2023 Sim Site Winners

The 2023 NASPAA Simulation Competition has been an amazing success!

The competition was completed at all 12 of our sites on February 25th, March 4th and March 11th, as well as at two beta sites on February 4th and February 11th. Graduate students from all over the world experienced a unique and educational challenge in which they took on the roles of key decision-makers responsible for solving a real public service challenge. Students developed their skills in public communication and inclusive decision-making to implement equitable policy decisions for a diverse community. All this happens in a controlled, simulated scenario so that students can practice dealing with these pressures before being faced with them in their careers.

If you are interested in hosting the competition at your school, becoming a sponsor, or just learning more about the competition, please contact Alex Minkoff at minkoff@naspaa.org and Stacy Drudy at drudy@naspaa.org.

Global Super Round Winners

NASPAA is pleased to announce the winning teams from the Super Global Judge Round. All the site winners did exceedingly well and our judges were extremely impressed with what they saw. It's always hard to pick the winners, so this year each team's Super Global Judge Round score was based on their computerized simulation score and evaluation of their final presentation and policy memo. Congratulations to our winners! Be on the lookout for the post-competition program flip book with a special look at this year's competition, as well as guidance on how your school can get involved in simulation education. 

 

Grand Prize Winners: The University of Colorado Denver

• Eugene Bradley - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Ethan Clay - Arizona State University
• Leah Mobley - Oregon State University
• Michael Okonski - University of Nebraska Omaha
• Anna Roaldson - University of North Dakota
• Jessica Watson - Northern Arizona University

2nd Place: University at Albany

Corie Alicea - Villanova University Evan Butts - Villanova University Melanie Menkevich - Villanova University Jessica Whitley - Syracuse University Kaitlin Wilcoxen - Syracuse University Arthur Wong - Syracuse University

3rd Place: The Ohio State University

Kelli Hanson - Indiana University Bloomington Mark Jimenez - Arkansas State University Christian Manalac - The Pennsylvania State University Daniel Poth - University of Illinois Springfield Maddison Reilly - Grand Valley State University

Site Winners

 

These teams were the winners from their regional site. Congratulations!

 

The American University in Cairo

• Doaa Abdel Wareth - The American University in Cairo
• Nourhan Yasser Ahmed Abdelfatah - The American University in Cairo
• Ahmad Ali - The American University in Cairo
• Istanbool Ba Abbad - The American University in Cairo
• Fatema El-Ghonemy - The American University in Cairo
• Mariam Ragab - The American University in Cairo
• Norhan Zahran - The American University in Cairo

 

Fulbright University Vietnam

• Thi Phi Huong Giang Dang - Fulbright University Vietnam
• Yeonwook Kang - KDI School
• Minh Hieu Nguyen - Fulbright University Vietnam
• Mengran Xu - Zhejiang University
• Gaochen Xu - Zhejiang University

 

UNU - MERIT and Maastricht University

• Arsh Ajmera - Maastricht University/UNU Merit
• Adilkhan Bozhanov - Nazarbayev University
• Carl Hurkmans - Ghent University
• Ahmed Hussain - Maastricht University/UNU Merit
• Natalie Perne - Maastricht University/UNU Merit
• Pranav Shankar Kaundinya - Maastricht University/UNU Merit

 

Universidad del Rosario

• Grace Anne Ennis - Universidad del Rosario
• María José Escobar Cárdenas - Universidad de Los Andes
• Paula Marcela Marulanda - Universidad del Rosario
• Sarah María Muñoz Cadena - Universidad del Rosario

 

James Madison University

• Kristen Esquivel - Penn State Harrisburg
• Amie Fuller - Virginia Commonwealth University
• Tatiana Galdamez - University of Delaware
• Erin Goodyear - University of Delaware
• Zane Poffenberger - University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• Lochinvar Sloan - James Madison University

 

North Carolina State University

• Mariah Canup - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Aashna Monga - University of Georgia
• Harley Smith - Georgia Southern University
• Dawson Spencer - Western Carolina University
• Mika Twietmeyer - North Carolina State University
• Melissa Watson - Western Carolina University

 

University of San Francisco

• David Arguelles - San Diego State University
• Ashley Brittner-Wells - University of Montana
• Shae Hancock - San Francisco State University
• Marisa McCarthy - University of San Francisco
• Beth Oleary - University of San Francisco

 

The University of Texas at Arlington and The University of Texas at Dallas

• Ismail Ahmed - University of Texas at Arlington
• Joshua Blubaugh - University of Texas at Dallas
• David Burns - Louisiana State University
• Victoria Kiker - University of Texas at Arlington
• Amelia Loken - UA Little Rock

 

The NASPAA Virtual Site

• Natalie Christensen - Southern Utah University
• Marisa Craft - California State University, Los Angeles
• Morgan Deweese Willet - Old Dominion University
• Kubilay Erdogdu - Ghent University
• Hannah Goldston - Rutgers, New Brunswick
• Jessica Janecek - University of Arizona

 

Beta Site: American University

• Kathryn Douglass - American University
• Lakota Paul - American University
• Victoria Brousseau - American University
• Ariel Braunstein - American University
• Trevaughn Smith - American University

 

Beta Site: Pennsylvania State University

• Alexandria Burgess-Allen - Penn State University
• Caroline Paterno - Penn State University
• Blake Toliver - Penn State University
• Cierra Chandler - Penn State University
• Sean Brame - Penn State University