Relive the 2025 Finals!

Watch the full recording below!

Congratulations to this year’s winners!

Commercial Enterprise Category

1st Place
Venari Track
Aaron Show

$1000

2nd Place
Let’s Be Crafty
Rebekah Lockert

$800

3rd Place
AxisPack
Isabel Paul

$600

T-4th Place
Shroudly
Tyce Bowers

$400

T-4th Place
The Common Thread
Anna Kasianides

$400

Social Enterprise Category

1st Place
Adapted Adventures
Jessica Pratt

$1000

2nd Place
Awkward Pause
Adam Wampler

$800

T-3rd Place
Clean that Bookshelf
Claire Brandenburg

$600

T-3rd Place
The Diakoneo Project
Sarah Karns + Julia Drake

$600

Special Prizes

Social Impact Prize presented by the Grove City Foundation
The Diakoneo Project
Sarah Karns + Julia Drake

$500

Hudson Financial Advisors Prize
AxisPack
Isabel Paul

$1000

Fan Favorite Award

Awkward Pause
Adam Wampler

$100

Congratulations to all of this year’s finalists!

COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE:

  • AxisPack | Isabel Paul ’28 History
  • ChargeBand | Miles Frank – Dual Enrolled
  • EZ Harness | Abby Hagen ’29 Design & Innovation
  • Go Go Gutter | Emmalene Durfee ’28 Accounting
  • In the Know | Cadence Gilbert ’29 Undeclared
  • Let’s be Crafty | Rebekah Lockert ’29 Entrepreneurship
  • RIDES: Rider Integrated Danger Evasion System | Kaiden Williams ’29 Mechanical Engineering
  • Shroudly | Tyce Bowers ’28 Entrepreneurship
  • SpeakUP | Kendall Coddington ’27 Computer Science
  • The Common Thread | Anna Kasianides ’29 English & Communications
  • Tuned | Sam Reese ’29 Finance and Accounting
  • Venari Track | Aaron Show ’28 Computer Science and Data Science

SOCIAL ENTERPRISE:

  • Adapted Adventures | Jessica Pratt ’27 Communications + Design & Innovation
  • Awkward Pause | Adam Wampler ’29 Entrepreneurship
  • Clean that Bookshelf | Claire Brandenburg ’29 Marketing
  • Digital Literacy Bridge | Alexander Bennett ’26 Computer Science
  • Mentor Mashup | Erynn McKelvy ’27 English
  • The Diakoneo Project | Sarah Karns ’27 Entrepreneurship*

*Additional Team Members: Julia Drake ’27 International Business

Thank you to our sponsors!

Special prizes awarded by:

2025 Judges

SOCIAL + COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE JUDGES

Don Tharp

Hudson Financial Advisors, Inc.

Mitch McFeely

NexTier Bank

Elisabeth O'Brien '16

IHG Hotels & Resorts

Mark Pentz '81

Calvin Group

Michael Pentz '06

Calvin Group

SOCIAL IMPACT PRIZE - $500

Awarded to one social enterprise team deemed to have the greatest potential for local impact.

Dorene Powell

President, The Grove City Foundation

 

 

Hudson Financial Advisors Prize - $1000

Awarded to one team chosen by Hudson Financial Advisors, Inc.

Don Tharp

Hudson Financial Advisors, Inc.

 

 

Many thanks to all of the Reviewers who watched and evaluated the student pitches in Round 2!

Jon Althausen ’11
David Andrews ’86
Zoe Asher ’14
Francis Baldwin
George Barr ’15
Randy Beck ’85
David Bennett ’82
Chris Borders ’07
Chris Botting ’83
Scott Brainard ’76
Abigail Brothers ’21
Jeffry Brown
Elizabeth Cassillo ’21
Chadwyck Cobb ’14
Hannah Collier ’18
Tim Coneby ’20
Brian Coy
Donald Crane
Craig Creaturo ’92
Dan Creston ’81
Jeff Curran ’85
Brad Dearborn ’78
Steve DeCaspers ’98
Benjamin Demers ’19
Rachael Devore
Maverick Dickson ’20
Lisa DiFalco ’18
Andrew Ellison
Ruth Entwistle ’07
David Felts ’05
Sondra Fisher ’82
Kim Ford ’72
Collin Foster ’12
Laura Fryan ’11
Mareah Garver ’13
Michelle Gerwick
Curt Given ’84
Brian Gongaware ’92

Scott Gordon
Gwen Graybill ’96
Glenn Grossman
Michael Hemmerlin ’97
Darcie Herron ’93
Justine Horst ’18
Eric Howard ’04
Jim Howe ’68
William Howell ’81
Edward Huttenhower ’76
Melissa Jacobs ’92
Jennifer Johnson ’98
Bob Keller ’73
Aaron Klein ’99
Sudha krishnasamy
Jim Kromka
Lokesh KUMAR
Lou LaMarca
Liz LaMarca
Beth Lepore ’96
Jeff Lininger ’87
Evan Lowe ’89
Adam Lowe ’18
Brendan Marasco
Kim Marks
Beth Marraccini ’96
Wendy Marshall ’81
Paul Marshall ’78
Scott Mcdowell ’87
Winifred McGee ’77
Alan Mesches ’71
Patrick Millar
Ronald Miller ’75
Trey Miller ’95
Benjamin Moyer ’01
Holly Muchnok ’95
Falco Muscante ’20
Curt Newill ’67

Tyler Nichols ’11
Elisabeth OBrien ’16
Daniel Padden ’77
Lou Palumbo
Hardik Panchal
Robin Parsons
Amy Petro
Warren Poschman ’98
Keith Reagan ’06
Tiffany Rice ’18
Steven Roman ’96
Daniel Rossi-Keen ’99
Pamela Rossi-Keen ’99
Charles (Bob) Scott ’72
Amy Sepp ’95
Alissa Sgro ’96
Barbara Shultz ’95
Neil Skoriak
Stephanie Slezak
Thomas Smith ’62
Keith Stover ’95
Jill Sweet ’85
Ron Templeton ’12
Jack Thomas ’89
Ann Thomas ’93
Dan Thompson ’12
Sheila Weatherly ’03
Carlee Webb ’99
Steve Wickman
Jim Will ’98
Colin Williams ’97
Angela Williamson ’93
Lesley Winfield ’92
Sarah Winkler ’08
Luca Wrabetz
Bethany Yusiewicz ’13
Rena Zhang
Allison Ziegler ’17