West Michigan Aviation Academy

West Michigan Aviation Academy
Location	5363 44th St SE Grand Rapids, MI 49512
State	Michigan
Map	West Michigan Aviation Academy
Information
Member of SO since	2015
Results History
Best regional	3rd, 2021 & 2022
Best state	7th, 2022
Social Media
Instagram	@wmaa_scio
Website	Team Website

West Michigan Aviation Academy in Grand Rapids, Michigan was founded in 2009. Their Region 12 Science Olympiad program was founded in 2015 by Brittany O'Brien and Bob Battey, respectively, WMAA Chemistry Teacher and parent volunteer. Mr. Battey's goal was to qualify for state in 4 years. At the start of the 2017-2018 season Miss O'Brien announced her departure from the WMAA's Science Olympiad program. Mr. Battey took over as head coach. He lost his battle with cancer on Feb. 1, 2018. The team vowed to qualify for State for Mr. Battey. On March 17^th they did. The Team's continued improvement is a tribute to Mr. Battey's legacy and the parent volunteers who have followed in his footsteps. WMAA medaled at State in the following events: 1st & 4th Write It Do It, 1st Forensics, 2nd & 4th Gravity Vehicle, 2nd Write It CAD It, 3rd & 8th Experimental Design, 3rd Machines, 3rd Sounds of Music, 3rd Trajectory, 5th Boomilever, 5th Dynamic Planet, 6th Designer Genes, 7th Circuit Lab, Fermi Questions, Herpetology, Ping Pong Parachute, Rocks and Minerals, Thermodynamics, 8th Codebusters, Optics, Ornithology, Wright Stuff.

Results History

Year	Regional	State	National
2022	3rd (105)3	7th (260)4	-
2021	3rd (114)	12th (393)2	-
2020	Covid191	Covid191	Covid191
2019	5th (143)	9th (410)	-
2018	8th (215)	20th (544)	-
2017	11th (239)	-	-
2016	13th (305)	-	-
2015	16th (354)	-	-

1: Cancelled due to Covid-19 virus precautions

2: Total of 22 events (MSU ranked teams after dropping worst 3 of 22)

3: Point total of 107 was updated to 105 after review of WiDi updated from 7th to 5th place

4: Published point total of 259 changes to 260 when WiDi is included in the summation

Event Placements

2022 Event Placements Event Regionals States Anatomy and Physiology 5th 15th Astronomy 3rd 13th Bridge 6th 19th Cell Biology 11th 31st Chemistry Lab 5th 20th Codebusters 1st 8th Detector Building 6th 11th Disease Detectives 7th 24th Dynamic Planet 8th 5th Environmental Chemistry 3rd 20th Experimental Design 5th 3rd Forensics 1st 1st Gravity Vehicle 3rd 4th Green Generation 9th 19th Its About Time 3rd 9th Ornithology 4th 8th Ping Pong Parachute 3rd 7th Remote Sensing 3rd 13th Rocks and Minerals 3rd 7th Trajectory 4th 3rd WiFi Lab 2nd 11th Wright Stuff 5th 8th Write It Do It 5th1 1st Botany2 - 3rd Pentathlon2 6th - Source Code2 - 5th 1: Received 7th at the award ceremony; 5th after review 2: Trial Event; does not count toward team score

2021 Event Placements Event Regionals States Anatomy and Physiology 10th 38th Astronomy 7th 33rd Boomilever 2nd 3rd1 Chemistry Lab 6th 25th Circuit Lab 4th 21st Codebusters 2nd 19th Designer Genes 5th 29th Detector Building 3rd 11th Digital Structures 3rd 10th Disease Detectives 9th 28th Dynamic Planet 1st 18th Experimental Design 6th 8th Forensics 12th 26th Fossils 5th 26th Geologic Mapping 4th 13th Gravity Vehicle 4th 2nd Helicopters 2nd 10th Machines 1st 3rd Ornithology 4th 16th Ping Pong Parachute 2nd 5th1 Protein Modeling 8th 22nd Sounds of Music 2nd 9th Water Quality 10th 24th Write It CAD It 2nd 2nd 1: Trial Event; does not count toward team score

2019 Event Placements Event Regionals States Anatomy and Physiology 4th 27th Astronomy 11th 15th Boomilever 2nd 5th Chemistry Lab 9th 28th Circuit Lab 4th 7th Codebusters 4th 17th Designer Genes 7th 6th Disease Detectives 2nd 13th Dynamic Planet 10th 22nd Experimental Design 2nd 12th Fermi Questions 8th 7th Forensics 10th 50th Fossils 11th 33rd Geologic Mapping 7th 37th Herpetology 5th 7th Mission Possible 3rd 13th Mousetrap Vehicle 4th 18th Protein Modeling 7th 23rd Sounds of Music 2nd 3rd Thermodynamics 5th 7th Water Quality 7th 24th Wright Stuff 4th 13th Write It Do It 15th 23rd Indoor Bottle Rocket1 4th - Pentathlon1 2nd - Source Code1 - 10th 1: Trial Event; does not count toward team score

2018 Event Placements Event Regionals States Anatomy and Physiology 11th 27th Astronomy 7th 31st Chemistry Lab 5th 9th Disease Detectives 13th 21st Dynamic Planet 15th 40th Ecology 9th 25th Experimental Design 9th 33rd Fermi Questions 5th 12th Forensics 7th 33rd Game On 7th 18th Helicopters 3rd 26th Herpetology 7th 29th Hovercraft 14th 22nd Materials Science 10th 22nd Microbe Mission 9th 41st Mission Possible 9th 23rd Mousetrap Vehicle 8th 18th Optics 3rd 8th Remote Sensing 10th 13th Rocks and Minerals 12th 21st Thermodynamics 10th 38th Towers 13th 32nd Write It Do It 15th 4th Pentathlon1 22nd - Source Code1 4th - 1: Trial Event; does not count toward team score

2017 Event Placements Event Regionals States Anatomy and Physiology 12th - Astronomy 13th - Chemistry Lab 8th - Disease Detectives 12th - Dynamic Planet 16th - Ecology 9th - Electric Vehicle 15th - Experimental Design 6th - Forensics 13th - Game On 9th - Helicopters 2nd - Hovercraft 5th - Hydrogeology 11th - Invasive Species 11th - Materials Science 5th - Microbe Mission 9th - Optics 8th - Remote Sensing 13th - Robot Arm 5th - Rocks and Minerals 17th - Towers 16th - Wind Power 8th - Write It Do It 16th - Pentathlon1 5th - Source Code1 5th - 1: Trial Event; does not count toward team score

2016 Event Placements Event Regionals States Air Trajectory 2nd - Anatomy and Physiology 16th - Astronomy 6th - Bridge Building 10th - Cell Biology 16th - Chemistry Lab 13th - Disease Detectives 13th - Dynamic Planet 14th - Electric Vehicle 11th - Experimental Design 14th - Forensics 10th - Fossils 17th - Game On 7th - GeoLogic Mapping 15th - Green Generation 16th - Hydrogeology 17th - Invasive Species 15th - It's About Time 7th - Protein Modeling 21st - Robot Arm 21st - Wind Power 11th - Wright Stuff 20th - Write It Do It 13th - Potions and Poisons1 21st - Roller Coaster1 21st - 1: Trial Event; does not count toward team score

2015 Event Placements Event Regionals States Air Trajectory 16th - Anatomy and Physiology 19th - Astronomy 8th - Bridge Building 16th - Bungee Drop 21st - Cell Biology 19th - Chemistry Lab 17th - Compound Machines 21st - Disease Detectives 15th - Dynamic Planet 20th - Entomology 19th - Experimental Design 20th - Forensics 14th - Fossils 12th - GeoLogic Mapping 21st - Green Generation 17th - It's About Time 8th - Mission Possible 4th - Protein Modeling 14th - Scrambler 14th - Tech Problem 21st - Wright Stuff 11th - Write It Do It 7th - Hydrogeology1 21st - Come Fly With Me1 21st - 1: Trial Event; does not count toward team score

Invitational Tournament Results for Season 8

Season	Allendale	Frankenmuth	Haslett	SONI2022	Northview
2022	3rd/19	2nd/15	4th/43	58th/236	11th/40

The number of teams that attended the tournament follows the forward slash (/).

In 2022 WMAA students additionally competed in the Rickards and BirdSO invitationals, but WMAA did not attempt to field all events.

Invitational Tournament Results for Seasons 2 through 7

Season	Allendale	UofM	WOSO	Haslett	Portage	Northview	Boyceville
2021	6th&17th/211	37th/74	2nd&19th/21	4th&36th/40	-	14th&51st/53	18th&47th/51
2020	8th/25	18th/60	1st/29	6th/26	11th&12th/33	-	-
2019	5th&20th/28	-	2nd&21st/32	14th/34	6th&22nd/31	-	-
2018	11th/28	-	13th/28	-	-	-	-
2017	11th/28	-	25th/32	-	-	-	-
2016	21st/27	-	-	-	-	-	-

Multiple ranks represent multiple teams; the number after the forward slash (/) is the number of teams that attended the tournament.

¹Allendale's 2021 tournament held an in-person, build-only tournament where WMAA finished 1st & 8th out of 10 local teams

Noteworthy Awards

Michigan Science Olympiad State Medals:

Year	Event	Placement	Competitor	Competitor	Competitor
2022	Codebusters	8	Gavin V	Samantha B	Nathaniel C
2022	Dynamic Planet	5	Devon C	Kat H	-
2022	Experimental Design	3	Devon C	Sophie W	Kat H
2022	Forensics	1	Payton P	Samantha B	-
2022	Gravity Vehicle	4	Josh B	Matthew K	-
2022	Ornithology	8	Rachael K	Koungo D	-
2022	Ping Pong Parachute	7	Gavin W	Samantha B	-
2022	Rocks and Minerals	7	Rachael K	Connor P	-
2022	Trajectory	3	Josh B	Matthew K	-
2022	Wright Stuff	8	Josh B	Matthew K	-
2022	Write It Do It	1	Josh B	Sophie W	-
2021	Experimental Design	8	Devon C	Sophie W	Kat H
2021	Gravity Vehicle	2	Josh B	Matthew K	-
2021	Machines	3	Josh B	Ivan H	-
2021	Write It CAD It	2	Josh B	Sophie W	-
2019	Boomilever	5	Kat H	Ivan H	-
2019	Circuit Lab	7	Aaron J	Ivan H	-
2019	Designer Genes	6	Kira W	Achol O	-
2019	Fermi Questions	7	Jacob E	Ivan H	-
2019	Herpetology	7	Kira W	Emma H	-
2019	Sounds of Music	3	Kat H	Ivan H	-
2019	Thermodynamics	7	Gabe D	Ivan H	-
2018	Optics	8	Mirza K	Ivan H	-
2018	Write It Do It	4	Emily B	Ben M	-

mySO Awards

National Science Olympiad MY SO STEM Showdown - national rankings through 25^th place.

Year	Month	Event	Placement	Participant
2022	March	Solar Power	14	Gavin V
2021	December	Rocks and Minerals	23	Rachael K
2021	February	Structures	6	Josh B
2021	February	Structures	14	Rachael K
2021	December	Weather	12	Rachael K
2021	November	Circuits	14	Ivan H

Team Lineup - Final 15

Season	Final 15
2022	Bethany S4, Braedon B*, Connor P, Devon C3, Gavin V, Gavin W, Josh B, Joshua O, Kat H1, Koungo D, Matthew K, Nathaniel C, Payton P, Rachael K5, Samantha B, Sophie W2
2021	Bethany S, Connor P, Devon C3, Gavin V, Gavin W*, Ivan H4, JD B, Josh B, Kat H1, Koungo D, Matthew K, Nathaniel C, Payton P, Rachael K, Rei N, Sophie W2
2020	Achol O3, Bethany S, Connor P, Devon C5, Gavin V, Ivan H4, Jacob K, Josh B, Kat H2, Kira W1, Koungo D, Matthew K, Samantha B, Sophia J, Sophie W
2019	Aaron J, Achol O3, Devon C, Emma H, Gabe D, Ivan H4, Jacob E, Josh B, Kat H, Kira W1, Mitch H5, Nick G, Samantha B, Eric S2, Sophia J, Sophie W*
2018	Aaron J, Aron B, Athena N, Ben M, Emma L, Emily B, Eric S, Ivan H., Jacob E, Kira W, Mirza K1, Mitch H, Serena K, Star S, Weston P
2017	Albert M, Athena N, Eli P, Emily B, Eric S, Grace B, Ivan L, Jacob E, Jeremy H, Kira W, Matt H, Matt S, Mirza K, Serena K, Weston P
2016	Albert M, Athena N, Clay C, Eli P, Elsa H, Emily B, Grace B, Ivan L, Jacob E, Maddi W, Matt S, Mirza K, Sean T, Serena K, Weston P
2015	Albert M, Clay C, Emily B, Grace B, Ivan L, Joshua C, Kenzie D, Logan F, Matt S, Nikolai M, Rachel S, Sean T, Serena K, Vivian L, Weston P

¹Team Captain, ²Community Liaison, ³Secretary, ⁴Treasurer, ⁵Quartermaster, ^*Alternate

SLT - Student Leadership Team

In addition to Team Captain there are 4 Officers: Community Liaison, Quartermaster, Secretary and Treasurer. Duties of the SLT and Officers are codified in bylaws.

• Team Captain -- the chief point of contact for the student group; facilitates discussions among the group; chairs meetings; posts an agenda ahead of every meeting; can appoint interim officers; can appoint ad-hoc committee chairs; coordinates Sci.O. presence at July picnic, August activities fair, September kick-off meeting, Fall parent nights and May WMAA Gala.
• Community Liaison -- in charge of 'press releases' to the WMAA newsletter; facilitates the annual T-shirt art contest; gets the winning art approved and submitted; helps coordinate Sci.O. presence at July picnic, August activities fair, September kick-off meeting, Fall Parent Nights & Gala.
• Quartermaster -- organizes and keeps track of supplies (build event supplies & office supplies); works with secretary & treasurer; keeps the supply room organized & clean, including keeping supplies in their labeled compartments and on their labeled shelves; forwards receipts to the Treasurer.
• Secretary -- takes minutes of meetings and posts the minutes; supports other officers; helps set the budget; helps keep track of supplies as needed.
• Treasurer -- keeps track of receipts, organizes a ledger of income & expenses; sets a budget largely based on supplies + food/snacks (input from Quartermaster), recruitment initiatives (input from Team Captain), costs of PR & Digital Content (input from Community Liaison).

Season	Team Captain	Community Liaison	Secretary	Treasurer	Quartermaster
2023	Bethany S	Payton P	Rachael K	Gavin V	Shane R
2022	Kat H	Sophie W	Devon C	Bethany S	Rachael K
2021	Kat H	Sophie W	Devon C	Ivan H	-
2020	Kira W	Kat H	Achol O	Ivan H	Devon C
2019	Kira W	Eric S	Achol O	Ivan H	Mitch H
2018	Mirza K	-	-	-	-

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