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.)

featuring the visualizations!

Undergraduate Students

Data Visualization

Benjamin Herlinger

Data Visualization

Data Visualization
Graduate Students - Individual

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

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 HerlingerÌý

A number of bar charts for 91¸£ÀûÉç 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."

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