The results of the 2026 ASA Data Visualization Poster and Statistics Project competitions are in. First-place winners received $300 and a certificate, second-place winners received $200 and a certificate, third-place winners received $100 and a certificate, and honorable mentions received certificates.
The poster and project competitions are directed by the ASA/National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Joint Committee on Curriculum in Statistics and Probability.
The 2026 ASA Data Visualization Poster Competition leader is Jennifer Broatch of Arizona State University. Dione Maxwell of Loganville High School is serving as the head project competition leader.
Posters are due every year on April 1 and are submitted digitally as photos of physical posters or as digitally created posters. Projects (written reports) for grades 7–12 are due every year on June 1.
2026 National ASA Data Visualization Poster Competition Judges
Regional Poster Competition Leaders
Students outside the regional competition areas submit their posters directly to the ASA office, which are then separately judged by the Washington Statistical Society as part of the Other Region. The best posters from each region move on to the national judging. Information about regional poster competitions and winners is available on the individual regional poster competition websites.
Connecticut Chapter Statistical Poster Competition
Zhou Fan and Leying Guan, Yale University
Kansas/Western Missouri Statistics Poster Contest
Ananda Jayawardhana, Pittsburg State University
Michigan Statistics Poster Competition
Dan Adrian, Grand Valley State University
Minnesota Regional Data Visualization Poster Competition
Tianxi Li, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Nevada K–12 Statistics Poster Competition
Cheryl Hightower, Imgen Research Group and Touro University Nevada, and Alicia Hansen, Chansen Academy
Ohio Data Visualization Poster Competition
Linda Quinn, Cleveland State University & Jerry Moreno, John Carroll University
Pennsylvania Statistics Poster Competition
Norbert Youmbi, Saint Francis University
Southern California Statistics Data Visualization Poster Competition
Rebecca Le, County of Riverside and California State University, Long Beach
Washington State Statistics Poster Competition (K–12)
Dean Johnson, Washington State University
Washington Statistical Society Data Visualization Poster Competition (DC Metro Area)
Sabrina Zhang, Westat
ASA National Data Visualization Poster Competition
Jennifer Broatch, Leader, Arizona State University
Get Involved
For information about how you can start a regional poster competition or mentor students in your area, read “American Statistics Poster Competition: How to Get Involved.”
2026 National ASA Data Visualization Poster Competition Winners
Grades K–3
First Place
Ahu Mammadli
Roll, Roll, Go!
International School of Boston (ISB)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Second Place
Michelle Spicuzza’s Third Grade Class
Snooze Study
Timmons Elementary
Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Third Place
Aurelian Hansen
People and Their Pets
Hansen Academy
Carson City, Nevada
Honorable Mention
Sophie Buggia
Let’s Dive into the Ocean
Collins Elementary School
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Honorable Mention
Theresa Petrick’s Third Grade Class
It’s Pizza Time!
Timmons Elementary
Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Grades 4–6
First Place
Audrey Young
Level Up or Down? What Do Kids Say About Video Gaming?
Mansfield Elementary School
Mansfield Center, Connecticut
Second Place
Keiara Smith, Ariana Requejado, and Savannah Vongprachanh
Movie Madness: Disney Edition
Ortwein Elementary School
Las Vegas, Nevada
Third Place
Aditi Sinha
Does Rain Improve Air Quality?
Sunnyside Elementary School
Pullman, Washington
Honorable Mention
Preston Kung, Simon Garlick, and Siwoo Yu
Joystick Junkies
Spring Lake
Intermediate School
Spring Lake, Michigan
Honorable Mention
Danielle Arrington
What Month Are Most 4th Graders Born In?
Ortwein Elementary School
Las Vegas, Nevada
Grades 7–9
First Place
Alice Zhao
Analyzing Swimflation Through 100LCM Swimming World Records
Montgomery Blair
High School
Silver Spring, Maryland
Second Place
Allison Kim and Natalie Song
Who Becomes CEOs of Fortune 50 Companies?
Harker School (Upper Campus)
Valley Christian
High School
San Jose, California
Third Place
Anya Cho
The Impact of Tariffs
Hyde Park Middle School
Las Vegas, Nevada
Honorable Mention
Carlos Najera and Hayden Du
No Drugs! How Does This Affect Learning?
Hyde Park Middle School
Las Vegas, Nevada
Honorable Mention
Tony Le and Benjamin J. Kim
Spam Calls Decoded
Hyde Park Middle School
Las Vegas, Nevada
Grades 10–12
First Place
Anvish Singidi
Is Your ZIP Code Your Destiny?
Frisco Heritage High School
Frisco, Texas
Second Place
Isha Mehrotra
Walkability and Health: A Data-Based Analysis
The Overlake School
Redmond, Washington
Third Place
Ethan Chen
Blue Crab Trends: Policy vs. Ecosystem
Thomas Jefferson
High School
Science & Technology
Alexandria, Virginia
Honorable Mention
Shane Lee, Isabelle Kim, and Yujin Yang
Cybersecurity: Re-Coded
Bellarmine College Preparatory
San Jose, California
Honorable Mention
Irene Kim
First Scorer World Cup Advantage
Winston Churchill
High School
Potomac, Maryland
2026 National Project Competition Winners
Each year, the statistical project competition attracts a wide variety of submissions in which students from grades 7–12 conduct creative studies. The submission deadline for the project competition is June 1 to enable participation from high school students who might have been preparing for the AP Statistics exam administered in mid-May. The statistical project competition is especially useful for these students because it provides them with opportunities to apply all the statistical skills they have acquired throughout the school year to solve real-world problems of interest to them.
First Place
Sheep Wool: Eco-Friendly Sustainable Growing Medium for Microgreens
Anwita Wadekar
Worcester Academy
Second Place
Snap, Snap, Snap!
Ethan Rubio and Chanwoo Rhee
Cypress Bay High School
Third Place
Reading in the Dark: A Matched-Paris Experiment on Whether Dark Mode Slows Down On-Screen Reading
Aiden Gie and Sriram Achaththekoot
DuPont Manual High School
Update: The first-place K-3 National Poster winner was incorrectly identified. The correct first-place winner is Ahu Mammadli. The error has been corrected. We apologize for the mistake.
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