Lake Sturgeon Bowl 2009
UWM-Lake Sturgeon Bowl High School Team Wins National Competition
Marshfield High School
Wins NOSB Finals in Washington, DC
(Milwaukee-WI)
The UW-Milwaukee Great Lakes WATER Institute, School of Continuing Education, and UW-Sea Grant-sponsored Marshfield High School team won the 12th Annual National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB®) held at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum’s Sant Ocean Hall in a thrilling come from behind win this past Monday. The Marshfield team, with six minutes remaining in the competition made up a 45 point deficit to surpass the MIT Sea Grant College and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution-sponsored Lexington High School team to become the 1st National Ocean Sciences Bowl champions from Wisconsin. The auditorium cheered wildly and gave a standing ovation to the champs: Coach Paul Herder, Team Captain Alex Jensen, Priya Pathak, Elisa Prebble, Seth Berger, and Michael Josephson.
The Marshfield team will then take an amazing journey to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama to explore fascinating ecosystems, meet scientists working on a variety of biodiversity research projects in a trip of a life time sponsored by NOSB.
Coach Paul Herder said: This is one for Ripley's "Believe It Or Not". In my eight years of coaching, I have never been involved in, nor heard of, a recovery like this in any match, anywhere, let alone in the finals at the Smithsonian Institute and in front of an élite crowd of scientists, dignitaries and the brightest young science minds in the country.
Robert B. Gagosian, President & CEO of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership said: “The enthusiasm and excitement of the students was pervasive and it was thrilling to see the optimism and spirit of such young people, the future leaders of our country.”
Marshfield and twenty-four other teams from all over the United States competed in the NOSB Final Competition with prizes and scholarships on the line. The NOSB is a program of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership based in Washington, DC.
After winning the UWM-Lake Sturgeon Bowl competition in February, Marshfield traveled to Washington, DC for the opportunity to compete over their knowledge of our oceans during the two-day NOSB competition. The team from Wisconsin made it all the way to the finals before defeating Lexington High School in come-back fashion to win the 2009 NOSB title.
Lake Sturgeon Program is sponsored by: The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, The Great Lakes WATER Institute, School of Continuing Education, UW-SEA Grant, WE Energies Foundation and Brunswick Foundation. Each sends a big thank you to the Marshfield Team and all of our Wisconsin teams that helped Marshfield fine tune their skills to meet the challenge of this national competition.
