CAPS
recognized three of California’s Outstanding Young Scientists at
an awards luncheon in Sacramento on Friday, September 19. Taking
top honors was Narayan Subramanian, 17, a senior at Lynbrook
High School in Saratoga. Yvonne Jean Lin, a senior at Folsom
High School, and Otana Jakpor, a junior at Woodcrest Christian
School in Riverside, were runners-up.
CAPS’
Outstanding Young Scientist Awards Program highlights students
who excel in science research. The three finalists and their
projects were judged by CAPS members to be the very best of more
than 6,500 science projects that were entered into 15 regional
science fairs throughout the state over the last year.
As
CAPS’ Outstanding Young Scientist for 2008, Mr. Subramanian will
receive a $1,000 scholarship, and Ms. Lin and Ms. Jakpor will
each received $500 scholarships. All finalists also received a
memento from CAPS. The awards were presented by CAPS Vice
President Valerie Chenoweth-Brown and Public Relations
Chairwoman and District III Director Yvonne Addassi.
