2011 Alaska Tsunami Teams
Alaska Region National Ocean Sciences BowlThe following high schools intend to compete in the 14th annual Alaska regional competition in Seward on February 4–6, 2011. The competition schedule is available online.
Asterisks (*) denote returning coaches and students. Multiple asterisks signify multiple years' participation. A times sign plus number means too many asterisks to count.
Names in bold were chosen by their teammates and coaches as the most valuable members of their teams.
See a photo gallery of the 2009 competition.
This regional competition is limited to 20 teams. Additional teams from schools that are already participating are placed on a waiting list and will be accepted to the competition if space becomes available.
The Copper River Reds Copper Center: Kenny Lake High School Wesley Voley, team captain Mark Proch,x5 coach Land Sharks Copper River and Kotzebue [quiz bowl only] India Douthit (CR) Mark Prochx5 and Lance Westing,* coaches The Auto-Eviscerators Cordova High School – Prince William Sound Science Center Craig Bailer,** team captain Alice Dou-Wang,* coach Project: Effects of Melting Glaciers on Nutrient Flux to the Gulf of Alaska Inglorious Dawgsharks Cordova High School – Prince William Sound Science Center James Allen,** team captain Alice Dou-Wang,* coach Project: Waste Not, Want Not: Finding Alternate Uses for Cannery Discharge The Leviathans Dillingham High School [quiz bowl only] Aurora Hoefferle, team captain Clint Reigh, coach, and Brenda Overcast, assistant coach Ostentatious Otters Ben Tamone, team captain Jake Jacoby,* coach Absolute Vorticity Tyler Houseweart,** team captain Ben Carney,**** coach Phycodurus eques Susie McKee,* team captain Julie Landwehr* and Gary Freitag,* coaches Project: Effects of Harmful Algal Blooms in Southeast Alaska The Turbidites McKenzie Barnett, team captain Switgard Duesterloh** and Jane Eisemann, coaches Project: The Effects of Fish Processing Biowaste on the Ocean’s Organisms and Nutrients The LYSD’s Atomic Sea Ice Jacinta Matthias, co-captain Raphia Maglinao,** coach Project: The Impact of Eutrophication on Marine Ecosystems and Its Relation to Village Life |
Northern Bullheads Catherine Greene,* team captain Lance Westing,* coach Project: Hotham Inlet Cyanobacterial Blooms: Cyanobacterial Blooms in the Arctic and Its Potential Effects AquaTeen HungerForce Sharece Randrup,* team captain Joni Johnson** and Sunny Rice,** coaches Project: Invasive Tunicates and Their Impact on the Ecosystem Surrounding Petersburg, Alaska Scammon Bay Tidal Waves Georgianna Smith, team captain Shaun Hennessy, coach, and Melissa Rivers, assistant coach Project: Climate Change Smack WHAT?! Nathaniel Feemster***, team captain Adrienne Moretti,* coach Project: Jellyfish Blooms and Their Effects in the Sea of Japan Team Fish Sitka High School and Mt. Edgecumbe High School [quiz bowl only] Anneliese Moll (MEHS), team captain Ellen Chenoweth (SHS), coach, and Michael Mahoney (MEHS), assistant coach Frisky Phromina Noah Betzen,* team captain Reid Brewer,**** coach Project: Increased Marine Transportation in Unalaska Bay and Its Future Implications Teal Turtles Ashleigh Radvansky,* team captain Reid Brewer,**** coach Project: The Implications of Increased Marine Debris on Unalaska Bay The Tiger Sharks Wasilla: Mat-Su Career & Technical High School Jonah Jeffries,* team captain Tim Lundt,** coach Project: Effects of Cyanide Fishing on the Coral Reefs of Wakatobi Marine National Park Mat-Tsunami Wasilla: Mat-Su Career & Technical High School Sarah Dawkins,* team captain Tim Lundt,** coach Project: The Sensitive Baltic Sea Anthozoa Ashley Williams,* team captain Roger Saft,** coach Project: Management of Marine Resources after an Exxon Valdez–Type Oil Spill near Kaktovik, Alaska |
Please notify Phyllis Shoemaker by email or call (907) 224-4312 with any additions, changes or corrections. |