Will Represent Florida in National Competition in Washington, D.C.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (April 9, 2025) –
TALLAHASSEE, Fla (April 9, 2025) – The state of Florida will be well represented at the upcoming national MATHCOUNTS® Competition, when Florida’s top middle school Mathletes® compete at the highest level for this prestigious STEM award.
Florida’s MATHCOUNTS winners were recently announced following rigorous local and statewide competitions. Winners were announced in two categories:
- Team competition, and
- Individual competition.
TEAM COMPETITION WINNERS:
Students from The Frazer School of Gainesville took home the team competition award. The Frazer School placed a record five students in the top 10-student countdown round. Team members included:
- Edwin Gao
- Armaan Vora
- Jaxon Zhang
- Lucas Chen
- Harshitha Guruprasad
They were coached by Jake Frazer, who has a keen understanding of this competitive STEM program. Frazer won the event as a 7th grader in 2017. Of note, Frazer will also serve as coach of the Florida National Team when they compete May 11-12, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
INDIVIDUAL WINNERS:
The top four statewide winners in the individual competition include:
- Arnav Bhatia, American Heritage School, Plantation
- Gnaneswar Peddesugari, Fairview Middle School, Tallahassee
- Edwin Gao, The Frazer School, Gainesville
- Rananjay Parmar, Davidson Academy Online, Jacksonville
The individual winners comprise the Florida National Team that will travel to our nation’s capital for the national MATHCOUNTS competition.
MATHCOUNTS is a national enrichment, club and competition program that promotes mathematics achievement through grassroots involvement in every U.S. state and territory.
The Florida Engineering Society (FES) and Florida Engineering Foundation are leading sponsors of Florida’s MATHCOUNTS competition, and many of FES members volunteer their math and engineering expertise by serving as coaches, instructors and judges. STEM programs like MATHCOUNTS encourage students to consider careers in the engineering-related industry.
“We’re so proud of all of our state competition winners who will represent Florida at the national competition, and we can’t wait to see how they perform,” said Jamie Graham, PE, and a member of the Florida Engineering Society.
The national competition will take place on May 11-12, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
