OA hosts Maverick Challenge

December 19, 2016 Annie Nunley
First row – left to right: Greg Schroeder, Haleigh Reed, Emily Cornett and Dresden Lonergan. Second Row: Ethan Eldridge, Sam Hutchinson, Samantha Nobbe and Cori Hammoor and Third Row: Cheryll Obendorff, Shelly Lunsford and Jonathon Maple
First row – left to right: Greg Schroeder, Haleigh Reed, Emily Cornett and Dresden Lonergan. Second Row: Ethan Eldridge, Sam Hutchinson, Samantha Nobbe and Cori Hammoor and Third Row: Cheryll Obendorff, Shelly Lunsford and Jonathon Maple

OLDENBURG, Ind. — Oldenburg Academy recently hosted the Maverick Challenge, a business planning competition.

Judges from the community ranked the 14 students based on the business plans and products they created for the competition.

  • Third place winner, which received $100, was Our Gift, a website and business model to help non-profits grow their donor basis and donations
    this business plan was created by Greg Schroeder and Ethan Eldridge
  • Second place winner receiving $200 was Forget Me Not, a car seat alarm to ensure that babies are not left in the car unattended
    this was invented by Cori Hammoor, Emily Cornett and Dresden Lonergan
  • The first place winner received $300 and went to The Bean Company, a company that makes products out of leftover coffee grounds from local businesses
    this was created by Sam Hutchinson, Samantha Nobbe and Haleigh Reed.

Oldenburg Academy was the only school to participate in the program from Ripley and Franklin Counties.