Leander ISD’s Destination Imagination teams participated in the state tournament in Mansfield on April 7. Eight teams advanced to the Global Destination Imagination Competition, which will be held at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee, May 23-26.

Congratulations to the 16 teams that participated at state, including the following teams advancing globals!

Steiner Ranch Elementary School DI Team
Team Members: Brandy Eaton, Rowan Haney, Aidan Kemp, Isabel Riley, Elena Welch
Team Manager: Steven Welch

Whitestone Elementary School DI Team
Team Members: Angie Simmons, Avery Lindon, Kiana Thompson, Maya Reddy, Madison Riccio, Payton Ortega, Katelyn Hutmacher
Team Managers: Suzi Simmons, Simi Khurana

Canyon Ridge Middle School DI Team 1
Team Members: Haley Judd, Xavier Leffler, Jeffrey Gunawan, Sameeksha Jayaprakash, Rachel Reynolds, Tate Stephens
Team Managers: Jacob and Janae Lefler

Canyon Ridge Middle School DI Team 2
Team Members: Karen Li, Sahib Chadha, Akshay Boddapu, Shriya Ganesan, Ty Huey, Collin Kennedy
Team Managers: Mandeep and Moninder Chadha​

Canyon Ridge Middle School DI Team 5
Team Members: Brooke Avery Boykin, Ryann Lynn Wager, Aarushi Boppidi, Anya Chawla, Nehashri Natarajan, Gauri Bhavani Suresh and Advaith Gangadhar Suresh
Team Managers: Aradhana Suresh and Angela P. Boykin

Cedar Park Middle School DI Team
Team Members: Alexander Thummalapalli, William Schmitt, Arnav Batra, Scott Marsh, Evan Spahr, Nicholas Dolusio
Team Manager: Lakshmi Rao and Hye Kyung Lee

Vandegrift High School DI Team 1
Team Members: Lars Spinetta, Christin Spellings, Nidhi Katta, Edward Rapier, Adrian Rapier, Eric Chan, Nick Chan
Team Managers: Martha Montemayor-Rapier and Edward Rapier

Vandegrift High School DI Team 2
Team Members: Lekha Sripathi, Jack Emmerich, Pranav Jose, Samuel Weiss. Camille Forster, Vamshikrishna Pothireddy
Team Managers: Keni Renner and Ani Jose