Seth Blood

Student Mike Franklin Award Winner from Havre de Grace High School

About Seth

  • High School: Havre de Grace High School
  • First Choice College/University: Brigham Young University (BYU)
  • Intended Major: Computer Engineering
  • Extracurricular Activities: 
    • Cross-country, indoor track, spring track
    • Academic team
    • Welcome One Homeless Shelter volunteer
    • Worked with the International Rescue Committee (IRC)
    • Intern at Defense Interns
  • Seth was recognized for his academic achievement as a recipient of the Carson Scholarship.
  • Fun Fact: Seth taught himself the programming language Lua at age 12 so he could make his own video game. In addition to this, he wrote a fully functional 2D spaceship game in 16-bit x 86 Assembly for MS-DOS. The project includes enemy AI, collision detection, graphical rendering, and synchronization with VGA refresh cycles.

Ceremony Photo

Seth received a $500 scholarship.

The William J. Sacco Critical Thinking Foundation would like to congratulate Seth on this award. We applaud your hard work and dedication to academic excellence and wish you the best of luck in college!

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