Category:Biographies

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Dr. Robert Peterson

Former Orange County, California Superintendent of Schools who founded the United States Academic Decathlon in 1968.

Daniel Berdichevsky

President/CEO and founder of DemiDec and promient member of the 1994 Taft Academic Decathlon team that won the 1994 National Title. Berdichevsky's individual high score of 9,297 points stood as the all time record for fourteen years before being broken by Isabel Salovaara of Whitney Young.

Kris Sankaran

Academic Decathlete from Moorpark High School in California who currently holds the record for most points accumulated by an Academic Decathlete during a single meet (9,461.4 points). Sankaran's 7-event objective score of 6,691 points at the 2009 California State competition is also the highest known objective score achieved by a single decathlete.

[edit] Coaches

Curt Canaday

Coach of Mountain View Mesa High School, led team to nationals seven times, including two second place finishes.

Dean Webb (zzzptm)

Current Texas Richardson Berkner Head Coach and member of acadectalk.com. Also an employee of DemiDec and went on one 'tour of duty' for DemiDec to China in November, 2006. Author of "The Civil War for the Rest of Us," a popular DemiDec publication from the 2007-2008 Academic Decathlon season.

Chris Yetman (Evil Dr. Calculus, or EDC)

Coach of the Arizona Canyon Del Oro Academic Decathlon team, led the school's 2006 and 2009 team to Nationals, where they finished fifth overall and fourth overall, respectively. Yetman is also a regular member of DemiDec Talk and serves as the lead editor of DemiDec workbooks.

Phil Cerami

First Score Comptroller for ADSIC (2004-October 2006) and founder of AcaDec scores, currently coaching an Academic Decathlon team at Renaissance Academy in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.

[edit] DemiDec Members (Past and Present)

Dean Schaffer

Prominent Honors Decathlete on the 2006 California Taft Academic Decathlon team that won the 2006 National Title, currently a member of DemiDec reviewing Power Guides.

Sophy Lee

Prominent Honors Decathlete on the 2008 Texas Pearland Academic Decathlon team that became the first Texas team to break the 50,000 point barrier in eight years. Earned the State of Texas' all time high score with 9,303.8 points, currently a member of DemiDec reviewing Power Guides.

Isabel Salovaara

was a Honors competitor for Whitney Young Magnet School in Illinois who became the first person to break the 9,300 point barrier, shattering Dan Berdichevsky's 14 year record of 9,297 points.

Alli Blonski

was a Honors competitor for Waukesha West in Wisconsin who achieved the highest score at the 2008 nationals and all time high score in Academic Decathlon with 9,321 points. Her record, however, was broken by Kris Sankaran of Moorpark less than a year later.

David Haughney

Prominent Honors Decathlete on the 2008 Wisconsin Waukesha West Academic Decathlon team. Currently the 4th highest scoring decathlete of all time (9,300.8 points).

Monica Schettler

Prominent Varsity Decathlete on the 2006 California Taft Academic Decathlon team that won the 2006 National Title, currently a member of DemiDec and is known for "Monica's notes."

Zac Ellington

Prominent Decathlete of the 2006 Taft Academic Decathlon team that won the 2006 National title.

[edit] ADSIC Contributors

Kort Everett Jackson

Second Score Comptroller of AcaDec Scores (October 2006-Present), Founder and 'CEO' of ADSIC (March 15,2007-Present), Promient Scholastic on the Texas Oliver Wendell Holmes Academic Decathlon team from 2004-2006. Currently working on autobiography about his years in Academic Decathlon, and has been a member of DemiDec since June 2004.

David Gilman

Sysadmin of AcaDec Scores (January 2007-Present), Nebraska Creighton Prep Varsity 2005-2007. Fun times. I also provide the hosting for AcaDec Scores. Come and check out my site, Gil's Lotd.

Adam Cornish

Omaha Central HS Scholastic (2004-05), Acadec talk admin, and ADSIC lead editor.

Andrew Hartman

A large contributor to the organizing of scores on ADSIC, and helped fuel the outbreak of scores starting in 2008. Competed for Pearland HS in 2007 and the state-winning year in 2008, when he broke the Texas varsity record by around 150 points. He is now an admin on Demidec Talk, and a future coach.

[edit] Other Notable Decathletes

Nick Schumacher

A Scholastic from Catholic Memorial High School in Wisconsin whose 7-event objective total of 6,617 points at the 2000 Nationals is the second highest known objective score of all time.

Jimmy Qiu

Prominent Honors Decathlete on the 2007 and 2008 Wisconsin Waukesha West Academic Decathlon teams. Currently the 8th highest scoring decathlete of all time (9,288 points).

Jason Simon

Prominent Honors Decathlete on the 1999 Texas Lewisville Marcus Academic Decathlon team. Earned the State of Texas' all time high score with 9,295 points, just two points shy of Dan Berdichvesky's record. His record as Texas' highest score stood for nine seasons before being broken by Sophy Lee of Pearland.

Matt Faytak

Honors competitor for Collegiate Academy in Erie, PA (2004-2007). One of three decathletes to have won three Nationals overall medals (one DIII honors silver and two DIII honors golds). Ninth-highest score at 2007 Nationals in Honolulu. Currently attending the University of Chicago.

Patrick Paterson

Scholastic from Park City High School of Utah. Second-highest D-III scorer in history. One of three decathletes to have won three National overall medals (one D-III scholastic silver and two D-III scholastic golds); highest scoring scholastic at 2008 Nationals; acadectalk admin.

Brian Cama

Hilo High School, Hawaii, varsity decathlete (2002-2004). One of three decathletes to have won three National overall medals (two DIII varsity bronzes and one DIII varsity gold).

Carlos Francisco Lopez-Jimenez (Belmontlau)

Palisades Charter High School Top Scoring Varsity (2006-2007) Received distinction as the Most Improved Decathlete at California State Competition. Currently attending California State University, Los Angeles.

Quiz Slovak

was a successful varsity for the 2006 Creighton Prep AD team. He was given his unique name because he was conceived during the Super Quiz event by two varsities in the 1988 Nebraska SQ at state.

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