Bill Gates Takes Home the Title of Most Influential American

This semester's Most Influential American tournament was a wild ride as two #5 seeds advanced to the championship match on the strength of the creative presentations by their two students.

Walt Disney was presented very well throughout the tournament by Nick Chapman. Nick's fun and creative style matched up well with Walt Disney and the combination knocked off several higher seeds to advance to the title match.

Carter Cassell had Bill Gates who previously had under performed in this tournament.  Carter used a very creative approach to connect to voters from letting everyone know Bill Gates is more than Microsoft.  He helped to create X box and donates billions and billions of dollars to the cause.

The championship match was decided by an esteemed panel of judges and they deemed Bill Gates (represented by Carter Cassell) as the Most Influential American.  Congratulations on this great honor bestowed on Mr. Gates and on Carter!

For all of his efforts, Carter takes home the GIANT PINK FLAMINGO AWARD given to our Most Influential American winner!

Championship Match Up is Set

It is old school vs. new school in the title match up for this year's Most Influential American award.  On the strength of a strong presentation, Walt Disney knocked off Franklin Roosevelt to advance to the finals.  Watch Walt Disney's presentation below:



In the other semifinal, another strong presentation pushed Bill Gates passed Martin Luther King and into the championship matchup.  Watch Gates' presentation below: