Regionals/California/Orange County/2020

Orange County
Current Victor:	Woodbridge High School
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The 2020 Orange County Academic Decathlon took place between January 25 and February 7. Speech, Interview, and Essay took place on January 25 at Tustin High School. Testing and Super Quiz took place on February 1 at Westminster High School. The awards ceremony took place on February 7 at Orange Coast College.

Overall Team Scores

Place	School	Score	Score + SQ	Medal Count
1	Woodbridge High School	47,177.1	52,007.1	65
2	Trabuco Hills High School	41,102.0	45,652.0	29
3	Westminster High School	41,025.2	45,155.2	26
4	Valencia High School	40,814.2	45,154.2	32
5	University High School	36,665.4	40,585.4	23
6	Garden Grove High School	34,946.1	38,866.1	18
7	Fountain Valley High School	34,018.3	37,798.3	13
8	San Juan Hills High School	34,461.7	37,261.7	-
9	Pacifica High School	32,533.2	35,613.2	-
10	Esperanza High School	32,417.0	35,567.0	6
11	Servite High School	33,259.0	35,359.0	-
12	Fairmont Preparatory Academy	31,578.8	35,218.8	-
13	Sonora High School	31,936.5	34,876.5	-
14	Beckman High School	32,080.0	34,530.2	-
15	Segerstrom High School	31,663.2	34,043.2	-
16	Los Alamitos High School	31,467.2	33,777.2	-
17	Santiago High School	28,606.1	31,476.1	-
18	Cornelia Connelly School	28,866.5	31,036.5	-
19	Northwood High School	28,069.3	30,589.3	-
20	Brea Olinda High School	28,415.3	30,515.3	-
21	Yorba Linda High School	27,624.9	29,654.9	-
22	Savanna High School	26,647.2	28,607.2	-
23	Bolsa Grande High School	26,469.3	28,359.3	-
24	El Dorado High School	25,917.8	27,737.8	-
25	Magnolia High School	25,825.3	27,715.3	-
26	Loara High School	25,873.7	27,623.7	-
27	Godinez Fundamental High School	25,625.2	27,375.2	-
28	Mission Viejo High School	24,549.0	26,859.0	-
29	El Toro High School	24,723.8	26,473.8	-
30	Magnolia Science Academy	24,498.0	26,318.0	-
31	Kennedy High School	24,331.0	26,151.0	-
32	Portola High School	23,621.2	25,651.2	-
33	Tesoro High School	24,316.5	24,316.5	-
34	Cypress High School	22,341.0	23,881.0	-
35	Sunny Hills High School	20,490.7	22,590.7	-
36	Aliso Niguel High School	21,721.0	21,721.0	-
37	El Modena High School	20,768.9	20,768.9	-
38	La Quinta High School	18,614.8	18,614.8	3
39	Sage Hill High School	12,780.9	12,780.9	-
40	Valley High School	10,688.7	10,688.7	-

Overall Individual Scores

Honors

Place	Student	School	Score	Objs	Subs
1	Snigdha Saha	Woodbridge	9,287.9	6,422.9	2,845.0
2	Zion Gassner	Woodbridge	9,209.3	6,654.3	2,555.0
3	Melissa Tsaowimonsiri	Woodbridge	8,891.2	6,242.9	2,648.4
4	Daanesh Jamal	Valencia	8,612.4	5,905.7	2,706.7
5	Alvin Luu	Garden Grove	8,491.0	6,114.3	2,376.7
6	Pooja Kowshik	University	8,391.2	5,622.9	2,768.4
7	Iris Shen	Woodbridge (Alternates)	8,386.9	6,088.6	2,298.3
8	Inga Zhuravleva	Woodbridge (Alternates)	8,289.9	5,648.6	2,641,3
9	Rachael Koo	Trabuco Hills	8,285.7	5,725.7	2,560.0
10	Matthew Martinez	Servite	8,237.4	5,591.4	2,646.0

Scholastic

Place	Student	School	Score	Objs	Subs
1	Vishnu Menon	Woodbridge	8,019.7	5,405.7	2,614.0
2	Andrew Moeller	Trabuco Hills	7,996.7	5,420.0	2,576.7
3	Vicki Bui	Westminster	7,441.9	5,088.5	2,353.4
4	Lithika Karthikeyan	Woodbridge	7,307.4	4,965.7	2,441.6
5	Olivia Kim	Woodbridge	7,293.3	4,920.0	2,433.3
6	Shane Sawyer	Valencia	7,127.3	4,874.3	2,253.0
7	Martin Nguyen	Westminster	6,621.0	4,680.0	1,941.0
8	Catherine Ha	Westminster	6,583.3	4,240.0	2,343.3
9	Megan Chen	Beckman	6,276.6
10	Sinchana Srinivas	Trabuco Hills	6,220.0	3,954.3	2,265.7

Varsity

Place	Student	School	Score	Objs	Subs
1	Manmeet Singh	Woodbridge	6,934.3	4,628.6	2,305.7
2	Dylan Slayton	Westminster	6,488.8	4,497.1	1,991.7
3	Malik Lawal	Woodbridge	6,418.6	3,928.6	2,490.0
4	Timothy Nguyen	Woodbridge	6,002.9	3,862.9	2,140.0
5	Dominique Hemedez	Valencia	5,791.6	3,602.9	2,188.7
6	Sydney Heiner	Trabuco Hills	5,509.6	3,082.9	2,426.6
7	Vivian Nguyen	Fountain Valley	5,253.7
8	Izabella Padilla	Valencia	5,155.3	3,308.6	1,846.7
9	Anjaly Ghosh	Trabuco Hills	5,137.7	2,991.4	2,146.3
10	Max Quan	Bolsa Grande	5,106.2

Super Quiz Relay Scores

Place	School	Score
1	Woodbridge High School	4,830
2	Trabuco Hills High School	4,550
3	Valencia High School	4,340
4	Westminster High School	4,130
5	University High School	3,920
5	Garden Grove High School	3,920
6	Fountain Valley	3,780
7	Esperanza High School	3,150

Individual Events

Art

Honors

Place	Student	School	Score
1	Zion Gassner	Woodbridge	980
2	Melissa Tsaowimonsiri	Woodbridge	960
2	Snigdha Saha	Woodbridge	960
2	Alvin Luu	Garden Grove	960
2	Rachael Koo	Trabuco Hills	960
3	Jolyn Hoang	Garden Grove	920
3	Sophia Wang	University	920
4	Catherine Park	Valencia	880
5	Daanesh Jamal	Valencia	860
5	Casey Nguyen	Westminster	860

Scholastic

Place	Student	School	Score
1	Vishnu Menon	Woodbridge	920
2	Andrew Moeller	Trabuco Hills	900
3	Olivia Kim	Woodbridge	820
3	Lithika Karthikeyan	Woodbridge	820
4	Sinchana Srinivas	Trabuco Hills	760
5	Catherine Ha	Westminster	740
5	Vicki Bui	Westminster	740

Varsity

Place	Student	School	Score
1	Manmeet Singh	Woodbridge	700
1	Malik Lawal	Woodbridge	700
2	Dylan Slayton	Westminster	640
3	Izabella Padilla	Valencia	620
4	Dominique Hemedez	Valencia	580
4	Nadiya Lopez	University	580
4	Timothy Nguyen	Woodbridge	580
5	Anjaly Ghosh	Trabuco Hills	500

Economics

Honors

Place	Student	School	Score
1	Zion Gassner	Woodbridge	980
2	Snigdha Saha	Woodbridge	940
3	Daanesh Jamal	Valencia	880
4	Melissa Tsaowimonsiri	Woodbridge	860
5	Pooja Kowshik	University	820
5	Alvin Luu	Garden Grove	820
5	Casey Nguyen	Westminster	820

Scholastic

Place	Student	School	Score
1	Sannuth Rao	Valencia	780
2	Vicki Bui	Westminster	720
3	Olivia Kim	Woodbridge	700
4	Lithika Karthikeyan	Woodbridge	680
4	Vishnu Menon	Woodbridge	680
4	Andrew Moeller	Trabuco Hills	680
5	Shane Sawyer	Valencia	660

Varsity

Place	Student	School	Score
1	Dylan Slayton	Westminster	680
2	Timothy Nguyen	Woodbridge	660
3	Manmeet Singh	Woodbridge	600
4	Khang Nguyen	Garden Grove	500
5	Sydney Heiner	Trabuco Hills	480

Essay

Honors

Place	Student	School	Score
1	Benjamin Nguyen	Fountain Valley	900
1	Alvin Luu	Garden Grove	900
2	Casey Nguyen	Westminster	880
3	Katrina Liu	Esperanza	851
4	Rachael Koo	Trabuco Hills	850
5	Zion Gassner	Woodbridge	845
5	Snigdha Saha	Woodbridge	845
5	Pooja Kowshik	University	845

Scholastic

Place	Student	School	Score
1	Andrew Moeller	Trabuco Hills	800
2	Catherine Ha	Westminster	770
3	Audrey Chang	Garden Grove	720
4	Manav Patel	Esperanza	701
5	Sinchana Srinivas	Trabuco Hills	699

Varsity

Place	Student	School	Score
1	Malik Lawal	Woodbridge	670
2	Nadiya Lopez	University	654
3	Mylene Figueroa	University	620
4	Vivian Nguyen	Fountain Valley	608
5	Sydney Heiner	Trabuco Hills	590

Interview

Honors

Place	Student	School	Score
1	Snigdha Saha	Woodbridge	1,000.0
2	Aminah Khan	Fountain Valley	996.7
3	Pooja Kowshik	University	966.7
4	Morgan Gee	Valencia	960.0
5	Daanesh Jamal	Valencia	956.7

Scholastic

Place	Student	School	Score
1	Andrew Moeller	Trabuco Hills	966.7
2	Catherine Ha	Westminster	953.3
2	Vishnu Menon	Woodbridge	953.3
3	Lithika Karthikeyan	Woodbridge	943.3
4	Daniel Nghiem	Garden Grove	920.0
5	Manav Patel	Esperanza	910.0

Varsity

Place	Student	School	Score
1	Manmeet Singh	Woodbridge	940.0
2	Fatima Garcia-Rivera	Garden Grove	936.7
3	Sydney Heiner	Trabuco Hills	923.3
4	Mylene Figueroa	University	910.0
5	Malik Lawal	Woodbridge	903.3

Language and Literature

Honors

Place	Student	School	Score
1	Catherine Park	Valencia	960
1	Zion Gassner	Woodbridge	960
2	Snigdha Saha	Woodbridge	920
2	Daanesh Jamal	Valencia	920
3	Melissa Tsaowimonsiri	Woodbridge	880
3	Pooja Kowshik	University	880
3	Isabella Rousselle	Trabuco Hills	880
4	Casey Nguyen	Westminster	860
4	Elaine Chao	University	860
5	Kevin Trang	Westminster	780
5	Rachael Koo	Trabuco Hills	780
5	Sophia Wang	University	780
5	Alvin Luu	Garden Grove	780
5	Albert Nguyen	La Quinta	780

Scholastic

Place	Student	School	Score
1	Andrew Moeller	Trabuco Hills	800
2	Lithika Karthikeyan	Woodbridge	780
3	Vishnu Menon	Woodbridge	760
3	Olivia Kim	Woodbridge	760
3	Cindy Nguyen	Fountain Valley	760
4	Martin Nguyen	Westminster	740
5	Shelly Chin	Fountain Valley	720
5	Shane Sawyer	Valencia	720

Varsity

Place	Student	School	Score
1	Manmeet Singh	Woodbridge	760
2	Nadiya Lopez	University	700
3	Malik Lawal	Woodbridge	680
3	Timothy Nguyen	Woodbridge	680
4	Dylan Slayton	Westminster	660
5	Izabella Padilla	Valencia	620
5	Christopher Lin	Fountain Valley	620

Math

Honors

Place	Student	School	Score
1	Benjamin Nguyen	Fountain Valley	942.9
1	Snigdha Saha	Woodbridge	942.9
1	Kevin Trang	Westminster	942.9
2	Morgan Gee	Valencia	914.3
2	Zion Gassner	Woodbridge	914.3
2	Alvin Luu	Garden Grove	914.3
3	Brian Nguyen	Esperanza	885.7
4	Labh Patel	Trabuco Hills	857.1
5	Albert Nguyen	La Quinta	800.0
5	Catherine Park	Valencia	800.0

Scholastic

Place	Student	School	Score
1	Adi Krishnamoorthy	University	942.9
2	Dae Eon (Austin) Kang	Esperanza	885.7
3	Martin Nguyen	Westminster	800.0
4	Shane Sawyer	Valencia	714.3
5	Vishnu Menon	Woodbridge	685.7

Varsity

Place	Student	School	Score
1	Malik Lawal	Woodbridge	628.6
2	Thaimas Andronaco	Esperanza	600.0
3	Awsito Salam	University	571.4
4	Dominique Hemedez	Valencia	542.9
5	Vivian Nguyen	Fountain Valley	485.7
5	Christopher Lin	Fountain Valley	485.7

Music

Honors

Place	Student	School	Score
1	Zion Gassner	Woodbridge	940
1	Melissa Tsaowimonsiri	Woodbridge	940
1	Snigdha Saha	Woodbridge	940
2	Catherine Park	Valencia	860
2	Daanesh Jamal	Valencia	860
3	Alvin Luu	Garden Grove	840
3	Sophia Wang	University	840
4	Rachael Koo	Trabuco Hills	800
5	Isabella Rousselle	Trabuco Hills	760
5	Elaine Chao	University	760

Scholastic

Place	Student	School	Score
1	Vicki Bui	Westminster	920
2	Andrew Moeller	Trabuco Hills	840
3	Shane Sawyer	Valencia	780
4	Vishnu Menon	Woodbridge	700
5	Cindy Nguyen	Fountain Valley	660

Varsity

Place	Student	School	Score
1	Dominique Hemedez	Valencia	660
1	Manmeet Singh	Woodbridge	660
2	Khang Nguyen	Garden Grove	580
2	Dylan Slayton	Westminster	580
3	Huy Tran	Westminster	540
4	Anjaly Ghosh	Trabuco Hills	500
5	Izabella Padilla	Valencia	480

Science

Honors

Place	Student	School	Score
1	Pooja Kowshik	University	940
1	Zion Gassner	Woodbridge	940
1	Melissa Tsaowimonsiri	Woodbridge	940
2	Rachael Koo	Trabuco Hills	920
3	Catherine Park	Valencia	900
3	Alvin Luu	Garden Grove	900
4	Jolyn Hoang	Garden Grove	880
5	Snigdha Saha	Woodbridge	860
5	Daanesh Jamal	Valencia	860

Scholastic

Place	Student	School	Score
1	Vishnu Menon	Woodbridge	860
1	Andrew Moeller	Trabuco Hills	860
2	Lithika Karthikeyan	Woodbridge	800
3	Olivia Kim	Woodbridge	700
4	Martin Nguyen	Westminster	680
5	Adi Krishnamoorthy	University	660
5	Vatsal Ananthula	University	660
5	Shane Sawyer	Valencia	660
5	Jonathan Thieu	La Quinta	660

Varsity

Place	Student	School	Score
1	Manmeet Singh	Woodbridge	840
2	Dylan Slayton	Westminster	780
3	Timothy Nguyen	Woodbridge	660
4	Vivian Nguyen	Fountain Valley	620
4	Dominique Hemedez	Valencia	620
4	Malik Lawal	Woodbridge	620
5	Sydney Heiner	Trabuco Hills	520
5	Nadiya Lopez	University	520

Social Science

Honors

Place	Student	School	Score
1	Zion Gassner	Woodbridge	940
2	Melissa Tsaowimonsiri	Woodbridge	920
3	Alvin Luu	Garden Grove	900
4	Snigdha Saha	Woodbridge	880
4	Elaine Chao	University	880
5	Catherine Park	Valencia	860
5	Isabella Rousselle	Trabuco Hills	860

Scholastic

Place	Student	School	Score
1	Vicki Bui	Westminster	820
2	Vishnu Menon	Woodbridge	800
3	Andrew Moeller	Trabuco Hills	740
4	Lithika Karthikeyan	Woodbridge	720
5	Shane Sawyer	Valencia	700

Varsity

Place	Student	School	Score
1	Dylan Slayton	Westminster	700
2	Manmeet Singh	Woodbridge	640
3	Timothy Nguyen	Woodbridge	620
4	Malik Lawal	Woodbridge	580
5	Sydney Heiner	Trabuco Hills	500
5	Anjaly Ghosh	Trabuco Hills	500

Speech

Honors

Place	Student	School	Score
1	Snigdha Saha	Woodbridge	1,000.0
2	Aminah Khan	Fountain Valley	980.0
3	Casey Nguyen	Westminster	970.0
3	Daanesh Jamal	Valencia	970.0
4	Pooja Kowshik	University	956.7
5	Sophia Wang	University	940.0

Scholastic

Place	Student	School	Score
1	Jason Avila	Garden Grove	1,000.0
2	Vishnu Menon	Woodbridge	966.7
3	Sannuth Rao	Valencia	950.0
4	Olivia Kim	Woodbridge	930.0
5	Lithika Karthikeyan	Woodbridge	923.3

Varsity

Place	Student	School	Score
1	William Park	Valencia	933.3
2	Malik Lawal	Woodbridge	916.7
3	Sydney Heiner	Trabuco Hills	913.3
4	Fatima Garcia-Rivera	Garden Grove	853.3
5	Christopher Lin	Fountain Valley	843.3