YouScheduler takes top prize at 30th annual Holloway competition

Thursday, May 10, 2018
YouScheduler teammates Kristian Comer and Francesco Mikulis-Borsoi pose with their faculty advisor, Ian Grant.

YouScheduler teammates Kristian Comer (right) and Francesco Mikulis-Borsoi (center)Ìıpose with their faculty advisor, Ian Grant.

We hope YouScheduler team members Kristian Comer ’20 and Francesco Mikulis-Borsoi ’20 have scheduled some time to celebrate now that they have won the 30th annual Paul J. Holloway Prize Innovation to Market Competition and a $10,000 top prize.

The sophomore duo developed a class scheduling solution to address a common pain point students have when trying to schedule their courses for the semester: an efficient way to help them build in time for meals, part-time jobsÌıand student teams or organizations, while still getting the classes they need. YouScheduler is currently being piloted at UNH, and according to Comer and Mikulis-Borsoi, the platform hasÌıreceived glowing endorsements from both students and university administrators, including JohnÌıKirkpatrick, UNH’s senior vice provost of student life and dean of students.

“I was just really impressed by the caliber of everyone who came out to the Holloway competition this year and presented.â€Ìı

PassCrypt, a password manager built on blockchain technology, took second placeÌıand the Lynn and Mike Marsh Award for the best business plan. PassCrypt consisted of team members Brandon Bryant ’18, Colin Small ’20, Angela Tidd ’18 and Dylan Wheeler ’19. The team of Joe Scheidler ’18 and Brandon Smith ’18 took third place for their idea,ÌıPathlete, a system to help match underrecruited student athletes with the needs of college coaches.

The second annual Holloway Prize People’s Choice Award went to blended., a team consisting of Katelyn Smith ’18, Genevieve Wolfe ’18Ìıand Christopher Rossi ’18, who pitched their idea for an experiential blended wine tasting and tapas bar.

said Max MillerÌı’20, a member of last year's winning team, Droppn. “Every single one of them was incredibly impressive, incredibly professionalÌıand the caliber and complexityÌıof the ideas and theÌıknowledge of each of the participants was amazing,†he said.ÌıÌı

To see the full results of the competition, visit .

Photographer: 
Perry Smith | Freelance Photographer