Sponsor:
Alliance For Education, Shreveport, Louisiana

Age, Grade:
17, Eighth Grade

School:
St. Joseph School, Shreveport, Louisiana

Profile:
Josh is an academic go-getter: He presented the idea of having his school participate for the first time in Mathcounts through the initiation of a math club. To relax, he might play a piece by Debussy or Chopin on the piano or solve mysteries on his Sherlock Holmes computer game. Also a violinist, Josh plans to use his dexterity by following in his father's footsteps in a career as an orthopedic surgeon. He participated in the 2008 national finals.