The Arkadelphia High School Cyberpatriot team, Badger Elite, won the Arkansas Cyberpatriot competition for the Silver Tier-Open Category during a December Competition. The team has qualified to move onto the national semifinal round in January.
Badger Elite received the highest score for any Arkansas team in the Silver Tier and the Open Category. The team finished 22nd place in the Silver Tier, Open Category amongst of all competitors (U.S. & Canada). There were 501 teams that competed in the Open Category in the Silver Tier. These results put them in the top 5% in the Silver Tier-Open Category (the top 25% advance to semifinals). The Badger Elite score was higher than the AVERAGE score in the Gold and Platinum Tiers-over 2700 total teams competed in December throughout the United States and Canada.
Team members for the AHS Badger Elite Cyberpatriot team are seniors Joshua LeVar and Colin Phillips; juniors Calvin Clardy, Stanley Cordero, Kevin Ghodela and De'lion Summerville. The team is coached by Vince Herron and assisted by Clair Mays.
CyberPatriot is the Air Force Association's National Youth Cyber Education Program, created to inspire K-12 students toward careers in cybersecurity or other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines critical to our nation's future.
