--- title: Horn Entrepreneurship Awards Celebration Announcement November 2018 description: Announcing quarterly awards for Horn Entrepreneurship. image: https://horn.udel.edu/hubfs/octawardblog.jpg --- [![University of Delaware](https://horn.udel.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/HPE_Jan2017/logo.png?width=168&height=70&name=logo.png "University of Delaware")](http://udel.edu) #### Horn Entrepreneurship # [Stories & Updates](https://horn.udel.edu) ## Horn Entrepreneurship Awards Celebration Announcement November 2018 by [Bret Rossi Jr.](https://horn.udel.edu/author/bret-rossi-jr) • November 06, 2018 ![octawardblog](https://horn.udel.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/octawardblog.jpg?width=6786&name=octawardblog.jpg) Horn Entrepreneurship is pleased to announce all of the success and honors our fantastic community of creators, scientists and doers have accomplished this quarter. **Individual Awards:** *Joel Amin Jr., Entrepreneurship & Technology Innovation, Class of 2019* Joel Amin Jr. has been chosen to receive the 2019 [Etkin Johnson Student Scholarship](https://philadelphia.uli.org/news/meet-the-etkin-johnson-student-scholars-for-2019/). This program offers the opportunity for those selected to immerse themselves in the thriving land use industry in Philadelphia. *Ahad Behboodi, PhD Biomechanics and Movement Science, Class of 2017* Ahad Behboodi, from the University of Delaware, was accepted into the [QED Program](https://sciencecenter.org/discover/qed). He is working on a device for improving foot and ankle movement *Garry Johnson III, Master of Science-MS, Entrepreneurship and Design, Class of 2018* Garry Johnson III, one of Delaware’s up-and-coming technologists of color, has had a busy few months. Not only did he graduate from Founder Gym, He has been selected to receive the Youth Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the upcoming [StartUpAfrica](http://startupafrica.org/) Entrepreneurship Awards Dinner. This award is given to a business owner who has achieved significantly in his/her entrepreneurial venture at a young age. In addition, he also was given the opportunity to speak on an “Access to Capital” panel at the [Level Up Summit](http://aachamber.org/levelup/) hosted by the African American Chamber of Commerce in October. *James Massaquoi, Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Major, Class of 2020* James Massaquoi has been chosen to serve as a Young Professionals Advisory Board Member for [Junior Achievement in Delaware](https://www.juniorachievement.org/web/ja-delaware/). *Sierra RyanWallick, Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Major, Class of 2022* Sierra RyanWallick was chosen as an Honorable Mention in the [Lab Girl Essay Contest](https://www.commonreader.fye.udel.edu/). **Startup Awards:** *Sage Smart Garden* Sage Smart Garden*,* a startup with a focus in building a system that helps landscape professionals and home gardeners grow more plants with less work was accepted into the [NextFab Hardware Accelerator](https://nextfab.com/grow/accelerator/). They also won another part of the VentureWell E-Teams program that provides investor and partner readiness training, called ASPIRE: [https://venturewell.org/aspire/](https://venturewell.org/aspire/) **Updates from Summer Founders:** *D150 Fueling* was featured nationally in USA Today and qualified as a finalist in an upcoming Delaware entrepreneurship competition called Swim with The Sharks. *Metta House* was selected to participate in the Eaton Workshop, an accelerator for change makers and creatives located in Washington, DC. *Urbinvest* was selected by the New Castle County Economic Development Office to launch an accelerator for entrepreneurs of color; which will begin in January. 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