Good luck to the LISD students from all six comprehensive high schools – Cedar Park, Glenn, Leander, Rouse, Vandegrift and Vista Ridge – competing in the UIL Academics State Championships May 19–20 at the University of Texas at Austin.

These schools qualified 23 individuals and teams across the 11 different events listed below.

State Qualifiers

Accounting

  • Avni Singh, Vandegrift HS – 6A (Alternate)

Calculator Applications

  • Parker Huang, Cedar Park HS – 5A (Alternate)

Computer Science

Individual

  • Parker Huang, Cedar Park HS – 5A
  • Darek Zhang, Leander HS – 5A

Team

  • Leander, 5A (Alternate):
    Darek Zhang, Ryan Shankar, Aiden Singh, Lalith Guthula

Copy Editing

  • Kacey Miller, Cedar Park HS – 5A
  • Skyler King, Cedar Park HS – 5A
  • Nethra Tatiraju, Vista Ridge HS – 6A (Alternate)

Current Issues & Events

Individual

  • Renu Yannam, Rouse HS – 5A
  • Marcus Vizy, Rouse HS – 5A
  • Dante Alden, Rouse HS – 5A
  • Aarav Ahuja, Vista Ridge HS – 6A (Alternate)

Team

  • Rouse HS, 5A:
    Renu Yannam, Dante Alden, Marcus Vizy, Anvi Taada

Editorial

  • Kacey Miller, Cedar Park HS – 5A
  • Nethra Tatiraju, Vista Ridge HS – 6A

Feature Writing

  • Alyssa Fox, Cedar Park HS – 5A
  • Audryn Lee, Vandegrift HS – 6A
  • Sophia Clapp, Leander HS  – 5A (Alternate)

Headline Writing

  • Kacey Miller, Cedar Park HS – 5A
  • Nethra Tatiraju, Vista Ridge HS – 6A

Informative Speaking

  • Rishi Gogineni, Cedar Park HS – 5A (Alternate)

Lincoln Douglas Debate

  • Mayank Bharadwaj, Rouse HS – 6A (Alternate)

Literary Criticism

Individual

  • Samantha Jameson, Cedar Park HS – 5A

Team

  • Cedar Park HS, 5A (Alternate):
    Samantha Jameson, Emmett Stone, Michael Rudakov, Amia De Leon

Mathematics

Individual

  • Krishna Perla, Rouse HS – 5A (Alternate)
  • Parker Huang, Cedar Park HS – 5A (Alternate)

Team

  • Rouse HS, 5A (Alternate):
    Krishna Perla, Naren Mayilsamy, Priyansu Lal, Nathaniel Bartholomew

News Writing

  • Sophia Clapp, Leander HS – 5A
  • Eunchae Kang, Vista Ridge HS – 6A

Persuasive Speaking

  • Sahana Chandran, Glenn HS – 5A
  • Gowri Maracany, Vista Ridge HS – 6A (Alternate)

Poetry Interpretation

  • Kaelyn Jolly, Glenn HS – 5A (Alternate)

Science

  • Asseah Hashimi, Glenn HS – 5A
  • Ankit Gupta, Vandegrift HS – 6A
  • Adhrut Kulkarni, Vista Ridge HS – 6A (Alternate)

Social Studies

Individual

  • Andrew Yoon, Rouse HS – 5A
  • Marcus Vizy, Rouse HS – 5A (Alternate)
  • Evelyn Holmes, Rouse HS – 5A (Alternate)

Team

  • Rouse HS, 5A:
    Marcus Vizy, Andrew Yoon, Campbell Logan, Evelyn Holmes

Spelling

Individual

  • Kenzie Vo, Cedar Park HS – 5A

Team

  • Cedar Park HS, 5A (Alternate):
    Kenzie Vo, Savannah Fernsler, Kira Shepler, Emeric Famechon