The National BDPA HSCC championships were held in Los Angeles CA in 2006. The west coast venue proved to be too costly for some teams to attend. As a result, the level of participation dipped down to 19 teams. Nevertheless, the battle for supremacy amongst the high school students was intense.
The HSCC team trained by BDPA Southern Minnesota tried valiantly to defend the national championship won the year before. However, this was the year for the HSCC team trained by BDPA Chicago chapter to finally break through for the gold medal. It was a remarkable effort by four truly remarkable young people (Joseph Huggins, Lee Reed, Andreaus Robinson and Maurice Shelton), their coach (Gibran Adejele) and chapter president (Yvette Graham).
Here are the rankings for all 19 teams that competed in 2006 national HSCC championships with the scholarship winnings for each student in parenthesis:
- Chicago ($2500 Bemley Scholarship)
- Southern Minnesota ($1500 Bemley Scholarship)
- Washington DC ($500 Bemley Scholarship)
- Chattanooga
- Central Illinois
- Richmond
- Austin
- Hartford
- Cincinnati
- Los Angeles
- Charlotte
- Philadelphia
- Detroit
- Twin Cities
- Dayton
- Dallas
- St. Louis
- Atlanta
- Rhode Island
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Anyhow, were any of you at the 2006 National BDPA Technology Conference held in Los Angeles, CA? Do you remember the HSCC championships? Do you remember any of the workshops or speakers from that year's conference?
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