Congratulations to students from the UMass Geography Club for winning the 2020 World Geography Bowl at the American Association of Geographers New England-St Lawrence Valley Division Meeting, November 13, 2020.  

This was the fifth recent win for the UMass team, which also won with the top score in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017, and placed 3rd in 2018 and 2019.  Several team members will represent the New England region in the national competition in Spring 2021.  

Pictured are team members Le Tran, Alex Heilmann, Helen Sajo, Dan Finn, Mark Doherty and Isabel Mezzina, as well as Professor Stephen Young (Salem State University), the World Geography Bowl Organizer, shown presenting them with the championship trophy.