Texas State AITP thanks all of the schools, students, presenters, sponsors, and volunteers who contributed to making this year’s IT Symposium an outstanding success!
This year we had five total competitions, with two having multiple rounds. These exams were written, tested, and proctored by our AITP officers and members and we are very proud with the results of the competitions.
Rankings are by highest score, with ties being broken by completion time.
Information Security
This year we had over 30 students sign up for the Network Security competition which is higher than years prior. This shows a growing interest in security over all, which is fantastic! We here at AITP are overjoyed with such a wonderful turnout!
| Placing | Student | School | Score | Time |
| 1st | Katherine Villerreal | Southwest HS | 34/50 | 1:11:00 |
| 2nd | Abram Perez | Southwest HS | 34/50 | 1:24:00 |
| 3rd | Jonny Piña | San Marcos HS | 30/50 | 1:13:00 |
| 4th | Allen Billiott | Southwest HS | 30/50 | 1:14:00 |
| 5th | Hawk Freeman | San Marcos HS | 29/50 | 1:20:00 |
| 6th | Luke Del Rio | Grandbury HS Marine JROTC | 27/50 | 1:12:00 |
| 7th | Derek Do | John B. Connally HS | 25/50 | 1:23:00 |
| 8th | John Wickham | John B. Connally HS | 23/50 | 1:20:00 |
| 9th | Aidan Cline | Grandbury HS Marine JROTC | 22/50 | 1:15:00 |
| 10th | Haille Gutierrez | Alamo Academies – ITSA | 21/50 | 1:25:00 |
The second round of Info Sec is shorter, but much tougher.
Congratulations to the winners of the Information Security competition!
| Placing | Student | School | Score | Time |
| 1st | Jonny Piña | San Marcos HS | 13/20 | 0:44:00 |
| 2nd | Luke Del Rio | Grandbury HS Marine JROTC | 12/20 | 0:49:00 |
| 3rd | John Wickham | John B. Connally HS | 9/20 | 0:20:00 |
PC Troubleshooting
PC Troubleshooting always has a large turnout, and y’all did not disappoint this year. With 32 students participating a lot of the placement came down to time.
The following are the 10 finalists from round one.
| Placing | Student | School | Score | Time |
| 1st | Allen Billiott | Southwest HS | 31/45 | 0:29:00 |
| 2nd | Ben Howell | Wichita Falls ISD Career Education Center | 29/45 | 0:20:00 |
| 3rd | Hawk Freeman | San Marcos HS | 28/45 | 0:36:00 |
| 4th | Ian Harwood | Wichita Falls ISD Career Education Center | 27/45 | 0:25:00 |
| 5th | Katherine Villerreal | Southwest HS | 27/45 | 0:26:00 |
| 6th | Abram Perez | Southwest HS | 27/45 | 0:29:00 |
| 7th | Darius Quintero | Southwest HS | 24/45 | 0:42:00 |
| 8th | Alexis Gonzalez | Southwest HS | 23/45 | 0:29:00 |
| 9th | Jose Herra | United South HS | 23/45 | 0:30:00 |
| 10th | Aaron Espinoza | San Marcos HS | 23/45 | 0:34:00 |
Round two looks like it went by in a flash! (Maybe we need to make it tougher next year?)
Here are the winners of the PC Troubleshooting competition, congratulations to you all!
| Placing | Student | School | Score | Time |
| 1st | Ben Howell | Wichita Falls ISD Career Education Center | 18/20 | 0:19:00 |
| 2nd | Ian Harwood | Wichita Falls ISD Career Education Center | 17/20 | 0:16:00 |
| 3rd | Darius Quintero | Southwest HS | 15/20 | 0:20:00 |
Java Programming
Java Programming, our largest competition had an impressive 50 students competing this year!
Java is one of the most important programming languages around, if you can master it, nothing in the IT world can stop you!
Here are the winners of the Java competition. The scoring is split between an exam, and project. We added a few movie references for fun & a couple bonus points.
| Placing | Student | School | Exam Score | Project Score |
| 1st | Anthony Rojas | Connally HS | 8/10 (+3) | 13/13 |
| 2nd | Jake Randall | Pflugerville HS | 9/10 (+1) | 13/13 |
| 3rd | Sergio Duque | Alamo Academies – ITSA | 7/10 (+3) | 11/13 |
| Honorable Mention | Jaykumar Patel | Hendrickson HS | 8/10 (+1) | 8/13 |
Most missed question: Number 8.
“How many bits are allotted for an uninstantiated String type?”
Most picked answer: 64 bits
Correct answer: Depends on the operating system
Complete list of movies referenced:
- The Matrix
- Dodgeball
- Robocop (Many mistook this one for Terminator)
- Lord of the Rings
- The Dark Crystal
- Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
- The Sandlot
- The Princess Bride
Microsoft Excel Solutions
Excel is an excellent piece of software… (yikes, tough crowd.) But seriously, there is so much that can be done in Excel that it a vital tool necessary in any career.
The competition this year had two participants, but that’s not to say it wasn’t fierce.
Congratulations to Makenzie Givan for her near perfect score,
and an honorable mention to Samara Campbell who took the exam all the way to time, ensuring the best possible score.
| Placing | Student | School | Time |
| 1st | Makenzie Givan | La Grange HS | 0:57:00 |
| Honorable Mention | Samara Campbell | West Oso HS | 1:28:00 |
Microsoft Access:
Database Solutions
The Microsoft Access competition was a no show.
This comes as a bit of a disappointment to us, as many members of AITP regularly voice excitement over learning how to build, update, alter, and maintain databases.
C’est la vie, non?
Still there was a someone who “won” this competition, the proctor who got a few minutes of peace before jumping back into running the event.
| Placing | Proctor | School | Time |
| Honorable Mention | En Emerson | Texas State University | nap? |
AITP had a lot of fun this semester putting together the IT Symposium, it is our hope that you all had a great time and we would love to see y’all again next year!
ITSA at Texas State 