Midland's Brianne Schneider Named Miss Congeniality in Winter Carnival Queen Competition

HOUGHTON, MI (02/08/2011)(readMedia)-- Brianne Schneider was named Miss Congeniality for Michigan Technological University's 2011 Winter Carnival queen competition. She'll be participating in the week-long festivities in the annual celebration of snow and ice in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

This year's theme is "Thousands of Pages Unfold in the Bitter Cold," and recent temperatures have made the title accurate. Schneider is a clinical laboratory science major and is treasurer for the Society of Clinical Laboratory Scientists.

She will be enjoying the many events, including skits, human dogsled races, snow volleyball, and the famous snow statue building. Classes at Michigan Tech are cancelled Thursday and Friday, so the student engineers can finish their statue masterpieces all night Wednesday and then recuperate. The weekend culiminates in ice hockey and a fireworks display Saturday night.

Schneider is a graduate of Midland High School, and is the daughter of Kelly Schneider of Midland.