The UIL Academic Team traveled to the 5A Region 2 Meet at the University of Texas at Arlington on April 26-27 and came away as the overall Academic Runner Up (2nd Place) with the Speech/Debate team being crowned Regional Champions.  Below is the list of individual honors:

Tyler Mathieson – Regional Champion – Computer Applications; advancing to State – Coached by Doug Bingman (Tyler also had a PERFECT SCORE)

Andrew Nager – Regional Champion – Persuasive Speaking; advancing to State – Coached by Brenden Dimmig

Ira Roy – 2nd Place – Computer Applications; advancing to State – Coached by Douglas Bingman

Lillian Nabors – 2nd Place – Informative Speaking; advancing to State – Coached by Brenden Dimmig

Sarah Orejuela – 3rd Place – Informative Speaking; advancing to State – Coached by Brenden Dimmig

Alana Walukiewicz – 4th Place – Informative Speaking; coached by Brenden Dimmig

Pradnya Chakka – 4th Place – Persuasive Speaking; coached by Brenden Dimmig

Kolby Schulz – 5th Place – Prose Interpretation; coached by Kyle Brenner

Sarah Orejuela – 6th Place – Headline Writing; coached by Rachel Nelson

Emerson Trevino – Finalist – Prose Interpretation; coached by Kyle Brenner

Halle Heywood – Finalist – Poetry Interpretation; coached by Kyle Brenner