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2024 National Finals Preliminary Results:


The United States Academic Decathlon Nationals from 2024.



Overall National Champions:

El Camino Real Charter High School, CA

Rookie of the Year:

Division V: Hallmark Academy, CA
Division IV: Englewood High School, CO
Division III: The Classical Academy of Sarasota, FL
Division II: New Berlin West High School, WI
Division I: North Kingston Senior High School, RI

Division I:

First Place - El Camino Real Charter High School, CA
Second Place - Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, IL
Third Place - John Foster Dulles High School, TX

Roberts/Caperton Award:

Ashley Stevens - Herbert Hoover High School, IA
Benjamin Chicoria - Robert Turner High School, TX

Division II:

First Place - Lathrop High School, AK
Second Place - New Berlin West High School, WI
Third Place - Westwood Regional High School, NJ

Founders Scholarship – Most Improved Student:

Division V: Ronaldo Carrera-Ybanez - Gross Catholic High School, NE
Division IV: Charles Li - Acton-Boxborough High School, MA
Division III: Antonio Valdez - DaVinci Academy of Science and the Arts, UT
Division II: Jamison Crabb - Martinsville High School, IN
Division I: Adra Ellis - El Camino Real Charter High School, CA

Division III:

First Place - Oakwood High School, OH
Second Place - Oak Hill High School, ME
Third Place - DaVinci Academy of Science and the Arts, UT

State Directors’ Communication Award:

El Camino Real Charter High School, CA

Division IV:

First Place - Lane Tech College Prep, IL
Second Place - Walden Grove High School, AZ
Third Place - Mount Michael Benedictine School, NE

B. Franklin Reinauer II Economics Prize:

Drew Hogan - Lane Tech College Preparatory, IL

Division V:

First Place - Hallmark Academy, CA
Second Place - BASIS Scottsdale, AZ
Third Place - Taylor High School, TX

Asa Edwin Reaves, Esq. Social Science Prize:

Ella Sheridan - John Foster Dulles High School, TX

 

 

Frank Wurtzel Prize:

Ian Brooks - Oakwood High School, OH
Andy Ma - Hamilton High School, AZ

 

2024 Nationals Final Results (PDF)
National Online Competition: Large School (PDF)Medium School (PDF)Small School (PDF)


2023 National Finals Results:


The United States Academic Decathlon Nationals from 2023.



Overall National Champions:

El Camino Real Charter High School, CA

Rookie of the Year:

Division IV: Lane Tech College Prep, IL
Division II: Amity High School, CT
Division I: Punahou School, HI

Division I:

First Place - El Camino Real Charter High School, CA
Second Place - Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, IL
Third Place - Dulles High School, TX

Kristin Caperton Award:

Ellie Tavani - North Atlanta High School, GA
Sophie Walker - Basha High School, AZ

Division II:

First Place - Wilmont Union High School, WI
Second Place - Lathrop High School, AK
Third Place - Sandpoint High School, ID

Founders Scholarship – Most Improved Student:

Division IV: Ripley Stansbury- Gross Catholic High School, NE
Division III: Sutton Sloan- Oak Hill High School, ME
Division II: Tobias Jordan- Pius X High School, NE
Division I: Killian Schlotfelt- Cedar Rapids High School, IA

Division III:

First Place - Oakwood High School, OH
Second Place - BASIS Scottsdale, AZ
Third Place - Saint Pius X High School, NM

State Directors’ Communication Award:

Dulles High School, TX

Division IV:

First Place - Hamilton High School, AZ
Second Place - Lane Tech College Prep, IL
Third Place - Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies, CA

B. Franklin Reinauer II Economics Prize:

Isaac Keen- Wilmont Union High School, WI

Asa Edwin Reaves, Esq. Social Science Prize: 

Whitney M. Young Magnet High School,  IL

Frank Wurtzel Prize

Emily Christman- Dulles High School, TX

 

2023 Nationals Final Results (PDF)
National Online Competition: Large School (PDF)Medium School (PDF)Small School (PDF)

2022 National Finals Results:


The United States Academic Decathlon Nationals from 2022.



Overall National Champions:

Granada Hills Charter High School, CA

Rookie of the Year:

Division IV: Health Careers High School, TX
Division II: East Greenwich High School, RI
Division I: Mountain Vista High School, CO

Division I:

First Place - Granada Hills Charter High School, CA
Second Place - Dulles High School, TX
Third Place - Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, IL

Kristin Caperton Award:

Logan Williams - Shelley Schools, ID
Levi Seymour - Irving High School, TX

Division II:

First Place - Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School, IA
Second Place - Wilmot Union High School, WI
Third Place - Lathrop High School, AK

Founders Scholarship – Most Improved Student:

Division IV: Abigail Houtz - DaVinci Academy of Science and the Arts, UT
Division III: Kayla Sheriffe - Elite Scholars Academy, GA
Division II: Daniel Binhammer - Cedar Rapids Jefferson, IA
Division I: Gwen Carlson - Lone Peak, UT

Division III:

First Place - Oakwood High School, OH
Second Place - Saint Pius X High School, NM 
Third Place - Mount Michael Benedictine School, NE

State Directors’ Communication Award:

Zainab Al-Atya - Granada Hills Charter High School, CA
Kira Pospeshil - Granada Hills Charter High School, CA
Vivian Le - Granada Hills Charter High School, CA

Division IV:

First Place - Health Careers High School, TX
Second Place - Lemoore Middle College High School, CA
Third Place - BASIS Scottsdale, AZ

B. Franklin Reinauer II Economics Prize:

Zainab Al-Atya - Granada Hills Charter High School, CA
Lily Fairbank-Bermejo - Granada Hills Charter High School, CA

Asa Edwin Reaves, Esq. Social Science Prize: 

Lily FairBank-Bermejo - Granada Hills Charter High School, CA
Vanessa Miller - Granada Hills Charter High School, CA
Garrett Scott - Granada Hills Charter High School, CA

Frank Wurtzel Prize

Garrett Scott - Granada Hills Charter, CA

 

2022 Nationals Final Results (PDF)
National Online Competition: Large School (PDF)Medium School (PDF)Small School (PDF)

2021 National Finals:


The United States Academic Decathlon Nationals from 2021.



Overall National Champions:

Granada Hills Charter School, CA

Rookie of the Year:

Division IV: Western Central Academy, CA
Division III: Elite Scholars Academy, GA
Division II: Bellevue East, NE
Division I: Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA

Division I:

First Place – Granada Hills Charter High School, CA
Second Place – Highland Park High School, TX
Third Place – Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, IL

Kristin Caperton Award:

Kate Lasko - Pewaukee High School, WI
Julia Holdcroft - Southwest High School, NE

Division II:

First Place – Wilmot Union High School, WI
Second Place – Rutherford, NJ
Third Place – Lanthrop High School, AK

 

Founders Scholarship – Most Improved Student:

Division IV: Krishna Jasthi from BASIS Scottsdale, AZ
Division III: Zac Smith – Wheatland High School, WY
Division II: Iain McCutchan – Wilmot Union High School, WI
Division I: Isabel Harvey - Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, IL

Division III:

First Place – Oakwood High School, OH
Secod Place – Avalon School, MN
Third Place – Saint Pius X High School, NM

State Directors’ Communication Award:

Brianna Olson - Cedar Rapids Jefferson, IA
James West - Cedar Rapids Jefferson, IA
Justin Cano - Cedar Rapids Jefferson, IA

Division IV:

First Place – Bandera High School, TX
Second Place – BASIS Scottsdale, AZ
Third Place – Western Center Academy, CA

B. Franklin Reinauer II Economics Prize:

Sarah Lerner - Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, IL

Asa Edwin Reaves, Esq. Social Science Prize: 

Joshua Choi - Granada Hills Charter High School, CA
Justin Kim - Granada Hills Charter High School, CA

Frank Wurtzel Prize

Meadow Loveless - Wilmot Union High School, WI

 

2021 Nationals Final Results (PDF)
National Online Competition: Large School (PDF)Medium School (PDF)Small School (PDF)

2019 National Finals:


The United States Academic Decathlon Nationals from 2019.



Overall National Champions:

Granada Hills Charter School, CA

Rookie of the Year:

Division IV: Bandera High School, TX
Division III: Avalon School, MN
Division I: Dulles High School, TX

Division I:

First Place – Granada Hills Charter High School, CA
Second Place – Dulles High School, TX
Third Place – Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, IL

Kristin Caperton Award:

Gwendolyn Miller - Lane Tech College Prep High School, IL
Keyrin Dutko - Grant High School, CA

Division II:

First Place – Wilmot Union High School, WI
First Place – Shanghai High School International Division
Second Place – Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School, IA
Third Place – Martinsville High School, IN

 

Founders Scholarship – Most Improved Student:

Division I: Ajay Karthik - Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, MA
Division II: Kaitlyn Yu - West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, NJ
Division III: Jack O'Hara - Bishop Hendricken High School, RI
Division IV: Oliver Kindt - Green Bay Preble High School, WI

Division III:

First Place - Oakwood High School, OH
Secod Place - Bishop Hendricken High School, RI
Third Place - Madison Academic Magnet High School, TN
Third Place - Shanghai SMIC Private School International Division

Norman Katz Scholarship:

Dilawar Khan - Granada Hills Charter School, CA

Division IV:

First Place - Lemoore Middle College High School, CA
Second Place - Bandera High School, TX
Third Place - Willoughby South High School, OH

B. Franklin Reinauer II Economics Prize:

Marcus Wolff - Wilmot Union High School, WI

Asa Edwin Reaves, Esq. Social Science Prize: 

Tamara Cruz - Granada Hills Charter School, CA
Benjamin LaFeniere - Granada Hills Charter School, CA
Ezhan Mirza - Granada Hills Charter School, CA

 

 

 

2019 Nationals Final Results (PDF)
National Online Competition: Large School (PDF), Medium School (PDF), Small School (PDF)

2018 National Finals:


The United States Academic Decathlon® National Finals results from 2018.



Overall National Champions:

El Camino Real Charter High School, CA

Rookie of the Year:

Ketchikan High School, AK
Lubbock High School, TX

Division I:

First Place – El Camino Real Charter High School, CA
Second Place – Lubbock High School, TX
Third Place – Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, IL

Kristin Caperton Award:

Michael Timmerman, Pius X, NE

Division II:

First Place – Oakwood High School, OH
Second Place – Shanghai High School International Division
Second Place – Bishop Hendricken High School, RI
Third Place – Creighton Prep High School, NE

Founders Scholarship – Most Improved Student:

Division I – Matthew Zheng - Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, MA
Division II – Emily Heckel - Wilmot Union High School, WI
Division II – Aidan Filipi - Creighton Prep High School, NE
Division III – Jaryd Bates - Monmouth Academy, ME

Division III:

First Place – Beijing National Day School
First Place – Ketchikan High School, AK
Second Place – DaVinci Academy, UT
Third Place – Monmouth Academy, ME

Norman Katz Scholarship:

William Ayres, Oakwood High School, OH

Division IV:

First Place – Lemoore Middle College High School, CA
Second Place – Watertown High School, WI
Third Place – Ashland High School, MA
 

B. Franklin Reinauer II Economics Prize:

Pratheek Hegde, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, MA

Asa Edwin Reaves, Esq. Social Science Prize: 

Briana Lincoln, El Camino Real Charter High School, CA
Trevor Winnard, El Camino Real Charter High School, CA

Pentathlon Competition

Coming soon...

 

Jerry A. Helgeson Community Service Award:

Snowflake High School, Snowflake, AZ

   

2018 Nationals Scores: (PDF)
National Online Competition:  Large School (PDF), Medium School (PDF), Small School (PDF) 

2017 National Finals:


The United States Academic Decathlon® National Finals results from 2017.



Overall National Champions:

Granada Hills Charter HS, CA 

Rookie of the Year:

Division III – Mount Michael Benedictine HS, NE 

Division I:

First Place – Granada Hills Charter HS, CA
Second Place – Highland Park HS, TX 
Third Place – Whitney M. Young Magnet HS, IL

Kristin Caperton Award:

Carlos Garcia, Rufus King International HS, WI

Division II:

First Place – Bishop Hendricken HS, RI
Second Place International – Shanghai High School International Division, Shanghai
Second Place – Wilmot Union High School, WI
Third Place International – Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated, Shanghai
Third Place – Scarborough High School, ME

Founders Scholarship – Most Improved Student:

Division I – Chase Hannen, Cedar Rapids Jefferson HS, IA
Division II – Ryan Brady, Bishop Hendricken HS, RI
Division III – Cameron Hendrix, Oakwood HS, OH

Division III:

First Place – Oakwood High School, OH
Second Place – Madison Academic Magnet HS, TN
Third Place – Mount Michael Benedictine School, NE

Norman Katz Scholarship:

Christopher Lo, Granada Hills Charter HS, CA 

B. Franklin Reinauer II Economics Prize:

Mark Aguila, Granada Hills High School, CA
Melissa Santos, Granada Hills High School, CA

Pentathlon Competition

Pentathlon Nationals May 19-20, 2017

 

Asa Edwin Reaves, Esq. Social Science Prize: 

Jordan Barretto, Granada Hills HS, CA
Sabrina Carlos, Granada Hills HS, CA
Sebastian Gonzalez, Granada Hills HS, CA 

Additional Awards Not Recognized at Nationals 

Shanghai High School International Division (Division 2) -  second place
Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated to SISU (Division 2) -  third place
Beijing National Day School (Division 3) -  fourth place
 

Jerry A. Helgeson Community Service Award:

Jerome High School, Jerome, ID

   

2017 Nationals Scores: (PDF)
National Online Competition:  Large School (PDF), Medium School (PDF), Small School (PDF

2016 National Finals:


The United States Academic Decathlon® National Finals results from 2016.



Overall National Champions:

Granada Hills Charter HS, CA 

Rookie of the Year:

Division I – Highland Park High School, TX
Division II – Rookie Interior Distance Education of AK (IDEA), AK
Division III – Star Lane Center, WY 

Division I:

First Place – Granada Hills Charter HS, CA
Second Place – Highland Park High School, TX
Third Place – Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, IL

Kristin Caperton Award:

Raiden Domingo, Kamehameha Schools, HI

Division II:

First Place – Wilmot Union HS, WI
Second Place – Bishop Hendricken, RI
Third Place – Cedar Rapids Jefferson, IA

Founders Scholarship – Most Improved Student:

Division I – Linnea Ross, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, MA
Division II – Zachary Aull, Dreher HS, SC 
Division III – 3 Lauren Abbott, Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy, PA

Division III:

First Place – Oakwood High School, OH
Second Place – Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy, PA
Third Place – Madison Academic Magnet High School, TN

Norman Katz Scholarship:

Jeremiah Rothschild, Highland Park, TX

B. Franklin Reinauer II Economics Prize:

Michael Hodak, Highland Park HS, TX

Pentathlon Competition

Fairmont Private Schools-Historic
Anaheim Campus, California
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National Online Competition:  Large School (PDF), Medium School (PDF), Small School (PDF
 

2015 National Finals:


The United States Academic Decathlon® National Finals results from 2015.



Overall National Champions:

Granada Hills Charter HS, CA 

Rookie of the Year:

Division I – Thomas S. Wootton, MD
Division II – Central, OR
Division III –  Renaissance, ID

Division I:

First Place – Granada Hills Charter, CA
Second Place – Pearland, TX
Third Place – Whitney M. Young Magnet, IL

Kristin Caperton Award:

 

Division II:

First Place – Wilmot Union, WI
Second Place – Lincoln Pius X, NE
Third Place – Cedar Rapids Jefferson, IA

Founders Scholarship – Most Improved Student:

Division I – Dakota Dock, Pearland, TX
Division II – Zachary Aull, Dreher, SC
Division III – Caleb Leslie, Kamehameha, HI

Division III:

First Place – Oakwood, OH
Second Place – Kamehameha, HI
Third Place – Madison Academic, TN

Norman Katz Scholarship:

Laura Henny, Scarborough, ME

B. Franklin Reinauer II Economics Prize:

Ethan Arnold, Pearland, TX
Fernando Sanchez, Granada Hills, CA
Carlie Banchi, Wilmot Union, WI

Pentathlon Competition

Austin Academy Green, Texas 
Austin Academy White, Texas
McMillan Blue, Nebraska
Click to view complete national results


National Online Competition:  Large School (PDF), Medium School (PDF), Small School (PDF

 

2014 National Finals:


The United States Academic Decathlon® National Finals results from 2014.



Overall National Champions:

El Camino Real HS, CA

Rookie of the Year:

Division I – Boulder Creek HS, AZ
Division II – Wilmot HS, WI
Division III – Boulder Creek HS, AZ

Division I:

First Place – El Camino Real HS, CA
Second Place – Granada Hills Charter HS, CA
Third Place – Rockwall HS TX

Kristin Caperton Award:

Beatrice Breauer, Scarborough HS, ME

Division II:

First Place – Madison Central HS, MS
Second Place – Wilmot HS, WI
Third Place – Scarborough HS, ME

Founders Scholarship – Most Improved Varsity Student:

Yin Zhao, Whitney Young HS, IL

Division III:

First Place – Oakwood HS, OH
Second Place – Kamehameha Schools Hawai', HI
Third Place – Northwest PA Collegiate Academy, PA

Norman Katz Scholarship:

Kailin Li, Granada Hills Charter HS, CA

B. Franklin Reinauer II Economics Prize:

Sandra Vadhin, El Camino Real HS, CA

Pentathlon Competition

Austin Academy for Excellence (8th Grade) , TX   
Austin Academy for Excellence (7th Grade), TX
Roosevelt Jr HS, UT
Click to view complete national results



National Online Competition:  Large School (PDF), Medium School (PDF), Small School (PDF)

2014 National Scores (PDF) 
2014 Award Winner Photos
2014 USAD National Video (Video)  
2014 Pentathlon National Video (Video)
 

 

2013 National Finals:


The United States Academic Decathlon® National Finals results from 2013.



Overall National Champions:

Granada Hills Charter HS, CA

Rookie of the Year:

Division I – Red Mountain HS, AZ
Division II – West Windsor-Plainsboro North HS, NJ
Division III – New Berlin Eisenhower HS, WI

Division I:

First Place – Granada Hills Charter HS, CA
Second Place – El Camino Real High School, CA
Third Place – Rockwall High School, TX

Kristin Caperton Award:

Kristian Robinson, North Penn HS, PA
Ryder May, Hardaway HS, GA

Division II:

First Place – Willoughby South HS, OH
Second Place – Canyon del Oro HS, AZ
Third Place – Waukesha West HS, WI

Founders Scholarship – Most Improved Varsity Student:

Connor Kerschinske, Creighton Preparatory School, NE

Division III:

First Place – Oakwood HS, OH
Second Place – New Berlin Eisenhower HS, WI
Third Place – Madison Academic HS, TN

Norman Katz Scholarship:

Noah Hay, Sandpoint HS, ID

B. Franklin Reinauer II Economics Prize:

Johnathan Yih, El Camino Real HS, CA

Pentathlon Competition

Moniteau Middle School, PA
Roosevelt Jr High School, UT
Youngstown Christian School, OH


National Online Competition:  Large School (PDF), Medium School (PDF), Small School (PDF)

 

2012 National Finals:


The United States Academic Decathlon® National Finals results from 2012.



Overall National Champions:

Granada Hills Charter HS, CA 

Second Place:

Whitney Young Magnet HS, IL 

Third Place:

Rockwall HS, TX