Earl Warren High School
| Earl Warren High School | |
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| School Founded | 2002 |
| Team Established | 2002 |
| History | Warren has won Regionals 6 times, gone to State 16 times, and competed at E-Nationals 1 time since founding in 2002. |
| City | San Antonio, Texas |
| Team Colors | Purple, Black, Silver |
| Principal | Melissa Hurst |
| Head Coach | Joseph Bayona |
| Associate/Other Head Coach(es) | Angel Santacruz |
| National Championships | None |
| State Championships | None |
| Regional/County Championships | 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021(state score was used to determine region winner), 2024 |
| Region/County Location | Region IV |
| Highest Finish | 2nd in Online Nationals Large School (2024) |
| School Website | https://www.nisd.net/warren |
Brief School History
Earl Warren High School opened in the fall of 2002 to eliminate crowding at several Northside Independent School District schools. Since this time, two major boundary changes have affected Warren, one which entailed the opening of John Paul Stevens High School, and a shift of students from Warren back to Holmes High School.
Performance Chart
| Year | Regional Score | Regional Rank | State Score | State Rank | National Score | National Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 47,206.2 | 1st | 49,149.3 | 2nd overall | 36,647.4[1] | 2nd[1] |
| 2023 | 42,090 | 2nd | 42,406.2 | 13th large, 17th overall | DNQ | DNQ |
| 2022 | 43,393.30 | 2nd | N/A | Did Not Attend | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | 43,929.2 | 5th large, 10th overall | DNQ | DNQ |
| 2020 | 40,899.3 | 3rd | 41,085.6 | 22nd large, 33rd overall | DNQ | DNQ |
| 2019 | 41,887.9 | 2nd | 43,565.3 | 20th large, 29th overall | DNQ | DNQ |
| 2018 | 39,161.4 | 2nd | 33,692.5 | 39th large, 71st overall | DNQ | DNQ |
| 2017 | 40,033.9 | 1st | 36,571.5 | 36th large, 56th overall | DNQ | DNQ |
| 2016 | 37,761.5 | 4th | DNQ | DNQ | - | - |
| 2015 | 40,634.3 | 1st | 37,196.7 | 28th large, 44th overall | DNQ | DNQ |
| 2014 | 39,274 | 1st | 36,881.8 | 25th large, 41st overall | DNQ | DNQ |
| 2013 | 39,841.1 | 1st | 38,060.7 | 21st large, 34th overall | DNQ | DNQ |
| 2012 | 39,334 | 2nd | 41,087.8 | 12th large, 22nd overall | DNQ | DNQ |
| 2011 | 36,476 | 3rd | 37,689.7 | 29th large, 47th overall | DNQ | DNQ |
| 2010 | ? | ? | DNQ | DNQ | - | - |
| 2009 | 43,496 | 1st | 42,217.7 | 13th large, 20th overall | DNQ | DNQ |
| 2008 | 40,007 | 3rd | 37,721.2 | 33rd large, 51st overall | DNQ | DNQ |
| 2007 | 40,542 | 3rd | 40,685.8 | 14th large, 19th overall | DNQ | DNQ |
| 2006 | 36,712 | 4th | 36,860.5 | 24th large, 33rd overall | DNQ | DNQ |
| 2005 | 36,026 | 5th | DNQ | DNQ | - | - |
| 2002-2004 | ? | ? | DNQ | DNQ | - | - |
Highest Scoring Individuals
There may be some scores missing on this list. This is based off of information found via ADSIC.
| Place | Student | Year | Level | Score | Obj | Sub |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saskia Versteeg | 2009 | Regionals | 8,915 | ? | ? |
| 2 | Aryanna Ordonez | 2024 | State | 8,656.1 | 5,928.6 | 2,727.5 |
| 3 | Aaron Chan | 2013 | Regionals | 8,664.0 | 5,805.7 | 2,858.3 |
| 4 | Kara Chan | 2004 | Regionals | 8,500+ | ? | ? |
| 5 | Elias Rodriguez | 2024 | State | 8,430.7 | 5,705.7 | 2,725.0 |
| 6 | Fiona Martinez | 2024 | State | 8,388.6 | 5,748.6 | 2,640.0 |
| 8 | Matthew Tijernia | 2012 | State | 8,278.6 | 5,463.6 | 2,815.0 |
| 7 | Ariel Penny | 2012 | State | 8,259.8 | 5,752.1 | 2,507.7 |
| Place | Student | Year | Level | Score | Obj | Sub |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Padilla | 2024 | State | 8,193.9 | 5,851.4 | 2,342.5 |
| 2 | Zach Stanley | 2019 | State | 7,993.3 | 5,580.0 | 2,413.3 |
| 3 | Liliana Soto | 2021 | State | 7,787.4 | 5,451.4 | 2,336.0 |
| Place | Student | Year | Level | Score | Obj | Sub |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trent Arce | 2024 | State | 8,760.0 | 5,920.0 | 2,840.0 |
| 2 | Mars Bayona | 2024 | State | 8,005.0 | 5,180.0 | 2,825.0 |
| 3 | Zayne Palmore | 2022 | Regionals | 8,033.3 | ? | ? |
| 4 | Liliana Soto | 2022 | Regionals | 7,622.1 | ? | ? |
| 5 | Victor Bayona | 2021 | State | 7,589.0 | 4,940.0 | 2,649.0 |
Academic Decathlon History
In 2002-2003, Terry Zablocki established the AD program with the first Academic Decathlon team. As an "expansion team", the Warriors showed immediate promise.
2003-2004 was a better year for the Earl Warren Warriors. The team improved substantially, and was ready to take on the competition at the Region IV contest. Kristina McDonald and Shirley Field, who were Holmes Honor students, was expected to be the number one and number two overall honors winners at region. However, Kara Chan, the top honor for Earl Warren, scored over 8,500 points and took Overall Honors Gold, surprising many competitors, especially Holmes. Warren finished third in the Region, but narrowly missed out on their first state berth. Warren would have to find new ways to excel without Kara Chan, as she graduated at the end of the year.
2004-2005 saw the Warriors again narrowly miss state, but not before a good showing at Regionals, in which Dominique Vargas, won her team Fifth Overall Varsity, as well as Second in the Super Quiz Relay.
2005-2006 was the first year the Warriors qualified for state in only their 3rd year of Decathlon competition. At Regionals, Warren was locked into battle with the O'Connor Panthers for third overall. While O'Connor proved victorious for third overall team, Warren had an excellent showing for fourth place overall, helped especially by Chris McQueen, Chris Barthold, and Stacey Chan (sister of Kara Chan). O'Connor and Warren qualified for 36th and 37th places, but State 2006 told a far different story when Warren improved dramatically to 24th place, with several medals to boot. Most notably, Chris McQueen claimed Warren's first state gold medal, in the Scholastic Super Quiz competition.
2006-2007 saw a dramatic climb up the charts for Warren. At Regionals, Warren fought against not only O'Connor, but now Holmes as well for the top three slots. Holmes would eventually take first place with over 43,000, but O'Connor and Warren continued to fight for second overall. O'Connor would win second, and Warren took third with a close 40,542. At State, Warren initially entered at 14th and retained 14th place at the State Competition. Warren picked up six medals at state, including Carlos Camacho's gold medal in the scholastic speech division with a perfect 1000 score.
2007-2008 was a rebuilding year for the Warriors as they retained only one member from their previous year's team. However, their veteran scholastic Robert Greer and eight new "green" members did not disappoint, as Warren took 3rd place at Regionals with a score of 40,007 points. The Warriors claimed a team gold in the Super Quiz Relay; individual team members had success as well as Ellijah Perez took the varsity speech gold with a perfect 1,000 score, Nicole King won bronze in the scholastic overall competition, and junior Saskia Versteeg took silver in overall honors. The Warriors proved their perennial ability by qualifying for State for the 3rd year in a row at 22nd place. At the State competition, Christina Ortiz won Warren's 3rd state gold medal with a perfect 1000 in the varsity interview competition.
2008-2009 marked the strongest season for the Warren AD team yet. They brought back 2 experienced honors to set a final team of 8 seniors and 1 junior after Holmes meet, where they took 4th place. However, Regionals truly showed the strength of the Warren team, as they won 1st place by over 2,000 points, breaking a 6 year streak by Holmes High School. The Warriors claimed over 40 individual medals at this competition and also took 1st place SQ Relay (by 6 questions) and 1st place team super quiz. As a testament to their coaches' work with speech and economics the Warriors swept the 1st place speech medals, with Mariah Villareal in varsity, Maggie Simpson in scholastic, and Saskia Versteeg in honors, and they took 1st in varsity (Mariah) and honors (Saskia) economics. Perfect scores included Sierra van den Dries in interview and Saskia in speech. Individual honorees included Nicole Yamzon (3rd varsity), Mariah (1st varsity), Kirstie Salinas (2nd scholastic), Sierra (5th honors), Joshua (2nd honors), and Saskia (1st honors, 8915 pts). The Warriors broke school records by reaching 43,496 points at Regional competition, and entered State ranked 6th in Texas. At State, the Warriors kept up their adventuresome reputation by engaging in a (friendly?) game of broomball with DemiDec Dan, and the O'Connor and Clark AD teams the night after testing ended. Medals the next day included Sierra with a silver in speech, Saskia with a silver in economics and super quiz, Joshua with a silver in social science, Nicole with bronzes in both art and literature, and Mariah with a first place in art. Saskia was also the first Warren decathlete to place overall at state, claiming 5th place honors by a narrow margin. Overall, the Warren team placed 13th at state, yet another school record. The Wacadec 2009 team hopes to have sparked a tradition that will keep Warren AD successful for years to come.
Notes
1. These scores and rankings are taken from performance at E-Nationals, rather than the in-person Nationals Finals.
(Outdated Website: http://warrenacdec.weebly.com/ )
