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National Trig-Star Committee Selects Winners of the National Trig-Star
and Teaching Excellence Awards

The National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) is pleased to announce the
recipients of the 2022 Richard E. Lomax National Trig-Star Awards. The Trig-Star
committee met on July 13-14, 2022 to determine the three top high school students
from the national examinations submitted by state winners. This year there were twenty
nine state winners submitted.

The Richard E. Lomax National Trig-Star Awards are as follows:

First Place Second Place Third Place
$2,000 $1,000 $500
Lauren Chen David Hernandez Medhansh Pattani
Morgantown HS John H. Guyer HS Laguna Creek HS
West Virginia Texas California

The Richard E. Lomax National Teaching Excellence Awards are as follows:

$1,000 $500 $250
Brian Jackson Taras Borysyuk KJason Richmond
Morgantown HS John H. Guyer HS Laguna Creek HS
West Virginia Texas California

The following is a list of the remaining participants:

Yongyu Qiang, Alabama Evan Rogerson, Kansas John Wu, New Jersey
Seamus Mcdonough, Alaska Kayley Lin, Maine Rohit Dasanoor, Ohio
Srinivas Arun, Colorado Dominic Sierra, Maryland Gavin Nichols, Pennsylvania
Arau Dsouza, Connecticut Lucas Stiver, Michigan Isabella Aparicio-Morello, South Carolina
Shakira Cruz Lopez, Delaware Samuel Gersich, Minnesota Maria Woroniecki , South Dakota
Abigal Scarborough, Georgia Marcus Winrod, Missouri Parker Suzuki, Utah
Himani Musku, Illinois Alexandra Houseworth, Montana Johnny Chen, Wisconsin
Alex Tambrini, Indiana Sarah Polish, Nevada Jonathan Oler, Wyoming
Davis Trumm, Iowa Adam Hoskin, New Hampshire

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