New Tech Odessa High School
New Tech Odessa | |
School Founded | 2011 |
Team Established | 2012 |
History | New Tech Odessa has had 3 repeated state appearances 2023(Frisco) 2024(San Antonio) 2025(Frisco) |
City | Odessa, Texas |
Team Colors | Teal |
Principal | Abel Avila |
Head Coach | Yoana Picazo (2024-), Damian Betancourt Gaytan (???-2024), Bernadette Barragan (???-2022) |
Associate/Other Head Coach(es) | Neftali Silva (2024-), Georgina Figueroa (2022-2024) |
National Championships | None |
State Championships | None |
Regional/County Championships | 3 (2022, 2024, 2025) |
Region/County Location | 1 |
Highest Finish | 3rd in Online Nationals 2024 |
School Website | https://nto.ectorcountyisd.org/ |
New Tech Odessa[edit]
George H. W. Bush New Tech Odessa High School is a New Tech Network high school based in Odessa, Texas. The small school with less than 500 students has made great strides in academic services within the Ector County Independent School Districts and continues pursuing a higher education for all its students. In light of this journey, the school joined the Academic Decathlon Competition 2012 and continues to make history, breaking records, getting medals, and representing the great state of Texas.
NTO has had numerous prominent placements in their relatively short years of operation with 5 state competition appearances with 3 being podium finishes (2016, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025), a podium finish at Online Nationals (2024), and 4 regional championships (2016,2022,2024,2025).
In the year 2023, the team was led by Esequiel Gutierrez (varsity) and joined by Adrian Rodriguez (honors), Joel Ramos (honors), Alexandra Becerra-Nieto (honors), Kevin Enriquez (scholastic), Eva Herrera (scholastic), Rohan Reed (scholastic), and finally, Xiara DeLeon (varsity).
In the year 2022, the team was led by Madison Hughes (honors) and joined by Isabella Fanucci-Deshawn (honors), Emily Banda (honors), and Christian Camarena (Scholastic). The 2022 team narrowly lost the 1st place position at the state competition by 200 points which ignited their underclassmen for years.