List of winners of the Mathcounts competition

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An example of official Mathcounts school supplementary material.
An example of official Mathcounts school supplementary material.

This is a list of winners of the United States-based Mathcounts middle school mathematics competition. Each year, one individual winner and one team winner (each state sends a team of four to the national competition sponsored by the National Society of Professional Engineers) is chosen; the individual though a written examination and then an oral head-to-head competition (the Countdown round), and the team through a series of written examinations. Preparation for these events is generally conducted through Mathcounts supplementary material.[1] This list lists the location of the national-level Mathcounts competitions and the national team and individual champions for each year since 1984, when this format was first used.[2]

The top team as well as the participants in the Countdown round are sometimes allowed a trip to the White House and meet the current President of the United States.[3] They also may receive scholarships from Mathcounts' sponsors.[4] Trophies are given out at the state level, and occasionally at the national level.[5]


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[edit] Historical results

Kevin Chen with Ben Kraft at the national countdown round in 2007.
Kevin Chen with Ben Kraft at the national countdown round in 2007.
Year Individual winner State team winner Location[6] Notes
1984 Michael Edwards, Texas Virginia Washington, D.C. [7]
1985 Timothy Kokesh, Oklahoma Florida Washington, D.C.
1986 Brian David Ewald, Florida California Washington, D.C.
1987 Russell Mann, Tennessee New York Washington, D.C.
1988 Andrew Schultz, Illinois New York Washington, D.C.
1989 Albert Kurz, Pennsylvania North Carolina Washington, D.C.
1990 Brian Jenkins, Arkansas Ohio Washington, D.C.
1991 Jonathan L. Weinstein, Massachusetts Alabama Washington, D.C. [8]
1992 Andrei C. Gnepp, Ohio California Washington, D.C. [9]
1993 Carleton Bosley, Kansas Kansas Washington, D.C. [10]
1994 William O. Engel, Illinois Pennsylvania Washington, D.C. [10]
1995 Richard Reifsnyder, Kentucky Indiana Washington, D.C. [11]
1996 Alexander Schwartz, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Washington, D.C. [12]
1997 Zhihao Liu, Wisconsin Massachusetts Washington, D.C. [13]
1998 Ricky Liu, Massachusetts Wisconsin Washington, D.C. [14][15]
1999 Po-Ru Loh, Wisconsin Massachusetts Washington, D.C. [16]
2000 Ruozhou Jia, Illinois California Washington, D.C. [17]
2001 Ryan Ko, New Jersey Virginia Washington, D.C. [18][19]
2002 Albert Ni, Illinois California Chicago, Illinois [20]
2003 Adam Hesterberg, Washington California Chicago, Illinois [21]
2004 Gregory Gauthier, Illinois Illinois Washington, D.C. [22][23]

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2005 Neal Wu, Louisiana Texas Detroit, Michigan [25][26]

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2006 Daesun Yim, New Jersey Virginia Arlington, Virginia [28][29]

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2007 Kevin Chen, Texas Texas Fort Worth, Texas [30][31]

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2008 Darryl Wu, Washington Texas Denver, Colorado [33]

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Mathcounts - For Fun and Inspiration. Mathcounts. Retrieved on 2008-02-08.
  2. ^ About the Mathcounts Foundation. Mathcounts. Retrieved on 2008-02-08.
  3. ^ President George W. Bush meets award recipients of the 2005 MATHCOUNTS National Competition. United States government. Retrieved on 2008-02-08.
  4. ^ Sponsors. Mathcounts. Retrieved on 2008-01-01.
  5. ^ MATHCOUNTS Competition Components. Mathcounts. Retrieved on 2008-02-08.
  6. ^ Mathcounts locations. Mathcounts. Retrieved on 2008-02-07.
  7. ^ Mathcounts was actually founded in 1982, but the current system of determining individual and team champions was not implemented until 1984.
  8. ^ Mathcounts Winners. Virginia Society of Professional Engineers. Retrieved on 2008-02-10.
  9. ^ Gene Spafford. Brainy Teen `Mathcounts' Champ. Yucks Digest. Vol. 2 No. 32. 13 June, 1992.
  10. ^ a b Date List. University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved on 2008-02-07.
  11. ^ It's A Fact!. Kentucky Engineering Center. Retrieved on 2008-02-07.
  12. ^ Mathematically Correct. Mathematically Correct. Retrieved on 2008-02-07.
  13. ^ Mathletes Compete In Washington On May 9. NASA.gov. Retrieved on 2008-02-07.
  14. ^ Mathletes Compete In Washington On May 15. NASA.gov. Retrieved on 2008-02-07.
  15. ^ Email, Subject "Math". NASA. Retrieved on 2008-02-07.
  16. ^ 1999 Diamond Team. William Diamond Middle School. Retrieved on 2008-02-07.
  17. ^ Kentucky Results: 2000 National MATHCOUNTS Competition, May 12, 2000 - Omni Shoreham Hotel - Washington D.C.. Kentucky Engineering Center. Retrieved on 2008-02-07.
  18. ^ The 2001 National Mathcounts and the National Mathconts for every year prior to that was held in Washington, D.C. Mathcounts locations
  19. ^ 2001 MATHCOUNTS Competition Gives Them A Challenge. Virginia Society of Professional Engineers. Retrieved on 2008-02-07.
  20. ^ a b New Jersey Mathcounts. New Jersey Mathcounts. Retrieved on 2008-02-07.
  21. ^ MATHCOUNTS 2003 National Results. Kentucky Engineering Center. Retrieved on 2008-02-07.
  22. ^ The students stayed at the national Mathcounts location between May 6 and May 9, with the actual competition taking place on May 7.
  23. ^ MATHCOUNTS 2004 National Results. Kentucky Engineering Center. Retrieved on 2008-02-11.
  24. ^ 2004 National Mathcounts Champion. Kentucky Engineering Center. Retrieved on 2008-02-07.
  25. ^ The students stayed at the national Mathcounts location May 5 and May 8, with the actual competition taking place on May 6.
  26. ^ Louisiana Mathcounts. Louisiana Engineering Society Baton Rouge Chapter. Retrieved on 2008-02-07.
  27. ^ Sugar Land Kids Won 2005 MATHCOUNTS National Champions. Beestar Educations. Retrieved on 2008-02-07.
  28. ^ The students stayed at the national Mathcounts location May 11 and May 14, with the actual competition taking place on May 12.
  29. ^ 2006 National Mathcounts Competition. American Society Of Mechanical Engineers. Retrieved on 2008-02-07.
  30. ^ The students stayed at the national Mathcounts location May 10 and May 13, with the actual competition taking place on May 11.
  31. ^ Kevin Chen, MATHCOUNTS National Champion, Wins Best Junior Achiever Relly Award from Live with Regis and Kelly. Business Wire. Retrieved on 2008-02-07.
  32. ^ Texas Eighth Grader and Texas Team Awarded Mathematics Champions at Lockheed Martin MATHCOUNTS National Competition - 2007. PR Newswire. Retrieved on 2008-02-07.
  33. ^ Mathcounts 2007-2008 important dates. Mathcounts. Retrieved on 2008-02-07.

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