When Sam was 16 years old, he placed best in catagory for his research on the cause of LyP (Heath's disease).  So he walked away from the International Science Fair as the top dog Student Biochemist ANYWHERE!  Woo-hoo.

Student Awards by Region
More than 500 students received scholarships and prizes at the Intel ISEF. The following are the Best of Category awards by region:

• Connecticut: Lisa Doreen Glukhovsky, 17, New Milford High School, for Earth and Space Sciences.
• Michigan: Samuel James Amberson Howell, 16, Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy, Saginaw, for Biochemistry. Ethan James Street, 18, Winston Churchill High School, Livonia, for Mathematics.
• New York: Jarryd Brandon Levine, 17, Paul D. Schreiber High School, Port Washington, for Microbiology. Simeon McMillan, 17, Uniondale High School, for Zoology.
• Pennsylvania: Elena Leah Glassman, 16, Central Bucks West High School, Doylestown, for Computer Science.