Character Before Victory

On February 7, 2009, 16 high school science teams, including SBS, vied for the privilege of representing their school at the national level during the regional Bay Scallop Bowl at

SUNY-Stony Brook. Team members Richard Barker ‘09, Samantha Lee‘09, John Mahon ‘09 (captain), Alex Reiner 09, and Kvu Ree Nun ‘11 were narrowly defeated in the afternoon single—elimination round. The University organizers honored the SBS team with the Annual Ocean Bowl Sportsmanship Award for positive, competitive spirit by the team and for outstanding displays of character, LS John Mahon twice stopped competition to correct scoring errors that unfairly benefited SBS over the other teams. Kudos to Captain George Linzee and his team members for demonstrating “Character before Career!”