2024 Conference Winners

​ Top Academic:	Ed Hemmelman III, Beta Sigma Omega Lambda, Region 6
​ Top Gun:	Aaron Valdez, Sigma Kappa Chi, Region 2
Outstanding Region:	Region 2
​ Spirit Award:	Sigma Kappa Chi, Region 2
Trailblazer Award:	Beta Sigma Omega Lambda, Region 6
Sweepstakes Award:	Beta Sigma Omega Lambda, Region 6

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LAE KNOWLEDGE 

lower Division:

1st Place	Cori Evans	Region 6	Beta Sigma Omega Lambda
​​2nd Place	Julianna Sloan	Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta
3rd Place	Madison Dolato	​​Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta

upper Division:

1st Place	Wilson Harrow	​​ Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta
​2nd Place	Samantha Gaus-Schmidt	Region 2	Delta Chi
​3rd Place	Allison Milligan	Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta

​Professional Division:

​​1st Place	Dr. Roger Pennel	Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta
​​2nd Place	Ed Hemmelman III	Region 6	Beta Sigma Omega Lambda
3rd Place	Jacob Siebanoller	​Region 2	Delta Chi Alpha

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 JUVENILE JUSTICE 

​ Lower Division:

​​1st Place	Cori Evans	​Region 6	Beta Sigma Omega Lambda
​​2nd Place	Molly Magill	Region 3	Kappa Omicron Rho
​​3rd Place	Warren Xiong	Region 6	Beta Sigma Omega Lambda

​ Upper Division:

​​1st Place	Samantha Mears	Region 2	Delta Kappa Epsilon
​2nd Place	Anthony Hayes	​​Region 3	Kappa Omicron Rho
​3rd Place	Luis Silvestre	​Region 3	Iota Eta Sigma

​Professional Division:

​1st Place	Ed Hemmelman III	Region 6	Beta Sigma Omega Lambda
​2nd Place	Dr. Ziwei Qi	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega
​3rd Place	Troy Cochran	Region 2	Delta Kappa Epsilon

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 POLICE MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS 

Lower Division:

1st Place	Cori Evan	​Region 6	Beta Sigma Omega Lambda
​2nd Place ​	Warren Xiong	Region 6	Beta Sigma Omega Lambda
3rd Place ​	Matthew Zamorano	​​Region 1	Sigma Pi

​Upper Division:

​1st Place ​	Samantha Mears	Region 2	Delta Kappa Epsilon
​2nd Place ​	Anthony Hayes	Region 3	Kappa Omicron Rho
​3rd Place ​	Brett Blackburn	Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta

​Professional Division:

​​1st Place	Ed Hemmelman III	Region 6	​​Beta Sigma Omega Lambda
​2nd Place ​	Troy Cochran	Region 2	Delta Kappa Epsilon
​3rd Place ​	Jacob Siebanoller	Region 2	Delta Chi Alpha

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 CORRECTIONS 

Lower Division: 

​1st Place ​	Cori Evans	Region 2	Beta Sigma Omega Lambda
​2nd Place ​	Cody Asher	​Region 1	Beta Sigma Omega Lambda
​3rd Place	Mathew Stone	Region 1	Sigma Pi

​Upper Division: 

​1st Place ​	Samantha Mears	Region 2	Delta Kappa Epsilon
​2nd Place ​	Morgan Higgins	​​ Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta
​3rd Place ​	Anthony Hayes	Region 3	Kappa Omicron Rho

​Professional Division:

1st Place ​	Dr. Ziwei Qi	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega
2nd Place ​	Ed Hemmelman III	Region 6	​Beta Sigma Omega Lambda
3rd Place ​	Troy Cochran	Region 2	Delta Kappa Epsilon

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Forensic psychology

​Lower Division:

1st Place ​	Elizabeth Torres-Mendez	​Region 1	Sigma Pi
​2nd Place ​	Cori Evans	Region 6	Beta Sigma Omega Lambda
3rd Place ​	Mackenzie Hagerman	​Region 3	Delta Tau Omega

​Upper Division:

1st Place ​	Samantha Mears	Region 2	Delta Kappa Epsilon
2nd Place ​	Madalyn Finstein	Region 5	Alpha Omega Rho
3rd Place ​	Aja Curtis	Region 3	Upsilon Chi Chi Sigma

​Professional Division:

​1st Place ​	Dr. Ziwei Qi	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega
2nd Place ​	Ed Hemmelman III	Region 6	Beta Sigma Omega Lambda
3rd Place ​	Troy Cochran	Region 2	Delta Kappa Epsilon

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Homeland & national security

lower division:

1st Place	Oscar Aguilar	Region 1	Chi Tau Epsilon
2nd Place	Cooper Spain	Region 2	Delta Chi
3rd Place	Max Forquer	Region 4	Kappa Chi Chi

upper division:

1st Place	Samantha Mears	Region 2	Delta Kappa Epsilon
2nd Place	Brett Blackburn	Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta
3rd Place	Tyler Fagan	Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta

professional division:

1st Place	Ed Hemmelman III	Region 6	Beta Sigma Omega Lambda
2nd Place	Troy Cochran	Region 2	Delta Kappa Epsilon
3rd Place	Dr. Morgan Steele	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega

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Criminal Law

lower division:

1st Place	Tara Locy-Blanco	Region 1	Sigma Pi
2nd Place	Mathew Stone	Region 1	Sigma Pi
3rd Place	Tessa Volkmer	Region 6	Beta Sigma Omega Lambda

upper division:

1st Place	Samantha Mears	Region 2	Delta Kappa Epsilon
2nd Place	Matthew Long	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega
3rd Place	Geordi-Lee McIntyre	Region 5	Tau Alpha Omicron

professional division:

1st Place	Ed Hemmelman III	Region 6	Beta Sigma Omega Lambda
2nd Place	Troy Cochran	Region 2​	​Delta Kappa Epsilon
3rd Place	Dr. Ziwei Qi	​Region 3	Delta Tau Omega

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Academic research poster

lower division:

1st Place	Avery Penn	Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta
2nd Place	Jazmyn Shockley	Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta
3rd Place	Mathew Stone	Region 1	Sigma Pi

upper division:

1st Place	Jillian Harrison	Region 5	Member at Large
2nd Place	Madison Gray	Region 5	Zeta Epsilon Nu
3rd Place	Katherine Early	Region 2	Member At Large

graduate division:

1st Place	Madelyn Underwood	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega
2nd Place	Mackenzie Williams	Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta

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 FIREARMS (Individual) 

Lower Division:

​1st Place	John Paul Cruz	​ Region 2	Sigma Kappa Chi
​2nd Place	Alex Cheng	Region 6	Beta Sigma Omega Lambda
​3rd Place	Bryce Hufford	Region 6	Delta Tau Omega

​Upper Division:

1st Place ​	Noe Figueroa	Region 2	Iota Kappa Chi
​2nd Place	Matthew Nenninger	​​ Region 3	​Gamma Epsilon Delta
3rd Place ​	Kayla Navarro	​ Region 2	Iota Kappa Chi

​Professional Division:

​1st Place	Aaron Valdez	​ Region 2	Sigma Kappa Chi
​2nd Place	Richard Gillespie	Region 6	Gamma Epsilon Delta
3rd Place ​	Dr. Michael Sanchez	​Region 2	Iota Kappa Chi

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FIREARMS (Team) 

​ Lower Division:

1st Place ​	Francisco Romo Luis Vasquez ​Alberto Garay	​Region 2	Iota Kappa Chi
2nd Place ​	Matthew Smith Avery Penn ​Juliana Sloan	​Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta

​Upper Division:

1st Place ​	Noe Figueroa Kayla Navarro ​Jair Tovar	Region 2	Iota Kappa Chi
2nd Place ​	Lauren Gruber Tyler Fagan Matthew Nenniger	Region 3	​​Gamma Epsilon Delta
3rd Place ​	Brett Blackburn Wilson Harrow Matthew Long	Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta

​Professional Division:

1st Place ​	Aaron Valdez Orlando Ayala ​John Paul Cruz	​Region 2	Sigma Kappa Chi
​2nd Place ​	Ed Hemmelman III Stu Hamblen ​Mike Collins	Region 6	Beta Sigma Omega Lambda
1st Place ​	Adrian Sanchez Alex Cheng ​Troy Cochran	Region 6	Beta Sigma Omega Lambda

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 CRIME SCENE  

​Lower Division:

1st Place	Juliana Sloan Avery Penn ​Cidnee Chipley	Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta
2nd Place	Liam Spain Cooper Spain ​Lorena Sosa	Region 2	Delta Chi
​3rd Place	Molly Magill Madison Wolfe Misaelis DeAbreau	Region 3	Kappa Omicron Rho

​Upper Division:

​1st Place	Bryce Hufford Olivia Rowles ​Lucia Rodriguez	Region 6	Tau Alpha Omicron
​2nd Place	Guadalupe Centeno Alondra Bermea Austinn West	Region 2	Delta Chi
​3rd Place	Grace Thiele Hannah Martinez Gianna Everett	Region 6	Tau Alpha Omicron

​Professional Division:

1st Place	Desiree Garcia Allison Hauser ​Jair Tovar	​Region 2	Iota Kappa Chi
2nd Place	Kirsten Hatten Ashley Novak ​Marifer Ramirez	​Region 2	Delta Chi
3rd Place	Shannon Carmichael Jordan Derouin-Morrison ​Riley Derouin-Morrison	​Region 6	Tau Alpha Omicron

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 Physical Agility

​Female - 25 and Under:

​1st Place	Kealyn Wilkinson	​Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta
​2nd Place	Morgan Drake	​Region 3	Delta Tau Omega
​3rd Place	Riley Derouin-Morrison	​Region 6	Tau Alpha Omicron

​Male - 25 and Under:

1st Place	Wilson Harrow	​Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta
​2nd Place	Andrew Heuring	​Region 6	Kappa Chi Chi
​3rd Place	Sam Miller	​Region 6	Tau Alpha Omicron

​Female 26 to 35:

​1st Place	Alexis Altom	​Region 2	Delta Chi Alpha
​2nd Place	Marja Needham	​Region 1	Sigma Pi

​Male 26 to 35:

1st Place	Cuauhtemoc Rodriguez	​Region 6	Kappa Chi Chi
2nd Place	Jonnel Cunanan	Region 1	Sigma Pi
3rd Place	Nelson Lewandowski	Region 1	Sigma Pi

Female 36 and Over:

​1st Place	Stephanie Huddle	Region 3	Kappa Omicron Rho
2nd Place	Ziwei Qi	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega
3rd Place	Vulindela L-Harrel	Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta

​Male 36 and Over:

​1st Place	Shawn Sherman	Region 3	Kappa Omicron Rho
2nd Place	Mike Collins	Region 6	Kappa Chi Chi
​3rd Place	Mike Carr	Region 3	Kappa Omicron Rho

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2024 NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

​Lower Division:

1st Place	Mathew Stone	Region 1	Sigma Pi
2nd Place	Vanessa Diaz	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega
​3rd Place	Detric Dee	Region 6	Kappa Chi Chi

​Upper Division:

​1st Place	Karen Thew	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega
​2nd Place	Harleigh Smith	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega
3rd Place	Tara Locy-Blanco	Region 1	Sigma Pi

​Graduate Division:

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2024 student paper AWARDS

Lower Division:

Upper Division:

1st Place	Vanessa Diaz	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega
2nd Place	Mathew Stone	Region 1	Sigma Pi
3rd Place	Faith Hambach	Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta

1st Place	Brett Blackburn	Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta
2nd Place	Karen Thew	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega
3rd Place	Tara Locy-Blanco	Region 1	Sigma Pi

Graduate Division:

1st Place	Madelyn Underwood	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega
2nd Place	Mackenzie Williams	Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta
3rd Place	Accacia Pedigo	​Region 3	Delta Tau Omega

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Lip sync & talent show awards

Talent (individual):

1st Place	John Wilt	Region 4	Alpha Upsilon Lambda
2nd Place	Austinn West	Region 2	Delta Chi

talent (group):

1st Place	Beta Sigma Omega Lambda	​Region 6
2nd Place	Iota Kappa Chi	Region 2

Lip sync:

1st Place		Tau Alpha Omicron	Region 6
2nd Place		Delta Tau Omega	Region 3
3rd Place		Zeta Epsilon Nu	Region 5