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Fall Kickoff Pitch

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Last week's Fall Kickoff Pitch competition winners!

First place: Samantha Farley and Kristin Hanlan
Second place: Jordan Hallow
Third place: Stephen Woerner and Ephraim Pittore. 

Judges: Chad Prather, Tres Ross, Mike Green and Cory Dennison. 
True WVU entrepreneurs!

Samantha Farley and Kristin Hanlan

Winning First place and the $1,500 prize was Samantha Farley and Kristin Hanlan, two dental hygienist students from the School of Dentistry.  They plan to use the winnings to further their prototype for a dental hygienists’ instrumentation panel.


Jordon Hallow

Second-place winner of $1000, was Jordan Hallow. Hallow wowed the judges with his forensic investigating game.


Ephraim Pittore

Due of a tie in voting for the third place prize of $500, the investors agreed to fund both. One of the two third-place pitchers was Ephraim Pittore with his toy invention – “Banana Blaster”.


Stephen Worner

Due of a tie in voting for the third place prize of $500, the investors agreed to fund both. One of the two third-place pitchers was Stephen Woerner with his Smart Glasses language interpreter prototype.