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In 1987, the West Virginia State Legislature founded the Academic Challenge Program for all West Virginia counties to be facilitated in the Gifted Programs throughout West Virginia. The first year was a pilot program in which Logan County particpated under the direction of Mrs. Jane Watkins (Social Studies Coordinator), Donald Hunt, and Rose Duba.

These "pilot" participants who won at the state level competed in Georgia in 1988. In 1988, Logan County opened the Games to all students who were interested in participating in Academic Challenge. Teachers who were interested in coaching were trained at RESA II in Huntington, WV, by Jan Barth. Among the future coaches were Brenda Saunders and Karen Arms, who immediately began coaching a team at their school for county competition.

Since that time, the face of Academic Games has changed for West Virginia, RESA II, and Logan County. Brenda and Karen received permission from their county to offer an elective class at Man Jr. High School to those students interested in competing in Academic Games in 1994. West Virginia discontinued funding for Academic Games, but RESA II continued to be strong in their support of the games. Among competitors who have won team and or individual competitions at the national level in the Reading Games from Logan County are:
  • James Mullins, Logan High School Class of 2000
  • Jeremiah Robinson, Man High School Class of 2001
  • Alicia Saunders, Man High School Class of 2001
  • E. Danielle Vance, Man High School Class of 2001
  • Ambria Mays, Man High School Class of 2006
  • Justin Saunders, Man High School Class of 2006
  • Ethan Adkins, Chapmanville High School Class of 2007
  • Michael Bledsoe, Chapmanville High School Class of 2007
  • Faith Gillispie, Man High School Class of 2008
  • Rebekah Bevins, Logan High School Class of 2009
  • Taylor Gibson, Man High School Class of 2009
  • Elizabeth Jeffery, Man High School Class of 2009
  • Benja Lamyaithong, Man High School Class of 2009
  • Jared Lee, Logan High School Class of 2009
  • Carrie McGraw, Man High School Class of 2009
  • Zach Vance, Man High School Class of 2009
  • Tyler Dunigon, Man High School Future Class of 2010
  • Jaclyn Hobbs, Logan High School Future Class of 2010
  • Michael Lomax, Man High School Future Class of 2010
  • Andrew Lusk, Man High School Future Class of 2010
  • Zach Asbury, Man High School Future Class of 2011
  • J. Ryan Crawford, Man High School Future Class of 2011
  • Tyrone Lamyaithong, Man High School Future Class of 2011
  • Jeremy Tipton, Man High School Future Class of 2011
  • Zack Underwood, Man High School Future Class of 2011
  • Alison Welty, Man High School Future Class of 2011
  • Katie Collins, Man High School Future Class of 2012
  • Caleb Davis, Man High School Future Class of 2012
  • JT Twardy, Man High School Future Class of 2012
  • Abby Lusk, Man High School Future Class of 2013
  • Zack Short, Man High School Future Class of 2013
  • Jacob McCoy, Man High School Future Class 2013
  • Dustin White, Man High School Future Class of 2013
  • Noah Maynard, Man High School Future Class of 2014

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