Students win big at regional information technology competition

By Lauren A. Lamb
University News Service
November 6, 2008

The Texas State University-San Marcos Association of Information Technology Professionals recently won several awards at the chapter’s regional competition, held Oct. 23-25 in San Angelo.

The Texas State chapter competed against other student chapters from New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. The chapter won a total of seven awards, including best chapter in the region.

AITP is a national organization open to students an career professionals interested in information technology.

Members of the competition team were: Owais Barlas, Eric Bramble, Daryn Burleigh, Clayton Calk, Gabe Contreras, Aaron Covington, Maggie Donna, Doug Fogle, Nathan Lloyd, Cory Nemec, Gene Ognibene, Chris Pheigaru, Autumn Pitts and James Thorne.

The team members are students in the McCoy College of Business Administration.