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.
