Math student winners are shown with ACC President/CEO Dr. Stephen Kinslow, right. At left are Mike Dellens of the math department and ACC Board of Trustees Chair John Hernandez.

Austin, TX – December 21, 2007 – Eight students at Austin Community College won math awards after competing in the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC) Student Math League. ACC finished first of 16 schools in the Southwest Region, and tied for 12th overall out of 179 colleges.

The winners are:

• Arnold Nguyen, who scored third overall in the region, is an Austin native majoring in biology who hopes to teach or do research.
• Darwin Natapradja scored fifth regionally, tied with Young Park. The Indonesia native majors in mechanical engineering and plans to transfer to UT.
• Young Park, a native of Korea, plans to transfer to UT as a history major.
• Scott Stoller is co-enrolled at ACC while a senior at Westlake High School. He plans to major in electrical engineering at Texas A&M University.
• Michael Sustantyo, who also won last year, is from Indonesia. His major is petroleum engineering and he plans to transfer to UT.
• Aaron Smith is home-schooled and this is his first semester attending ACC. He plans to major in engineering at Texas A&M University.
• Dustin Estetter was born in Texas but attended high school in Florida. After earning an associate degree in Business Administration from ACC, he plans to transfer to Texas State University-San Marcos.
• Daniel Miller, an Austin native, is co-enrolled in high school. He is considering a career in biomedical engineering.

For the past seven years, the ACC Foundation has supported the AMATYC. A competition is held in the fall and spring. Awards ranged from $200 to $500. This year, the Foundation is providing a match up to $5,000 for contributions to the math competition providing higher awards to the students.