The 2025 Texas Academic Decathlon Regionals for Region V took place at Clear Lake High School from January 24-25, 2025, with events in Art, Economics, and the subjectives (Speech and Interview) taking place on Friday, January 24, and the rest the subsequent day after; essays, which competitors wrote several weeks prior to competition, were graded and scored during the competition.
Pearland High School claimed their 12th regional championship in the Large School category. They placed 4th in the state regional combined Large and Medium school score rankings, marking their best showing since their statewide win in 2015. Regional host Clear Lake followed in second place, while Alvin High School placed a record third, qualifying for San Antonio state competition for the first time since 2018. Meanwhile, Turner College & Career High School broke the 5-year winning streak held by the long-established Friendswood High School in the Medium School category, winning their first ever regional and placing 4th of all Texas Medium schools and 10th in the combined rankings to qualify for San Antonio for the first time. Runner-up Friendswood, by a narrow 300 points, were dropped from qualifying for San Antonio and will compete at Frisco for the first time.
Overall Team Scores[edit]
Large Schools[edit]
Rank |
School |
ISD |
Score
|
1 |
Pearland High School |
Pearland |
48,541.7
|
2 |
Clear Lake High School |
Clear Creek |
43,658.0
|
3 |
Alvin High School |
Alvin |
41,757.0
|
4 |
J. Frank Dobie High School |
Pasadena |
40,672.0
|
5 |
Pasadena Memorial High School |
Pasadena |
39,720.7
|
6 |
Deer Park High School |
Deer Park |
38,533.2
|
7 |
Clear Springs High School |
Clear Creek |
36,715.0
|
8 |
Dickinson High School |
Dickinson |
34,344.1
|
9 |
North Shore High School |
Galena Park |
32,489.5
|
10 |
Clear Creek High School |
Clear Creek |
31,642.2
|
11 |
Manvel High School |
Alvin |
30,038.7
|
12 |
Clear Brook High School |
Clear Creek |
28,228.0
|
13 |
Shadow Creek High School |
Alvin |
26,270.8
|
Medium Schools[edit]
Rank |
School |
ISD |
Score
|
1 |
Turner College & Career High School |
Pearland |
44,152.0
|
2 |
Friendswood High School |
Friendswood |
40,257.0
|
3 |
Barbers Hill High School |
Barbers Hill |
37,512.6
|
4 |
La Porte High School |
La Porte |
36,892.9
|
5 |
Iowa Colony High School |
Alvin |
29,103.0
|
6 |
Pasadena High School |
Pasadena |
26,275.0
|
7 |
Santa Fe High School |
Santa Fe |
25,444.0
|
8 |
Lufkin High School |
Lufkin |
24,370.0
|
Overall Individual Scores[edit]
Large Schools[edit]
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Kaiden Vo |
Pearland |
8,978.9
|
2 |
Lindsey Diep |
Clear Lake |
8,722.2
|
3 |
Reid Hamilton |
Clear Lake |
8,710.0
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Scholastic[edit]
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Jesus Gomez |
J. Frank Dobie |
7,925.1
|
2 |
Vishaan Bhakta |
Alvin |
7,788.9
|
3 |
Kesler Do |
Pearland |
7,775.0
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Varsity[edit]
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Tadewa Oyewole |
Pearland |
8,337.5
|
2 |
Landon Guest |
Pearland |
7,518.2
|
3 |
Cameron Goodman |
Alvin |
6,922.1
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Medium Schools[edit]
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Shivam Gupta |
Friendswood |
8,216.6
|
2 |
Mia Rhodus |
Turner |
8,148.6
|
3 |
Daniel Tran |
Turner |
7,592.1
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Scholastic[edit]
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Ian Norwood |
Turner |
8,263.9
|
2 |
Jesswin Jacob |
Turner |
7,352.5
|
3 |
Connor Smith |
Friendswood |
7,303.8
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Varsity[edit]
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Ryleigh Rich |
Turner |
6,705.0
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Individual Events[edit]
Large Schools[edit]
Honors
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Kaiden Vo |
Pearland |
920
|
2 |
Lindsey Diep |
Clear Lake |
900
|
3 |
Raneem Ghadai |
Clear Lake |
880
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Scholastic
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Vincent Custer |
Pearland |
880
|
2 |
Luis Portilla |
Pasadena Memorial |
840
|
3 |
River Simmons |
Clear Lake |
800
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Varsity
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Gerardo Gonzalez |
Pasadena Memorial |
820
|
1 |
Landon Guest |
Pearland |
820
|
2 |
Tadewa Oyewole |
Pearland |
760
|
3 |
Scott Hughes |
Alvin |
740
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Medium Schools[edit]
Honors
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Shivam Gupta |
Friendswood |
920
|
2 |
Mia Rhodus |
Turner |
820
|
3 |
Allegra Murga |
Turner |
720
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Scholastic
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Ian Norwood |
Turner |
820
|
2 |
Jesswin Jacob |
Turner |
800
|
3 |
Connor Smith |
Friendswood |
720
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Varsity
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Camden Morrill |
La Porte |
680
|
1 |
Ryleigh Rich |
Turner |
680
|
2 |
Kolbe Pool |
Barbers Hill |
660
|
3 |
Harlee Gibbs |
La Porte |
560
|
4 |
Samantha Sims |
Friendswood |
540
|
5 |
|
|
|
Economics[edit]
Large Schools[edit]
Honors
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Andrew Ullman |
J. Frank Dobie |
860
|
1 |
Kaiden Vo |
Pearland |
860
|
2 |
Talyn Yocum |
Clear Springs |
820
|
3 |
Reid Hamilton |
Clear Lake |
780
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Scholastic
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Jesus Gomez |
J. Frank Dobie |
700
|
2 |
Vincent Custer |
Pearland |
640
|
2 |
River Simmons |
Clear Lake |
640
|
3 |
Vishaan Bhakta |
Alvin |
600
|
3 |
Kesler Do |
Pearland |
600
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Varsity
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Tadewa Oyewole |
Pearland |
800
|
2 |
Diego Bonilla |
J. Frank Dobie |
760
|
3 |
Landon Guest |
Pearland |
600
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Medium Schools[edit]
Honors
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Joshua Zamora |
Barbers Hill |
700
|
2 |
Mia Rhodus |
Turner |
680
|
3 |
Shivam Gupta |
Friendswood |
580
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Scholastic
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Ian Norwood |
Turner |
800
|
2 |
Connor Smith |
Friendswood |
640
|
3 |
Jared Bingham |
Barbers Hill |
600
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Varsity
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Ryleigh Rich |
Turner |
680
|
2 |
Harley Gibbs |
La Porte |
580
|
3 |
Kolbe Pool |
Barbers Hill |
540
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Large Schools[edit]
Honors
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Kaiden Vo |
Pearland |
987.5
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
Grae Peterson |
Pearland |
950.0
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Scholastic
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Kelsi Barker |
Pearland |
950.0
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
Kesler Do |
Pearland |
925.0
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Varsity
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Tadewa Oyewole |
Pearland |
987.5
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Medium Schools[edit]
Honors
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
Isabella Nguyen |
Friendswood |
862.5
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Scholastic
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Jesswin Jacob |
Turner |
937.5
|
2 |
Ian Norwood |
Turner |
912.5
|
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Varsity
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
Jadon Aceituno |
Friendswood |
662.5
|
3 |
Ryleigh Rich |
Turner |
650.0
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Interview[edit]
Large Schools[edit]
Honors
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Scholastic
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Varsity
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Ray Williams |
J. Frank Dobie |
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Medium Schools[edit]
Honors
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
Daniel Tran |
Turner |
960
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Scholastic
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Zipporah Ramirez |
Turner |
1000
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Varsity
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Ryleigh Rich |
Turner |
995
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Literature[edit]
Large Schools[edit]
Honors
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
Kaiden Vo |
Pearland |
800
|
4 |
Grae Peterson |
Pearland |
780
|
5 |
|
|
|
Scholastic
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
Kesler Do |
Pearland |
600
|
4 |
Kelsi Barker |
Pearland |
580
|
5 |
Vincent Custer |
Pearland |
560
|
Varsity
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
Landon Guest |
Pearland |
540
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Medium Schools[edit]
Honors
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Mia Rhodus |
Turner |
900
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
Allegra Murga |
Turner |
600
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Scholastic
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Ian Norwood |
Turner |
680
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
Connor Smith |
Friendswood |
620
|
3 |
Jesswin Jacob |
Turner |
620
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Varsity
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
Christopher Lopez |
Turner |
520
|
3 |
Ryleigh Rich |
Turner |
480
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Large Schools[edit]
Honors
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Grae Peterson |
Pearland |
1,000.0
|
2 |
Jason Crandall |
Pearland |
971.4
|
2 |
Kaiden Vo |
Pearland |
971.4
|
2 |
Arya Chakrabarti |
Clear Springs |
971.4
|
2 |
Talyn Yocum |
Clear Springs |
971.4
|
3 |
John Tran |
Pasadena Memorial |
885.7
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Scholastic
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Kesler Do |
Pearland |
1,000.0
|
2 |
Owen Morden |
Alvin |
971.4
|
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Varsity
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Tadewa Oyewole |
Pearland |
1,000.0
|
2 |
Landon Guest |
Pearland |
885.7
|
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Medium Schools[edit]
Honors
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Shivam Gupta |
Friendswood |
1,000.0
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Scholastic
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Jesswin Jacob |
Turner |
1,000.0
|
2 |
Ian Norwood |
Turner |
971.4
|
3 |
Connor Smith |
Friendswood |
857.1
|
4 |
Ethan Wen |
Friendswood |
828.6
|
5 |
|
|
|
Varsity
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Christopher Lopez |
Turner |
800
|
2 |
Mason Bell |
Turner |
685.7
|
3 |
Harley Wright |
Friendswood |
600
|
3 |
Ryleigh Rich |
Turner |
600
|
4 |
Samantha Sims |
Friendswood |
571.4
|
5 |
|
|
|
Large Schools[edit]
Honors
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Kaiden Vo |
Pearland |
860
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Scholastic
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Varsity
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Tadewa Oyewole |
Pearland |
860
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
Mateo Munoz |
Pearland |
560
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Medium Schools[edit]
Honors
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Shivam Gupta |
Friendswood |
860
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
Daniel Tran |
Turner |
720
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
Mia Rhodus |
Turner |
680
|
Scholastic
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Ian Norwood |
Turner |
680
|
2 |
Zipporah Ramirez |
Turner |
580
|
3 |
Jesswin Jacob |
Turner |
560
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Varsity
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Mason Bell |
Turner |
500
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Science[edit]
Large Schools[edit]
Honors
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
Grae Peterson |
Pearland |
900
|
4 |
Jason Crandall |
Pearland |
880
|
5 |
Kaiden Vo |
Pearland |
860
|
Scholastic
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Vincent Custer |
Pearland |
880
|
2 |
Kesler Do |
Pearland |
840
|
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Varsity
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Tadewa Oyewole |
Pearland |
960
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
Landon Guest |
Pearland |
800
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Medium Schools[edit]
Honors
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Shivam Gupta |
Friendswood |
940
|
2 |
Mia Rhodus |
Turner |
900
|
3 |
Isabella Nguyen |
Friendswood |
840
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Scholastic
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Ian Norwood |
Turner |
980
|
2 |
Jesswin Jacob |
Turner |
820
|
2 |
Alec Sheard |
Friendswood |
820
|
2 |
Connor Smith |
Friendswood |
820
|
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Varsity
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
Christopher Lopez |
Turner |
740
|
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Social Science[edit]
Large Schools[edit]
Honors
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Kaiden Vo |
Pearland |
920
|
2 |
Jason Crandall |
Pearland |
900
|
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Scholastic
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Sylvia Rooney |
Deer Park |
840
|
2 |
Owen Morden |
Alvin |
820
|
2 |
Luis Portilla |
Pasadena Memorial |
820
|
3 |
Kelsi Barker |
Pearland |
780
|
3 |
Kesler Do |
Pearland |
780
|
3 |
Vincent Custer |
Pearland |
780
|
3 |
Jesus Gomez |
J. Frank Dobie |
780
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Varsity
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Tadewa Oyewole |
Pearland |
880
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
Mateo Munoz |
Pearland |
740
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Medium Schools[edit]
Honors
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Shivam Gupta |
Friendswood |
900
|
1 |
Daniel Tran |
Turner |
900
|
2 |
Mia Rhodus |
Turner |
880
|
3 |
Isabella Nguyen |
Friendswood |
760
|
4 |
Allegra Murga |
Turner |
740
|
5 |
|
|
|
Scholastic
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Ian Norwood |
Turner |
880
|
2 |
Connor Smith |
Friendswood |
680
|
3 |
|
|
660
|
4 |
Jesswin Jacob |
Turner |
640
|
4 |
Ethan Wen |
Friendswood |
640
|
5 |
|
|
|
Varsity
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
Christopher Lopez |
Turner |
660
|
3 |
Ryleigh Rich |
Turner |
640
|
4 |
Mason Bell |
Turner |
620
|
5 |
|
|
|
Large Schools[edit]
Honors
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Jason Crandall |
Pearland |
980.0
|
2 |
Grae Peterson |
Pearland |
950.0
|
3 |
Andrew Ullman |
J. Frank Dobie |
943.3
|
3 |
Reid Hamilton |
Clear Lake |
943.3
|
3 |
John Tran |
Pasadena Memorial |
943.3
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Scholastic
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
Bree Gutierrez |
Pasadena Memorial |
940.0
|
4 |
Kelsi Barker |
Pearland |
935.0
|
5 |
|
|
|
Varsity
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Ray Williams |
J. Frank Dobie |
1,000.0
|
2 |
Cameron Goodman |
Alvin |
975.0
|
3 |
Sophia Borkowski |
Clear Creek |
955.0
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Medium Schools[edit]
Honors
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Mia Rhodus |
Turner |
953.3
|
2 |
Declan Chari |
Friendswood |
936.7
|
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Scholastic
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Zipporah Ramirez |
Turner |
930
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Varsity
Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
1 |
Ryleigh Rich |
Turner |
940.0
|
2 |
Logan Murphey |
La Porte |
920.0
|
2 |
Harley Wright |
Friendswood |
920.0
|
3 |
Christopher Lopez |
Turner |
910.0
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|