At the University Interscholastic League District competition March 30-31, 35 Leander High School students in various academic competitions at Cedar Park High School. Twelve of these students will be competing in UIL Region April 24-25 at UT-San Antonio.
Team Sweepstakes: 3rd overall
Journalism Team: 2nd overall
Current Issue & Events: 2nd place team, advancing to Region as the wildcard
Christopher Ohlen (2nd)
Vyshnavi Rayapati
Shriya Nagammanavar
Rex Hauenstein
Akshara Gudavalli (alternate)
Computer Science: 2nd place team, advancing to Region as the wildcard
Darek Zhang (1st)
Ryan Shankar (5th)
Aiden Singh (6th)
Lalith Guthula
Copy Editing
Ariana Tower (2nd – advancing to Region)
Austin Connelly (3rd – advancing to Region)
News Writing
Ariana Tower (1st – advancing to Region)
Sophia Clapp (2nd – advancing to Region)
Feature Writing
Sophia Clapp (2nd – advancing to Region)
Ariana Tower (5th)
Editorial Writing
Sophia Clapp (1st – advancing to Region)
Austin Connelly (5th)
Headline Writing
Austin Connelly (3rd – advancing to Region)
Number Sense: 3rd place team
Ryan Shankar: (1st – advancing to Region)
Arnav Malhotra
Dhairya Patel
Lohith Kolli
Science: 2nd place team
Aiden Singh (3rd – advancing to Region)
Dhairya Patel (5th)
Pranaav Makharia
Afraaz Hussain
Arnav Malhotra
Daniel Judys
Biology
Aiden Singh (3rd)
Afraaz Hussain (5th)
Chemistry
Dhairya Patel (3rd)
Physics
Dhairya Patel (2nd – Region alternate)
Arnav Malhotra (2nd – Region alternate)
Pranaav Makharia (3rd)
Spelling: 2nd Place Team
Elizabeth Chaison (4th – Region alternate)
Annika Aswak
Mary Tizon
Shriya Nagammanvar
Ready Writing
Pranaav Makharia (6th)
Elizabeth Chaison
Daniel Judys
Calculator Applications: 4th place team
Dhairya Patel (6th)
Kaushik Kelkar
Rithvik Akasam
Maya Shetty
Lohith Kolli
Mathematics: 4th place team
Arnav Malhotra (4th – Region alternate)
Kaushik Kelkar
Dhairya Patel
Dhruv Challa
Social Studies: 3rd place team
Avery Newman
Emma Funes
Elizabeth Chaison
Shriya Nagammanavar
Shayana Kottala
Literary Criticism: 3rd place team
Elizabeth Chaison
Zaiden Le
Avery Newman
Isabel Lobo
Daniel Judys
Afraaz Hussain
Poetry Interpretation
Parnitha Chigilisetty (6th)
