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2025 Finalists

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Morris L. Hayhurst Invitational

Winners will receive $100K for 1st place, $50K for 2nd place, and $25K for 3rd place
Best Dam Tape logo.
Best Dam Tape
Logan Cuvo
Morgantown, WV


Loving WV logo.
Loving West Virginia
Evan and Evan-Nicole Chapman
Fairmont, WV


YNST eye logo.
YNST Magazine
Adam Payne
Wheeling, WV


Nikola Landscape Lighting LLC logo.
Nikola Landscape Lighting LLC
Luke McConnell
Morgantown, WV


Buddy N Beast logo.
Buddy N Beast
Andy Henthorn
Charleston, WV


Christy Hayhurst Davis Undergraduate Pitch Competition

Winners will receive $10K for 1st place, $5K for 2nd place, and $2.5K for 3rd place
Edara logo, white E with purple detailing along the left side.
Edara 
Jamila Fleet
Marshall, Huntington, WV


Blue lightbulb icon with a mountain scape inside the bulb.
GreenMatter
Kassidy Blatt
WVU, Morgantown, WV
Blue lightbulb icon with a mountain scape inside the bulb.
Full Bloom Marketing
Maggie Jordan
West Virginia Wesleyan, Buckhannon, WV



Simply Smoothies logo.
Simply Smoothies
Mckenna Valasek and Logan Moiles
Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV


Goldrenrod Kitchen logo.
Goldenrod Kitchen
Nola Todd
WVU, Morgantown, WV



James Davis Graduate Student Pitch Competition

Winners will receive $10K for 1st place, $5K for 2nd place, and $2.5K for 3rd place
Musemo Logo. MUSEMO
Aryaunna Mosley 
WVU, from Charleston, WV


FarmerzTool Logo. FarmerzTool Technologies
Tafara Ushendibaba
WVU, Morgantown, WV


Market Leader Technologies logo. Market Leader Technologies/BotHQ-AI
Daniel Fournier 
WVU, Morgantown, WV
Blue lightbulb icon with a mountain scape inside the bulb.
Procedure Chair
Shon Rowan, MD, MBA; Matt Smith, MD, MBA; Carol Wright Becker, MD, MBA
WVU, Morgantown, WV



Stud-IA logo. Stud-IA
Juan Marino
WVU, Morgantown, WV


Ronald Hayhurst Brick-and-Mortar Pitch Competition

Winners will receive $10K for 1st place, $5K for 2nd place, and $2.5K for 3rd place
Withrow Supply logo.
Withrow Sharpening and Sales
Alexis Campbell
Huntington, WV 

Cryptid Mountain Mini Golf logo.
Cryptid Mountain Miniature Golf
Colton Metzger and Matthew Tolliver
Morgantown, WV

Across the Board Game Cafe logo.
Across the Board Game Cafe
Jade Hanna
White Sulphur Springs, WV

Old School WV logo.
Old School WV
Shelby Cavender and Tyler Jeffries
Morgantown, WV


Natives Fly Fishing and Catch Cam Nets logo.
Natives Fly Fishing and Catch Cam Nets
Beau Robinson
White Hall, WV


Robert Hayhurst Veterans Pitch Competition

Winners will receive $10K for 1st place, $5K for 2nd place, and $2.5K for 3rd place
The Gorge Wood Company logo. The Gorge Wood Company
Jack Taggart
Danese, WV

Toy Box Alley logo. Toy Box Alley
Toby Heaney
Morgantown, WV



UA Feeders logo. UAFeeders
Orland M. Underwood Jr.
Kingwood, WV


Threat Readiness Solutions logo. Threat Readiness Solutions
Alex Pieken
Morgantown, WV


Blue Thistle Fibers logo. Blue Thistle Fibers
Clare Loftus
Gauley Bridge, WV
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Beulah Hayhurst Women’s Pitch Competition

Winners will receive $10K for 1st place, $5K for 2nd place, and $2.5K for 3rd place
Old School Christmas Farm logo.
Old School Christmas Farm
Maggie Blankenship
Red House, WV


Hannah's Clay Creations logo.
Hannah's Studios/Hannah's Clay Creations
Hannah Lenhart
Fairmont, WV
Mountains to Water Woodshop logo.
Mountains to Water Woodshop
Kate Preston
Davis, WV


Blue lightbulb icon with a mountain scape inside the bulb.
Mayfield Mountain Kennels
Savanna Patterson
Morgantown, WV


Holler Fusion logo.
Holler Fusion
Katelyn Duffield and Harmony Duffield
Clay County, WV