It’s a three-peat! 🏆🏆🏆

The Rouse High School Social Studies team led the way for #1LISD students competing at the University Interscholastic League (UIL) Academics State Meet May 14–15, winning for the third-straight year. In fact, by excluding the COVID year and not competing in 2020 & 2021, this team’s success streak extends even further with a title in 2019, as well.

The Raiders’ Marcus Vizy had the top score in the same category, securing himself the individual crown, as his teammates Brady Carter, Colton Rupe (5th place) and Sohail Shaik all contributed to earn the top spot.

Elsewhere in UIL Academic competition, the Cedar Park High School team of Alex Gilsbach, Azi Opland, Sean Tran, Tyler Streit earned their way to a second-place finish in the Current Issues & Events category.

Rounding out the LISD medals was a series of bronzes: Vandegrift High School’s Alyssa Hoy in Headline Writing; Cedar Park’s Kacey Miller in Feature Writing; the CPHS Journalism team; and CPHS student Nathan Li in the Lincoln-Douglas Debate.

Congratulations to the champions, medalists and all who qualified to participate in the state competition.

State Results

Computer Science

  • Nathaniel Choe, Vista Ridge HS – 6A: 10th Place

Copy Editing

  • Snigdha Shenoy, Rouse HS – 5A: Did not place

Current Issues & Events

Individual

  • Tyler Streit, Cedar Park HS – 5A: 4th Place
  • Kent O’Pella, Rouse HS – 5A: 14th Place
  • Aarav Ahuja, Vista Ridge HS – 6A: 15th Place

Team

  • Cedar Park HS, 5A: 🥈 2nd Place
    Alex Gilsbach, Azi Opland, Sean Tran, Tyler Streit
  • Rouse HS, 5A: 4th Place
    Colton Rupe, Kent O’Pella, Marcus Vizy, Renu Yannam

Feature Writing

  • Kacey Miller, Cedar Park HS – 5A: 🥉 3rd Place
  • Zoe Clark, Rouse HS – 5A: 5th Place

Headline Writing

  • Alyssa Hoy, Vandegrift HS – 6A: 🥉 3rd Place
  • Snigdha Shenoy, Rouse HS – 5A: 4th Place
  • Kylie Pucong, Vandegrift HS – 6A: Did not place

Informative Speaking

  • Nitish Elangovan, Rouse HS – 5A: Did not place
  • Fatima Sajid, Vista Ridge HS – 6A: Did not place

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

  • Nathan Li, Cedar Park HS – 5A: 🥉 3rd Place

Literary Criticism

Individual

  • Samantha Jameson, Cedar Park – 5A: 13th Place

Team

  • Cedar Park HS, 5A: 4th Place
    Alex Gilsbach, Rory Harris, Samantha Jameson, Suzy Smith

News Writing

  • Alyssa Fox, Cedar Park HS – 5A: 4th Place
  • Kacey Miller, Cedar Park HS – 5A: 5th Place

Social Studies

Individual

  • Marcus Vizy, Rouse HS – 5A: 🥇 1st Place
  • Colton Rupe, Rouse HS – 5A: 5th Place
  • Jaxson Noren, Cedar Park HS – 5A: 7th Place

Team

  • Rouse HS, 5A: 🥇 1st Place
    Brady Carter, Colton Rupe, Marcus Vizy, Sohail Shaik

Spelling & Vocabulary

  • Kenzie Vo, Cedar Park HS – 5A: 5th Place