West Virginia Governor Jim Justice in his April 26, 2023 Press Conference honored one of West Virginia Coding Club’s students.
William Matheny, a 16 year old junior at Ripley H.S. in Jackson County and a member of our WV Coding Club since its inception in 2016, was notified recently that, out of 300 applicants nationwide for a summer internship at the NASA Katherine Johnson Facility in Fairmont, WV, he placed first! This is an awesome achievement and a testimony to the value of the WV Coding Club. William received an Advanced Tech Degree in Python Development through our Club last July and credits it, along with his participation in helping build an app for us which won our fourth Congressional App Contest this past Fall, as keys to his placing first with NASA.
Last year the NASA Internship Program was first in the ranking of the most prestigious internship programs in the country, finishing ahead of Google, Apple, Microsoft, as well as a host of other top notch companies.
At this time, there is no other program in our State that offers an Advanced Tech Degree certification for high school students.
See embedded video below that starts at 3:24 to see the Governor honoring William and his achievement! Also, you may go to YouTube directly for the video at this link: GOVERNOR JUSTICE HONORS WV CODING CLUB STUDENT
Congratulations William! Keep Coding!