Students participated in both individual and team-based challenges. Winners were awarded with scholarship amounts totaling up to $500.
The 2016 winners are as follows:
High School students in Accounting I:
- 1st: Johnathon Bryan, Centralia High School;
- 2nd: Jonathan Payne, Mt. Vernon High School's;
- 3rd: Daniel Huggins, Pickneyville; Drew Reed, Centralia; David Robbins, Carterville (Tied).
High School students in Accounting II:
- 1st: Victoria Birchem, O'Fallon;
- 2nd: Spencer Woll, O'Fallon;
- 3rd: Cameron Beers, Marion; Parker Moses, Flora (Tied).
Community College Students:
- 1st: Megan Cain, Southeastern Illinois College;
- 2nd: Brandon Arrowood, Shawnee Community College; Brian Adams, John A. Logan College (Tied);
- 3rd: Olivia Christian, Southeastern Illinois College
Teams in Accounting I:
- 1st: Charlie Eccher, Spencer Woll, and Jhavont'e Hazlitt, O'Fallon;
- 2nd: Faith Fisher, Hannah Rotramel, Olivia Loudermilk, Maverick Troyer, Tayler Hayes, and Maddy McKinney, Edwards County High School
Teams in Accounting II:
- 1st: Sam Redd, Nicole Plumlee, and Alyssa Taylor, Marion High School;
- 2nd: Brady Bultman, Megan Williams, Ethan Small, Drew Barczewski, and Hayden Heggemeier, Nashville High
Community College Teams:
- 1st: Jon-David Johnston, Ashley Graham, Brandon Arrowood, Alicia Chase, and Evan Hughey, Shawnee Community College.
For more on the Challenge and SIUC, head to the University's