http://mwestchallenge.com/mwest-challenge-2014-award-winners daily 0.75 2016-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1396980554110-K5NPHJ95RSDEGADZHQZN/fluition+3.JPG MWest Challenge 2014 Award Winners - First Place Venture: $15,000 Fluitions Innovations Katherine Christopher Briauna Taylor Brittany Taylor Andrew Van Dyke Leah Bauer Fluitions Innovations is a unique medical orthopedic and rehabilitation device design and supply company. At Fluition Innovations we have a unique approach, we send out representatives to hospitals, rehabilitation centers, clinics and patients’ homes to discover if there are needs that need to be addressed.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1396980554110-K5NPHJ95RSDEGADZHQZN/fluition+3.JPG MWest Challenge 2014 Award Winners - First Place Venture: $15,000 Fluitions Innovations Katherine Christopher Briauna Taylor Brittany Taylor Andrew Van Dyke Leah Bauer Fluitions Innovations is a unique medical orthopedic and rehabilitation device design and supply company. At Fluition Innovations we have a unique approach, we send out representatives to hospitals, rehabilitation centers, clinics and patients’ homes to discover if there are needs that need to be addressed.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1396980554126-1PWI73RWY8WZ34CNWTAM/glove.JPG MWest Challenge 2014 Award Winners - Second Place Venture: $10,000 Soletics Lindsay Noonan Vanessa Gore   Soletics creates smart outdoor athletic gear. Soletics first product is battery powered gloves that are much thinner than others currently on the market. These gloves are anticipated to be launched Winter 2014. The company’s second product (which is currently in development) is a solar power supplemented, energy redistribution jacket. It works to cool your core, while also enhance the heating power of Soletics smart gloves. In addition to heating, this jacket will allow users to have a mobile, sustainable power source that can be used for many different applications such as powering a phone or GoPro camera. The greater vision for Soletics is to create a fully compatible smart clothing line including heated scarves and heads-up terrain display goggles. Initially, Soletics will be introducing products into the skiing and snowboarding market.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1396980554334-IIHKZ5F8T0JP6A2IBKEF/one+bowl+2.JPG MWest Challenge 2014 Award Winners - Third Place Venture: $4,000 OneBowl Justin Herd   OneBowl is a microwave-safe single serving bowl with a built-in strainer. The product offers users the ability to cook, strain, eat, and store their food all in OneBowl. It is especially useful for noodles, rinsing fruit, or just an everyday cereal bowl. The product can be transformed from a watertight bowl into a functioning strainer. The bowl has a snap on lid for fridge storage and on-the-go meals. OneBowl saves the user storage space and takes one more dirty dish out of the picture. A provisional patent for this product was filed on December 2, 2013 with the assistance of McGarry Bair PC. We plan to file for a full utility patent upon expiration of the provisional patent.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1396980554675-TVNFME504211Z512E9IB/refutea+4.JPG MWest Challenge 2014 Award Winners - Social Venture Award: $3,000 RefuTea LLP Autumn Modena Jenna Petersen   RefuTea LLP is a unique tea café with a significant humanitarian purpose, aiding refugees. At its core, RefuTea LLP serves Fair Trade teas while providing employment opportunities for refugees. We value people, we value culture, and we value a place of refuge. Located in Grand Rapids, MI, where over 600 refugees currently reside, RefuTea LLP, is a women-owned company started by two college friends who share a love for tea, a heart of service, and a desire to help international people groups thrive.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1396980554953-AKOWBGPU63LN2W27ILTE/takeitonline2.JPG MWest Challenge 2014 Award Winners - Technology Award: $3,000 TakeItOnline Tim Alia   TakeItOnline.com gives students one-click access to all the accredited, transferable online courses being offered from every post-secondary institution – course descriptions, dates, prices, materials, and even reviews. This website replicates Expedia’s successful model in meeting a comparable need in the sphere of academia. Millions of higher education students have the opportunity to enroll in a multitude of accredited online courses, all of which transfer into their official transcript at their respective colleges or universities. These students have the option to create their own schedule to complete much of their college career. This easy-to-use web interface and mobile app equips anyone to find the exact course to fit his or her needs. TakeItOnline offers students the power of choice in a one-click clearinghouse of online courses being offered everywhere, while also dramatically increasing the geographical reach of educational institutions.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1396980554348-WVVNPRU4ITSMZP6SW24S/greenappleenergy.JPG MWest Challenge 2014 Award Winners - Sustainability Award: $3,000 Green Apple Energy Zion Lee Nick Giles   Green Apple Energy focuses on renewable energy through our self-sustainable photo bioreactors. We want to be the Apple of Green Energy: intuitive powerful products. We aim to make green energy accessible to the general public by integrating chemical engineering and established biological processes into simple user-friendly products. Our team’s goal is to design and manufacture Algal Photo Bio Reactors for the general public that require minimal installation, maintenance, and operation. We strive to provide a reliable alternative source of energy to our customers, reducing their carbon footprint to zero.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1396980554764-2MX3D4U15YA0CXYGXWK5/shwepspets.JPG MWest Challenge 2014 Award Winners - Life Style Award: $2,000 Schwepps Pets Jason Schepers   Schweps Pets a is dog waste removal and dog walking company dedicated to providing detail oriented service at a discount price. We will provide the most affordable rates and disregard the industry practice of tacking on additional fees for things such as extra pets, leaving a door hanger, and taking the waste with us. Our love of serving others will extend to their pets by providing treats and enthusiastic greetings. Additionally, our Schweps Pets (SP for short) membership will provide exclusive discounts, information, and services that will make each customer feel that they are a part of our tribe.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1396980554527-5HO1JZ2Y1FMPMJHISL3P/refutea+3.JPG MWest Challenge 2014 Award Winners - Idea Pitch First Place: $2,000 RefuTea LLP Autumn Modena Jenna Petersen   RefuTea LLP is a unique tea café with a significant humanitarian purpose, aiding refugees. At its core, RefuTea LLP serves Fair Trade teas while providing employment opportunities for refugees. We value people, we value culture, and we value a place of refuge. Located in Grand Rapids, MI, where over 600 refugees currently reside, RefuTea LLP, is a women-owned company started by two college friends who share a love for tea, a heart of service, and a desire to help international people groups thrive.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1396980554854-97T12Z9M17YQIOEGF1T0/takeitonline.JPG MWest Challenge 2014 Award Winners - Idea Pitch Second Place: $1,500 TakeItOnline Tim Alia   TakeItOnline.com gives students one-click access to all the accredited, transferable online courses being offered from every post-secondary institution – course descriptions, dates, prices, materials, and even reviews. This website replicates Expedia’s successful model in meeting a comparable need in the sphere of academia. Millions of higher education students have the opportunity to enroll in a multitude of accredited online courses, all of which transfer into their official transcript at their respective colleges or universities. These students have the option to create their own schedule to complete much of their college career. This easy-to-use web interface and mobile app equips anyone to find the exact course to fit his or her needs. TakeItOnline offers students the power of choice in a one-click clearinghouse of online courses being offered everywhere, while also dramatically increasing the geographical reach of educational institutions.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1396980554533-XIEVHHO3GG5JTRCRAWQC/presh.JPG MWest Challenge 2014 Award Winners - Idea Pitch Third Place: $1,000 PRESH Zoe Bruyn Taylor Groenhout   PRESH is challenging the shoe industry with the revolution of the high heel. We designed a shoe that combines multiple heel heights into one. This all in one heel height technology allows a woman to go through her life without having to hassle with more than a twist of a simple screwing mechanism. With the rate at which we move today, PRESH hopes to make the lives of women simpler and more comfortable with its production of a practical, easy shoe.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1396980555063-DHTJXVH1EVVUETZSEVZ1/tizzy.JPG MWest Challenge 2014 Award Winners - People's Choice Award: $500 Tizzy Jessica Granger Macall Smith   Tizzy will serve as a platform for easy polling. It will allow users make legitimate decisions, pick a side on a debated topic, or simply to be entertained by silly comparisons or would-you-rathers.   http://mwestchallenge.com/mw-challenge daily 0.75 2013-10-14 http://mwestchallenge.com/mwest-challenge-2015-winners daily 0.75 2016-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1430414879142-OBOORPL1UQFLUWCLI76L/image-asset.jpeg Mwest Challenge 2015 Award Winners - Lifestyle Award - $2000 The Entreprenartist Movement   Team Members: Alaina Clarke, Hayley Tanner   We are designing a curriculum specifically tailored to the creative class in metropolitan areas. With a focus on practical business skills and strategies for creatives, this hands-on six session series will take an indepth look at the artist’s current business practices, envisioning a healthier balance between the business and creative output. The series will provide access to business building tools, identify opportunities, strengthen networks, refine promotion of brands and goods, while discovering ways to reduce costs and increase income. By working together in a tight knit Cohort, participants will troubleshoot issues specific to business development. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1430414879142-OBOORPL1UQFLUWCLI76L/image-asset.jpeg Mwest Challenge 2015 Award Winners - Lifestyle Award - $2000 The Entreprenartist Movement   Team Members: Alaina Clarke, Hayley Tanner   We are designing a curriculum specifically tailored to the creative class in metropolitan areas. With a focus on practical business skills and strategies for creatives, this hands-on six session series will take an indepth look at the artist’s current business practices, envisioning a healthier balance between the business and creative output. The series will provide access to business building tools, identify opportunities, strengthen networks, refine promotion of brands and goods, while discovering ways to reduce costs and increase income. By working together in a tight knit Cohort, participants will troubleshoot issues specific to business development. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1430417268911-D7BY9BHH8CWQZ79CSTC8/GVSUceimwest-3158.jpg Mwest Challenge 2015 Award Winners - Grand Prize-Early Stage - $6500 Re | Fresh   Team Members: Amanda Hargraves, Mackenzie Macksey, Ben Zuiderveen, Kayla Ita, Fernando Ramirez   We are Re | Fresh, and we sell compostable lunch containers that are specially designed to keep foods separate and sealed. No other compostable food storage containers incorporate an all in one solution that will keep food from leaking. RE|Fresh was created as part of a start up competition in 2015. It is currently in a concept for, and we would like to take it to the next level of prototyping the compostable container and start manufacturing it to put it on the market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1430416582256-VJ1DGD92WCE5ULJ06YKY/GVSUceimwest-3143.jpg Mwest Challenge 2015 Award Winners - Grand Prize-Masterclass (Spectrum Health Care Innovation) - $6500 Airway Innovations   Team Members: Eric VanMiddendorp   Airway Innovations LLC is a company formed to develop a patented medical device and license it to an existing medical device manufacturer. The product is a single-use endotracheal tube (ETT) holder designed to prevent unplanned removal or extubation of a hospital patient’s breathing tube. Unplanned extubation is when a person’s breathing tube is removed unexpectedly, which can cause significant airway trauma or death. This device rethinks how a tube is held in place as well as how an endotracheal tube holder interacts with the patients face, preventing pressure sores and saving lives. Airway Innovations’ mission is to improve patient care by getting this device into use in hospitals throughout the US, and internationally as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1430414749251-PSYR8TP48FV9QYUCAVVI/image-asset.jpeg Mwest Challenge 2015 Award Winners - Idea Pitch First Place - $2000 Green Pumps   Team Members: Jamies Barnes, Andrew Weiss, Cameron TenHoopen   Green Pumps, a green technology company, is developing a new generation of gas pump handles. These handles will eliminate petroleum waste. Green Pumps’ goal is to eliminate unnecessary waste by innovation. Our pump handle, the GPx1 will be the first and only pump handle on the market that eliminates the drips. The drips start as mere drops in the financial bucket, but with 360 million gallons consumed everyday, these costs add up quickly…..almost $60,000 a day quickly! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1430413858425-FESUV29O9WW1QGMOUOPN/image-asset.jpeg Mwest Challenge 2015 Award Winners - Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award - $1000 Jitney   Team Members: Holly Hernandez   Jitney is a taxi like service that is purchased at the beginning of the year in one of three plans. This service provides pre-paid rides for people up to 15 times per year depending on the plan chosen. No matter what the emergency, the Jitney cab will be there to help. The Jitney cab service will provide added reassurance for those who need it. Whether someone is drinking at a party or has an unreliable vehicle this service will give people confidence in their independence. Since this is a prepaid service, the customer does not have to worry about having cash on the spot in order to get a safe ride home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1430414108080-LMXT8023KM6Q1EDCR9Z2/image-asset.jpeg Mwest Challenge 2015 Award Winners - Idea Pitch Second Place - $1000 Vandergen   Team Members: Jordan Vanderham   Vandergen enables primary and secondary teachers to better engage with their students in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. As our world develops into a more technological based society, there is a growing demand for workers in STEM based fields. Vandergen provides the go-to product for educators to embark on the required material for our students to get introduced to STEMbased fields. Each fully sustainable and self-contained kit offers the raw resources and tools required to create a take-home keepsake of an 8 watt solar panel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1430415391499-XTVW7LK1V95CW63SKLRK/image-asset.jpeg Mwest Challenge 2015 Award Winners - Innovation by Design Award - $2000 Levitronics   Team Members: Tanner Hostetler, Cullen Montgomery, Brandon Willard, Paul Studebaker   There is not a convenient or comfortable way to use tablets or other portable electronic devices while lying down or reclining in a comfortable position. Our product provides a way to utilize portable electronics while also maximizing comfort. It has an adjustable mount to hold any size device and an extendable arm to allow you to position that device at any place in front of you. It easily attaches to a nearby headboard or other piece of furniture. Our product even has a built-in charger for added convenience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1430415522488-EYSXVF1APS34YPWXPS47/image-asset.jpeg Mwest Challenge 2015 Award Winners - GR Current Technology Award Elevated Perspective   Team Members: Leviticus Cain, Ebiri Nkugba   Elevated Perspective, LLC is an aerial data acquisition company providing competitively priced aerial survey imaging services by leveraging emerging UAV technology. Aerial survey work is traditionally done with a small general aviation aircraft at a cost of $300 to $1000 charged hourly, or using satellites which give low pixel images that are worth nothing to a farmer trying to understand his land. Using UAV technology, Elevated Perspective, LLC will offer a stronger value proposition to its clients. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1430416486249-1KZAH2PCOF0EYBSQNEUQ/image-asset.jpeg Mwest Challenge 2015 Award Winners - Spectrum Health Care Innovation-2nd Place: $2500 Safety Sit   Team Members: Mark Harburg   When inpatient physical and occupational therapists work with their clients, much of their work requires the patient to be supported in an upright sitting position on hospital beds. Throughout an extensive collaboration process with our partner Spectrum Health, we have developed a design concept that caters to the needs and wants of the users while being a financially preferable option for the purchasing committees within hospitals. This device eliminates the need for a second staff member during therapy, increases flexibility for the therapists, and can pay for itself in reduced payroll costs in as few as two weeks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1430417006058-LN3QZJQ06RLC95KSUXUJ/GVSUceimwest-3149.jpg Mwest Challenge 2015 Award Winners - 2nd Place Winner - $2500 Fit Frames   Team Members: Mackenzie Smith, Karl Hoenshall, John Cook, Christina Cardenas, Allison Charnley, Pat Shields, Kevin Murphey   Fit Frames is a company devoted to assisting consumers in finding the perfect pair of eyeglasses that reflect their style and personality. Currently, customers are overwhelmed with the amount of product on shelves, and without an accurate system to filter their options they are left spending valuable time searching for frames that fit. We are aiming to create a new, more efficient, eyeglass shopping experience through the use of 3D scanning technologies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1430414997089-986BYXSGOQSA9QRR76M9/image-asset.jpeg Mwest Challenge 2015 Award Winners - Social Impact and Sustainability Award - $2500 Green Pumps   Team Members: Jamies Barnes, Andrew Weiss, Cameron TenHoopen   Green Pumps, a green technology company, is developing a new generation of gas pump handles. These handles will eliminate petroleum waste. Green Pumps’ goal is to eliminate unnecessary waste by innovation. Our pump handle, the GPx1 will be the first and only pump handle on the market that eliminates the drips. The drips start as mere drops in the financial bucket, but with 360 million gallons consumed everyday, these costs add up quickly…..almost $60,000 a day quickly! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/554260e6e4b06c7d80ffbeed/55426c59e4b00f9b9e168e30/1430417622816/ Mwest Challenge 2015 Award Winners https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/554260e6e4b06c7d80ffbeed/55426689e4b067d5d2c4bfcd/1430417622741/ Mwest Challenge 2015 Award Winners http://mwestchallenge.com/mwest-challenge-2016 daily 0.75 2016-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1460740100575-HVLNUELCUMT77JG7B3FD/_DSC7108.jpg Mwest Challenge 2016 Winners - Northwestern Mutual Grand Prize (Masterclass) - $6500 Bootstrap Innovations Preston Smith and Daniel Diem Rylaarsdam https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1460740584352-Z2RIJF44Z4FCT0LHJC2E/_DSC7102.jpg Mwest Challenge 2016 Winners - Northwestern Mutual Grand Prize (Early Stage) - $6500 Lüp Grace Rodgers, Joshua Morris, Julia Todd, Ryan Parrish, Tori Williams, Devin Brown, Becky Derbyshire, and Amy Tewkesbury-Johnson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1460740582808-0JBPFQ9WH4CRX09BAUOH/_DSC7095.jpg Mwest Challenge 2016 Winners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1460740558298-HGURBR9P95GHVDMCD751/_DSC7010.jpg Mwest Challenge 2016 Winners - Impact Award - $1000 LoadMate Wheelchair Loader Brenden Marriman, Jonathon Matt, Rochelle Miller, and Amanda Napier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1460740580624-A7WZZHE5Y7GZAZTWQN6Y/_DSC7087.jpg Mwest Challenge 2016 Winners - Amway Spirit of Entrepreneurship - $3000 Fathom Matt Gira, Matt Webb, Danny Vessells, and John Boss https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1460740579029-MJ82HS47MJP7MKFI7302/_DSC7079.jpg Mwest Challenge 2016 Winners - Second Place (Early Stage) - $3000 Edicolor Molly Devine, Elijah Erickson, and Brianna Harmon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1460740575203-BU6TZ4F8ZWXKT5K7WLHY/_DSC7071.jpg Mwest Challenge 2016 Winners - Third Place (Early Stage) - $2000 Safekey Seth Ritsema, Katrina Lee, Davis Martin, and Andrea Buffman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1460740558594-AMNNR6AC1LFIBDEUFOGV/_DSC7013.jpg Mwest Challenge 2016 Winners - Impact Award - $1000 Morpheus Scheduling Software Ben Schipper, Josh Hubers, and Evan Altman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1460740560034-620F7F2U4LAKBPUVWW98/_DSC7017.jpg Mwest Challenge 2016 Winners - Impact Award - $1000 Ice Cream Boat Noah Wilderman, Zachary Coel, Austin Rakestraw, and Drew Detlof https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1460740560087-NOG0Y8Y7Y143QOCQ1BEY/_DSC7023.jpg Mwest Challenge 2016 Winners - Impact Award - $1000 Old Flame Avirel Koory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1460740561945-DTFV9N0OI327TURIND9N/_DSC7026.jpg Mwest Challenge 2016 Winners - Impact Award - $1000 Orindi Ventures Jordan Vanderham, Tony Franco, and Jared Siefert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1460740561945-AYP0F5VBMX7MWLMKSWB3/_DSC7030.jpg Mwest Challenge 2016 Winners - Impact Award - $1000 The Mat Andrew Kiel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1460740563609-O7ONCEODBUUROAE6OG9K/_DSC7033.jpg Mwest Challenge 2016 Winners - Impact Award - $1000 Lockdown G-Rapids Mengxia Zhao and Kris Poling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1460740565624-38NQP9QVR2DMWCJT1I6N/_DSC7041.jpg Mwest Challenge 2016 Winners - Impact Award - $1000 The Shop Supermarket Keyon Hall and Bessie Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1460740565540-0NFHAINR1A1TO2X4H7Q4/_DSC7044.jpg Mwest Challenge 2016 Winners - Impact Award - $1000 Tech-ulance Khrystal Jackson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1460740567888-ESV5ICOUXJX84VEIQ62X/_DSC7048.jpg Mwest Challenge 2016 Winners - Impact Award - $1000 Young at Heart Home Care Nicole De Windt, Jesslyn Bolthouse, and Hunter Herich https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1460740567902-1GPH92O72124MXG4NECX/_DSC7054.jpg Mwest Challenge 2016 Winners - Impact Award - $1000 BioMarks Studio Rachel Mockaitis, Andrea Hines, and Elizabeth Brinks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1460740569713-MU9JGPHF9RADRV0RGIUO/_DSC7056.jpg Mwest Challenge 2016 Winners - Impact Award - $1000 Jewelry Subscription Box Noah Lehmann, Aubrey Shaw, Cory Cox, and Gabby Reams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1460740570901-RC3CKDAVMH2L419UDENI/_DSC7060.jpg Mwest Challenge 2016 Winners - Impact Award - $1000 UNA Gary Moolman, Devin Childers, Conor Fredricks, Linghom Wang, Kim Dobrez, and Jack Schroeder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1460740575276-E51EAWMBUKXV2IGPGCZX/_DSC7068.jpg Mwest Challenge 2016 Winners - Impact Award - $1000 Simply Conquer Taylor Groenhout, Zoe Bruyn, Tyler Jones, and Jordan Vanderham http://mwestchallenge.com/mwest-challenge-2017-winners daily 0.75 2017-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5255a90de4b0d94e6ff6fdc2/1493315862800-F2TYSXO6ZCONLM8ZCNSI/Mwest+2017+-9970.jpg MWest Challenge 2017 Winners - 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