MW senior splits top prize for “Crab Trap App” prototypes

Student with check award

Student with check award

From L: David Stanhope of CCRM; Varun Natarajan (’20-Henrico) of Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School in Richmond; VIMS Dean & Director John Wells; Jacob Ward, a senior at Walsingham Academy in Williamsburg; David Weiss of CCRM; Executive Director of Clean Virginia Waterways Katie Register; and Virginia State Senator Monty Mason. 

Varun was mentored by Dickson Benesh, a Mathematics teacher at MLWGS.

For more information visit the Virginia Institute of Marine Science news.

Good work and congratulations Varun!

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