S&T PetroBowl team wins North American championship

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On April 7, 2026

Six people wearing matching green polo shirts and name badges stand with a man in a navy suit and yellow tie inside a modern building with glass walls and staircases, smiling and posing together for a group photo.

From left, S&T students Nene Belinyo Maimo, Abdul Mujeeb Kassim, Christopher Arthur, Makuach James Makeny, Raissa Mbongue Nahbet Dogbim and Ivan Baffour Awuah celebrate the team’s success. Makeny, a Ph.D. student, is the team’s coach. Photo courtesy of Makeny.

Petroleum engineering students from Missouri S&T have proven they are the best in North America when it comes to trivia related to their major.

The Missouri S&T PetroBowl team won the 2026 Society of Petroleum Engineers North America Student Symposium PetroBowl championship, held Feb. 28 at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

PetroBowl is a quiz competition in which students use buzzers to answer technical and nontechnical questions related to the petroleum industry and engineering.

Read more about the competition.

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