Eastern PA Academic Decathlon Individual Records Event Division Score Student School Year Social Science Honors 960 Jonathan Lanken Lower Merion 1994 Michael Gelfand Lower Merion 1996 Bob Ni North Penn 2011 Scholastic 920 Neil Campbell Lower Merion 1994 Varsity 940 Dan Casey Lower Merion 1996 Jonathan Cristol Lower Merion 1996 Literature Honors 920 David Lubensky Lower Merion 1989 Cathy Yang North Penn 2016 Scholastic 820 Sara Kirchoff Lower Merion 1992 Georgianna Wesson Wissahickon 1997 Varsity 800 Gretchen Smith Pottsgrove 1987

Science Honors 960 Yang Yue North Penn 2016 960 Cathy Yang North Penn 2016 Scholastic 900 Parth Nigam North Penn 2016 Varsity 860 David Sherwood Souderton 2016

Mathematics Honors 1,000 Josephine Dru North Penn 1998 Sam Curlee North Penn 2013 Yang Yue North Penn 2017 Scholastic 960 Mayank Prasad North Penn 2004 Varsity 1,000 Mark Fuchs North Penn 2004

Economics Honors 940 Michael Gelfand Lower Merion 1996 Michelle Mazurek L. Moreland 2000 Misha Khodak North Penn 2012 Scholastic 920 Stephen Dietrich Souderton 2016 Varsity 920 Toryn Howe North Penn 1995

Art Honors 960 Rebecca Wai North Penn 2011 Scholastic 800 Emily Garrison Lower Merion 1998 Chris Rosenbaum U. Moreland 1998 Chad Dressler North Penn 1998 Ye Lin Lee Wissahickon 2000 Yang Yue North Penn 2014 John Bogert North Penn 2017 Varsity 740 Mark Fuchs North Penn 2004 Justin Orefice North Penn 2017

Eastern PA Academic Decathlon Individual Records ______Event Division Score Student School Year Music Honors 920 Daniel DeFelippis North Penn 2010 Jerry Zhao North Penn 2014 Scholastic 820 Ian Matthews Harriton 2000 Varsity 680 Matt Fritzges North Penn 2000

Essay Honors 1,000 Danny Liau Colonial 1988 Seema Misra North Penn 1988 Adam DeShong Perk. Valley 1988 Jin Min Lee Wissahickon 1988 Jason Harris North Penn 1999 Michelle Mazurek L. Moreland 1999 Matthew Hoffarth Harriton 2003 Scholastic 1,000 Dan Sokil Lower Merion 2003 Varsity 995 Edward DiNola LaSalle 2003 Mitch Jellen Souderton 2018

Interview Honors 1,000 Katharine Croke Lower Merion 2001 Aneri Bakshi Renaissance A. 2012 Jasmine Jaros Harriton 2012 Jarod Olson Souderton 2017 Scholastic 1,000 Jack Larkin Lower Merion 2001 Griffon Stanton- Harriton 2003 Ameisen Dan Sokil Lower Merion 2003 Mark Prysler L. Moreland 2003 Sean Blanton L. Moreland 2004 Mayank Prasad North Penn 2004 Varsity 1,000 Dan Casey Lower Merion 1994 Amy Cox Abington 1994 Ralph Cahill Norristown 1994 Mitch Jellen Souderton 2018

Speech Honors 1,000 Andrew Meltzer Lower Merion 1994 Josephine Dru North Penn 1998 Kyle Wetzler Souderton 2014 Scholastic 1,000 Deepti Gudiapati North Penn 1998 Varsity 1,000 Jeremy Strauss Abington 1986

Super Quiz Honors 1,000 David Nathan Wissahickon 1988 Mike Richardson Methacton 1988 Kenneth Norman Lower Merion 1990 Scholastic 1,000 David Pedrazzini North Penn 1986 Tim Kim Abington 1989 Varsity 1,000 Alistair Rae Wissahickon 1986 Jill Kingsley Jenkintown 1986 Robert Petusky Wissahickon 1987

All-Time PA Academic Decathlon Records

All-Time Eastern PA Academic Decathlon Overall Scorers

Division Score Student School Year Honors 8,550 Jerry Zhao North Penn 2015 Scholastic 8,105 Neil Campbell Lower Merion 1995 Varsity 8,030 Toryn Howe North Penn 1995 Team 46,012 Lower Merion 1996

Top Five Scoring Schools

Region Score School Level Year Western 46,579.9 NW Collegiate Academy Nationals 2009 MontCo 46,012 Lower Merion Regionals 1996 MontCo 45,940 Lower Merion Nationals 1995 Western 45,879 NW Collegiate Academy States 2010 Western 45,678.3 NW Collegiate Academy Nationals 2008

Top Ten Honors Students – PA All-Time* Score Name School Level Year 9,068 Maria McQuaide Penns Valley States 2015 8,920 Josephine Dru North Penn States 1998 8,816 Jerry Zhao North Penn States 2015 8,814 Chris Crisman-Cox Bellefonte States 2004 8,813 Rishin Sharma Seneca Valley Regionals 2019 8,705.6 Rachel Vandevert Collegiate Academy Nationals 2009 8,688 Jerry Zhao North Penn States 2014 8,686 Evan Smith Moniteau States 2004 8,675 Amy Babay Collegiate Academy Regionals 2008 8,673.5 Gregory Stachelek Collegiate Academy Nationals 2003 *Students may appear more than once if they qualify in different Academic Decathlon seasons.

All-Time PA Academic Decathlon Records

Top Ten Scholastic Students – PA All-Time Score Name School Level Year 8,293 Mary Evans McDowell States 2000 8,247 Andrew Hall McDowell States 2014 8,230.8 Phil Cerami North Penn Nationals 2004 8,214 Jacob Hartman North Penn States 1995 8,105 Neil Campbell Lower Merion Regionals 1995 8,082 Tim Shearer Moniteau Regionals 2012 8,003 Adam Russell Collegiate Academy States 2017 7,987.7 Tim Shearer Moniteau Nationals 2011 7,900 Jackie Hunt McDowell States 2000 7,886 Zak Franiewski Moniteau Regionals 2009

Top Ten Varsity Students – PA All-Time Score Name School Level Year 8,030 Toryn Howe North Penn Regionals 1995 8,025.4 Vid Yogeswaran Collegiate Academy Nationals 2009 7,964 Reeve Hunsaker Collegiate Academy States 2010 7,958.4 Mark Fuchs North Penn Nationals 2004 7,923 Katie Melcher Clarion Limestone States 2019 7,896 Jake Taciuch Moniteau States 2013 7,800 Patrick Nicodemus North Penn States 2013 7,745 Reeve Hunsaker Collegiate Academy Nationals 2009 7,703 Justin Burkett McDowell States 2009 7,661 Justin Orefice North Penn States 2016

Total State Titles By School NW PA Collegiate Academy – 9 – 9 – 8 – 2 Moniteau High School - 2 Fairview High School – 1 Butler High School – 1 Abington High School – 1 Souderton Area High School – 1 Seneca Valley High School - 1

Eastern PA Academic Decathlon Champions ______School Score Year # Methacton 34,400 1985 1st Methacton 35,654 1986 2nd North Penn 36,448 1987 3rd Abington 32,336 1988 4th Lower Merion 39,091 1989 5th Lower Merion 35,959 1990 6th Abington 34,155 1991 7th Lower Merion 37,349 1992 8th Lower Merion 40,787 1993 9th Lower Merion 42,403 1994 10th Lower Merion 45,317 1995 11th Lower Merion 46,012 1996 12th Lower Merion 39,829 1997 13th North Penn 40,525 1998 14th Lower Merion 39,820 1999 15th Lower Merion 38,240 2000 16th North Penn 38,375 2001 17th Lower Moreland 35,810 2002 18th North Penn 36,525 2003 19th North Penn 41,980 2004 20th North Penn 36,376 2005 21st North Penn 34,919 2006 22nd North Penn 38,705 2007 23rd LaSalle College 38,220 2008 24th LaSalle College 37,430 2009 25th North Penn 38,713 2010 26th North Penn 35,773 2011 27th North Penn 38,036 2012 28th North Penn 39,282 2013 29th North Penn 38,204 2014 30th North Penn 41,436 2015 31st North Penn 41,353 2016 32nd North Penn 42,044 2017 33rd Souderton 42,235 2018 34th North Penn 35,406 2019 35th

Pennsylvania Academic Decathlon State Champions School Score Year # Nationals Location Methacton 34,400 1985 1st Los Angeles, CA Methacton 35,654 1986 2nd Los Angeles, CA North Penn 36,448 1987 3rd Irving, TX North Penn 35,812 1988 4th San Antonio, TX Lower Merion 40,996 1989 5th Providence, RI Lower Merion 35,901 1990 6th Des Moines, IA Abington 33,272 1991 7th Los Angeles, CA Lower Merion 37,349 1992 8th Boise, ID Lower Merion 42,654 1993 9th Phoenix, AZ Lower Merion 42,473 1994 10th Newark, NJ Lower Merion 45,708 1995 11th Chicago, IL Lower Merion 44,742 1996 12th Atlanta, GA North Penn 43,090 1997 13th St. George, UT North Penn 43,125 1998 14th Providence, RI Lower Merion 42,945 1999 15th Orange County, CA Butler Area 43,119 2000 16th San Antonio, TX Collegiate Academy 39,583 2001 17th Anchorage, AK Fairview 42,028 2002 18th Phoenix, AZ Collegiate Academy 43,550 2003 19th Erie, PA North Penn 44,992 2004 20th Boise, ID Collegiate Academy 40,608 2005 21st Chicago, IL Collegiate Academy 38,095 2006 22nd San Antonio, TX Collegiate Academy 42,455 2007 23rd Honolulu, HI Collegiate Academy 45,673 2008 24th Garden Grove, CA Collegiate Academy 45,676 2009 25th Memphis, TN Collegiate Academy 45,879 2010 26th Omaha, NE Moniteau 41,480 2011 27th Charlotte, NC Moniteau 44,996 2012 28th Albuquerque, NM North Penn 43,854 2013 29th Minneapolis, MN North Penn 42,425 2014 30th Honolulu, HI North Penn 42,618 2015 31st Garden Grove, CA Collegiate Academy 44,136 2016 32nd Anchorage, AK North Penn 44,515 2017 33rd Minneapolis, MN Souderton 42,791 2018 34th Frisco, TX Seneca Valley 44,551 2019 35th Bloomington, MN

US Academic Decathlon Champions School State Score Year # Nationals Location Palo Alto HS CA ? 1982 1st Los Angeles, CA Palo Alto HS CA ? 1983 2nd Los Angeles, CA J.J. Pearce HS TX ? 1984 3rd Los Angeles, CA J.J. Pearce HS TX 46,976 1985 4th Los Angeles, CA J.J. Pearce HS TX 46,435 1986 5th Los Angeles, CA Marshall HS CA 49,369 1987 6th Irving, TX J.J. Pearce HS TX 46,659 1988 7th San Antonio, TX William Howard Taft HS CA 45,857 1989 8th Providence, RI Lake Highlands HS TX 46,627 1990 9th Des Moines, IA J.J. Pearce HS TX 48,946 1991 10th Los Angeles, CA J. Frank Dobie HS TX 49,710 1992 11th Boise, ID Plano East HS TX 47,485 1993 12th Phoenix, AZ William Howard Taft HS CA 49,372 1994 13th Newark, NJ Marshall HS CA 49,935 1995 14th Chicago, IL J. Frank Dobie HS TX 49,835 1996 15th Atlanta, GA James E. Taylor HS TX 52,260 1997 16th St. George, UT El Camino Real HS CA 52,131 1998 17th Providence, RI Moorpark HS CA 50,225 1999 18th Anaheim, CA James E. Taylor HS TX 52,470 2000 19th San Antonio, TX El Camino Real HS CA 46,547 2001 20th Anchorage, AK Waukesha West HS WI 48,871 2002 21st Phoenix, AZ Moorpark HS CA 51,423.5 2003 22nd Erie, PA El Camino Real HS CA 50,656.8 2004 23rd Boise, ID El Camino Real HS CA 49,009.4 2005 24th Chicago, IL William Howard Taft HS CA 51,659.7 2006 25th San Antonio, TX El Camino Real HS CA 52,148.2 2007 26th Honolulu, HI Moorpark HS CA 53,119.4 2008 27th Garden Grove, CA Moorpark HS CA 51,289.5 2009 28th Memphis, TN El Camino Real HS CA 49,951.7 2010 29th Omaha, NE Granada Hills Charter HS CA 52,113.5 2011 30th Charlotte, NC Granada Hills Charter HS CA 54,081.8 2012 31st Albuquerque, NM Granada Hills Charter HS CA 51,319.6 2013 32nd Minneapolis, MN El Camino Real HS CA 52,601.1 2014 33rd Honolulu, HI Granada Hills Charter HS CA 53,592.3 2015 34th Garden Grove, CA Granada Hills Charter HS CA 54,195.1 2016 35th Anchorage, AK Granada Hills Charter HS CA 54,507.7 2017 36th Minneapolis, MN El Camino Real HS CA 54,531.2 2018 37th Frisco, TX