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SBU places at "Battle of the Brains"

Issue date: 11/9/07 Section: News
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The SBU competitive programming team from left to right: Front row: senior JR Smith, junior Tim Heimsoth, sophomore Jacob Williams and freshman Natalie Schroeder. Middle row: Freshman Blayne Riffle, sophomore Andy Fulton, junior Josh Wood, Coach Jeff Kimball and sophomore Andrew Cook. Back row: Coach Jim Cain, senior Adam Carney, Coach Tim DeClue and seniors Nate Sisk and Michael Van Devender.
The SBU competitive programming team from left to right: Front row: senior JR Smith, junior Tim Heimsoth, sophomore Jacob Williams and freshman Natalie Schroeder. Middle row: Freshman Blayne Riffle, sophomore Andy Fulton, junior Josh Wood, Coach Jeff Kimball and sophomore Andrew Cook. Back row: Coach Jim Cain, senior Adam Carney, Coach Tim DeClue and seniors Nate Sisk and Michael Van Devender.
Southwest Baptist University's top competitive programming team coded their way for the first time into the top ten at the IBM-sponsored Mid-Central Region "Battle of the Brains" on Saturday, Nov. 3.
SBU's B team also reached the top 25 in a field of 119 teams from Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee.
The contest, which allows universities with graduate programs to compete with their graduate students, is known as the toughest and most respected academic competition for computer science students in the world.
SBU was the top-ranked Christian school in the Mid-Central region, and the top school of any kind without a graduate program in computer science.
"This was an amazing day for our teams, an amazing day for our department, and an amazing day for SBU," said Dr. Tim DeClue, chair of the SBU Computer and Information Sciences Department. "When you look at the other schools in the top ten you realize the kind of achievement this is. The other nine schools all have graduate programs in computer science, they average over 12,000 students apiece and cost around $10,000 a year more than we do. This is like David and Goliath."
Southwest Baptist's A team consisted of seniors Adam Carney, Nathan Sisk and Michael Van Devender.
Southwest Baptist University's B team consisted of senior Jeremiah Smith and sophomores Jacob Williams and Andrew Cook.
SBU's C team included sophomore Andy Fulton and juniors Tim Heimsoth and Josh Wood.
Freshmen Blayne Riffle and Natalie Schroeder served as alternates for the teams.
Coaches were professor Jim Cain and professor Jeff Kimball.
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