PSHS
Academic Decathlon Team Captures Regional Championship
February 8, 2007
Congratulations to the Plano Senior High School Academic Decathlon
Team, which captured first place at the regional competition
held in late January, advancing to the
state event to be held February 23-25. The
students earned 41 team medals and 18 individual medals.
The Plano East Senior High School Team captured
first place in the Super
Quiz event, ranked second place overall, and won
20 individual medals and 18 team medals. Plano West also
competed at the rigorous academic event, earning
four individual medals. A team from Rockwall placed third.
Regional Medals by School
Plano Senior High School (Regional Champions)
Coaches - Sheila Kolb and Bill Borowicz
Superquiz - 2nd place team
Varsity
- Lorelei Nguyen
Math – 1st
Music – 2nd
Language and Literature – 2nd
Essay – 1st
Speech – 2nd
Overall Varsity Student – 2nd
- John Thompson
Music – 2nd
Economics – 2nd
Language and Literature – 1st
Art – 2nd
Interview – 2nd
Overall Varsity Student – 1st
- Jonathan To
Music – 2nd
Economics – 2nd
So9cial Science – 2nd
Language and Literature – 3rd
Art – 3rd
Scholastic
- Aron Hughes
Art – 3rd
- Gary Wang
Music – 1st
Economics – 1st
Social Science – 2nd
Overall Scholastic Student – 2nd
- Lily Yan
Music – 1st
Economics – 3rd
Art – 3rd
Essay – 2nd
Speech – 1st
Overall Scholastic Student – 1st
Honors
- Tracy Huang
Language and Literature – 3rd
Essay – 3rd
Speech – 1st
Overall Honors Student – 1st
- Calvin Liu
Music – 3rd
Social Science – 3rd
Essay – 1st
- Ning Zhang
Math – 1st
Music – 2nd
Economics – 2nd
Language and Literature – 2nd
Interview – 2nd
Overall Honors – 2nd
Overall Individual Scorers
Varsity
John Thompson – 1
Lorelei Nguyen – 2
Jonathan To -- 4
Scholastic
Lily Yan – 1
Gary Wang – 2
Aron Hughes – 8
Honors
Tracy Huang – 1
Ning Zhang – 2
Calvin Liu -- 4
Individual medals - 41
Team medals - 18
Plano East Senior High School
Coaches - Jan Molepske and Rex Howard
Superquiz Relay - 1st place team
Honors
- David Quigley
Economics - 1st
Art - 3rd
- Jennifer Vo
Music - 2nd
Essay - 3rd
- Anna Kuperman
Interview - 1st
Literature
- 3rd
Scholastic
- Adam Kiehl
Social Science - 1st
Economics - 2nd
Speech - 3rd
Overall Scholastic Student - 3rd
- Sara Neuner
Literature - 1st
Essay
- 3rd
- Savannah Compton
Literature - 3rd
Varsity
- John Beeman
Economics - 2nd
Social Science - 3rd
Speech - 1st
Overall Varsity Student - 3rd
- Troy "Alex" Hooker
Economics - 1st
Speech - 3rd
- Harold Williams
Economics - 3rd
Overall Individual Scorers
Varsity
John Beeman – 3rd
Scholastic
Adam Kiehl – 3rd
Individual medals - 20
Team medals - 18
Plano West Senior High School
Coaches - Shawn Coryell and Bill Stone
Honors
Scholastic
- Harry Shen
Social Studies - 3rd
- Lisa Wang
Math - 2nd
Varsity
- John Fernandez
Social Studies - 3rd
About Academic Decathlon
Academic Decathlon is a national competition that provides an opportunity
for high school students to experience the challenges
of rigorous academic competition in 10 academic events: speech, interview,
essay,
super quiz, language and literature, economics, art,
music, social science and math. Competition levels include district,
regional, state
and national.
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