The Edna High School UIL Academic Team placed first at Regionals in New Braunfels.
Thank you to Sarah Mercer Bradley for the information.
Starting off Friday night, Kyle Zheng placed fifth individually in Computer Science.
In Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Rylee Mahaffey came home with a sixth place medal after numerous rounds of debate, and Miley Genett came home with the gold as the Regional Champion, earning a trip to State after debating two days in a row.
In Calculator Apps: Tiffany Zheng placed sixth out of 40 competitors, while Kyle Zheng placed first, becoming the Regional Champion and is going to state. The Calculator Apps team received the Wild Card bid to state, which means they were the highest scoring second place team in all the regions combined, earning them all a trip to state in May. The team is comprised of Kyle, Tiffany, Andy Schorer and Krish Thakor.
In Math, for individual awards, Tiffany Zheng placed fourth, Andy Schroer placed third and Kyle won the event, coming home again as a Regional Champion. Individually, Kyle and Andy both qualified for State, with Tiffany being the alternate. The team of Kyle, Andy, Tiffany and Jose DeLeon came out on top as the first place team in the region, which earns them a trip to Austin to compete at the state meet.
On the Extemporaneous Speaking side, Kyrstin Nieto placed second and Miley Genett placed third, which qualified both of them for state. In Persuasive Speaking, Kyle Zheng persuaded his way to a second place finish, qualifying him for state in this event as well.
Accounting: Tiffany Zheng became the Regional Champion and her team, including Cornell Norman, Emma Quinonez and Mauro Carcamo, came in as first place as well. They earned themselves a spot to compete at State.
In Headline Writing, Aiden Hoskins placed fourth, which is the alternate to state in that event.
Ready Writing: Halley Rossell is going to state, as she placed 2nd in the event.
Prose: Kaden Hughes placed sixth after making it to the final round of interpreters.
In Poetry, Violet Khan ended up in the finals, coming out in sixth place, while Krystin Nieto placed third. Kalaina Jimenez became the Regional Poetry Champion, and both her and Kyrstin will get a chance to perform at the State Meet.
The EHS speech/ debate students came home with the first place Speech Team plaque again for the second year in a row. They received 88 points with the second place team being 50 points behind.
And lastly, making school history…Edna High School is the Region 4 - Academic UIL Champions. “There are 83 schools total in our Region with 65 of them being represented at the Regional Meet this year and Edna came out on top over College prep schools,” Bradley explained. “We ended up with 12 State Meet qualifiers in eight different events.”
Kyle and Tiffany Zheng are both headed to state in three events, Miley Genett, Kyrstin Nieto and Andy Schroer will get to compete in two events, and Krish Thakor, Kalaina Jimenez, Halley Rossell, Jose DeLeon, Cornell Norman, Emma Quinonez and Mauro Carcamo will all be competing in one event at State this year.
“Throw those numbers in with CX Debate and Congress State, and we have had 13 Academic UIL students at state this year in 10 different events, which is another huge accomplishment and a first for EHS,” she said. “Our UIL Academic UIL Program has been to state the past five years in a row, so please congratulate these kids and coaches.”
The State UIL Academic Meet is the last week of school, on Monday and Tuesday, May 18 and 19.
