HPISD Academic Decathlon Team Heads to Nationals

The members of the Highland Park High School Academic Decathlon team, who took home a first-place win in the state competition, will represent their school in the national contest later this week.

The students won the medium school division of the state meet in San Antonio in March. The team’s co-sponsors are David Alvarado and Alex Murchison.

In addition to their overall win, the students won numerous individual awards at the state level. Those were:

Dominic Pogue 

2nd Art 
3rd Economics 
1st Science  

Diya Karamchandani 

2nd Music  
3rd Social Science 

Sophia Jiang 

1st Essay 
3rd Speech 
3rd Literature

Preston Houghton 

2nd Essay 
2nd Art 
1st Economics  
2nd Literature  
1st Music  
2nd Science  
3rd Social Science  
2nd Overall $1250 

Angela Gonzalez 

1st Art 
3rd Literature  
2nd Mathematics  
3rd Social Science  
3rd Overall $1000 

Tiggy Tan 

3rd Essay  
1st Speech 
2nd Social Science  
5th Overall $500 

Noah Draney 

2nd Art 
1st Economics  
1st Literature  
1st Mathematics 
2nd Music  
1st Science  
3rd Social Science  
2nd Overall $1250 

Josie Bowman 

3rd Art 
3rd Literature  
2nd Music 
1st Science  

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Sarah Hodges is editor of People Newspapers. She wrote for The Kansas City Star, served in the Peace Corps, worked as a law firm associate, and spent more than a decade caring for her children as a stay-at-home parent prior to joining Park Cities People as managing editor in 2024. In her spare time, you can find her running, either around the neighborhood or to various kid activities.