This past weekend St. Xavier High School’s Leo H. Gerbus ’53 Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Career ConneXions programs and Square1 hosted the The X Squared Pitch Competition Plus. Thank you to all the students who participated and a special thank you to the guest judges!

There were 20 teams in the Division for Schools with entrepreneurship classes/programs and 10 teams in the Division for Schools without entrepreneurship classes/programs. Each of these teams did two rounds of pitches before multiple panels of judges. The top 8 teams advanced to pitch in front of 40 guest judges!

Schools with classes or programs:

1st Place Team "Built by You" Evan Trap & Tommy Vonderhaar, Seniors at St. Xavier

$1500 Cash Prize and $1500 College Scholarship

2nd Place "Replastit" Sofie Schlenzig, Senior at Harrison

$500 Cash Prize and $500 College Scholarship

Schools without classes or programs:

1st Place "Copilot" Megan Crosby, Senior at Ursuline

$1500 Cash Prize and $1500 College Scholarship

2nd Place "Inspire Bites" Alvina Merchant & Aliya Merchant Sophomores at Ursuline

$500 Cash Prize and $500 College Scholarship

Congratulations to everyone who participated!