Plainfield South Group Wins Back-To-Back Incubator Pitch Nights

PLAINFIELD, IL — Two Plainfield South High School teams won back-to-back trophies at this year's Incubator Pitch nights.

Team Sahara Health and Wellness — consisting of seniors Asia Sudberry and Michelle Haley and juniors James Atwood and Rowan Paul — earned first place at the second annual District 202 Entrepreneurial Student Final Pitch Night May 5.

One team from each District 202 high school earned a spot in the final pitch night, and one wild card team from a group of 28 teams was also chosen by popular vote the night of the final pitch.

The wild card team, JuiceBox, which created a mag-safe cell phone charger, was also from Plainfield South.

"I am incredibly proud of both teams and everything they accomplished," Breanna Roti, PSHS business education teacher and Incubator instructor, said in a statement.

High school juniors and seniors at all four district high schools can take Incubator entrepreneurial classes, in which they work with entrepreneurs and business mentors, coaches and champions to find a solution to a problem.

Sudberry, Haley, Atwood and Paul are student athletes, and all had the same issue of how to eat healthily during their busy schedules, district officials said.

"We figured an app would be a simple way to solve the problem," Sudberry said.

The students praised Roti for her leadership in guiding Plainfield South to back-to-back wins.

"It shows how good of a teacher Ms. Roti is," Haley said. "Smaller class sizes help because we get more one-on-one attention."

Team Sahara Health and Wellness may take their app to the national competition this summer, district officials said.