WHS UIL Academic team wins regional championship

The Wimberley High School UIL Academic Team won the regional meet held in LaVernia on April 22-23. In total, WHS students qualified for the State UIL Meet in 11 individual spots. In addition, three teams placed first in the team competitions, qualifying them to compete at the state meet as well. In all, WHS placed first at the meet, 6 points ahead of second-place Tuloso-Midway HS, to win the Academic UIL Regional Championship.

Senior Quinton Mendoza, the defending state champion in both Current Issues and Social Studies, was the Region IV champion in each event, also leading each of those teams to first-place finishes. Also, seniors Jack Garrett and Carson Ramsey qualified for state in two individual events each.

Accounting

19th - Mi Guerra

22nd (tie) - Austin Benavides

28th - Shatoya McCoy

Computer Science

12th (tie) - Tony Diehl

14th - Liam McLemore

22nd (tie) - Aiden Parkerson

25th (tie) - Logan Mallow

Copy Editing

1st - Carson Ramsey

Current Issues

1st - Quinton Mendoza

2nd - John Moore

3rd - Harrison Mayhew

5th - Alex Caldwell

Feature Writing

2nd - Carson Ramsey

Informative Speaking

NA - Elysia Becken

Lincoln Douglas Debate

NA - Ella Fertitta

Literary Criticism

22nd (tie) - Kathryn McKinney

Mathematics

15th (tie) - Ava Armstrong

21st - Liam McLemore

24th (tie) - Tate Murphy

29th (tie) - Reid Leinneweber

Number Sense

10th (tie) - Jack Boyle

16th - Thomas Watson

18th - Tison Sames

33rd (tie) - Ava Armstrong

Persuasive Speaking

1st - Jack Garrett

Poetry Interpretation

1st - Eveleigh Jennings

NA - Chloe Swindle

Prose Interpretation

1st - Jack Garrett

3rd - Azula Hunter-Thiam

Ready Writing

6th - Elysia Becken

NA - Kathryn McKinney

Science

4th - Tate Murphy (state alternate)

5th - Ava Armstrong

9th (tie) Jacob Mantsch

16th (tie) - Kaitlyn Marinos

Social Studies

1st - Quinton Mendoza

2nd - Tillman Martinez

4th - Trinity Rivera

6th - John Moore

Team Competitions

Accounting - 6th

Computer Science - 4th

Current Issues - 1st

Journalism - 3rd

Mathematics - 7th

Number Sense - 5th

Science - 1st

Social Studies - 1st

Speech - 3rd

Overall Team Standings

(The regional team score is a cumulative total that includes the academics events, speech and debate events, and the One Act Play.)

Wimberley HS - 212 points

Tuloso-Midway HS - 206 points

Port Lavaca Calhoun HS - 202 points

Needville HS - 141 points

LaVernia - 106 points

The 4A State Academic Meet will be held at the University of Texas in Austin on May 5-7 with speech events May 24-25.