Student shine at math ACES competition

BRADENTON -- More than a dozen local students recently competed in a State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota annual Math ACES competition, awarding top scorers from each participating school $150 and a certificate.

To compete, students from public and private high schools take a math exam created by SCF math department faculty. The exams are sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Public Works Association Sun Coast Branch, Sunshine Realty Tampa, the State College of Florida Foundation, the Education Foundation of Sarasota County, and the Sarasota Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Winners receive their awards at their school's senior awards assembly near the end of the school year.

This year's winner are:

Zachary Hedman, Bradenton Christian

Hannah Mennes, Braden River High

Winton Liu, Lakewood Ranch High

Cara Peters, Manatee High

Sean Kircher, North Port High

Evan Murphy, Out-of-Door Academy

Joshua Evangelista, Palmetto High

Axel Martin, Pineview

Taylor Rader, Riverview High

Zackary Gromko, Saint Stephens Episcopal

Steven Lester, Sarasota Military Academy

Daniel Jones, SCF Collegiate School

Kyle O'Connor, Venice High

This story was originally published May 6, 2016 at 4:56 PM with the headline "Student shine at math ACES competition ."