UIL Academic Team wins sweepstakes at invitational meet
January 12, 2017
The UIL Academic Team won the overall sweepstakes award at the Princeton Spring Classic Jan. 7, winning 47 individual awards at the meet. They’ll compete again Jan. 28 at the Melissa Cardinal Classic.
Accounting (Coach Theresa Horvath)
2nd Place: Emily Swadley
6th Place: Michael Hamilton
Big Question Debate (Coach Kelly Mader)
3rd Place: Riley Milliken
Calculator Applications (Coaches Leslie Gilbreath, Elise Landrum, Ryan Newhouse)
6th Place: Liam Landrum
Computer Applications (Coaches Jason Braddy and Theresa Horvath)
1st Place: Eric Beights
2nd Place Caroline Deitch
5th Place: Shayla Sexton
Congress (3 sessions) (Coach Kelly Mader)
2nd Place: Miranda Cassidy
2nd Place Miranda Cassidy
2nd Place: Justing Burch
1st Place: Riley Milliken
3rd Place: Riley Milliken
6th Place: Paul Castle
Dramatic Interpretation (Coach Kelly Mader)
6th Place: Jordan Baird
Duo Interpretation (Coach Kelly Mader)
3rd Place: Bridget Dunsmore and Noah Jeffries
Humorous Interpretation (Coach Kelly Mader)
3rd Place: Ryan McCoy
Informative Extemp (Coach Kelly Mader)
4th Place: Miranda Cassidy
Informative Speaking (Coach Kelly Mader)
1st Place: Hannah Couch
3rd Place: Aiden Smith
Journalism (Coach Alyssa Boehringer)
1st Place Journalism Team
News Writing
1st Place: Udani Satarasinghe
2nd Place: Nicole Stuessy
5th Place: Neelam Bohra
Feature Writing
2nd Place: Neelam Bohra
3rd Place: Udani Satarasinghe
5th Place: Nicole Stuessy
Editorial Writing
1st Place: Nicole Stuessy
2nd Place: Udani Satarasinghe
4th Place: Johnny Millar
5th Place: Neelam Bohra
Headline Writing
2nd Place: Nicole Stuessy
5th Place: Johnny Millar
6th Place: Udani Satarasinghe
Literary Criticism (Coach Carol Winters)
2nd Place: Alec
4th Place: Evan
5th Place: Jacob
Mathematics (Coaches Leslie Gilbreath, Elise Landrum, Ryan Newhouse)
2nd Place: Liam Landrum
3rd Place: Alec Weigel
Number Sense (Coaches Leslie Gilbreath, Elise Landrum, Ryan Newhouse)
6th Place: Alec Weigel
Original Oratory (Coach Kelly Mader)
4th Place: Ki’yha Houston
6th Place: Paxtyn Bliven
Persuasive Extemp (Coach Kelly Mader)
1st Place: Justin Burch
Program of Oral Interpretation (Coach Kelly Mader)
3rd Place: Bridget Dunsmore
Public Debate (Coach Kelly Mader)
5th Place: Vanessa Vigil and Justin Burch
Spelling and Vocabulary (Coach Carol Winters)
2nd Place Team
2nd Place: Star Okolie
3rd Place: Grace Kelly