Rouse High School earned two team gold medals at the University Interscholastic League (UIL) Academics State Meet May 17-18, taking first place in the Social Studies and Current Issues & Events Categories for the second year in a row.

Cedar Park High School won second place in the Social Studies Team Category and placed third overall in the 5A School Sweepstakes.

Cedar Park’s Jaden Kolenbrander was the 5A Social Studies champion while Rouse’s Christopher Kopen took third in the same category. Vista Ridge’s Nicholas Aquilina was the 6A Social Studies champion. Cedar Park’s Ashley Chikkala took second place in the 5A Literary Criticism competition, and Cedar Park’s Nathan Li took third in 5A Lincoln-Douglas Debate.

Congratulations to all of our #1LISD state academic champions and medalists!

Accounting

6A Individual

  • Grant Royer – Vandegrift High School

Copy Editing

5A Individual

  • Jaden Kolenbrander – Cedar Park High School – 6th Place

Computer Science

5A Individual

  • Alex Thummalapalli – Cedar Park High School

6A Individual

  • Sean Gray – Vandegrift High School
  • Ayush Singh – Vandegrift High School

Current Issues & Events

5A Individual

  • Jaden Kolenbrander – Cedar Park High School
  • Om Pandharipande – Rouse High School – 2nd Place
  • Christopher Kopen – Rouse High School – 6th Place
  • Renushri Yannam – Rouse High School
  • Marcus Vizy – Rouse High School

5A Team

  • Rouse High School: Christopher Kopen, Marcus Vizy, Om Pandharipande, Renushri Yannam – 1st Place

Literary Criticism

5A Individual

  • Ashley Chikkala – Cedar Park High School – 2nd Place

Mathematics

6A Individual

  • Ryan Chin – Vandegrift High School

Social Studies

5A Individual

  • Christopher Kopen – Rouse High School – 3rd Place
  • Jaxson Noren – Cedar Park High School
  • Jaden Kolenbrander – Cedar Park High School – 1st Place
  • Jacob Kipley – Rouse High School – 4th Place
  • Om Pandharipande – Rouse High School – 6th Place
  • Azi Opland – Cedar Park High School
  • Marcus Vizy – Rouse High School
  • Alex Gilsbach – Cedar Park High School

6A Individual

  • Nicholas Aquilina – Vista Ridge High School – 1st Place

5A Team

  • Cedar Park High School: Alex Gilsbach, Azi Opland, Jaden Kolenbrander, Jaxson Noren – 2nd Place
  • Rouse High School: Christopher Kopen, Jacob Kipley, Marcus Vizy, Om Pandharipande – 1st Place

6A Team

  • Vista Ridge High School: Annette Dessommes, Emilia Prado, Nicholas Aquilina, Nicholas Iglehart – 5th Place

Editorial Writing

5A Individual

  • Erin Pish – Cedar Park High School – 4th Place
  • Katherine Griffith – Rouse High School

Headline Writing

5A Individual

  • Snigdha Shenoy – Rouse High School

News Writing

6A Individual

  • Lina Kang – Vista Ridge High School – 6th Place

Persuasive Speaking

6A Individual

  • Santiago Malpica Calleja – Vista Ridge High School

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

5A Individual

  • Alexis Standerfer – Cedar Park High School – 6th Place
  • Nathan Li – Cedar Park High School – 3rd Place