About Us
Having competed in and volunteered at regional, invitational, state, and national level Science Olympiad competitions, the impassioned members of UMASO understand the intricacies of different styles of tournaments and what makes an event memorable. We aim to draw on these experiences to bring a novel Science Olympiad experience to high school teams in New England through a tournament that is inclusive and hands-on.
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Inclusive:
Although eastern Massachusetts teams have historically been given local opportunities to compete in many invitationals, western Massachusetts teams have been underrepresented. We change this by offering a high-quality annual tournament in Amherst, promoting STEM to high schools that would find this opportunity to be unique and impactful.
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Hands-on:
Especially during the past two years of online testing, many Science Olympiad invitationals have focused more on book-knowledge but neglected the experiential portions of different events. We place special emphasis on the importance of stations and build events in our tournament to promote a hands-on learning process.
A few of the prodigious members of UMASO, gathered at the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles statues on the 21st floor of Du Bois Library!
Jalal Elsallal
Neuroscience, 2026
Ben Kuchma
Physics + Computer Science, 2025
Nayrie Patel
Environmental Science, 2026
Larry Jin
Mechanical Engineering, 2026
Jack Guo
Electrical + Computer Engineering, 2026
Noah Ford
Mathematics + Computer Science, 2026
Erin Kim
Biomedical Engineering, 2026
Victor Chen
Computer Science, 2026
Ahmed Saliev
Biology, 2026
Gian Sabia
Computer Science, 2026
Divyesh Biswas
Computer Engineering, 2026
Gideon Tzafriri
Chemistry + Mathematics + Computer Science, 2026
this would look pretty much the same as the team section
(unless we want to something different- which honestly I would prefer cuz I dont want to store a ridiculous amount of images lmao)
I'm gonna start off by hiding this when the website first launches though regardless