Winners from the 2022 Blue Ocean Competition
This year more than 2,500 students submitted their pitches for the competition and all blue ocean pitches were judged by a panel of distinguished judges comprised of professors, businesspeople, serial entrepreneurs, and thought leaders.
We are proud to announce the winners of the 2022 edition! The panel of judges had a very hard time selecting the winners. Check out the inspiring winning blue ocean pitches below.
AWARD = $1,000
First Place
UniversO
Patrick Ho, Ethan Dunn
Taipei American School, Taipei Taiwan
AWARD = $750
Second Place
Millennia Battery
Ella King
Isaac Bear Early College High School
Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
AWARD = $500
Third Place
OcularSense
Arnav Sehgal, Vivek Isukapalli, Aryan Nair
John P. Stevens High School, Edison, New Jersey, USA
AWARD = $1,000
Best Social Pitch
Ring a Bell
Kaitlyn Wang, Kevin Wang
The Harker School, San Jose, California, USA
AWARD = $1,000
Best Health Care Pitch
AVY
Myungjae Han, Yejun Kim, Jimin Lee, Sunwoo Kim
Kellett School, Hong Kong
AWARD = $750
Most Popular Pitch
OcularSense
Arnav Sehgal, Vivek Isukapalli, Aryan Nair
John P. Stevens High School, Edison, New Jersey, USA
Top 8 High Schools with the Most Submissions – $1,000
Irvington High School, Freemont, CA, USA
Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, New York, USA
Miami Palmetto Senior High School, Miami, Florida, USA
South Brunswick High School, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
Peak To Peak Charter School, Lafayette CO, USA
Hobart High School, Hobart, IN, USA
West Windsor Plainsboro North High School, Plainsboro, NJ, USA
Barrington High School, Barrington, IL, USA
Top High School Most Pitches in the Top 25 – $1,000
Illinois Science and Mathematics Academy, Aurora, IL, USA
Congratulations to all the winners!
Warm thanks to the judges and to the teachers involved for guiding your students.
And big thanks to all the participants. You may not have won this year, but we hope you had fun getting your innovative ideas heard, and learned a lot in the process. You are an inspiration.
Last but not least, a VERY special thanks to Ted Dacko, the Executive Director of the Blue Ocean Entrepreneurship Competition, for leading this incredible competition.
For all high school students who are not graduating this year, stay tuned and register for next year’s competition!