2025 Great Computer Challenge Senior Winners
On March 15, 2025, 53 teams of 6th through 12th grade students gathered at Old Dominion University to compete in the 40th Annual Great Computer Challenge Senior Competition. See the winners level below!
Level 3
Desktop Presentations
1st Place Peasley Middle School, Gloucester
Coach: Katy Adams
Students: Quinton Knight, Delaney Wiggs, Jason Levitov
2nd Place Peasley Middle School, Gloucester
Coach: Katy Adams
Students: Aubrey Lord, Delaney Layton, Sophie Norum
3rd Place Old Donation School, Virginia Beach
Coaches: Xiaoli Li, Prashant Appukuttan, Nitin Patil
Students: Aaradhya Patil, Rushil Pathak, Ram-Solomon Appukuttan
Level 4
AI
1st Place Governor's School, Hampton
Coach: Islam Bedir
Students: Gavin West, Luke Cullison, Dylan Taber
2nd Place Advanced Technology Center, Virginia Beach
Coach: Thomas Goldsberry
Students: Christina Ortiz, Desmond Landaker
CAD
1st Place Governor's School, Hampton
Coach: Islam Bedir
Students: Malikah Traore, Karen Hu
2nd Place Oscar Smith High School, Chesapeake
Coach: Eric Nestor
Students: Ian Kinsey, Brayden Stafford
3rd Place Ocean Lakes High School, Virginia Beach
Coach: Jocefe Adriano
Students: Raghav Mantri, Daxing Yang, Rockwell Li, Joshua Lauck
HM Windsor High School, Isle of Wight
Coaches: Tyler Mosley, Sharon Smallwood-Moore
Student: Zackary Sharpe
Cybersecurity
1st Place Smithfield High School, Isle of Wight
Coach: Christopher Borum
Students: Haley Mroczkowski, Chris Weng, Jackson Finch, Ryan Snyder
2nd Place Advanced Technology Center, Virginia Beach
Coach: Linda Lavender
Students: Syed Adeel, Sanwal Khan, Tristan Mangilit, Zach McDonough, William Stofka
3rd Place Ocean Lakes High School, Virginia Beach
Coach: Jocefe Adriano
Students: Pratik Patel, Simon Rodrigues, Kevin Jiang, Will Jiang
HM Advanced Technology Center, Virginia Beach
Coach: Linda Lavender
Students: Trey Miller Tanner Mack, Naj Amram, Bri Quiter, Van Le
Desktop Presentations
1st Place Windsor HS, Isle of Wight
Coaches: Tyler Mosley, Sharon Smallwood-Moore
Students: Yancy Martinez, D'Zyr Pichardo
2nd Place Governor's School, Hampton
Coach: Islam Bedir
Students: Bansari Patel, Sheena Patel, Kaitlyn Quinley, Alessandro Errico, Camden Fowler
3rd Place Advanced Technology Center, Virginia Beach
Coach: Thomas Goldsberry
Students: Jeniah Kent, Ethan Cubas, Ziya Wang, Harper Lovejoy
Desktop Publishing
1st Place Governor's School, Hampton
Coach: Islam Bedir
Students: Evan Sturgill, Saniya Jimenez, Giada Grant, Shalini Seshadri
2nd Place Windsor High School, Isle of Wight
Coaches: Tyler Mosley, Sharon Smallwood-Moore
Students: Jovontae McNeil, Journey Johnson, Jason Lanford
Graphic Design
1st Place Oscar Smith High School, Chesapeake
Coach: Paul Alaniz
Students: Terryn Joyner, Azeb Alboaouh, Mariah Jackson, Lory Patterson, Kimi Lucasan
2nd Place Governor's School, Hampton
Coach: Islam Bedir
Students: Eloise Narkawicz, Isabella Divietro, Lema Suleiman, Jacob Eason
3rd Place Windsor High School, Isle of Wight
Coach: Tyler Mosley, Sharon Smallwood-Moore
Students: TaeVeon Goodwin, Jakyrah Jones, Divinity Robinson
HM New Horizons, Newport News
Coach: Sridhar Chinnabhandar
Student: Ty Schasse
Integrated Applications
1st Place Advanced Technology Center, Virginia Beach
Coach: Thomas Goldsberry
Students: Allen Bridge, John Hamilton, Zoey Negron
2nd Place Governor's School, Hampton
Coach: Islam Bedir
Students: Cole Ferlemann, Nicholas Walke, Brandon Eubanks, Stephen Oliver
Music Composition
1st Place Ocean Lakes High School, Virginia Beach
Coach: Jocefe Adriano
Students: John Ranck, Henry Nguyen, Mario Pacio, Yukiri Chen
2nd Place Warwick High School, Newport News
Coach: David Gardner
Students: John Steiner, Casey York, India DeSarro-Raynal
3rd Place Advanced Technology Center, Virginia Beach
Coach: Michael Weber
Students: Krish Patel, Tre Berger, Zion Brown, Oliver Jones, Ashton Oliver
HM Governor's School, Hampton
Coach: Islam Bedir
Students: Austin Rader, Felix Lin, Luke Liu
Programming-Object-Oriented Business
1st Place Advanced Technology Center, Virginia Beach
Coach: Michael Weber
Students: Ethan Carter, Julia Tanedo, Dylan Thomas, Joshua Ferrer, Charles Harper
2nd Place Ocean Lakes High School, Virginia Beach
Coach: Jocefe Adriano
Students: Nathan He, Henry Yu
3rd Place Advanced Technology Center Virginia Beach
Coach: Michael Weber
Students: Lauren Restrepo, Valeria Rodriguez, Micah Dickerson, Jacob Spencer, Will Strong
HM Governor's School, Hampton
Coach: Islam Bedir
Students: Sarah Gage, Rudra Patel, Doniyor Babajanov
Programming-Scientific/Non-Business
1st Place Governor's School, Hampton
Coach: Islam Bedir
Students: Brady Scheier, Jatin Tiwari, Brendan Cao, Miles Thrash, Lauren Peabody
2nd Place Governor's School, Hampton
Coach: Islam Bedir
Students: Madeleine Chen, Asher Sohoni, Inri Phan, Jenna Tennant, Wai Quach
2nd Place Ocean Lakes High School, Virginia Beach
Coach: Jocefe Adriano
Students: Karthik Mure, Pranav Maddipatla, Madison Jackson, Mihn Ngo
Video Editing
1st Place Governor's School, Hampton
Coach: Islam Bedir
Students: Geremiah DelValle, Treasure Butler, Raquel Theriault, Aimee Nguyen
2nd Place Windsor High School, Isle of Wight
Coaches: Tyler Mosley, Sharon Smallwood-Moore
Students: Mariah Garcia, Nira Butler, Jaliyah Holloman, Jaymie Scott
Web Design
1st Place Advanced Technology Center, Virginia Beach
Coach: Katharine Sargent
Students: Feranmi Olayinka, Mickey Edge, Sebastian Ward, Madeline Vu, Naomika Aithani
2nd Place Governor's School, Hampton
Coach: Islam Bedir
Students: Dhruhi Patel, Clara Cho, Clayton Young
3rd Place New Horizons, Newport News
Coach: Sridhar Chinnabhandar
Students: Noah Camden