The Putnam Competitition is a problem-solving contest held in
December each year at campuses around the United States. Students
spend two three-hour sessions attempting to solve 12 mathematics
problems. Each problem is graded on a scale of 0 to 10. While the
maximum score is 120, most students earn a total of 0 points; a score
of more than 20 is very good.
The Oklahoma-Arkansas Section of the Mathematical Association
of America maintains a plaque, which lists each year's top scorer
among its colleges. Each year, it is moved to the college of the most
recent student.
| 1971 | J Lawrence | Oklahoma State University |
| 1972 | W Clinger | Oklahoma Christian College |
| 1973 | E Brickell | Oklahoma State University |
| 1974 | D Leftwich | Oklahoma Christian College |
| 1975 | Michael Tiefenback | Hendrix College |
| 1976 | Michael Tiefenback | Hendrix College |
| 1977 | G Köhler | University of Oklahoma |
| 1978 | R Christofferson | Oklahoma State University |
| 1979 | E Park | University of Oklahoma |
| 1980 | G Köhler | University of Oklahoma |
| 1981 | E Park | University of Oklahoma |
| 1981 | T Dugan | Oklahoma State University |
| 1982 | G Kuperberg | Oklahoma State University |
| 1983 | S Miller | University of Arkansas |
| 1984 | Scott Roberts | Hendrix College |
| 1984 | R Sears | Harding University |
| 1985 | G Thacker | Hendrix College |
| 1986 | Scott Burleson | Harding University |
| 1987 | S Dalal | University of Oklahoma |
| 1988 | K Swearingen | Oklahoma State University |
| 1989 | D Turner II | University of Central Arkansas |
| 1990 | C Lomont | Oral Roberts University |
| 1991 | C Curtis | University of Oklahoma |
| 1992 | M Oberle | Oklahoma State University |
| 1993 | B Bolinger | University of Arkansas |
| 1994 | C Burch | University of Oklahoma |
| 1995 | K Wichert | Oklahoma State University |
| 1996 | J Whitworth | Oklahoma State University |
| 1997 | Jerry Moore | Oklahoma State University |
| 1998 | Kyle Wichert | Oklahoma State University |
| 1999 | Jenny Wang | University of Central Arkansas |
| 2000 | Brian C Fisher | Oklahoma State University |
| 2001 | Jason Horn | Oklahoma State University |
| 2001 | Jeremy Marzuola | University of Oklahoma |
| 2002 | Jared M Williams | Hendrix College |
| 2003 | Julian Rosen | University of Oklahoma |
| 2004 | Justin D Thomas | University of Oklahoma |
| 2005 | Jeremy Crosmer | Hendrix College |
| 2006 | Jeremy Crosmer | Hendrix College |