The 2021 Orange County Academic Decathlon took place between January 23 and February 17. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in California, the competition took place entirely online.
Overall Team Scores
| Place |
School |
Score |
Medal Count
|
| 1 |
University High School |
44,289.9 |
37
|
| 2 |
Woodbridge High School |
43,709.5 |
37
|
| 3 |
Valencia High School |
43,539.9 |
29
|
| 4 |
Garden Grove High School |
42,535.3 |
26
|
| 5 |
Westminster High School |
40,736.8 |
25
|
| 6 |
Beckman High School |
39,797.1 |
-
|
| 7 |
Trabuco Hills High School |
38,896.2 |
12
|
| 8 |
Esperanza High School |
38,070.9 |
15
|
| 9 |
San Juan Hills High School |
35,177.7 |
-
|
| 10 |
Pacifica High School |
34,920.1 |
-
|
Overall Individual Scores
Honors
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Melissa Tsaowimonsiri |
Woodbridge |
9,237.3
|
| 2 |
Risha Bhat |
Woodbridge |
9,178.7
|
| 3 |
Catherine Park |
Valencia |
9,126.9
|
| 4 |
Iris Shen |
Woodbridge |
9,048.8
|
| 5 |
Sophia Wang |
University |
8,860.9
|
| 6 |
Grace (Eun Hae) Lee |
University |
8,802.3
|
| 7 |
Alvin Luu |
Garden Grove |
8,742.6
|
| 8 |
Elaine Chao |
University |
8,714.4
|
| 9 |
Jeffrey Meredith |
Woodbridge |
8,706.1
|
| 10 |
Toby Nguyen |
Garden Grove |
8,503.1
|
Scholastic
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Jolyn Hoang |
Garden Grove |
8,331.9
|
| 2 |
Adi Krishnamoorthy |
University |
7,946.6
|
| 3 |
John Garcia |
Valencia |
7,792.1
|
| 4 |
Sean Jeong |
Troy |
7,524.2
|
| 5 |
Martin Nguyen |
Westminster |
7,499.6
|
| 6 |
Vansh Goel |
University |
7,443.9
|
| 7 |
Sergey Mironov |
Woodbridge |
7,418.8
|
| 8 |
Arwen (Xinhao) Wang |
University |
7,392.0
|
| 9 |
Dominique Hemedez |
Valencia |
7,122.0
|
| 10 |
Jaeyong Lee |
Troy |
6,966.6
|
Varsity
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Devin Yarak |
Servite |
7,050.6
|
| 2 |
Megha Nair |
Beckman |
6,808.3
|
| 3 |
Aaron Kim |
Valencia |
6,560.3
|
| 4 |
Van Nguyen |
Westminster |
6,549.9
|
| 5 |
Olivia Kim |
Woodbridge |
6,314.7
|
| 6 |
Ozhan Zarifi |
University |
6,260.9
|
| 7 |
Isabella Walsh |
Corono del Mar |
6,236.7
|
| 8 |
Kelsey Tang |
Westminster |
6,112.7
|
| 9 |
Jun Chiang |
Troy |
6,043.0
|
| 10 |
Felix Teng |
Fairmont Prep |
5,977.0
|
Individual Events
Art
Honors
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Risha Bhat |
Woodbridge |
1,000.0
|
| 2 |
Melissa Tsaowinmonsiri |
Woodbridge |
980
|
| 3 |
Toby Nguyen |
Garden Grove |
960
|
| 3 |
Catherine Park |
Valencia |
960
|
| 3 |
Sophia Wang |
University |
960
|
| 4 |
Iris Shen |
Woodbridge |
940
|
| 5 |
Grace (Eun Hae) Lee |
University |
920
|
| 5 |
Isabella Rousselle |
Trabuco Hills |
920
|
Scholastic
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Jolyn Hoang |
Garden Grove |
940
|
| 2 |
Brittany Le |
Westminster |
900
|
| 2 |
Dominique Hemedez |
Valencia |
900
|
| 3 |
Martin Nguyen |
Westminster |
880
|
| 4 |
Kanika Shringi |
Trabuco Hills |
860
|
| 4 |
John Garcia |
Valencia |
860
|
| 5 |
Arwen (Xinhao) Wang |
University |
840
|
Varsity
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Kelsey Tang |
Westminster |
800
|
| 2 |
Aaron Kim |
Valencia |
660
|
| 3 |
Huy Tran |
Westminster |
640
|
| 4 |
Olivia Kim |
Woodbridge |
620
|
| 5 |
Aileen Santos |
Trabuco Hills |
580
|
Economics
Honors
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Catherine Park |
Valencia |
960
|
| 2 |
Alvin Luu |
Garden Grove |
920
|
| 2 |
Melissa Tsaowimonsiri |
Woodbridge |
920
|
| 3 |
Risha Bhat |
Woodbridge |
900
|
| 4 |
Kruthika Sharma |
Esperanza |
840
|
| 4 |
Grace (Eun Hae) Lee |
University |
840
|
| 4 |
Benjamin Nguyen |
Fountain Valley |
840
|
| 5 |
Sophia Wang |
University |
820
|
Scholastic
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
John Garcia |
Valencia |
940
|
| 2 |
Jolyn Hoang |
Garden Grove |
840
|
| 3 |
Adi Krishnamoorthy |
University |
820
|
| 4 |
Martin Nguyen |
Westminster |
800
|
| 5 |
Sergey Mironov |
Woodbridge |
740
|
Varsity
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Aaron Kim |
Valencia |
720
|
| 2 |
Thaimas Andronaco |
Esperanza |
680
|
| 3 |
Olivia Kim |
Woodbridge |
620
|
| 4 |
Audrey Chang |
Garden Grove |
600
|
| 5 |
Kelsey Tang |
Westminster |
580
|
| 5 |
Sophia Roye |
Trabuco Hills |
580
|
Essay
Honors
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Melissa Tsaowimonsiri |
Woodbridge |
953
|
| 2 |
Nellie Nguyen |
Westminster |
943
|
| 3 |
Risha Bhat |
Woodbridge |
918
|
| 4 |
Elaine Chao |
University |
912
|
| 5 |
Andrea Wang |
Valencia |
902
|
Scholastic
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Jolyn Hoang |
Garden Grove |
874
|
| 2 |
Vansh Goel |
University |
851
|
| 3 |
Sergey Mironov |
Woodbridge |
850
|
| 4 |
Eric Ly |
Garden Grove |
825
|
| 5 |
Dominique Hemedez |
Valencia |
798
|
Varsity
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Megan Davis |
Esperanza |
742
|
| 2 |
Van Nguyen |
Westminster |
727
|
| 3 |
Huy Tran |
Westminster |
721
|
| 4 |
Audrey Chang |
Garden Grove |
718
|
| 5 |
Vivian Nguyen |
Fountain Valley |
697
|
Interview
Honors
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Toby Nguyen |
Garden Grove |
1,000.0
|
| 1 |
Arushi Somani |
Valencia |
1,000.0
|
| 1 |
Catherine Park |
Valencia |
1,000.0
|
| 1 |
Katrina Liu |
Esperanza |
1,000.0
|
| 2 |
Risha Bhat |
Woodbridge |
995
|
| 3 |
Kruthika Sharma |
Esperanza |
990
|
| 4 |
Kathleen Vo |
Westminster |
980
|
| 5 |
Iris Shen |
Woodbridge |
965
|
Scholastic
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
John Garcia |
Valencia |
1,000.0
|
| 2 |
Jolyn Hoang |
Garden Grove |
995
|
| 3 |
Michael Martinez |
Esperanza |
990
|
| 4 |
Madison Vu |
Fountain Valley |
980
|
| 5 |
Vansh Goel |
University |
960
|
Varsity
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Dyanna Henriquez-Serrano |
Esperanza |
1,000.0
|
| 2 |
Aaron Kim |
Valencia |
990
|
| 3 |
Megan Davis |
Esperanza |
935
|
| 4 |
Audrey Chang |
Garden Grove |
930
|
| 5 |
Van Nguyen |
Westminster |
890
|
Language and Literature
Honors
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Catherine Park |
Valencia |
960
|
| 2 |
Elaine Chao |
University |
940
|
| 2 |
Melissa Tsaowimonsiri |
Woodbridge |
940
|
| 3 |
Grace (Eun Hae) Lee |
University |
920
|
| 4 |
Iris Shen |
Woodbridge |
880
|
| 4 |
Risha Bhat |
Woodbridge |
880
|
| 5 |
Isabella Rousselle |
Trabuco Hills |
860
|
Scholastic
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Arwen (Xinhao) Wang |
University |
800
|
| 2 |
John Garcia |
Valencia |
760
|
| 3 |
Kanika Shringi |
Trabuco Hills |
740
|
| 3 |
Jolyn Hoang |
Garden Grove |
740
|
| 4 |
Brittany Le |
Westminster |
720
|
| 5 |
Martin Nguyen |
Westminster |
680
|
Varsity
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Kelsey Tang |
Westminster |
700
|
| 2 |
Irene Chang |
Woodbridge |
620
|
| 3 |
Dyanna Henriquez-Serrano |
Esperanza |
600
|
| 3 |
Sophia Roye |
Trabuco Hills |
600
|
| 3 |
Izabella Padilla |
Valencia |
600
|
| 4 |
Ozhan Zarifi |
University |
580
|
| 4 |
Van Nguyen |
Westminster |
580
|
| 4 |
Olivia Kim |
Woodbridge |
580
|
| 5 |
Vivian Nguyen |
Fountain Valley |
480
|
Math
Honors
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Catherine Park |
Valencia |
942.9
|
| 2 |
Grace (Eun Hae) Lee |
University |
914.3
|
| 3 |
Benjamin Nguyen |
Fountain Valley |
857.1
|
| 3 |
Toby Nguyen |
Garden Grove |
857.1
|
| 3 |
Iris Shen |
Woodbridge |
857.1
|
| 4 |
Alvin Luu |
Garden Grove |
828.6
|
| 5 |
Andrea Wang |
Valencia |
800.0
|
Scholastic
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Adi Krishnamoorthy |
University |
828.6
|
| 2 |
Vansh Goel |
University |
742.9
|
| 3 |
Martin Nguyen |
Westminster |
714.3
|
| 4 |
Dominique Hemedez |
Valencia |
685.7
|
| 5 |
Eric Ly |
Garden Grove |
657.1
|
| 5 |
Sergey Mironov |
Woodbridge |
657.1
|
Varsity
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Aaron Kim |
Valencia |
600.0
|
| 1 |
Olivia Kim |
Woodbridge |
600.0
|
| 2 |
Van Nguyen |
Westminster |
542.9
|
| 3 |
Irene Chang |
Woodbridge |
514.3
|
| 4 |
Samuel Brown |
Woodbridge |
485.7
|
| 5 |
Vivian Nguyen |
Fountain Valley |
428.6
|
Music
Honors
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Catherine Park |
Valencia |
1,000.0
|
| 1 |
Melissa Tsaowimonsiri |
Woodbridge |
1,000.0
|
| 1 |
Iris Shen |
Woodbridge |
1,000.0
|
| 2 |
Risha Bhat |
Woodbridge |
980
|
| 2 |
Sophia Wang |
University |
980
|
| 3 |
Toby Nguyen |
Garden Grove |
960
|
| 4 |
Elaine Chao |
University |
940
|
| 5 |
Alvin Luu |
Garden Grove |
920
|
Scholastic
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Jolyn Hoang |
Garden Grove |
840
|
| 2 |
Adelyn Duong |
Garden Grove |
760
|
| 3 |
Martin Nguyen |
Westminster |
740
|
| 4 |
Adi Krishnamoorthy |
University |
720
|
| 5 |
Arwen (Xinhao) Wang |
University |
680
|
Varsity
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Aaron Kim |
Valencia |
680
|
| 2 |
Kelsey Tang |
Westminster |
660
|
| 3 |
Huy Tran |
Westminster |
580
|
| 4 |
Ozhan Zarifi |
University |
560
|
| 5 |
Van Nguyen |
Westminster |
500
|
Science
Honors
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Iris Shen |
Woodbridge |
1,000.0
|
| 2 |
Grace (Eun Hae) Lee |
University |
960
|
| 3 |
Elaine Chao |
University |
900
|
| 4 |
Hana Nguyen |
Trabuco Hills |
900
|
| 4 |
Risha Bhat |
Woodbridge |
900
|
| 5 |
Melissa Tsaowimonsiri |
Woodbridge |
880
|
Scholastic
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Adi Krishnamoorthy |
University |
900
|
| 2 |
Arwen (Xinhao) Wang |
University |
780
|
| 3 |
Vansh Goel |
University |
760
|
| 4 |
Jolyn Hoang |
Garden Grove |
720
|
| 5 |
Kanika Shringi |
Trabuco Hills |
700
|
Varsity
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Van Nguyen |
Westminster |
800
|
| 1 |
Ozhan Zarifi |
University |
800
|
| 2 |
Dyanna Henriquez-Serrano |
Esperanza |
680
|
| 3 |
Huy Tran |
Westminster |
540
|
| 4 |
Donya Sharafkhanian |
University |
520
|
| 5 |
Aaron Kim |
Valencia |
500
|
Social Science
Honors
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Catherine Park |
Valencia |
980
|
| 1 |
Hana Nguyen |
Trabuco Hills |
980
|
| 1 |
Sophia Wang |
University |
980
|
| 1 |
Elaine Chao |
University |
980
|
| 1 |
Melissa Tsaowimonsiri |
Woodbridge |
980
|
| 2 |
Risha Bhat |
Woodbridge |
960
|
| 3 |
Grace (Eun Hae) Lee |
University |
940
|
| 3 |
Alvin Luu |
Garden Grove |
940
|
| 3 |
Iris Shen |
Woodbridge |
940
|
| 4 |
Matthew Nguyen |
Esperanza |
880
|
| 5 |
Arushi Somani |
Valencia |
860
|
| 5 |
Benjamin Nguyen |
Fountain Valley |
860
|
Scholastic
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Adi Krishnamoorthy |
University |
980
|
| 2 |
John Garcia |
Valencia |
880
|
| 3 |
Jolyn Hoang |
Garden Grove |
840
|
| 4 |
Brittany Le |
Westminster |
800
|
| 5 |
Sergey Mironov |
Woodbridge |
780
|
| 5 |
Arwen (Xinhao) Wang |
University |
780
|
Varsity
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Ozhan Zarifi |
University |
960
|
| 2 |
Sophia Roye |
Trabuco Hills |
760
|
| 3 |
Megan Davis |
Esperanza |
740
|
| 4 |
Van Nguyen |
Westminster |
680
|
| 5 |
Olivia Kim |
Woodbridge |
620
|
Speech
Honors
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Sophia Wang |
University |
995.0
|
| 2 |
Risha Bhat |
Woodbridge |
960.0
|
| 2 |
Matthew Nguyen |
Esperanza |
960.0
|
| 3 |
Arushi Somani |
Valencia |
953.3
|
| 4 |
Hana Nguyen |
Trabuco Hills |
940.0
|
| 5 |
Grace (Eun Hae) Lee |
University |
930.0
|
| 5 |
Toby Nguyen |
Garden Grove |
930.0
|
Scholastic
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Jolyn Hoang |
Garden Grove |
1,000.0
|
| 2 |
John Garcia |
Valencia |
980.0
|
| 3 |
Arwen (Xinhao) Wang |
University |
970.0
|
| 4 |
Melvin Wu |
Woodbridge |
930.0
|
| 5 |
Saloni Rajput |
Esperanza |
903.3
|
Varsity
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Olivia Kim |
Woodbridge |
976.7
|
| 2 |
Jason Avila |
Garden Grove |
970.0
|
| 3 |
Dyanna Henriquez-Serrano |
Esperanza |
940.0
|
| 4 |
Audrey Chang |
Garden Grove |
916.7
|
| 5 |
Aaron Kim |
Valencia |
913.3
|
