Wofford College student William Fahey was a member of programming team that took second place in Mercer Spring Programming Competition

2015 Mar 12

William Fahey was one of three members of the Wofford programming team, the WoCoders, that finished second in its division in the Mercer Spring Programming Competition held at Mercer University in Atlanta. The team finished the five-hour competition behind the Mercer Binary Bears A team. The WoCoders and Binary Bears A teams each completed six of 15 problems successfully. Only 13 penalty points separated the two teams.

The WoCoders finished ninth among all of the 27 teams that competed in four divisions. Their advisor is Dr. David Sykes, professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science.