Nationals/1990

The IX USAD National Finals
Host City	Des Moines, Iowa
States participating	39
Events	10 Events
Opening Date	April 20, 1990
Awards Ceremony	April 22,1990
National Champions	Texas Lake Highlands
National Second Place	California Laguna Hills
National Third Place	Arizona Mountain View Mesa
Curriculum Topic	American Indians: Our Indian Heritage

Scrimmage Scores
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Round 1 Scores
2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025

Regionals Scores
2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024

State Scores
1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 2022 • 2023 • 2024

National Scores
1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 2022 • 2023 • 2024

Overall Team Scores

Rank	School	State	Score	Medals
1	Lake Highlands High School	Texas	46,627	15
2	Laguna Hills High School	California	46,035	8
3	Mountain View Mesa High School	Arizona	45,949	12
4	Framingham North	Massachusetts	44,935	6
5	Northern Valley Regional	New Jersey	44,003	5
6	University School of Milwaukee	Wisconsin	43,771	2
7	University (TN) High School	Tennessee	43,281	5
8	Whitney M. Young Magnet High School	Illinois	42,972	8
9	Willoughby South High School	Ohio	42,648	8
10	Indian Springs High School	Alabama	41,652	6
11	University (UT) High School	Utah	41,196	2
12	Mankato West High School	Minnesota	40,371	3
13	North Central High School	Indiana	40,202	5
14	Los Alamos High School	New Mexico	40,194	1
15	Thomas Jefferson School	Virginia	40,055	9
?	The Wheeler School	Rhode Island	?	6
?	Bishop Kelley High School	Oklahoma	?	3
?	Exeter High School	New Hampshire	?	3
?	Omaha South High School	Nebraska	?	3
?	Cedar Shoals High School	Georgia	?	2
?	Scarborough High School	Maine	?	2
?	Weston High School	Connecticut	?	2
?	Brighton High School	New York	?	2
?	Dreher High School	South Carolina	?	2
?	Stanton College Preparatory	Florida	?	2
...
30	Independence High School (Charlotte?)	North Carolina		1
...
32	Jerome High School	Idaho	?	0
?	Timberline High School	Washington	?	1
?	Tupelo High School	Mississippi	?	1
?	George Washington High School	West Virginia	?	1
?	Denison High School	Iowa	?	1
?	Caddo Parish Magnet High School	Louisiana	?	1
?	Monroe Catholic High School	Alaska	?	0
?	Wray High School	Colorado	?	0
?	Benjamin Banneker High School	District of Columbia	?	0
?	Newport High School	Oregon	?	0
?	Lower Merion High School	Pennsylvania	?	0
?	Mount Abraham Union High School	Vermont	?	0
?	Wheatland High School	Wyoming	?	0

Overall Individual Scores

Honors

Rank	Student	School	State	Score
1	Richard Ghrist	Willoughby South	Ohio	8,608
2	Ayla Lari	Framingham North	Massachusetts	8,357
3	Jay Kim	Laguna Hills	California	8,311
...
5	David Scholle	Lake Highlands	Texas	8,171
6	Marjorie Chen	Lake Highlands	Texas	8,135
...
8				7,955 < X
9				X < 7,955
...
14				7,788 < X
15				X < 7,788
...
17	Sheila Phillips	Lake Highlands	Texas	7,691

Scholastic

Rank	Student	School	State	Score
1	David Foster	Mountain View Mesa	Arizona	8,030
2	Jack Dietz	Laguna Hills	California	7,964
3	Jeffrey Goldberg	Framingham North	Massachusetts	7,790
4	Scott Dobbs	Lake Highlands	Texas	7,788
...
10				7,691 < X
11				X < 7,691
...
16	Chris Grant	Lake Highlands	Texas	7,200
31	Justin Edgington	Lake Highlands	Texas	6,713

Varsity

Rank	Student	School	State	Score
1	David Campbell	Lake Highlands	Texas	7,955
2	Honza Prchal	Indian Springs	Alabama	7,672
3	Julian Kingston	Laguna Hills	California	7,540
4
5	Jody Utter	Lake Highlands	Texas	7,378

Individual Events

Economics

Honors

Rank	Student	School	State	Score
1	David Scholle	Lake Highlands	Texas	780
1	Chip Eltrich	Stanton College Preparatory	Florida	780
2	Johnson C. Tan	Scarborough	Maine	760
2	Jonathan Bellack	Lower Merion	Pennsylvania	760
2	Richard Ghrist	Willoughby South	Ohio	760
3	Marjorie Chen	Lake Highlands	Texas	740
3	Benjamin Weaver	Mountain View Mesa	Arizona	740
3	Jon Dwight Weddell	University	Tennessee	740
3	Sheila Phillips	Lake Highlands	Texas	740
3	Henry Fisher	University School of Milwaukee	Wisconsin	740
3	Amy Griswold	Cedar Shoals	Georgia	740
3	William Tucker	Exeter	New Hampshire	740

Scholastic

Place	Student	School	State	Score
1	Jeff Shultz	Mountain View Mesa	Arizona	780
1	Craig Murray	Framingham North	Massachusetts	780
2	Taeman Kim	Northern Valley Regional	New Jersey	740
2	David West	The Wheeler School	Rhode Island	740
3	Benjamin Crane	Los Alamos	New Mexico	720
3	Ryan Horn	Bishop Kelley	Oklahoma	720
3	Jack Dietz	Laguna Hills	California	720
3	Nat Vaprin	North Central	Indiana	720
3	Tanya Marsh	North Central	Indiana	720

Varsity

Place	Student	School	State	Score
1	Honza Prchal	Indian Springs	Alabama	820
2	David Campbell	Lake Highlands	Texas	720
2	Jody Utter	Lake Highlands	Texas	720
2	Bill Fischer	Laguna Hills	California	720
3	Anthony Marciano	The Wheeler School	Rhode Island	700

Essay

Honors

Rank	Student	School	State	Score
1	Marjorie Chen	Lake Highlands	Texas	975
2	Jim Lowe	Weston	Connecticut	955
3	David Backman	The Wheeler School	Rhode Island	950

Scholastic

Place	Student	School	State	Score
1	George Little	Thomas Jefferson	Virginia	963
2	Timothy Orvetz	Lower Merion	Pennsylvania	950
2	Jack Dietz	Laguna Hills	California	950
3	Meridith Orr	Caddo Parish	Louisiana	938

Varsity

Place	Student	School	State	Score
1	Danny Hoppe	Thomas Jefferson	Virginia	963
2	Anthony Grant	Dreher	South Carolina	925
2	Doug Bayless	Mountain View Mesa	Arizona	925
2	Vishal Vora	Indian Springs	Alabama	925
2	David Campbell	Lake Highlands	Texas	925
3	John DeSimone	Northern Valley Regional	New Jersey	912

Fine Arts

Honors

Rank	Student	School	State	Score
1	Richard Ghrist	Willoughby South	Ohio	940
1	Leslie Arai	Mountain View Mesa	Arizona	940
2	Will Slaughter	Indian Springs	Alabama	900
2	Ankur Saraiya	Northern Valley Regional	New Jersey	900
3	Ayla Lari	Framingham North	Massachusetts	880
3	Vipul Patel	Mountain View Mesa	Arizona	880
3	David Scholle	Lake Highlands	Texas	880
3	Vinh Truong	Whitney Young	Illinois	880

Scholastic

Place	Student	School	State	Score
1	Derek Marshall	Northern Valley Regional	New Jersey	920
2	Bill Lofy	Mankato West	Minnesota	900
3	Scott Dobbs	Lake Highlands	Texas	880
3	Greg Greene	Indian Springs	Alabama	880

Varsity

Place	Student	School	State	Score
1	Doug Bayless	Mountain View Mesa	Arizona	840
2	Heeseon Kwon	Whitney Young	Illinois	820
2	Merilee Knoll	University	Utah	820
3	Gregory Gaines	Mountain View Mesa	Arizona	800

Interview

Honors

Rank	Student	School	State	Score
1	Marjorie Chen	Lake Highlands	Texas	1,000
1	David Backman	The Wheeler School	Rhode Island	1,000
2	Chip Eltrich	Stanton College Preparatory	Florida	997
3	Anna Poduri	Brighton	New York	990

Scholastic

Place	Student	School	State	Score
1	George Little	Thomas Jefferson	Virginia	987
2	Wayne Whicher	Exeter	New Hampshire	983
2	David West	The Wheeler School	Rhode Island	983
3	Casey Madden	Scarborough	Maine	980
3	Bill Lofy	Mankato West	Minnesota	980

Varsity

Place	Student	School	State	Score
1	Hesseon Kwon	Whitney Young	Illinois	1,000
2	David Purvis	Weston	Connecticut	993
3	Taniesah Evans	Whitney Young	Illinois	987

Language and Literature

Honors

Rank	Student	School	State	Score
1	Vinh Truong	Whitney Young	Illinois	840
2	Richard Ghrist	Willoughby South	Ohio	820
3	Elizabeth Lauinger	Bishop Kelley	Oklahoma	800

Scholastic

Place	Student	School	State	Score
1	Angeline LeLeux	Bishop Kelley	Oklahoma	800
2	David Foster	Mountain View Mesa	Arizona	780
2	Bill Lofy	Mankato West	Minnesota	780
3	Patrick Bishop	Omaha South	Nebraska	760
3	Kelley E. Dowd	University	Tennessee	760

Varsity

Place	Student	School	State	Score
1	David Campbell	Lake Highlands	Texas	780
2	Nicole Rioux	Framingham North	Massachusetts	740
2	Ben Travis	Denison	Iowa	740
3	Scott Rogers	Tupelo	Mississippi	720

Math

Honors

Rank	Student	School	State	Score
1	Walter Sun	Cedar Shoals	Georgia	980
1	Mark Johns	Thomas Jefferson	Virginia	980
2	William Tucker	Exeter	New Hampshire	940
2	David Foster	George Washington	West Virginia	940
3	Jamie Weiss	Thomas Jefferson	Virginia	920
3	Richard Ghrist	Willoughby South	Ohio	920

Scholastic

Place	Student	School	State	Score
1	Jesse Cunningham	Whitney Young	Illinois	940
2	Matthew Zinno	The Wheeler School	Rhode Island	920
3	Sarah Barwig	University School of Milwaukee	Wisconsin	900
3	Rob Williams	Thomas Jefferson	Virginia	900

Varsity

Place	Student	School	State	Score
1	David Evans	Thomas Jefferson	Virginia	880
2	Danny Hoppe	Thomas Jefferson	Virginia	800
3	Lowell Baughn	North Central	Indiana	780

Science

Honors

Rank	Student	School	State	Score
1	Richard Ghrist	Willoughby South	Ohio	920
2	Andrew Kirmse	Thomas Jefferson	Virginia	900
3	Ayla Lari	Framingham North	Massachusetts	800
3	Corey Cheng	Framingham North	Massachusetts	800

Scholastic

Place	Student	School	State	Score
1	Eugene Masters	Mountain View Mesa	Arizona	840
1	Jeffrey Goldberg	Framingham North	Massachusetts	840
2	Jack Dietz	Laguna Hills	California	820
2	Daniel Gordon	Brighton	New York	820
3	David Foster	Mountain View Mesa	Arizona	800

Varsity

Place	Student	School	State	Score
1	David Campbell	Lake Highlands	Texas	820
2	Mark Sutter	Timberline	Washington	780
3	Richard Cusick	Indian Springs	Alabama	740

Social Science

Honors

Rank	Student	School	State	Score
1	Jay Kim	Laguna Hills	California	820
2	Richard Ghrist	Willoughby South	Ohio	800
3	Jeff McCombs	Laguna Hills	California	780
3	Anil V. Sakhare	University	Tennessee	780

Scholastic

Place	Student	School	State	Score
1	Eugene Masters	Mountain View Mesa	Arizona	780
1	David Foster	Mountain View Mesa	Arizona	780
2	Scott Dobbs	Lake Highlands	Texas	760
2	Harold Feiger	Whitney Young	Illinois	760
3	Derek Marshall	Northern Valley Regional	New Jersey	740
3	Jesse Cunningham	Whitney Young	Illinois	740
3	Kelley E. Dowd	University	Tennessee	740

Varsity

Place	Student	School	State	Score
1	Honza Prchal	Indian Springs	Alabama	840
2	Bill Fischer	Laguna Hills	California	760
3	Julian Kingston	Laguna Hills	California	740

Speech

Honors

Rank	Student	School	State	Score
1	Marjorie Chen	Lake Highlands	Texas	1,000
2	Jon Dwight Weddell	University	Tennessee	990
2	Hannah Landman	North Central	Indiana	990
3	Richard Ghrist	Willoughby South	Ohio	983

Scholastic

Place	Student	School	State	Score
1	Scott Dobbs	Lake Highlands	Texas	980
2	Del Webb	University	Utah	963
2	Tammy Boris	Omaha South	Nebraska	963
3	Tanya Marsh	North Central	Indiana	960
3	Tiffany Vaughn	Independence	North Carolina	960

Varsity

Place	Student	School	State	Score
1	Antonio Goodwin	Dreher	South Carolina	983
2	Abigail Gardner	Willoughby South	Ohio	973
3	Renee Novy	Omaha South	Nebraska	970

Team Events

Team event scores were calculated using only the counting members of each team.

Economics

Rank	School	State	Score
1	Lake Highlands	Texas	4,240
2	North Central	Indiana	3,980
3	Framingham North	Massachusetts	3,940
3	Laguna Hills	California	3,940

Essay

Rank	School	State	Score
1	Laguna Hills	California	5,225
2		South Carolina	5,125
3	Lake Highlands	Texas	5,088

Fine Arts

Rank	School	State	Score
1	Mountain View Mesa	Arizona	5,080
2	Lake Highlands	Texas	4,980
3	Indian Springs	Alabama	4,940

Interview

Rank	School	State	Score
1	Framingham North	Massachusetts	5,641
2	Lake Highlands	Texas	5,539
3	Denison	Iowa	5,510

Language and Literature

Rank	School	State	Score
1	Lake Highlands	Texas	4,360
2	Northern Valley Regional	New Jersey	4,340
3	Mountain View Mesa	Arizona	4,300
3	Mankato West	Minnesota	4,300

Math

Rank	School	State	Score
1	Thomas Jefferson	Virginia	5,020
2	The Wheeler School	Rhode Island	4,320
3	Whitney Young	Illinois	4,300

Science

Rank	School	State	Score
1	Mountain View Mesa	Arizona	4,560
2	Laguna Hills	California	4,440
3	Framingham North	Massachusetts	4,280

Social Science

Rank	School	State	Score
1	Laguna Hills	California	4,380
2	Mountain View Mesa	Arizona	4,340
3	Whitney Young	Illinois	4,220

Speech

Rank	School	State	Score
1	Lake Highlands	Texas	5,440
2	North Central	Indiana	5,370
3	Willoughby South	Ohio	5,290

Super Quiz

Rank	School	State	Score
1
2
3	Lake Highlands	Texas	5,200