-MENTORED: MARYAH LANCE
3RD PLACE NON-MENTORED: TAAHERA ISLAM
WRITTEN PAPERS
SOCIOLOGY
1ST PLACE NON-MENTORED: ELIZABETH “LILY”
SHYTLE
1ST PLACE NON-MENTORED: TAYLOR HAMILTON-
HANKINS
2ND PLACE NON-MENTORED: PALLAVI RAO
4TH PLACE NON-MENTORED: JAREER IMRAN
ZOOLOGY
1ST PLACE NON-MENTORED: PARTH PATEL
2ND PLACE NON-MENTORED: CHRISTINE ENCARNACION
2ND PLACE NON-MENTORED: KHUSHI PATEL
3RD PLACE NON-MENTORED: CAROLINE BRINDEL
3RD PLACE NON-MENTORED: ANDREW JUHN
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
BOTANY
1ST PLACE NON-MENTORED: RIDHA FATIMA
3RD PLACE NON-MENTORED: SYDNI MOORE
COMPUTER SCIENCE
1ST PLACE NON-MENTORED: ANDREW “BRYSON “
MILLER
CONSUMER SCIENCE
3RD PLACE NON-MENTORED: BRIANA GRAY
ENGINEERING
1ST PLACE NON-MENTORED: SIRAWIT SHIMPALEE
3RD PLACE NON-MENTORED: TYLER WHITE
4TH PLACE NON-MENTORED: ASA ARNOLD
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (SESSION A)
2ND PLACE NON-MENTORED: TREMAYNE ANSANI
3RD PLACE NON-MENTORED: CONNOR MYRICK
4TH PLACE NON-MENTORED: CHRISTIAN LEE
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (SESSION B)
2ND PLACE NON-MENTORED: RONIT PATHAK
3RD PLACE NON-MENTORED: JOSEPHINE GARDINER
4TH PLACE NON-MENTORED: MATTHEW LI
MICROBIOLOGY
1ST PLACE NON-MENTORED: PRANAV GUNTUPALLI
2ND PLACE NON-MENTORED: CALLIE HADDOCK
3RD PLACE NON-MENTORED: ANIKA NAIR