Sports Medicine Students Compete at 70th Annual State Science Day,

05/17/2018

May 14, 2018) The Ohio Osteopathic Association awarded the Osteopathic Medical Award to six middle school and high school students at the 70th Annual State Science Day, held May 12 at The Ohio State University French Field House in Columbus.

State Science Day is sponsored by the Ohio Academy of Science. All totaled, about 1,100 students from 65 counties competed for scholarships and awards valued at nearly $500,000. As part of the sponsored awards program, the OOA presented $650 in cash prizes for outstanding projects related to the field of medicine. Priority was given to projects related to interrelationships between the body’s function and structure, the musculoskeletal system, or a holistic approach to medicine, including internal and external factors and preventive treatments.

SENIOR DIVISION, 10th-12th grade

First Place ($150)
Nikita Lee Brown
11th grade, Miami Valley Career Tech Center/Sports Medicine

 

MVCTC Sports Medicine students that qualified for the State Science Fair include Olivia (Northmont) Jones and Kasey Wilken (Eaton).