Students competed for cash prizes in Thursday's Canyon Challenge at Sunset Auditorium. Lucas Patten, creator of Powder Pal, was named the 2024 Canyon Challenge winner.
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Canyon Angels chairman Tim Kelley welcomes students and guests to the Canyon Challenge at Sunset Auditorium on April 18, 2024. -
Robert Vera (left) and student leaders of the IDEA Club during the Canyon Challenge at Sunset Auditorium on April 18, 2024. -
GCU’s IDEA Club president Connor Vicary introduces presenters during the Canyon Challenge at Sunset Auditorium on April 18, 2024. -
Shyam Bodicherla makes his pitch for his AI-formatted Acadex app during the Canyon Challenge at Sunset Auditorium on April 18, 2024. -
Students help demonstrate the set-up of Grace Radlund’s Quick Privacy Screen (QPS) during the Canyon Challenge at Sunset Auditorium on April 18, 2024. -
Grace Radlund talks about her Quick Privacy Screen (QPS) during the Canyon Challenge at Sunset Auditorium on April 18, 2024. -
CEO of LUX Manufacturing Weston Smith (right) and the panel of judges ask questions about students' products during the Canyon Challenge at Sunset Auditorium on April 18, 2024. -
Grace Radlund answers question from the judges about her Quick Privacy Screen (QPS) during the Canyon Challenge at Sunset Auditorium on April 18, 2024. -
Powder Pal creator Lucas Patten enlists the help of fellow classmate and friend Ben Bjornstad to make his product pitch during the Canyon Challenge at Sunset Auditorium on April 18, 2024. -
Judges look over Lucas Patten’s Powder Pal product during the Canyon Challenge at Sunset Auditorium on April 18, 2024. -
Lucas Patten pitches his Powder Pal product during the Canyon Challenge at Sunset Auditorium on April 18, 2024. -
Judge Ashley Sankar sees multiple uses for Lucas Patten’s Powder Pal during the Canyon Challenge at Sunset Auditorium on April 18, 2024. -
Rachel Anderson makes her team’s presentation for TrueVine during the Canyon Challenge at Sunset Auditorium on April 18, 2024. -
Michael and Rachel Anderson make their presentation for TrueVine during the Canyon Challenge at Sunset Auditorium on April 18, 2024. -
Rachel and Michael Anderson take question about their TrueVine product during the Canyon Challenge at Sunset Auditorium on April 18, 2024. -
Mackenzie Leray makes her pitch for her Signature Tote Co. tote bag, which uses NTF technology, during the Canyon Challenge at Sunset Auditorium on April 18, 2024. -
From left, judges Ashley Sankar, Nick Hool and Weston Smith listen as students pitch their products during the Canyon Challenge at Sunset Auditorium on April 18, 2024. -
Mackenzie Leray enlists the help of friends to show her Signature Tote Co.tote bag during the Canyon Challenge at Sunset Auditorium on April 18, 2024. -
IDEA Club vice president of business development Jackson Godwin speaks as the judges leave to make their decision on a winner during the Canyon Challenge at Sunset Auditorium on April 18, 2024. -
Lucas Patten shakes off some nervous energy as the judges are off deciding the winner of the Canyon Challenge at Sunset Auditorium on April 18, 2024. -
Mackenzie Leray and her Signature Tote Co. tote bag was chosen as the People’s Choice Award during the Canyon Challenge at Sunset Auditorium on April 18, 2024. -
CEO of LUX Manufacturing Weston Smith announces the top three winners during the Canyon Challenge at Sunset Auditorium on April 18, 2024. -
Student supporters cheer on Lucas Patten as he is named the winner of the Canyon Challenge at Sunset Auditorium on April 18, 2024. -
Lucas Patten (right) is congratulated by IDEA Club president Connor Vicary after his Powder Pal product won the Canyon Challenge at Sunset Auditorium on April 18, 2024. -
Student supporters cheer on Lucas Patten as he is named the winner of the Canyon Challenge at Sunset Auditorium on April 18, 2024. -
Lucas Patten with the first-place winner’s check for $2,500 during the Canyon Challenge at Sunset Auditorium on April 18, 2024. -
Lucas Patten (right) is congratulated by friends and fellow classmates after his Powder Pal product won the Canyon Challenge at Sunset Auditorium on April 18, 2024. -
CCOB adjunct professor Tim Blake, who already has used Shyam Bodicherla’s Acadex AI app for grading papers, congratulates Bodicherla on his second-place finish in the Canyon Challenge at Sunset Auditorium on April 18, 2024. -
Lucas Patten (center) with the first place winner’s check for $2,500 during the Canyon Challenge at Sunset Auditorium on April 18, 2024.
