The 2011 ESA Branch meetings were all held in March. Each one featured student competitions for oral presentations (papers) and for posters. The results from each Branch are listed below. 

Eastern Branch

Oral Paper Competition:
- 1st place: Kerry Mauck, Penn State University
- 2nd place: Alexander Forde, University of Maryland
- 3rd place: Alan Leslie, University of Maryland

Poster Competition:
- 1st place: Justin P. Bredlau, Virginia Commonwealth University
- 2nd place: Ian M. Grettenberger, Penn State University
- 3rd place: Paul L. Maurizio, John Hopkins University 

Pacific Branch

M.S. Poster:
- 1st place:  Clesson H. Higashi, University of Hawaii at Manoa (Co-author: Alberto Bressan) (Influence of maize mosaic virus on the fitness of Peregrinus maidis)
- 2nd place: Clayton Houck, University of California Riverside (Co-author: Daphne Fairbairn) (The effect of sex ratio on copulation, sperm transfer, and sperm reserves in a water strider)

Ph.D. Poster:
- 1st place: Kristen Hladun, University of California, Riverside (Co-authors: Ray Morton and John T. Trumble) (Selenium’s impact on the pollination ecology, learning and survival of Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae))
- 2nd place: Christina Mogren, University of California, Riverside (Co-author: John T. Trumble) (Outcomes of arsenate and phosphate exposure in Chironomus riparius)

Undergraduate Paper:
- 1st place: Christopher Hedstrom, Oregon State University (Co-authors: Ute Chambers and Vaughn Walton) (Pheromone mating disruption of filbertworm moth (Cydia latiferreana) in commercial hazelnut orchards)
- 2nd place: Nathan Derstine, Eastern Mennonite University (Co-authors: Elisa Troyer, Caitlyn Suttles, Leigh Siderhurst, Eric Jang and Matthew Siderhurst) (Field trapping little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae))

M.S. Paper:
- 1st place: Tyler Ito, University of Hawaii at Manoa (Co-authors: Ethel Villalobos, Scott Nikaido and Mark Wright) (Drone brood removal: A tool for managing Varroa destructor in Apis mellifera colonies in Hawaii)
- 2nd place: Angelita Acebes, University of Hawaii at Manoa (Co-author: Russell Messing) (Introduction, release and recovery of the aphid parasitoid Binodoxys communis for improved aphid control in Hawaii)

Ph.D. Paper:
- 1st place: Joyce Parker, Washington State University (Co-authors: William Snyder and Sanford Eigenbrode) (Comparing simple versus diverse trap crops for control of the crucifer flea beetle)
- 2nd place: Laura Ingwell, University of Idaho (Co-authors: Nilsa Bosque-Perez and Sanford Eigenbrode) (Viruliferous and nonviruliferous aphid responses to barley yellow dwarf virus-infected plants)

Southeastern Branch

Robert T. Gast Award for outstanding PhD oral presentation:
- 1st place: Julien M. Beuzelin, Louisiana State University
- 2nd place: Jarrod T. Hardke, Louisiana State University
- 3rd place: Kelly L. Oten, North Carolina State University

Southeastern Branch Student Award for outstanding MS oral presentation:
- 1st place: Jessica L. Moore, Louisiana State University
- 2nd place: Keith M. Bayless, North Carolina State University
- 3rd place: Brian P. Adams, Mississippi State University

Outstanding Undergraduate Student Oral Presentation:
- 1st place: Jatayah Sheed, Fort Valley State University

Outstanding PhD Student Display Presentation:
- 1st place: Virna L. Saenz, North Carolina State University

Outstanding MS Student Display Presentation:
- 1st place:  Euthychus M. Kariuki, Florida A&M University

Outstanding Undergraduate Student Display Presentation: 
- 1st place: Miriel Otero, University of Puerto Rico

Southwestern Branch

Bachelor’s Oral Presentation:
- 1st Place: Cassie Skipper, University of Texas-Tyler
- 2nd place: Janet Arras, University of Texas-Tyler

Master’s Oral Presentation:
- 1st Place: Cassie Schoenthal, Tarleton State University
- 2nd place: Christopher Niebuhr, Tarleton State University
- 3rd place: Henry Schreiber, University of Texas-Tyler

Ph.D. Oral Presentation:
- 1st place: Rachel Mohr, Texas A&M University
- 2nd place: Warren Sconiers, Texas A&M University
- 3rd place: Sandipa Gautam, Oklahoma State University

Bachelor’s Poster Presentation:
- 1st place: Melise Schmidt, New Mexico State University
- 2nd place: Erin Ragsdell, University of Texas-Tyler
- 3rd place: Josh Brown, New Mexico State University

Master’s Poster Presentation:
- 1st place: Helen Vessels, New Mexico State University
- 2nd place: Anndrea Navesky, Oklahoma State University
- 3rd place: Rita Lloyd-Mills, New Mexico State University

Ph.D. Poster Presentation:
- 1st place: Rebecca Pace, Oklahoma State University

North Central Branch

Coming soon.