2025 Student Awards

A joint meeting between the West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania Chapters of the American Fisheries Society was held in Wheeling, WV in March 2025. Monetary awards were given for the best student presentations:

Best Full-Length Talk

Age Structured SIRS Epidemiological Model of Largemouth Bass Virus, Joseph Kingsbury, West Virginia University

Best Poster Presentation (2 Winners)

Invasive Leaf Litter’s Effect on Macroinvertebrate Communities in an Impaired Appalachian Creek, Noah Meyer, West Liberty University

Broad Scale Spatial Analysis of Mercury Contamination in the Amazon, Shannon Watkins, West Virginia University