BIG PINEY — Big Piney student Saki Meador is the winner of the TRIG-STAR award for 2024-2025 for Big Piney High School, following a recent competition in which he scored 100%. He is the son of BJ and Naomi Meador. Big Piney students Chelsea Wright and Magdelena Jones took home second and third place, respectively. The award is sponsored by the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) and cosponsored locally by Surveyor Scherbel, Ltd.

A TRIG-STAR is a mathematics student who has demonstrated in competition that they are the most skilled among classmates in the practical application of trigonometry. The competition for the honor is a timed exercise which is the solving of a trigonometry problem that incorporates the use of right triangle formulas, circle formulas, the law of sines, and the law of cosines. The competition helps promote careers in surveying and mapping to students at high schools across the country.
State winners also have the opportunity to participate in the National TRIG-STAR competition.