Southeast Cyber Defense Club

03/27/2026

Midwest Regional Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition

Last weekend, we competed in the 2026 Midwest Regional Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition.
We are happy to say we scored 4th place.

Thank you, to the team members and those who supported us along the way.

Special thanks to Ethan Chou and David Miller!

Team Members in this competition

Linux
Samuel Brucker (Captain)
Luke Luehmann

Liaison
Nolan Blenniss (Captain)
Ethan Mudd

Networking
Alex Boehne

Windows
Nicholas Hodges

Linux/Windows
Logan Schultz
Malachi Pruitt

Alternates on standby
Jacob Leist
Conor Daut

10/27/2025

We are back!

This past Saturday, October 25th. The team competed in the Midwest Regional Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition invitational. We’re proud to announce that we placed 2nd overall!

Congratulations to Liberty University for taking 1st place and Drury University for taking 3rd place.

A huge thanks to everyone who made this event possible, and to the members of the club who participated in the event. We are looking forward to seeing what this competition year brings!

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05/23/2022

Congratulations to our new club/team alumni! We’re going to miss you all, but we know you all have bright futures ahead of you! We wish you the best!

04/26/2022

In recognition of wining our tenth-straight Missouri CCDC championship, the cyber defense team was honored by a banner that will be displayed in the Dempster Atrium

It’s been awesome getting to be a part of our cybersecurity programs history! Thanks to the Computer Science department for recognizing our achievements!

03/24/2022

The Cyber Defense Club would like to thank Circle Fiber for sponsoring us for this competition season. Circle Fiber is working to modernize communications within Southeast Missouri by building a gigabit-capable fiber network. They have multiple plans to choose from, meaning that you can choose whatever best fits you needs. Be sure to check them out and join the technological way of the future!

02/20/2022

Congratulations to our Cyber Defense team for placing first at the Missouri State CCDC Qualifier today! We are very excited to represent the state of Missouri at the regional competition in March!

01/19/2022

Thanks for the swag bags CrowdStrike ! This was an amazing surprise and such a good morale boost heading into the State competition! We look forward to working with you in the future!

Sincerely,
the Cyber Defense Team

12/27/2021

The Cyber Defense Club would like to thank Ford Groves for sponsoring us for this upcoming season. Ford Groves is a local dealership here in Cape Girardeau specializing in a variety of new and used cars by Ford. Be sure to check them out if you are interested in buying a vehicle!

05/06/2021

Thank you to our sponsor for this year, State Farm (https://www.statefarm.com/) ! We greatly appreciate all that you have done for us both through supporting our club and helping students as they transition into the industry. We couldn't have done it without you!

03/21/2021

After 21 hours of competing, the team finished 3rd in the Erich J. Spengler Midwest Regional CCDC. Congratulations to the team on a well deserved placing!