Leander ISD students once again found success in the 2026 UIL State Academic Meet, held from May 18-19 at the University of Texas at Austin. Congratulations to our medalists for their amazing performance!

By the Numbers

  • 4 🏅 gold medals
  • 5 🥈 silver medals
  • 3🥉 bronze medals

State Results

Copy Editing

  • Cedar Park HS: Skyler King — 2nd Place

Current Issues & Events

  • Rouse HS: Dante Alden, Anika Karpathy, Anvi Taada, Abraham Ly — 2nd Place

Feature Writing

  • Leander HS: Sophia Clapp — 2nd Place
  • Cedar Park HS: Lane Cooper — 3rd Place

News Writing

  • Cedar Park HS: Skyler King — 1st Place

Social Studies

  • Rouse HS: Vedansh Jalagam, Andrew Yoon, Anna French, Evelyn Holmes — 3rd Place

Journalism Team

  • Cedar Park HS: Skyler King, Lane Cooper — 1st Place

Editorial

  • Vista Ridge HS: Nethra Tatiraju — 2nd Place

Science

  • Vista Ridge HS: Siddharth Prasanna — 1st Place
  • Vista Ridge HS Team: Siddharth Prasanna, Adhrut Kulkarni, Ansh Patange, Gabriel Paredes — 2nd Place

Persuasive Speaking

  • Glenn HS: Sahana Chandran — 1st Place

See photos of our medalists below: