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HACKATHON WINS
Building under pressure
Nine hackathon wins across security, AI, data, and community innovation.
Browse the wins archive ↗A FEW NUMBERS, WITH CONTEXT
Life, in data.
A little room for the scale and shape of the work—each figure belongs to its own story.
$14k
TEAM AWARDS · $14K TOTAL
U.S. Army xTech HBCU · Feb 17,2024
$10,500 first-place prize plus $3,500 pre-selection award · $14,000 total.
Army coverage ↗$23k
TEAM AWARDS · $23K TOTAL
U.S. Army xTech HBCU · Aug,2025 – Sep,2025
$18,500 first-place prize plus $4,500 finalist award · $23,000 total.
2025 competition rules ↗$4.5k
$1.5K/MO · 3 MONTHS
Redpanda · Hack the Planet
Selected for a three-month scholarship at $1,500 per month while building Heal-Di with Redpanda mentorship.
Recipient announcement ↗ · Program details ↗$10k
FIRST PLACE · OCT,2024 – DEC,2024
Mastercard x AUC
First place for Team Equidata Innovators from Fisk University.
Sam’s LinkedIn ↗$10k
SECOND PLACE · AUG,2025 – OCT,2025
Mastercard x AUC
Second place in the Inclusive Growth Data Challenge with Team I4 at Fisk University · $10,000 team award.
Official results ↗2026
HACKATHON JUDGE · MAY,2026
Mastercard x AUC
Served on the judging panel for the 2026 hackathon.
AUC Data Science Initiative ↗$5k
PROGRAM AWARD · 2025
LISC / U.S. Bank
Support awarded to our venture at the student incubator showcase, Apr 15,2025.
See the timeline ↗$10k
GOOGLE LIME SCHOLAR · 2024
Google Lime Scholar
Google Lime Scholarship recipient · $10,000.
Google scholarships ↗SEMI
FINALIST FOR $100K GRANT · FEB,2023 – MAR,2023
Flux Capacitor · 1517 Fund
Advanced as a semifinalist in 1517 Fund’s Flux Capacitor program for deep-tech researchers.
1517 Fund program overview ↗5,000+
COMMUNITY REACH
IGPTech
Girls reached through the community initiative I founded for physics and technology.
About IGPTech ↗TOP 5/62
TEAMS · 2025
BE SMART Hackathon
Fisk’s team placed in the top five among the field of 62 teams.
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