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Teen wins honor by combining her interests in softball, computer science [Portland Press Herald, Maine]
Dec. 21 As a softball player, Elena Miller understood the value and purpose of the scorebook to keep track of the many factors that determine individual and team success during a game.
But when Miller first tried to “keep the book” herself, “it took quite a bit of time to learn how to do it and I needed a lot of help and then I was trying to teach teammates and saw how confusing it was.”
That’s when Miller’s athletic and academic interests crossed paths, prompting her to create a computer application app, for short called Scoregenix that helps to make scoring a game easier and more intuitive.
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The first doses of the new Moderna vaccine have arrived in the state.
“The state of Maine anticipates receiving 24,200 doses of this Moderna vaccine for use in health care settings and by first responders all across the state,” says Maine CDC’s director, Dr. Nirav Shah.
Maine CDC director Dr. Nirav Shah says he’s glad the four-star Army general overseeing the mass distribution of coronavirus vaccine is taking responsibility for shipment reductions that have delayed vaccinations for some residents and staff at long-term care facilities.
“At the same time I’m still disappointed and we’d hoped for those higher allocations so that we could activate this other part of the program. So I have mixed feelings about it,” Shah says.
Maine teen wins honor by combining her interests in softball, computer science
Yarmouth High student Elena Miller created a computer app that makes it easier to keep score of softball and baseball games.
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Yarmouth High student Elena Miller created a computer app called Scoregenix, which makes the scoring of baseball and softball games easier and more intuitive. She won the 2020 Congressional App Challenge for Maine’s 1st District.
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As a softball player, Elena Miller understood the value and purpose of the scorebook to keep track of the many factors that determine individual and team success during a game.
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