Published June 26, 2018
By : Staff Writer
Top high-school math students were honored June 4 in Washington, D.C.
The ceremony recognized members of the U.S. team that competed in the 7th Annual European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad in Italy this April.
The team which is organized and trained by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) took second place in the international competition against teams from 52 countries.
Team members included Megan Joshi, Wanlin Li, Emily Wen, and Catherine Wu.
“The Mathematical Association of America honors each math olympian for their hard work at the highest levels of high school math competitions. We congratulate these top math students on their achievement on the national and international stage and are proud to organize their participation through the MAA American Mathematics Competitions,” said Michael Pearson, the executive director of the Mathematical Association of America.
“We look forward to their future success as they develop as leaders in diverse fields that increasingly rely on quantitative skills to address issues critical to the future of society.”
More than 300,000 students participated in the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) American Mathematics Competitions (AMC), organized by the MAA and culminates in the USA Mathematical Olympiad, the final exam in a challenging series of MAA AMC competitions.
The winners of the 47th Annual United States of America Mathematical Olympiad were also announced, as were students who will compete on the U.S. team that it trains for the International Mathematical Olympiad in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, from July 3-14, 2018.
Before the June 4 award ceremony, the students were honored at the National Science Foundation. Joan Ferrini-Mundy, chief operating officer of the NSF, greeted each of the top math students during a reception.
The first and second ranked USA Mathematical Olympiad winners received scholarships worth a total of $45,000 from the Akamai Foundation and each of the twelve USA Mathematical Olympiad winners and members of the European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad team received $500 each for the Robert P. Balles Mathematical Olympiad Prize.
The Balles Prize awarded $1000 each to members of the International Mathematical Olympiad team.
