< Student Analysts Win Big on Oil and Gas Plays Long AlphaLan Nguyen of Loyola University Chicago finishes in ninth place overall but is No. 1 in terms of long alpha, beating the Russell 3000 by 97 basis points. That's more than double the outperformance of the student who claims second place on this roster, Ayushia Ansari of Stetson University. Among students whose portfolios beat the Russell 3000 over the contest period, those who shorted stocks enjoyed far greater outperformance than those who did not. Shorting had a more modest impact on the portfolios that lagged the benchmark.

Rank	Average Daily BPS	Student	School	Overall Rank
1	97	Lan Nguyen	Loyola University Chicago	9
2	48	Ayushia Ansari	Stetson University	13
3	44	Stephanie Chui	Fairfield University	32
4	40	Michael Burgess	George Mason University	79
5	40	Zhuojun Cai	Fordham University	114
6	39	Zhimin Huang	Fordham University	—
7	38	Hanchao Li	Fordham University	296
8	35	Brad Rapking	Xavier University	112
9	35	Anthony Torba	Molloy College	237
10	35	Danny Mahoney	Oakland University	178
11	30	Matthew K Feldman	Baruch College	1
12	29	Nick Durante	Xavier University	173
13	29	James D. Guido	Quinnipiac University	22
14	27	Dung Phuong Vu	University of Texas at Dallas	119
15	27	Brandon Sturgeon	Xavier University	117
16	27	Devin Mestemaker	Xavier University	120
17	26	Alice I Cogan	Baruch College	27
18	24	Andrew Hahn	Canisius College	4
19	24	Sahag Kavlakian	Suffolk University	97
20	23	Xichen Jin	Fordham University	40