WOSO History, and Rankings

History of West Ottawa’s Science Olympiad

• Science Olympiad started in the State of Michigan 27 years ago.
• Coach Bob Myers started West Ottawa’s team in 1999.
• West Ottawa entered only partial teams the first two years.
• The 2001-02 team was the first to compete in all 23 events, and it placed 13th in one of the toughest Regionals in the Nation!
• The 2004-05 team was the first to be State Champions and placed 15th in the Nation!
• We have attended 5 National tournaments. This makes us the second winning-est team in the state.

High School Division (C):

Year Regional Ranking State Ranking National Ranking

2000 19 – –

2001 19 – –

2002 13 – –

2003 5 26 –

2004 4 2 16

2005 2 1 15

2006 2 2 13

2007 3 4 –

2008 2 3 –

2009 4 4 –

2010 2 2 17

2011 2 2 22

2012 5 7 –

2013 4 10 –

2014 4 8 –

2015 3 7 –

2016 3 6 –

2017 3 10 –

2018 3 18