2009: Winning Solutions

The Problem: $787 Billion: Will the Stimulus Act Stimulate the Economy?

M3 Challenge Champions, Summa Cum Laude Team Prize: $20,000

High Technology High School, Lincroft, NJ
$787 Billion: Will the Stimulus Act Stimulate the U.S. Economy?
Coach: Ellen LeBlanc
Team: Steve Castellano, Ethan Dale, Jay Feldman, Dan Mane, Matthew Warshauer

M3 Challenge Runner Up, Magna Cum Laude Team Prize: $15,000

Elk County Catholic High School, Saint Marys, PA
$787 Billion: Will the Stimulus Act Stimulate the U.S. Economy?
Coach: Theodore Hanes
Team: Joshua Casmir Catalano, Eric Higgins, Donald Anthony Meier, Charles Harold O'Leary, William Francies Yost

M3 Challenge Third Place Team, Cum Laude Team Prize: $10,000

The Wheeler School, Providence, RI 
787 Billion Dollars vs. Rising Unemployment: Who Will Win?
Coach: George Lewis
Team: Matt Halpern, Brett Musco, Chris Shaw, Karan Takhar, Alex Wheelock

M3 Challenge Fourth Place Team, Meritorious Team Prize: $7,500

Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, NJ
$787 Billion: Will the Stimulus Act Stimulate the U.S. Economy? 
Coach: Elizabeth Casarico
Team: Joshua Eiseman, Peter Humanik, Elan Paz Kugelmass, Taesup Lee, Jordan Moldow

M3 Challenge Fifth Place Team, Exemplary Team Prize: $5,000

West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Plainsboro, NJ
$787 Billion: Will the Stimulus Act Stimulate the U.S. Economy?
Coach: John Cornell
Team: Shir Aharon, Chris Bergman, Moya Chin, Tracie Kong, YunHui Lin

M3 Challenge Sixth Place Team, First Honorable Mention TeamPrize: $2,500

Staples High School, Westport, CT
$787 Billion: Will the Stimulus Act Stimulate the U.S. Economy?
Coach: Gertrude Denton
Team: Kyle Beatty, Jonathan Choi, Jason Gandelman, Naveen Murali, Justin Sherman