Hosted by:USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies

& the Jet Propulsion Laboratory

March 6, 2010University of Southern California

Los Angeles RegionalNATIONAL OCEAN SCIENCES BOWL

SURF BOWL 2010

Welcome!The USC Wrigley Institute and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory are honored to once again host the Los Angeles Regional Ocean Sciences Bowl on the USC University Park Campus.

This campus is home to the USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies, a unique interdisciplinary resource that builds on USC’s existing strengths in marine and environmental science, program innovation and faculty excellence. The heart of the Wrigley Institute is the Phillip K. Wrigley Marine Science Center on Catalina Island.

The mission of the USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies is to encourage responsible and creative decisions in society by providing an objective source of marine and environmental science and fostering an understanding of the natural world among people of all ages.

We wish you all the best of luck. Have fun today! Please come visit us on Catalina Island during our Summer Saturday Open Houses. Better yet, enroll in USC and spend an entire semester with us on beautiful Catalina!

Enjoy!

http://wrigley.usc.edu/

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Note: Lunch and refreshments will be provided for all team members and their coach.Times are subject to change as competition continues.

SURF BOWL 2010

7:30 am

Team Check-InMark Taper Hall of Humanities (THH)

8:00 am

Welcoming Remarks and Final InstructionsMark Taper Hall of Humanities, 1st Floor Auditorium (rm 101)

8:15 am

Round Robin Tournament Competition Begins Divisions: Nemo Dory Crush

12:30 pm

Lunch Break and Tie Breakers (if necessary)Outside of Mark Taper Hall of Humanities

1:15 pm

Double Elimination Competition Begins

4:30 pm

Final Match(es)Mark Taper Hall of Humanities (rm 101)

5:00 pm

Presentation of AwardsMark Taper Hall of Humanities (rm 101)

Ann Close and Kimberly Lievense

SURF BOWL 2010

CULVER CITY HS CULVER CITY, CA

Irum Ahmed Neha Ahmed Kent Altobelli

Maysoon Khan Jason Kinisaki

Vedant Swarup Coach: Michael Martin

Asst. Coach: Michael Hartinger

DIAMOND BAR HS DIAMOND BAR, CA

Vincent Hong Jennifer Hsu Samuel Lee Esther Lim Diana Wu

Coach: David Hong Asst. Coach: Eric Sorrensen

EL CAMINO REAL HS WOODLAND HILLS, CA

Humjune Geo Amir Hakimi

Aria Hangval Jonathan Nakhla Jonathan Yasmeh

Coach: John Gary Goodelieunas

GRANADA HILLS CHARTER HS GRANADA HILLS, CA

Ashwin Amit Krishna Choudhary

Simrat Kalsi Jeffrey Koury

Nicholas Oldberg Coach: Eric Hickok

ANIMO LEADERSHIP HS INGLEWOOD, CA Melissa Catalan

Gabriela Cornejo Aida Duran

Kimberly Juarez Laura Nunez

Coach: Mark Friedman

ARCADIA HS ARCADIA, CA

Derek Chou Jason Jong Sherry Kuo

Jessica Liang Samuel Zeng

Coach: Christina Chow

BEVERLY HILLS HS BEVERLY HILLS, CA

Alec Chiu Kevin Cruz

Sang Yon Kim Joon Ha Lee Trudy Pham

Coach: Lisa Dickens

CHANNEL ISLANDS HS OXNARD, CA Carzie Carter

Veronica Cuevas Larry Lyons, Jr.

Francisco Martinez Brandee Rocha

Coach: David Haynes

COLLEGE READY ACADEMY #7 HS LOS ANGELES, CA

Kathia Campos Michelle Coronodo

Fransico Negrete Nirian Quintero

Elizabeth Vasquez Coach: Megan Berkle Asst. Coach: Eral Leon

PARTICIPATING TEAMSSANTA MONICA HS SANTA MONICA, CA

Sky Crane Zack Gold

Dana Ritchie Madeleine Youngs Coach: Ingo Gaida

TROY HIGH SCHOOL FULLERTON, CA

Brandon Hockersmith Brian Kim

Arden Liao Jim Tao

Aaron Tran Coach: Nga Ngo

Coach: Shannon Regli

UNIVERSITY HS IRVINE, CA

Yuqian Fang Dave Ho

Patrick Wu Eddie Yan Xiteng Yan

Coach: Lisa Ho

WILSON HS LONG BEACH, CA

Jordan Jimenez Tyler Phelps

Michael Welly Gaelyn Wilkie Glenn Young

Coach: Bob Campbell Asst. Coach: Brett Gunnison

WOODBRIDGE HS IRVINE, CA

Priyanka Mehta Sean Phillips Brett Solow Allen Tang Dillon Zhi

Coach: Mike Nakaue

HUNTINGTON BEACH HS HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA

Jonathan Ashley James Dohleman Mikhail Korotkin

Michelle Monroe Dmitri Sedykin

Coach: Ken Ostrowski Asst.Coach: Greg Gardiner

NORTH HOLLYWOOD HS HOLLYWOOD, CA

Irene Hsu Shaun Mehra

Rain Tsong Slater Victoroff Kaya Zekioglu

Coach: Altair Maine

PALOS VERDES HS PALOS VERDES ESTATES, CA

Allison Carandang Peter Cohen

Natalie Delcarson Frank Marshall

Derek Smith Coach: Eva Stamper

PENINSULA HS ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, CA

Ellie Hara Jack McGregor Reesha White

Gregory Ribble Coach: Charles Lee

TOURNAMENT STRUCTUREROUND A ROUND B ROUND C ROUND D ROUND E ROUND F ROUND G

DOUBLE ELIMINATIONROUND A ROUND B ROUND C ROUND D ROUND E ROUND F ROUND G

MATCH SCHEDULE

Round Match Location Time

A 1 THH 108 1:15 pm

A 2 THH 112 A 3 THH 114 A 4 THH 116

B 5 THH 108 1:45 pm

B 6 THH 112 B 7 THH 114 B 8 THH 116

C 9 Auditorium (THH 101) 2:15 pm

C 10 THH 114 C 11 THH 116

D 12 Auditorium (THH 101) 3:00 pm

E 13 Auditorium (THH 101) 3:30 pm

F 14 Auditorium (THH 101) 4:00 pm

G 15 Auditorium (THH 101) 4:30 pm

ALL matches located in Mark Taper Hall of Humanities (THH)

OCEAN SCIENCES BOWL VOLUNTEERS

Los Angeles Ocean Science Bowl coordinators Ann Close and Kim Lievense would like to express their sincere appreciation to the many volunteers who have committed their expertise and personal

time to make this year’s Ocean Sciences Bowl a success. Many, many thanks to all listed below for their support and dedication!

Sue Anderson, USCJoseph Bergstrom, JPLDave Berry, JPLJulie Brown, USCLeo Cheng, JPLLinda Chilton, USCCheryl Chow, USCAnn Close, USCJacob Cram, USCCynthie Cuno, JPLKatrina Edwards, USCAllison Farrell, JPLKeevin Fisher, JPLDave Ginsburg, USCGraham Guske, USCEmily Guske, USCPJ Guske, USCJulie Guske, USCRachel Guske, USCLisa Handschumacher, USCShouhua Huang, JPLKim Johansen, JPLCindy Joseph, USCDale Kiefer, USCNick Klein, USCJane Lee, USC

Wai Leong, USCKim Lievense, JPL

Melissa Madison, USCNancy Matthews, USCBrian Matthews, USCCurtis Montano, JPL

Josh Moskowitz, USCDavid Needham, USC

Tom Nolan, JPLAlma Parada, USCAditya Patel, USC

Frances Pollack, JPLMarc Razze, JPL

Annie Richardson, JPLKathleen Ritterbush, USC

Katie Robinson, USCSergio Sanudo Wihelmy, USC

Jack Sekaka, JPLErica Seubert, USC

Sharla Shimono, USCJosh Steele, USC

Lydia Tackett, USCJason Vo, USC

Joey Williams, JPLRachel Zimmerman-Brachman, JPL

NOTES

SCHOLARSHIPSNational Ocean Scholarship Program

What is the National Ocean Scholarship Program?As part of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) program’s continuing effort to recognize individual achievement as part of the NOSB program, the Consortium for Ocean Leadership offers the National Ocean Scholarship Program. This scholarship program is to provide tuition assistance for NOSB students who have an interest in pursuing an ocean or a marine related topic area in their post-high school education.

Criteria for the National Ocean Scholarship ProgramAll applicants for the National Ocean Scholarship Program must meet the following requirements:

• Participate in the National Ocean Sciences Bowl at least once during their high school career• A career goal in the ocean sciences or a marine-related field• Demonstrate academic success and integrity throughout their high school career• Be scheduled to graduate high school in the spring of 2010

Application Process for the National Ocean Scholarship ProgramQualified students are required to submit the following materials:

• Completed application -available on the NOSB website at www.nosb.org• Official High School Transcript(s)• Official score sheet from either the SAT or the ACT• Two (2) required essays – guidelines are available at www.nosb.org• Two (2) Recommendation Letters [One must be from an academic source such as a teacher or a coach]• Proof of admission to an institution of higher learning (if available at this time).

Completed applications must be postmarked by April 16th, 2010 in order to be considered. All documents should be sent to the Consortium for Ocean Leadership at the address below.

Consortium for Ocean LeadershipAttn: Allison Byrd/National Ocean Scholarship Program

1201 New York Avenue, 4th FloorWashington, DC 20005

Decisions will be made by June 1st, 2010 and all applicants will be contacted whether or not they receive funding. An outside review team of educators, university scientists and marine agency professionals will evaluate all applications. Selection will be based on evaluation of transcripts, SAT scores, recommendation letters, essays and overall expressed interest in marine and coastal science. Funding is dependent upon attending an institution of higher learning.

If there are any questions regarding the criteria listed above, please contact the National Ocean Sciences Bowl Program Office at (202) 448-1238 or email abyrd@oceanleadership.org.

2010 NOSB® Sponsors

NOSB® is a program of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership

A Special “Thank You”to our localLos AngelesSurf Bowl Sponsor!

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