Buffalization Data Visualization challenge winners

2025 Winners

(Note: Several of the winners submitted interactive visualizations that we are unable to display on this page. Where possible, we have also linked to the interactive visualization.)

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Undergraduate Students

Max Gong

Data Visualization

Benjamin Herlinger

Data Visualization

Annika Polavarapu

Data Visualization
Graduate Students - Individual

Ben Emery

Data visualization

Clair Huffine

Data Visualization
Data Science Students (sponsored by the Data Science Student Association)

Trishala Thakur

Data Visualization

Ishani Mody

Data visualization
Graduate Students - Team

Kanishka Ghodke, Vedant Dixit, and Ritvik Panwar

Data visualization

2024 Winners

Undergraduate Students

1st place: David Deckerman

Green rectangle that looks like an American football-field. It features a number of bars indicating statistics. The following text is below the image: Yellow: CU Average rushing yards per attempt (2.3) White: CU Average passing yards per attempt (7.46) Black: Opponent Average rushing yards per attempt (4.7) Green: Opponent Average Passing yards per attempt (7.97) Gold: CU total touchdowns (42) Red: Opponent total touchdowns (56)

2nd place: Benjamin Herlinger 

A number of bar charts for CU Boulder Football 2023-2024. Includes: Total Wins, Points, First Downs, Total Offense, Kicking, Returns, Penalties, Time, and Miscellaneous.
Graduate Students

1st place: Shelby Andersen

A number of radar charts and bar graphs titled "How Buff are the CU Buffs?" Includes: Games, Offense, First Downs, Rushing, Passing, Kicking, Returns, Penalties, Miscellaneous, and Colorado's Strengths.

2nd place: Niranjan Cholendiran

A number of pie charts, bar graphs, and other visuals such as football players and a football field titled "Football Statistics: Colorado vs. Opponents." Includes: Season Summary, Point Distribution, Kicking, Passing, and Rushing. A "Takeaway" section at the bottom states "CU excels in passing and kicking. Focusing on improving its rushing game could lead to great results in the upcoming season."