Leah Bayer
  • Applied Mathematics and Biology
  • Class of 2018
  • Brookfield, Ohio

Leah Bayer competes on successful YSU MathFest team

2016 Aug 26

Leah Bayer of Brookfield, Ohio, was part of the Youngstown State University team that traveled to Columbus this semester to compete in MathFest 2016, the annual summer meeting of the Mathematical Association of America and Pi Mu Epsilon.

The team continued a YSU winning streak of 22 consecutive years in the event, earning two awards for excellence.

A Mathematics and Biology major at YSU, Bayer represented YSU on the team.

The YSU team has historically been one of the most successful at the annual event. YSU won its first award in 1989 and has won at least one award every year since, except in 1992 and 1994. YSU students won a record number of awards in 2013 with six. The team won five awards in 2005, 2006 and 2015.

"This is an amazing achievement of our students," said Alicia Prieto Langarica, associate professor. "They continue to win more awards than any other school and serve as examples at this national meeting of the outstanding students at YSU, the STEM College and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics."