Mountain Pointe High School

Mountain Pointe High School
School Founded	1991
Team Established	1993
History	Mountain Pointe has been consistently competitive at the Arizona state competition, once finishing second.
City	Ahwatukee, Arizona
Team Colors	Maroon and Gold
Principal	Bruce Kipper
Head Coach	K.R. Scott (1993-2013)
Associate/Other Head Coach(es)	Jeff Hengesbach (1993-1998), Alice Yamamoto (1993-1998), Ted Coe (1993-1998), Steven Adams (1997-1998), Kevin Quick (2000-2007) , Jeane Dutton (2001-2002), June Olson (2001-2002), Mary Catherine Boatright (2009), Diane McCloskey (2010), Ian McCloskey (2010-2012), Hari Mohanraj (2010-2012), Elan Markov (2012-2013), Marcus Campbell (2012-2013)
National Championships	None
State Championships	None
Regional/County Championships	1 (2012)
Region/County Location	Region IV
Highest Finish	Second at Arizona state competition (1998); First at Arizona Region IV competition (2012)
School Website	Mountain Pointe High School

Mountain Pointe High School is a school in the East Valley of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. The school participated in Academic Decathlon from 1993 to 2013 and had earned a berth at the state competition every year through 2013. The program is currently inactive.

Mountain Pointe had perennially stood as the strongest team in the East Valley. The school hosted an annual scrimmage in November frequented by schools from Tempe, Chandler, Gilbert, and Ahwatukee.

On top of a large number of top 10 finishes, Mountain Pointe has been home to some of the top decathletes in the state, boasting division winners Percy Liang, Isaac See, Chris Harbster, Hari Mohanraj, and Swaroon Sridhar among its alumni.

1998 was perhaps the most successful year for the program, which placed 2nd in both the Regional and State competitions, their highest finishes ever. All 3 Honors (Isaac See, Luke Ritchie, Stan Seibert) were all among the best in the State. Viet Le was a top scholastic as well.

2008 was a strong year for the Mountain Pointe team, which attained their second highest score ever with 44,755 points. Honors decathletes Hari Mohanraj and Kevin He placed 2nd and 3rd in the state and scholastic Ian McCloskey scored the highest total ever by a Mountain Pointe scholastic. In 2009, Hari Mohanraj earned the highest score overall at the Arizona state competition.

2012 was another strong year for the team, which won its Regional competition for the first time, and was seeded first going into the State competition with a score of 43,845.7. Varsity James Anolick scored the second highest total ever by a Mountain Pointe varsity, Scholastics Brandon Vinokurov and Joshua Anolick ranked 2nd and 3rd in the region, and Honors Swaroon Sridhar ranked third in the Region.

In 2013, Mountain Pointe had two of the top three overall students in the State, with Lucas Hunter as the third overall highest scorer and Swaroon Sridhar as the highest overall scorer in Arizona.

Score History

Year	Regionals High Scorer	Regionals Score	Regionals Place	State High Scorer	State Score	State Place
2016	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
2015	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
2014	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
2013	H- Swaroon Sridhar: 8,176.4	41,372.1	3rd	H- Swaroon Sridhar: 8,778.3	42,182.1	4th
2012	H- Swaroon Sridhar: 8,130.1	43,845.7	1st	H- Swaroon Sridhar: 8,112.4	43,244.8	4th
2011	H- Ajay Karpur: 6,696	36,980.9	3rd	H- Swaroon Sridhar: 7,552.0	39,480.5	5th
2010	H- Swaroon Sridhar: 7,222.9	33,917.7	12th	H- Ajay Karpur: 7,469.3	36,495.1	11th
2009	H- Hari Mohanraj: 8,752.9	42,467.5	3rd	H- Hari Mohanraj: 8,799.6	42,769	5th
2008	H- Hari Mohanraj: 8,454.3	42,396.7	3rd	H- Hari Mohanraj: 8,792	44,755	4th
2007	H- Hari Mohanraj: 7,359.7	40,278.8	3rd	S- Ming Wen: 7,597	40,634.5	5th
2006	H- Yuan He: 7,526.3	37,261.8	6th	H- David Potts: 7,978	37,090	11th
2005	H- Michael Manhart: 7,045	35,940	7th	H- Michael Manhart: 7,182	37,818	10th
2004	V- Chris Harbster: 7,855	40,380	5th	V- Chris Harbster: 7,807	40,016	11th
2003	H- Erin Brennan: 7,532	35,919	5th	H- Erin Brennan: 7,840	39,155	5th
2002	H- Erin Brennan: 6,828	34,012	10th	H- Mike Zhou: 7,295	36,705	17th
2001	H- Mike Zhou: 6,427	32,238	9th	H- Mike Zhou: 6,578	33,421	NA
2000	H- Brian Fitsimons: 8,270	40,323	3rd	H- Percy Liang: 8,751	42,404	8th
1999	H- Luke Ritchie: 8,567	40,058	3rd	H- Isaac See: 8,583	40,588	10th
1998	H- Isaac See: 8,837	44,175	2nd	H- Stan Seibert: 8,855	45,890	2nd
1997	H- Isaac See: 8,175	37,282	NA	H- Isaac See: 8,355	41,706	9th
1996	H- Isaac See: 7,927	38,861	7th	H- Isaac See: 8,381	39,233	NA
1995	H- Raphael See: 7,918	37,448	NA	NA	NA	6th
1994	S- Chris Swindell: 7,031	35,585	9th	H- Lucia Nurman: 6,920	34,356	17th

Decathletes' Directory: State Competition Teams

Categories	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
H1 H2 H3 S4 S5 S6 V7 V8 V9	Lucia Nurman Raphael See George Chong Chris Swindell Michelle Morton Merci Niebres Allyson Holtz Kris Dameon Cliff Yow	Newton Ooi Matt Scofield Raphael See Nancy Diep Neil Kiley Kane McIntosh Steve Csonka Joe Luz Monica Sanchez	Isaac See Stan Seibert Matt Scofield Kane McIntosh Hameet Sethi Adam Ward T.J. Chambers Dave McMeekin Monica Sanchez	Isaac See Jur Jang Luke Ritchie David Ebel Huei Jang Seth Scott T.J. Chambers Fred Bevins Paul Verna	Isaac See Jur Jang Stan Seibert Satya Thallam Viet Le Rob Niebuhr T.J. Chambers Fred Bevins Seth Scott

Categories	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
H1 H2 H3 S4 S5 S6 V7 V8 V9	Luke Ritchie Isaac See Peter Thatcher Al Wold Stephanie Adams Ryan Hackstock David Olson Fred Bevins Ben Despain	Brian Fitzsimons Percy Liang Erin Brennan Jon Grover Jared Sibbitt David Olson Ryan Smith Ben Despain Phil Rush	Mike Zhou Erin Brennan Ben Ostrom Vanessa Guthrie Annie Chen John Garner Matt Riffel Brandon Vega	Mike Zhou Erin Brennan Anita Lee Julia Mak Katie Scott Helen Do AJ Belshe Brandon Vega Xandar Feher	Erin Brennan Yichao Wang Swathi Bonda Peter Kierstead Julia Mak Cori Heaps Chris Harbster Kyle Remon

Categories	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
H1 H2 H3 S4 S5 S6 V7 V8 V9	Yichao Wang Swathi Bonda Michael Manhart Robert Harbin Nikil Moodabagil Mark Rosenberg Chris Harbster Erik Young Matt Hardy	Michael Manhart Nikil Moodabagil Joey Sankman Alex Hohman Ming Wen Mark Rosenberg Erik Young Adam Scott Ivan Marshall	Bhavana Mohanraj David Potts Yichao Wang David Gonzales Ming Wen Chad Wolver Mark Rosenberg Temujin Tillah	Kevin He Shravan Sridhar Hari Mohanraj Gavin Plooster Ming Wen Julie Zhou Tyler Heaps Mark Rosenberg	Kevin He Hari Mohanraj Jennifer Zhu Ian McCloskey Adil Soubki Julie Zhou Stephen Auron Tyler Heaps Cody Jones

Categories	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
H1 H2 H3 S4 S5 S6 V7 V8 V9	Kevin He Colleen Howe Hari Mohanraj Ian McCloskey Adil Soubki Julie Zhou Tyler Heaps Gil Ortega	Ajay Karpur Swaroon Sridhar Frank Zhang Cailen McCloskey Brandon Vinokurov Kendall Humbert Destree Ruiz	Jennifer Deutscher Swaroon Sridhar Ajay Karpur Cailen McCloskey Joshua Anolick John Williams James Anolick	Ajay Karpur Swaroon Sridhar Elan Markov Neema Jamali Brandon Vinokurov Joshua Anolick Marcus Campbell James Anolick	Lucas Hunter Lauren McDonald Swaroon Sridhar Neema Jamali Max Ferraro Alexis Amihalachioaie Jonas Khan Eric Liu John Sikder

Program Leaderboard

The following leaderboard takes scores from Mountain Pointe's 20-year long program. The scores are only taken from Regional and State competitions. In most years, full data is available. However, some years lack full data, so these scores are omitted. Most notably, Chris Harbster's 10-event breakdown from 2004 is unavailable, so many of his state-winning scores are not listed in the varsity category.

In most cases, the top 10 scores will be listed, but if there are too many ties within the top 10 (especially in the testing categories), rankings will be listed accordingly (usually scores at or above a certain threshold in each category will be listed, in this case).

Overall Team

Place	Team (Year)	Competition	Score
1	1997-1998 Mountain Pointe	State	45,890
2	2007-2008 Mountain Pointe	State	44,755
3	1997-1998 Mountain Pointe	Regionals	44,175
4	2011-2012 Mountain Pointe	Regionals	43,845.7
5	2011-2012 Mountain Pointe	State	43,244.8
6	2008-2009 Mountain Pointe	State	42,769
7	2008-2009 Mountain Pointe	Regionals	42,467.5
8	1999-2000 Mountain Pointe	State	42,404
9	2007-2008 Mountain Pointe	Regionals	42,396.7
10	2012-2013 Mountain Pointe	State	42,182.1

Overall Individual

Honors

Place	Student	Year	Competition	Score
1	Stan Seibert	1998	State	8,855
2	Isaac See	1998	Regionals	8,837
3	Isaac See	1998	State	8,805
4	Hari Mohanraj	2009	State	8,799.6
5	Hari Mohanraj	2008	State	8,791
6	Swaroon Sridhar	2013	State	8,778.3
7	Hari Mohanraj	2009	Regionals	8,752.9
8	Kevin He	2008	State	8,752
9	Percy Liang	2000	State	8,751
10	Isaac See	1999	State	8,583

Scholastic

Place	Student	Year	Competition	Score
1	Ian McCloskey	2008	State	7,950.7
2	Ian McCloskey	2009	Regionals	7,916.4
3	Viet Le	1998	State	7,785
4	Ian McCloskey	2009	State	7,600.7
5	Ming Wen	2007	State	7,596.6
6	Joshua Anolick	2012	State	7,558.8
7	Brandon Vinokurov	2012	Regionals	7,442
8	Gavin Plooster	2007	State	7,432.9
9	Joshua Anolick	2012	Regionals	7,385.5
10	Ming Wen	2007	Regionals	7,335.5

Varsity

Place	Student	Year	Competition	Score
1	Chris Harbster	2004	Regionals	7,855
2	Chris Harbster	2004	State	7,807
3	James Anolick	2012	State	7,208
4	James Anolick	2012	Regionals	7,035.6
5	T.J. Chambers	1998	State	6,926
6	Chris Harbster	2003	State	6,846
7	T.J. Chambers	1997	State	6,505
8	Fred Bevins	1999	State	6,463
9	Cody Jones	2008	State	6,409.6
10	T.J. Chambers	1999	Regionals	6,400

Essay

Honors

Place	Student	Year	Competition	Score
1	Raphael See	1995	Regionals	983
2	Kevin He	2008	State	980
3	Elan Markov	2012	Regionals	964
4	Isaac See	1996	State	955
5	David Potts	2006	State	950
6	Swaroon Sridhar	2011	State	948
7	Swaroon Sridhar	2013	Regionals	945
8	Swaroon Sridhar	2013	State	944
9	Ajay Karpur	2012	State	941
10	Swaroon Sridhar	2012	State	930

Scholastic

Place	Student	Year	Competition	Score
1	Joshua Anolick	2011	Regionals	964
2	Neema Jamali	2013	Regionals	932
3	Gavin Plooster	2007	Regionals	930
4	Jon Grover	2000	State	923
4	Brandon Vinokurov	2012	State	923
5	Ming Wen	2006	Regionals	910
6	Satya Thallam	1998	State	890
7	Max Ferraro	2013	State	880
8	Seth Scott	1997	State	875
9	Ian McCloskey	2009	State	864
10	Neema Jamali	2012	State	857

Varsity

Place	Student	Year	Competition	Score
1	James Anolick	2011	Regionals	900
2	Marcus Campbell	2012	State	890
3	Chris Harbster	2003	State	880
4	Jonas Khan	2013	State	860
4	T.J. Chambers	1997	State	855
5	AJ Belshe	2002	State	850
6	Tyler Heaps	2009	Regionals	840
7	Eric Liu	2013	Regionals	838
7	Eric Liu	2013	State	838
8	Mark Rosenberg	2006	State	830
9	James Anolick	2012	State	828
10	Tyler Heaps	2009	State	801

Speech

Honors

Place	Student	Year	Competition	Score
1	Isaac See	1996	State	973
1	Yichao Wang	2003	State	973
2	Stan Seibert	1998	State	960
2	Isaac See	1999	Regionals	960
3	Isaac See	1999	State	955
4	Percy Liang	1999	Regionals	953
4	Percy Liang	2000	State	953
4	Sheryl Seibert	2000	State	953
5	Yichao Wang	2006	State	950
6	Bhavana Mohanraj	2006	State	940
6	Hari Mohanraj	2009	State	940
7	Isaac See	1997	State	930
7	Mike Zhou	2002	State	930
7	Sam Lundberg	2008	Regionals	930
8	Kevin He	2008	Regionals	926.7
8	Swaroon Sridhar	2013	State	926.7
9	Newton Ooi	1995	Regionals	920
9	Erin Brennan	2002	Regionals	920
10	Jur Jang	1998	State	917

Scholastic

Place	Student	Year	Competition	Score
1	Seth Scott	1997	State	977
2	Rob Neibuhr	1998	State	970
3	Adil Soubki	2008	State	960
4	Satya Thallam	1998	Regionals	955
5	Katie Scott	2002	State	947
6	Kane Mcintosh	1996	State	930
7	Kane Mcintosh	1996	Regionals	920
8	Joshua Anolick	2011	Regionals	913.3
9	Rob Niebuhr	1998	Regionals	910
9	Cailen McCloskey	2011	Regionals	910
10	Alex Benezra	1999	Regionals	907

Varsity

Place	Student	Year	Competition	Score
1	T.J. Chambers	1998	Regionals	975
2	T.J. Chambers	1997	State	970
3	T.J. Chambers	1998	State	953
3	Seth Scott	1998	State	953
4	Seth Scott	1998	Regionals	930
5	Brandon Vega	2002	State	927
6	Marcus Campbell	2012	State	896.7
7	James Anolick	2012	State	890
8	Fred Bevins	1998	Regionals	880
9	Marcus Campbell	2012	Regionals	875
10	Fred Bevins	1999	Regionals	870
10	Tyler Heaps	2007	Regionals	870

Interview

Honors

Place	Student	Year	Competition	Score
1	Stan Seibert	1998	Regionals	997
2	David Potts	2006	State	996.7
3	Peter Thatcher	1999	State	993
4	Hari Mohanraj	2008	State	990
4	Raphael See	1995	Regionals	990
4	Ajay Karpur	2012	State	990
5	Sam Lundberg	2008	Regionals	985
6	Swaroon Sridhar	2011	State	983.3
7	Jur Jang	1997	State	983
8	Mike Zhou	2002	State	980
8	Swaroon Sridhar	2013	Regionals	980
9	Yichao Wang	2006	State	976.7
10	Hari Mohanraj	2007	Regionals	973.3
10	Hari Mohanraj	2009	Regionals	973.3

Scholastic

Place	Student	Year	Competition	Score
1	Seth Scott	1997	State	1,000
1	Satya Thallam	1998	Regionals	1,000
1	Brandon Vinokurov	2012	Regionals	1,000
1	Joshua Anolick	2012	State	1,000
2	Gavin Plooster	2007	State	990
2	Ian McCloskey	2009	Regionals	990
3	David Ebel	1997	State	987
4	Cori Heaps	2003	State	980
4	Max Ferraro	2013	Regionals	980
5	Ian McCloskey	2009	State	976.7
6	Ming Wen	2006	State	966.7
7	Neema Jamali	2013	Regionals	965
8	Brandon Vinokurov	2012	State	956.7
9	David Ebel	1997	Regionals	953
10	Cailen McCloskey	2011	State	950

Varsity

Place	Student	Year	Competition	Score
1	Tyler Heaps	2009	State	990
2	Mark Rosenberg	2007	State	985
3	Jonas Khan	2013	Regionals	976.7
4	Dave McMeekin	1996	Regionals	970
5	Seth Scott	1998	State	960
5	Mark Rosenberg	2006	Regionals	960
5	Marcus Campbell	2012	Regionals	960
6	T.J. Chambers	1996	Regionals	957
7	Mark Rosenberg	2006	Regionals	950
7	Eric Liu	2013	Regionals	950
8	Cliff Yow	1994	Regionals	947
9	Tyler Heaps	2008	State	946.7
10	James Anolick	2011	Regionals	940

Language & Literature

Honors

Place	Student	Year	Competition	Score
1	Luke Ritchie	1997	State	900
2	Isaac See	1998	State	880
3	Hari Mohanraj	2009	Regionals	860
3	Kevin He	2008	Regionals	860
3	Kevin He	2009	State	860
3	Lucas Hunter	2013	Regionals	860
3	Isaac See	1999	Regionals	860
4	Isaac See	1999	State	840
4	Kevin He	2009	Regionals	840
4	Isaac See	1997	Regionals	840
4	Isaac See	1998	Regionals	840
5	Isaac See	1996	Regionals	820
5	Luke Ritchie	1997	Regionals	820
5	Stan Seibert	1998	State	820
5	Luke Ritchie	1999	Regionals	820
5	Luke Ritchie	1999	State	820
5	Hari Mohanraj	2009	State	820
6	Shravan Sridhar	2007	Regionals	800
6	Ajay Karpur	2012	Regionals	800

Scholastic

Place	Student	Year	Competition	Score
1	Gavin Plooster	2007	State	760
1	Gavin Plooster	2007	Regionals	760
2	Ian McCloskey	2009	Regionals	740
2	Viet Le	1998	State	740
2	Ming Wen	2007	Regionals	740
3	Joshua Anolick	2012	Regionals	720
3	Rob Niebuhr	1998	State	720
3	Huei Jang	1997	State	720
4	Joshua Anolick	2012	State	700
4	Ian McCloskey	2008	Regionals	700
4	Ming Wen	2007	Regionals	700

Varsity

Place	Student	Year	Competition	Score
1	Stephen Auron	2008	Regionals	800
2	James Anolick	2012	Regionals	700
3	T.J. Chambers	1998	State	680
4	T.J. Chambers	1997	State	640
4	Allyson Holtz	1994	Regionals	640
5	Fred Bevins	1999	State	620
6	James Anolick	2012	State	600
6	Cody Jones	2008	Regionals	600

Fine Arts

The Fine Arts category split into Music and Art after 1998.

Honors

Place	Student	Year	Competition	Score
1	Isaac See	1997	State	960
2	Isaac See	1997	Regionals	940
3	Jur Jang	1997	Regionals	900
3	Luke Ritchie	1997	Regionals	900
3	Luke Ritchie	1997	State	900
3	Jur Jang	1998	State	900
4	Isaac See	1998	State	860
5	Jur Jang	1997	State	840
6	Isaac See	1998	Regionals	800
7	Lucia Nurman	1994	Regionals	780
7	George Chong	1994	Regionals	780
8	Lucia Nurman	1994	State	760
9	Raphael See	1994	State	740
9	Raphael See	1994	Regionals	740
10	Isaac See	1996	Regionals	720
10	Stan Seibert	1998	Regionals	720

Scholastic

Place	Student	Year	Competition	Score
1	Viet Le	1998	State	820
2	Satya Thallam	1998	Regionals	800
2	Rob Niebuhr	1998	State	800
4	Chris Swindell	1994	Regionals	700
5	Jur Jang	1997	State	840
6	Isaac See	1998	Regionals	800
7	Lucia Nurman	1994	Regionals	780
7	George Chong	1994	Regionals	780
8	Lucia Nurman	1994	State	760
9	Raphael See	1994	State	740
9	Raphael See	1994	Regionals	740
10	Isaac See	1996	Regionals	720
10	Stan Seibert	1998	Regionals	720