The 32nd Annual Massachusetts Academic Decathlon State Finals took place on March 5, 2016 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Overall Team Scores
| Place |
School |
Size |
Score |
Objs |
Subs |
Medals
|
| 1 |
Acton-Boxborough Regional High School |
Large |
48,345.1 |
32,977.1 |
15,368.0 |
56
|
| 2 |
Wellesley High School |
Large |
37,829.6 |
23,568.6 |
14,261.0 |
12
|
| 3 |
Ashland High School |
Small |
37,321.8 |
23,382.8 |
13,939.0 |
15
|
| 4 |
Quincy High School |
Large |
31,664.9 |
18,502.9 |
13,162.0 |
2
|
| 5 |
Pittsfield High School |
Small |
31,542.3 |
18,934.3 |
12,608.0 |
1
|
| 6 |
Franklin High School |
Large |
31,126.0 |
19,100.0 |
12,026.0 |
2
|
| 7 |
North Reading High School |
Small |
29,267.0 |
17,180.0 |
12,087.0 |
3
|
| 8 |
Avon Middle/High School |
Small |
28,622.1 |
16,354.1 |
12,268.0 |
4
|
| 9 |
Austin Preparatory High School |
Small |
27,423.0 |
17,737.0 |
9,686.0 |
5
|
| 10 |
Sharon High School |
Large |
27,162.5 |
16,428.5 |
10,734.0 |
1
|
| 11 |
Shepherd Hill Regional High School |
Large |
23,426.0 |
13,880.0 |
9,546.0 |
2
|
| 12 |
Wilmington High School |
Small |
22,868.3 |
12,074.3 |
10,794.0 |
1
|
| 13 |
Tewksbury High School |
Small |
17,938.1 |
10,757.1 |
7,181.0 |
0
|
| 14 |
Silver Lake Regional High School |
Large |
17,819.5 |
10,308.5 |
7,511.0 |
0
|
| 15 |
Westwood High School |
Small |
15,944.4 |
9,931.4 |
6,013.0 |
0
|
Overall Individual Scores
Honors
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score |
Objs |
Subs
|
| 1 |
Roshni Sahoo |
Acton-Boxborough |
9,030.7 |
6,285.7 |
2,745.0
|
| 2 |
Eric Zhou |
Ashland |
8,897.1 |
6,197.1 |
2,700.0
|
| 3 |
Niket Gowravaram |
Acton-Boxborough |
8,603.0 |
5,940.0 |
2,663.0
|
| 4 |
Tony Shu |
Wellesley |
8,500.0 |
5,620.0 |
2,880.0
|
| 5 |
Kenneth Wang |
Acton-Boxborough |
7,870.0 |
5,420.0 |
2,450.0
|
| 6 |
Rachel Landau |
Wellesley |
7,440.3 |
4,614.3 |
2,826.0
|
| 7 |
Jacob Lezberg |
Pittsfield |
6,699.0 |
4,180.0 |
2,519.0
|
| 8 |
Emma Tilley |
Austin Prep |
6,694.4 |
4,531.4 |
2,163.0
|
| 9 |
John Tagliaferro |
Pittsfield |
6,556.6 |
4,148.6 |
2,408.0
|
| 10 |
Meghan Bodette |
Austin Prep |
6,520.4 |
4,191.4 |
2,329.0
|
Scholastic
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score |
Objs |
Subs
|
| 1 |
Grace Wu |
Acton-Boxborough |
8,373.0 |
5,920.0 |
2,453.0
|
| 2 |
Jonathan Liu |
Acton-Boxborough |
8,348.4 |
5,831.4 |
2,517.0
|
| 3 |
Kimberly Jin |
Acton-Boxborough |
8,223.3 |
5,534.3 |
2,689.0
|
| 4 |
Allison Kumarasena |
Wellesley |
6,747.1 |
4,377.1 |
2,370.0
|
| 5 |
Fabienne Dessalines |
Avon |
6,596.1 |
4,157.1 |
2,439.0
|
| 6 |
Anisa Misra |
Sharon |
6,264.1 |
4,277.1 |
1,987.0
|
| 7 |
Michael Tian |
Westwood |
6,138.6 |
3,868.6 |
2,270.0
|
| 8 |
Evan St. Germain |
Franklin |
5,884.0 |
3,820.0 |
2,064.0
|
| 9 |
Catherine Wang |
Wellesley |
5,737.9 |
3,502.9 |
2,235.0
|
| 10 |
Parawat Changthong |
Quincy |
5,696.6 |
3,488.6 |
2,208.0
|
Varsity
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score |
Objs |
Subs
|
| 1 |
Spencer Thrope |
Acton-Boxborough |
7,048.6 |
4,808.6 |
2,240.0
|
| 2 |
Linnea Ross |
Acton-Boxborough |
6,941.4 |
4,191.4 |
2,750.0
|
| 3 |
Gahl Efroni |
Ashland |
6,513.6 |
4,088.6 |
2,425.0
|
| 4 |
Griffin Smith |
Acton-Boxborough |
5,927.9 |
3,442.9 |
2,485.0
|
| 5 |
Noah Spicer |
North Reading |
5,521.7 |
3,045.7 |
2,476.0
|
| 6 |
Rachel Munch |
Pittsfield |
5,454.0 |
3,240.0 |
2,214.0
|
| 7 |
Michael Lazzari |
Wellesley |
5,270.0 |
3,240.0 |
2,030.0
|
| 8 |
Krystle Boyajian |
Austin Prep |
5,252.1 |
3,277.1 |
1,975.0
|
| 9 |
Anirhudda Doke |
Quincy |
5,170.0 |
3,360.0 |
1,810.0
|
| 10 |
Carson Hill |
Shepherd Hill |
4,666.7 |
3,325.7 |
1,341.0
|
Individual Events
Art
Honors
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Eric Zhou |
Ashland |
940
|
| 2 |
Roshni Sahoo |
Acton-Boxborough |
900
|
| 3 |
Tony Shu |
Wellesley |
800
|
| 4 |
Niket Gowravaram |
Acton-Boxborough |
780
|
| 5 |
Rachel Landau |
Wellesley |
760
|
Scholastic
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Jonathan Liu |
Acton-Boxborough |
940
|
| 2 |
Grace Wu |
Acton-Boxborough |
800
|
| 3 |
Kimberly Jin |
Acton-Boxborough |
680
|
| 3 |
Evan St. Germain |
Franklin |
680
|
| 4 |
Anisa Misra |
Sharon |
540
|
| 5 |
Michael Tian |
Westwood |
500
|
Varsity
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Spencer Thrope |
Acton-Boxborough |
720
|
| 2 |
Gahl Efroni |
Ashland |
680
|
| 3 |
Linnea Ross |
Acton-Boxborough |
480
|
| 3 |
Noah Spicer |
North Reading |
480
|
| 4 |
Carson Hill |
Shepherd Hill |
440
|
| 5 |
Griffin Smith |
Acton-Boxborough |
420
|
| 5 |
Michael Lazzari |
Wellesley |
420
|
Economics
Honors
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Tony Shu |
Wellesley |
960
|
| 2 |
Eric Zhou |
Ashland |
940
|
| 3 |
Roshni Sahoo |
Acton-Boxborough |
920
|
| 4 |
Niket Gowravaram |
Acton-Boxborough |
900
|
| 5 |
Kenneth Wang |
Acton-Boxborough |
760
|
| 5 |
Emma Tilley |
Austin Prep |
760
|
Scholastic
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Grace Wu |
Acton-Boxborough |
900
|
| 2 |
Jonathan Liu |
Acton-Boxborough |
820
|
| 3 |
Kimberly Jin |
Acton-Boxborough |
780
|
| 4 |
Allison Kumarasena |
Wellesley |
720
|
| 5 |
Evan St. Germain |
Franklin |
700
|
| 5 |
Jonathan Capozzi |
North Reading |
700
|
| 5 |
Catherine Wang |
Wellesley |
700
|
Varsity
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Spencer Thrope |
Acton-Boxborough |
780
|
| 2 |
Linnea Ross |
Acton-Boxborough |
740
|
| 3 |
Krystle Boyajian |
Austin Prep |
700
|
| 4 |
Griffin Smith |
Acton-Boxborough |
620
|
| 4 |
Carson Hill |
Shepherd Hill |
620
|
| 5 |
Gahl Efroni |
Ashland |
600
|
| 5 |
Michael Fedorchak |
Ashland |
600
|
Essay
Honors
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Tony Shu |
Wellesley |
950
|
| 2 |
Eric Zhou |
Ashland |
930
|
| 3 |
Nivashini Suresh |
Sharon |
926
|
| 3 |
Rachel Landau |
Wellesley |
926
|
| 4 |
Jacob Lezberg |
Pittsfield |
914
|
| 5 |
Samuel Friday |
Franklin |
902
|
Scholastic
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Parawat Changthong |
Quincy |
888
|
| 2 |
Jonathan Liu |
Acton-Boxborough |
882
|
| 3 |
Allison Kumarasena |
Wellesley |
880
|
| 4 |
Kimberly Jin |
Acton-Boxborough |
874
|
| 5 |
Richie Abbott |
Ashland |
860
|
Varsity
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Noah Spicer |
North Reading |
956
|
| 2 |
Linnea Ross |
Acton-Boxborough |
890
|
| 3 |
Michael Fedorchak |
Ashland |
844
|
| 4 |
Gahl Efroni |
Ashland |
820
|
| 5 |
Katara Mullett |
Pittsfield |
802
|
Interview
Honors
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Meghan Bodette |
Austin Prep |
1,000
|
| 2 |
Andrew Dunn |
Ashland |
980
|
| 2 |
Souyma Sabbella |
Franklin |
980
|
| 3 |
Tony Shu |
Wellesley |
965
|
| 4 |
Roshni Sahoo |
Acton-Boxborough |
945
|
| 5 |
Rachel Landau |
Wellesley |
935
|
Scholastic
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Kimberly Jin |
Acton-Boxborough |
885
|
| 2 |
Donovan Potemri |
Avon |
850
|
| 2 |
Allison Kumarasena |
Wellesley |
850
|
| 3 |
Ethan Tilley |
Austin Prep |
845
|
| 4 |
Michael Tian |
Westwood |
840
|
| 5 |
Anagha Late |
Tewksbury |
835
|
Varsity
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Gahl Efroni |
Ashland |
885
|
| 2 |
Linnea Ross |
Acton-Boxborough |
875
|
| 3 |
Noah Spicer |
North Reading |
870
|
| 4 |
Kyla Ware |
Quincy |
855
|
| 5 |
Krystle Boyajian |
Austin Prep |
835
|
Literature
Honors
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Eric Zhou |
Ashland |
940
|
| 2 |
Niket Gowravaram |
Acton-Boxborough |
920
|
| 3 |
Roshni Sahoo |
Acton-Boxborough |
900
|
| 4 |
Tony Shu |
Wellesley |
800
|
| 5 |
Brooke von Ehrenkrook |
Avon |
760
|
Scholastic
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Grace Wu |
Acton-Boxborough |
940
|
| 2 |
Fabienne Dessalines |
Avon |
800
|
| 3 |
Jonathan Liu |
Acton-Boxborough |
760
|
| 3 |
Kimberly Jin |
Acton-Boxborough |
760
|
| 4 |
Anisa Misra |
Sharon |
720
|
| 5 |
Yusra Ahmed |
Quincy |
680
|
| 5 |
Allison Kumarasena |
Wellesley |
680
|
Varsity
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Spencer Thrope |
Acton-Boxborough |
700
|
| 1 |
Linnea Ross |
Acton-Boxborough |
700
|
| 2 |
Gahl Efroni |
Ashland |
660
|
| 3 |
Krystle Boyajian |
Austin Prep |
540
|
| 4 |
Carson Hill |
Shepherd Hill |
520
|
| 5 |
Rachel Munch |
Pittsfield |
480
|
Math
Honors
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Niket Gowravaram |
Acton-Boxborough |
1,000.0
|
| 1 |
Kenneth Wang |
Acton-Boxborough |
1,000.0
|
| 2 |
Roshni Sahoo |
Acton-Boxborough |
885.7
|
| 3 |
Eric Zhou |
Ashland |
857.1
|
| 4 |
John Tagliaferro |
Pittsfield |
828.6
|
| 5 |
Sumit Choudhury |
Franklin |
714.3
|
Scholastic
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Kimberly Jin |
Acton-Boxborough |
914.3
|
| 2 |
Grace Wu |
Acton-Boxborough |
800.0
|
| 3 |
Jonathan Liu |
Acton-Boxborough |
771.4
|
| 4 |
Allison Kumarasena |
Wellesley |
657.1
|
| 5 |
Michael Tian |
Westwood |
628.6
|
Varsity
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Spencer Thrope |
Acton-Boxborough |
628.6
|
| 2 |
Griffin Smith |
Acton-Boxborough |
542.9
|
| 3 |
Carson Hill |
Shepherd Hill |
485.7
|
| 4 |
Krystle Boyajian |
Austin Prep |
457.1
|
| 5 |
Gahl Efroni |
Ashland |
428.6
|
Music
Honors
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Roshni Sahoo |
Acton-Boxborough |
880
|
| 2 |
Eric Zhou |
Ashland |
780
|
| 2 |
Tony Shu |
Wellesley |
780
|
| 3 |
Niket Gowravaram |
Acton-Boxborough |
720
|
| 3 |
Kenneth Wang |
Acton-Boxborough |
720
|
| 4 |
Brooke von Ehrenkrook |
Avon |
600
|
| 5 |
Rachel Landau |
Wellesley |
560
|
Scholastic
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Grace Wu |
Acton-Boxborough |
820
|
| 2 |
Jonathan Liu |
Acton-Boxborough |
780
|
| 3 |
Kimberly Jin |
Acton-Boxborough |
720
|
| 4 |
Anisa Misra |
Sharon |
680
|
| 5 |
Fabienne Dessalines |
Avon |
520
|
| 5 |
Allison Kumarasena |
Wellesley |
520
|
Varsity
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Linnea Ross |
Acton-Boxborough |
560
|
| 2 |
Spencer Thrope |
Acton-Boxborough |
540
|
| 3 |
Gahl Efroni |
Ashland |
520
|
| 4 |
Aniruddha Doke |
Quincy |
440
|
| 5 |
Michael Lazzari |
Wellesley |
400
|
Science
Honors
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Niket Gowravaram |
Acton-Boxborough |
940
|
| 1 |
Tony Shu |
Wellesley |
940
|
| 2 |
Eric Zhou |
Ashland |
920
|
| 3 |
Emma Tilley |
Austin Prep |
900
|
| 4 |
Roshni Sahoo |
Acton-Boxborough |
880
|
| 4 |
Kenneth Wang |
Acton-Boxborough |
880
|
| 4 |
Meghan Bodette |
Austin Prep |
880
|
| 5 |
Carmen Cheung |
Wellesley |
820
|
Scholastic
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Kimberly Jin |
Acton-Boxborough |
980
|
| 2 |
Grace Wu |
Acton-Boxborough |
940
|
| 3 |
Jonathan Liu |
Acton-Boxborough |
900
|
| 4 |
Allison Kumarasena |
Wellesley |
860
|
| 4 |
Michael Tian |
Westwood |
860
|
| 5 |
Evan St. Germain |
Franklin |
800
|
Varsity
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Spencer Thrope |
Acton-Boxborough |
860
|
| 1 |
Linnea Ross |
Acton-Boxborough |
860
|
| 2 |
Griffin Smith |
Acton-Boxborough |
840
|
| 3 |
Rachel Munch |
Pittsfield |
800
|
| 4 |
Gahl Efroni |
Ashland |
740
|
| 5 |
Aniruddha Doke |
Quincy |
700
|
| 5 |
Michael Lazzari |
Wellesley |
700
|
Social Science
Honors
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Roshni Sahoo |
Acton-Boxborough |
920
|
| 2 |
Eric Zhou |
Ashland |
820
|
| 3 |
Tony Shu |
Wellesley |
740
|
| 4 |
Niket Gowravaram |
Acton-Boxborough |
680
|
| 4 |
Rachel Landau |
Wellesley |
680
|
| 5 |
Meghan Bodette |
Austin Prep |
660
|
Scholastic
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Jonathan Liu |
Acton-Boxborough |
860
|
| 2 |
Grace Wu |
Acton-Boxborough |
720
|
| 3 |
Kimberly Jin |
Acton-Boxborough |
700
|
| 4 |
Anisa Misra |
Sharon |
640
|
| 5 |
Fabienne Dessalines |
Avon |
580
|
Varsity
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Spencer Thrope |
Acton-Boxborough |
580
|
| 2 |
Aniruddha Doke |
Quincy |
540
|
| 3 |
Linnea Ross |
Acton-Boxborough |
480
|
| 4 |
Gahl Efroni |
Ashland |
460
|
| 5 |
Noah Spicer |
North Reading |
440
|
Speech
Honors
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Tony Shu |
Wellesley |
965
|
| 1 |
Rachel Landau |
Wellesley |
965
|
| 2 |
Mari Robles |
Wilmington |
930
|
| 3 |
Eric Zhou |
Ashland |
910
|
| 3 |
Brooke von Ehrenkrook |
Avon |
910
|
| 4 |
Niket Gowravaram |
Acton-Boxborough |
905
|
| 5 |
Roshni Sahoo |
Acton-Boxborough |
900
|
Scholastic
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Kimberly Jin |
Acton-Boxborough |
930
|
| 2 |
Fabienne Dessalines |
Avon |
925
|
| 3 |
Jonathan Liu |
Acton-Boxborough |
895
|
| 4 |
Jack Mannion |
Austin Prep |
825
|
| 5 |
Grace Wu |
Acton-Boxborough |
805
|
Varsity
| Place |
Student |
School |
Score
|
| 1 |
Griffin Smith |
Acton-Boxborough |
995
|
| 2 |
Linnea Ross |
Acton-Boxborough |
985
|
| 3 |
Molly Quinn |
Shepherd Hill |
925
|
| 4 |
Michael Lazzari |
Wellesley |
810
|
| 5 |
Spencer Thrope |
Acton-Boxborough |
805
|
Top Scorer From Each Team
| Score |
Student |
School |
Category |
Carrier Proportion
|
| 9,030.7 |
Roshni Sahoo |
Acton-Boxborough |
Honors |
18.7%
|
| 8,897.1 |
Eric Zhou |
Ashland |
Honors |
23.8%
|
| 8,500.0 |
Tony Shu |
Wellesley |
Honors |
22.5%
|
| 6,699.0 |
Jacob Lezberg |
Pittsfield |
Honors |
21.2%
|
| 6,694.4 |
Emma Tilley |
Austin Prep |
Honors |
24.4%
|
| 6,596.1 |
Fabienne Dessalines |
Avon |
Scholastic |
23.0%
|
| 6,264.1 |
Anisa Misra |
Sharon |
Scholastic |
23.1%
|
| 6,138.6 |
Michael Tian |
Westwood |
Scholastic |
38.5%
|
| 6,115.6 |
Samuel Friday |
Franklin |
Honors |
19.6%
|
| 5,918.3 |
Vittorio Iocco |
Wilmington |
Honors |
25.9%
|
| 5,813.9 |
Vivian Zou |
Quincy |
Honors |
18.4%
|
| 5,690.7 |
Rithika Senthilkumar |
Shepherd Hill |
Honors |
24.3%
|
| 5,589.1 |
Claire Thompson |
Tewksbury |
Honors |
31.2%
|
| 5,521.7 |
Noah Spicer |
North Reading |
Varsity |
18.9%
|
| 5,342.1 |
Sarah Fontaine |
Silver Lake |
Honors |
30.0%
|
