Mr. Stephen Zagurski graduated Summa Cum Laude from Southeast Missouri State University with a B.S. in Environmental Soil Science and minors in Geoscience and GIS. His tenure at Southeast Missouri State included a four-year career in Division I Track and Field. He has worked a full-time summer internship at Roxanna Oil Company in Houston where he gained experience in hydrocarbon exploration. He looks to gain a formal background in Geosciences at Rice develop the skill set necessary for a successful future in hydrocarbon exploration.