WYSE

The St. Teresa W.Y.S.E Team

W.Y.S.E. is short for Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering.  It is an academic competition sponsored by the University of Illinois, School of Engineering.  Fourteen students compete as a team.  They take timed tests in the subjects of Mathematics, English, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Computer Science, and Engineering Graphics.

 This is our first year to compete in the division of schools with enrollments of 300 to 700 students (even though our enrollment is 288).  Team accomplishments during the last three years include:

2010 Regional Champions (six schools in the division with enrollments less than 300 students)
2011 Regional Champions (six schools in the division with enrollments less than 300 students)
2012 Regional Third Place (six schools in the division with enrollments of 300 to 700 students)
2010 Sectional – Second Place (fourteen regional champions and runners-up)
2011 Sectional – Second Place (fourteen regional champions and runners-up)
2010 State – Eleventh Place (22 sectional champions and runners-up)
2011 State – Twelve Place (23 sectional champions and runners-up)

What you can expect if you are on the St. Teresa WYSE team

St. Teresa

Individual Accomplishments

For the W.Y.S.E. Competition

2010 Regional Team Champion (Under 300 Students)
Andrew Martin 1^st place Chemistry
Anna Copper 1^st place English
Ryan Scribner 1^st place Mathematics
Matt Grooss 1^st place Physics
Michael Jurgens 2^nd place English

2011 Regional Team Champion (Under 300 Students)
Claire Raycraft 1^st Place Chemistry
Michael Pearson 1^st Place Computer Science
Michael Miller 1^st place (tie) English
Aidan Chamberlain 2^nd Place (tie) English
Gretchen Vandercar 2^nd Place (tie) English
Michael Miller 3^rd  Place Mathematics (tie)
Connor Pearson 3^rd Place Mathematics (tie)
Grace McCormack 3^rd Place Mathematics (tie)
Jacob Miller 1^st Place Physics
Martin Hobza 2^nd Place (tie) Physics
Ryan Scribner  3^rd Place Chemistry

2012 Regional 3^rd Place (300 to 700 Students)
Cailin Jerger 2^nd Place Biology (tie)
Tim Furman 4^th Place Biology (tie)
Claire Raycraft 5^th Place Biology (tie)
Blake Allison 5^th Place Biology (tie)
Claire Raycraft 2^nd Place Chemistry
Blake Allison 5^th Place Chemistry
Michael Miller 2^nd Place English
Grace McCormack 3^rd Place English (tie)
Michael Miller 3^rd Place Mathematics (tie)
Connor Pearson 4^th Place Mathematics (tie)
Blake Allison 4^th Place Mathematics (tie)
Gretchen Vandercar 5^th Place Mathematics (tie)
Clarissa Lewis 5^th Place Mathematics (tie)
Ho Kei (David) Yung 1^st place Physics
Daeun (Sylvia) Kim 4^th Place Physics (tie)
Connor Pearson 4^th Place Physics (tie)
Ryan Moody 5^th Place Physics (tie)
2010 Sectional 2^nd Place Team
Andrew Martin 1^st place Chemistry
Andrew Martin 2nd place Engineering Graphics
Anna Copper 2^nd place English

2011 Sectional 2^nd Place Team
Eric Althoff 1^st Place Chemistry
Ryan Scribner 3^rd Place (tie) Chemistry
Grace McCormack 3^rd Place English
Jacob Miller 3^rd Place (tie) Physics
2012 Sectional will be on March 8. Good Luck!

2010 State 11^th Place Team
Andrew Martin 5^th highest score Engineering Graphics, 6^th place overall (tie)
Andrew Martin 5^th highest score Chemistry, 8^th place overall (tie)
Vince Feriozzi 6^th highest score Physics, 9^th place overall (tie)
Anna Copper 8^th highest score English, 11^th place overall (tie)
Kevin Yoon 10^th highest score Computer Science, 18^th place overall (tie)

2011 State 12^th Place Team
Martin Hobza, 7^th highest mathematics score (tie), 26^th overall
Ryan Scribner, 8^th highest chemistry score (tie), 18^th overall
Grace McCormack, 10^th highest English score (tie), 18^th overall
Michael Miller, 10^th highest English score (tie), 18^th overall
Claire Raycraft, 11^th highest biology score (tie), 26^th overall
Michael Pearson, 10^th highest computer science score, 15^th overall