Amanda Morton, National Ocean Sciences Bowl

Amanda Morton has provided outstanding service by inspiring the next generation of ocean scientists through coordinating and organizing the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB), a high-school-level ocean-science-focused competition. Amanda has done a marvelous job in coordinating and organizing the regional NOSB competition, named the Trout Bowl, every year since 2011. However, in 2018, her engagement went above and beyond normal project work and job duties. She organized the regional Trout Bowl in February 2018, for 13 regional teams and, in addition, opened the competition to four Texas teams that were displaced through the impacts of hurricane Harvey. With this invitation, Amanda was able to provide a competition opportunity for these teams. In addition to this larger-than-usual regional event, Amanda hosted the NOSB Final Competition in April 2018 at CIRES. It was the first time the NOSB National Competition took place in a land-locked state.