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.

  • FIRST PLACE

AWARD = $1,000

UniversO

  • Patrick Ho, Ethan Dunn
  • Taipei American School, Taipei Taiwan
  • SECOND PLACE

AWARD = $750

Millennia Battery

  • Ella King
  • Isaac Bear Early College High School
    Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
  • THIRD PLACE

AWARD = $500

OcularSense

  • Arnav Sehgal, Vivek Isukapalli, Aryan Nair
  • John P. Stevens High School, Edison, New Jersey, USA
  • BEST SOCIAL PITCH

AWARD = $1000

Ring a Bell

  • Kaitlyn Wang, Kevin Wang
  • The Harker School, San Jose, California, USA
  • BEST HEALTHCARE PITCH

AWARD = $1000

AVY

  • Myungjae Han, Yejun Kim, Jimin Lee, Sunwoo Kim
  • Kellett School, Hong Kong
  • MOST POPULAR PITCH

AWARD = $500

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 8 High Schools with the Most Submissions – $1,000

  • Illinois Science and Mathematics Academy, Aurora, IL, USA

Congratulations to All the Winners!