State/Wisconsin

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Wisconsin State Records Page
Highest Nationals Ranking: 1st (2002, Waukesha West)
Most Recent State Champion: New Berlin West High School, Coach Nicole Zaeske
Previous National Wins: 2002

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State Winners

All Wisconsin State Competitions Top Ten

State Champions by Year

Year	State Champion	State Score	Rank at Nationals	Score at Nationals
2024	New Berlin West Middle/High School	42,515.1	16th of 60 teams	37,718.5
2023	Wilmot Union High School	40,928	8th of 55 teams	41,595.8
2022	Wilmot Union High School	41,958.3	8th of 45 teams	40,142.0
2021	Wilmot Union High School	46,530.8	4th of 41 teams	47,607.3
2020	Wilmot Union High School	45,794.6	N/A	N/A
2019	Wilmot Union High School	46,309.0	6th of 73 teams	45,860.4
2018	Wilmot Union High School	43,318.6	11th of 72 teams	44,347.8
2017	Wilmot Union High School	42,234.6	11th of 51 teams	42,073.3
2016	Wilmot Union High School	47,502.3	6th of 48 teams	47,604.7
2015	Wilmot Union High School	43,441.0	7th of 46 teams	44,193.5
2014	Wilmot Union High School	41,110.6	12th of 47 teams	41,974.8
2013	New Berlin Eisenhower Middle/High School	44,227.7	14th of 53 teams	41,916.5
2012	Waukesha West High School	47,412.0	4th of 32 teams	48,169.0
2011	Waukesha West High School	48,025.4	3rd of 36 teams	49,735.9
2010	Waukesha West High School	46,428.3	4th of 36 teams	46,973.7
2009	Waukesha West High School	49,137.9	2nd of 37 teams	50,979.9
2008	Waukesha West High School	52,111	2nd of 41 teams	53,096.1
2007	Waukesha West High School	49,226	3rd of 38 teams	50,685.7
2006	Waukesha West High School	46,933	3rd of 38 teams	46,973
2005	Waukesha West High School	45,175	3rd of 38 teams	46,456.8
2004	Waukesha West High School	48,175	3rd of 41 teams	49,565.6
2003	Waukesha West High School	47,465	2nd of 37 teams	49,218.2
2002	Waukesha West High School	47,635	1st	48,871
2001	Catholic Memorial High School	43,460	4th of 55 teams	43,809
2000	Catholic Memorial High School	51,920	3rd	50,786
1999	Catholic Memorial High School	48,465	3rd	47,595
1998	Catholic Memorial High School	47,190	6th of 38 teams	47,107
1997	Catholic Memorial High School	47,025	5th	46,975
1996	Eau Claire Memorial High School	44,521	6th	45,495
1995	University School	42,157	X > 10th	43,070
1994	Rufus King High School	43,547	10th	41,860
1993	University School	43,737	8th	40,579
1992	University School	45,073	8th	46,120
1991	University School	40,611	8th	42,341
1990	University School	39,909	6th	43,771
1989	University School	45,536	8th	42,591
1988	University School	39,296	3rd	42,868
1987	University School	41,950	11th	39,952
1986	University School	42,472	8th	39,451
1985	Eau Claire Memorial High School	40,525	6th	40,199
1984	Rufus King High School	38,477	7th	?

Before the first Wisconsin State Academic Decathlon in 1984, state education officers selected Rufus King High School to represent Wisconsin at the USAD Nationals both years.

Year	State Representative	Rank at Nationals	Score at Nationals
1983	Rufus King	3rd	?
1982	Rufus King	Top 10	?

State Titles

School	# of Titles	Year
Waukesha West	11	2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Wilmot Union	10	2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
University School	9	1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995
Catholic Memorial	5	1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Rufus King	2	1984, 1994
Eau Claire Memorial	2	1985, 1996
New Berlin Eisenhower	1	2013
New Berlin West	1	2024

Records

Wisconsin State Records

Wisconsin Top Scorers

Individual State Champions

Bold indicates that the school was also the state champion that year.

Year	Student	School	Division	Score out of 10,000
2024	Ben Varner	Pewaukee	Honors	8,032.5
2023	Isaac Keen	Wilmot Union	Honors	8,708.0
2022	Isaac Keen	Wilmot Union	Honors	8,516.6
2021	Anna Carroll	Wilmot Union	Scholastic	?
2020	Marcus Wolff	Wilmot Union	Honors	?
2019	Sean O'Dowd	Wilmot Union	Honors	8,746.1*
2018	Michaela Suski	Watertown	Honors	9,139.3
2017	Cameron Chyla	Waukesha West	Honors	8,937.7
2016	Carl Simmons	Wilmot Union	Honors	8,858.0
2015	Carl Simmons	Wilmot Union	Honors	8,780.0
2014	Katie O'Brien	Wilmot Union	Honors	8,292.0
2013	Rishil Mehta	New Berlin Eisenhower	Honors	8,694.1
2012	Rishil Mehta	New Berlin Eisenhower	Honors	8,813.6
2011	Katharine Tyndall	Waukesha West	Scholastic	8,536.4
2010	Dylan Verden	Waukesha West	Scholastic	8,640
2009	Jeffrey Spence	Waukesha West	Honors	9,128
2008	Alli Blonski	Waukesha West	Honors	9,037
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2005	Erica Niemiec	New Berlin Eisenhower	?	?
...	...	...	...	...
2000	Nick Schumacher	Catholic Memorial	Scholastic	8,990
1999	Laura Wysocki	Catholic Memorial	Honors	8,945
1998	Jon Laux	Catholic Memorial	Honors	9,075
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1992	Don Barkauskas	La Crosse Logan	?	8,334
...	...	...	...	...
1986	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	8,183

(*) In 2019, Sean O'Dowd was recognized as the highest-scoring student in 11 events (including Super Quiz), but Naveen Albert of Waukesha West held the highest known 10-event score with 8,801.4 points.

Honors

Rank	Student	School	Year	Competition	Score
1	Alli Blonski	Waukesha West	2008	Nationals	9,321
2	David Haughney	Waukesha West	2008	Nationals	9,300.8
3	Jimmy Qiu	Waukesha West	2008	Nationals	9,288
4	Cameron Chyla	Waukesha West	2017	Regionals	9,185.1
5	Michaela Suski	Watertown	2018	State	9,139.3

Scholastic

Rank	Student	School	Year	Competition	Score
1	Nick Schumacher	Catholic Memorial	2000	State	8,990
2	Emmi Line	Waukesha West	2008	Nationals	8,890.2
3	Dylan Verden	Waukesha West	2010	Nationals	8,857.9
4	Chris Kucek	Waukesha West	2008	Nationals	8,733.7
5	Mitch Hodson	Waukesha West	2009	Nationals	8,595

Varsity

Rank	Student	School	Year	Competition	Score
1	Randy Brown	Waukesha West	2008	Nationals	8,760.1
2	Ryan Ramlow	Waukesha West	2002	Nationals	8,678
3	Eric Banks	Waukesha West	2009	Nationals	8,532
4	Eric Schmalz	Catholic Memorial	2000	Nationals	8,458
5	Dylan Verden	Waukesha West	2009	Nationals	8,341