For the second year in a row, over 80 members of Jesuit’s Mu Alpha Theta and Chi Alpha Mu, led by Kate Brauner, captured a state championship at the Louisiana Mu Alpha Theta Convention in Baton Rouge. More than 30 schools – roughly 820 students – competed at this annual event, in which participants tackled individual and grade-level tests and faced off in four math games—Ciphering, Gemini, Hustle, and Descartes. Students were grouped according to their current math class: Mu (Calculus), Alpha (Precalculus), Theta (Algebra II), and Geometry.

The mathletes spent hours practicing during lunch, preparing independently, and meeting with their math coaches to secure a repeat victory—the third championship in four years. Their team scored a total of 610 points, more than 100 points ahead of the closest competitor and surpassing any school’s record in the history of the Louisiana Mu Alpha Theta State Convention.

The convention’s competitive events include area tests, individual tests, games, and an interschool test.

Interschool Test

Jesuit placed 1^st in Sweepstakes (the highest overall school score)

• 1^st place Theta Division
• 1^st place Alpha Division
• 2^nd place Mu Division

Area Test Results

• Open Potpourri: senior Salvatore Esola (5th)
• Mu B: senior Evans Wise (6th)
• Mu A Integration: senior Rishab Prabhu (14th)
• Alpha Trigonometry: junior David Paul Prouet (2nd), junior Jonathan Brockhoff (6th), junior Austin Indest (14th)
• Alpha Advanced Math: junior Will Berry (11th)
• Theta Algebra 2: sophomore Bryson Morse (2nd), junior Connor Wilken (3rd), junior Tyler Nguyen (4th), sophomore Isaac Orillion (11th), junior Wyatt Fontana (12th), sophomore Mason McMenis (13th), sophomore Gareth Berner (18th), sophomore Santiago Esola (19th), sophomore Zachary Nolting (20th)
• Geometry: freshman Blake Tran (4th), freshman Saahil Rab (6th), freshman Andre Mouledoux (15th)

Individual Test Results:

• Mu B: seniors Kaleb Trombley (8th); Samuel Schlafer (12th)
• Mu A: seniors Duc Hoang (17th), Nathan Flynn (22nd), Peter Connolly (25th)
• Alpha: junior Ben Farmer (1st), junior Darrin Haase (2nd), junior James Denning (3rd), sophomore Arthur Meade (4th), junior Cullen Morris (12th), junior Ethan Nguyen (17th), junior Andrew Frey (22nd)
• Theta: sophomore Brady Crowson (4th), sophomore Luke Cavallino (5th), sophomore Kale Le (6th), sophomore Connor Eagle (7th), sophomore Grady Miles (9th), sophomore Gus Goudelocke (11th), Morse (13th), Nguyen (14th), sophomore Connor Bussey (15th), sophomore Leon Edmond (16th), Isaac Orillion (17th), Nolting (19th), sophomore Tristan Alonso (20th), McMenis (21st), sophomore Colton Bollman (22nd)
• Geometry: freshman Thomas Denning (3rd), Blake Tran (17th)

Game Results

Top Cipherers (each student earned the highest combined individual score across three rounds of competition in their division):
• Alpha Division: Ben Farmer
• Theta Division: Connor Bussey
• Geometry Division (tie): Thomas Denning

1st Place:
• Alpha Ciphering Team: Ben Farmer, Arthur Meade, Derek Moore, and Ethan Nguyen
• Theta Ciphering Team: Brady Crowson, Connor Eagle, Luke Jones, and Kale Le
• Theta Gemini: Leon Edmond and Gus Goudelocke
• Geometry Gemini: James Ganucheau and Andrew Harrison
• Mu B Descartes: Kaleb Trombley

2nd Place:
• Geometry Ciphering: Austin Carriere, Thomas Denning, Lucas Esteve, and Michael Fu
• Mu A Gemini: James Denning and Eli LaGraize
• Hustle: Colton Bollman, Darrin Haase, Henry Lackey, and Cullin Morris

3rd Place:
• Theta Ciphering: Tristan Alonso, Connor Bussey, Luke Cavallino, and Grady Miles
• Mu A Gemini: Kacey Cognevich and Duc Hoang
• Mu A Descartes: Carter Rigney
• Theta Descartes: Davis Hebert

4th Place:
• Mu B Ciphering: Andrew Cavallino, Carter Jennings, Samuel Schlafer, and Jackson Sober
• Mu A Ciphering: Ali Al Sherees, Peter Connolly, Andrew Duncan, and Armaan Islam

5th Place:
• Theta Ciphering: Wyatt Fontana, Nur Karim, Mason McMenis, and Isaac Orillion (tie for 5th)
• Mu B Gemini: Salvatore Esola and Klein Konrad
• Alpha Gemini: Jonathan Brockhoff and Elijiah Perrien
• Theta Descartes: Tyler Nguyen

Special thanks to teachers, moderators, and chaperones for preparing these young men for the competitions and chaperoning the tournaments.

Coaches

Leslie Merritt (Geometry & Gemini)
Yvonne Leger (Calculus & Ciphering/Descartes
Paul Rogers (PreCalculus & Ciphering)
Kevin Yokum ’14 (Hustle & Multi-Level Math)

Chaperones

Matt Firmin ’10 (Math Teacher)
Darryl Roule (Math Teacher)
Marc Gittings (English Teacher) 

Dominic Stoner ’21 ( ASC member and Science Teacher)

Mu Alpha Theta Moderators

Kate Brauner (Head Moderator & Algebra II / ciphering coach; State Board Member)
Anne Jeanmard (Co-Moderator, Math Teacher, State Board Member)