The Mary Washington led Virginia team won the World Geography Bowl competition at the Annual Meetings of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers last week.  Led by captain Matthew Holden (2011) and coached by Joe Nicholas, Jackie Gallagher and Jackie Gallagher, 5 Mary Wash geographers and one graduate student from Virginia Tech defeated teams composed mostly of grarduate students from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

During the final round against Florida, Matthew was joined by Brandon Eads (2010), Allyson Thompson (2010), Anya Bogdanow (2010), Joey Winters (2013) and the Virginia Tech student.  Ryan Forbes (2011) and Zach Werhmann (2011) served as alternates.  Congratulations to everyone!