University High School (Irvine)

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University High School
University High School logo
School Founded 1970
Team Established
History
City Irvine, California
Team Colors Navy Blue, Columbia Blue and White
Principal Kevin Astor
Head Coach Christopher Esposito
Associate/Other Head Coach(es)
National Championships None
State Championships None
Regional/County Championships 2021
Region/County Location Orange County
Highest Finish 7th at California State 2021
School Website {{{website}}}

University High School is a public high school located in Irvine, California. University is in the Irvine Unified School District. Its Academic Decathlon team competed at the California Academic Decathlon state finals for the first time in 2018.

Performance Chart[edit]

Year Round 1 Score Round 1 Rank Regionals Score Regionals Rank Pre-State Rank State Score State Rank
2024 DNC DNC 40,013.2 2
2023 DNC DNC 37,917.4 3 15 38,786.5 14
2022 DNC DNC 34,630.7 5 31 35,054.3 23
2021 DNC DNC 44,289.9 1 7 45,148.2 7
2020 DNC DNC 36,665.4 5 DNQ DNQ DNQ
2019 DNC DNC 44,375.2 2 17 43,473.1 19
2018 DNC DNC 41,223.6 5 35 44,179.5 25
2017 DNC DNC 35,288.8 7 DNQ DNQ DNQ
2016 DNC DNC 33,588.8 12 DNQ DNQ DNQ
2015 DNC DNC 37,033.3 8 DNQ DNQ DNQ
2014 DNC DNC 34,146.9 9 DNQ DNQ DNQ

Rosters[edit]

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Charlie Xu
Alyssa Liang
H3
Pranavsai Iddamsetty
S5
S6
Robert Lewis
V8
V9
Alyssa Liang
Angela Dong
Amy Zhao
Lakshmi Kannan
Samadi Karunasundera
Zaina Deaifi
Maxwell Gallardo
Shaina Fraser
Robert Lewis
Angela Dong
Amy Zhao
Yuchen Fan
Ariana Zhu
Eric Nguyen
Vanessa Tian
Jenna Bush
Shaina Fraser
Nithish Azhakappan
Adam Lin
Kyle Chen
Daniel Talebzadeh Shoushtari
Abhijit Rege
Hamzah Alam
Daniel Simanjuntak
August Carleton
Ariadne Dimarogonas
Robert Pan
Kyle Chen
Daniel Talebzadeh Shoushtari
Casey Stanford
Andrew Swanson
David Lee
Sofia Buitrago-Yepes
August Carleton
Ariadne Dimarogonas
Daniel Simanjuntak
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Sophia Wang
Elaine Chao
Pooja Kowshik
Adi Krishnamoorthy
Vatsal Ananthula
Julia So
Nadiya Lopez
Awsito Salam
Mylene Figueroa
Sophia Wang
Elaine Chao
Grace Lee
Adi Krishnamoorthy
Vansh Goel
Arwen Wang
Ozhan Zarifi
Kiana Agahi
Donya Sharafkhanian
Sophia Wang
Keyon Jazayeri
Ashley Yang
Vansh Goel
Kerry Zhang
S6
Melanie Taba
V8
V9
Keyon Jazayeri
Ashley Yang
Mackenzie Lee
Nguyen Do
Sam Wang
Luke Hoffman
Elias Von Dem Bussche
Yutong Zhao
Coco Darby
Luca Valdevit
Tyler Brody
Aaron Chao
Sophia Nagel
Luke Hoffman
Caden Lee
Coco Darby
Rachet Tutt
Joseph Bohman

Overall Individual Scores[edit]

Updated as of 2021.

Top E-Nationals Scores[edit]

Honors
Place Student Year Score
1 Kyle Chen 2018 7,287.9
2
3
Scholastic
Place Student Year Score
1
2
3
Varsity
Place Student Year Score
1
2
3

Top State Scores[edit]

Honors
Place Student Year Score
1 Kyle Chen 2019 9,271.3
2 Kyle Chen 2018 9,121.3
3 Sophia Wang 2021 8,765.3
4 Keyon Jazayeri 2023 8,528.9
5 Elaine Chao 2021 8,436.7
Scholastic
Place Student Year Score
1 Adi Krishnamoorthy 2021 8,051.7
2 Vansh Goel 2021 7,724.7
3 Arwen Wang 2021 7,368.3
4 Andrew Swanson 2019 7,069.0
5 Hamzah Alam 2018 7,034.0
Varsity
Place Student Year Score
1 Ozhan Zarifi 2021 7,012.6
2 Ariadne Dimarogonas 2018 6,909.1
3 August Carleton 2018 6,699.6
4 Daniel Simanjuntak 2019 6,550.9
5 Ariadne Dimarogonas 2019 6,311.4

Top Regionals Scores[edit]

Honors
Place Student Year Score
1 Kyle Chen 2019 8,936.4
2 Sophia Wang 2021 8,860.9
3 Grace Lee 2021 8,802.3
4 Elaine Chao 2021 8,714.4
5 Kyle Chen 2018 8,656.2
Scholastic
Place Student Year Score
1 Adi Krishnamoorthy 2021 7,946.6
2 Vansh Goel 2021 7,443.9
3 Arwen Wang 2021 7,392.0
4 Hamzah Alam 2018 7,253.8
5 David Lee 2019 7,140.4
Varsity
Place Student Year Score
1 Daniel Simanjuntak 2019 7,155.3
2 August Carleton 2019 6,327.4
3 Ozhan Zarifi 2021 6,260.9
4 Ariadne Dimarogonas 2019 6,195.4
5 Ariadne Dimarogonas 2018 6,088.6

Overall Objectives Scores[edit]

Updated as of 2019.

Honors
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Kyle Chen 6,674.3 2019 State
Kyle Chen 6,651.4 2019 Regionals
2 Kyle Chen 6,414.3 2018 State
Kyle Chen 6,382.9 2018 Nationals
Kyle Chen 6,102.9 2018 Regionals
3 Daniel Talebzadeh Shoushtari 5,728.6 2018 State
Daniel Talebzadeh Shoushtari 5,648.6 2018 Regionals
4 Pooja Kowshik 5,622.9 2020 Regionals
5 Casey Stanford 5,602.9 2019 State
Scholastic
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 David Lee 4,837.1 2019 Regionals
2 Andrew Swanson 4,740.0 2019 State
3 Hamzah Alam 4,657.1 2018 Regionals
Hamzah Alam 4,640.0 2018 State
Andrew Swanson 4,554.3 2019 Regionals
David Lee 4,408.6 2019 State
4 Daniel Simanjuntak 4,188.6 2018 State
5 Abhijit Rege 4,062.9 2018 State
Varsity
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Daniel Simanjuntak 4,748.6 2019 Regionals
Daniel Simanjuntak 4,462.9 2019 State
2 August Carleton 4,488.6 2018 State
3 Ariadne Dimaragonas 4,417.1 2018 State
Ariadne Dimaragonas 4,148.6 2018 Regionals
4 August Carleton 4,137.1 2019 Regionals
5 Ariadne Dimaragonas 4,091.4 2019 State

Overall Subjectives Scores[edit]

Updated as of 2019.

Honors
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Pooja Kowshik 2,768.4 2020 Regionals
2 Kyle Chen 2,707.0 2018 State
3 Kyle Chen 2,597.0 2019 State
Kyle Chen 2,553.3 2018 Regionals
4 Adam Lin 2,495.0 2018 Regionals
5 Daniel Talebzadeh Shoushtari 2,481.7 2019 Regionals
Scholastic
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Hamzah Alam 2,596.7 2018 Regionals
2 Andrew Swanson 2,528.3 2019 Regionals
3 Sofia Buitrago-Yepes 2,515.0 2019 Regionals
4 Abhijit Rege 2,405.7 2018 State
Hamzah Alam 2,394.0 2018 State
Andrew Swanson 2,329.0 2019 State
5 David Lee 2,303.3 2019 Regionals
Varsity
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Ariadne Dimaragonas 2,492.0 2018 State
2 Daniel Simanjuntak 2,406.7 2019 Regionals
3 August Carleton 2,326.7 2018 Regionals
4 Mylene Figueroa 2,296.7 2020 Regionals
5 Ariadne Dimaragonas 2,220.0 2019 State

Super Quiz Team Score[edit]

Place Raw Score Adjusted Score Year Competition
1 70/84 4,900 2019 State
2 69/84 4,830 2019 Regionals
3 68/84 4,760 2018 Regionals
4 62/84 4,340 2018 State
5 56/72 3,920 2020 Regionals

Individual Events[edit]

Updated as of 2019.

Art[edit]

Honors
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Kyle Chen 1,000 2019 Regionals
2 Aaron Chao 980 2024 State
3 Kyle Chen 960 2018 Regionals
Kyle Chen 960 2018 Nationals
Kyle Chen 960 2019 State
Scholastic
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Sofia Buitrago-Yepes 700 2019 State
2 Hamzah Alam 660 2018 Regionals
3 Andrew Swanson 640 2019 Regionals
Varsity
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Daniel Simanjuntak 780 2019 Regionals
2 Ariadne Dimarogonas 720 2019 Regionals
Daniel Simanjuntak 680 2019 State
3 August Carleton 620 2019 State

Economics[edit]

Honors
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Kyle Chen 980 2019 State
2 Charlie Xu 900 2015 Regionals
Kyle Chen 900 2019 Regionals
3 Kyle Chen 880 2018 State
Scholastic
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Andrew Swanson 720 2019 State
2 David Lee 700 2019 Regionals
David Lee 620 2019 State
Andrew Swanson 600 2019 Regionals
3 Vanessa Tian 580 2017 Regionals
3 Sofia Buitrago-Yepes 580 2019 Regionals
Varsity
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Shaina Fraiser 680 2017 Regionals
2 August Carleton 620 2018 State
2 Daniel Simanjuntak 620 2019 Regionals
3 August Carleton 540 2019 Regionals
3 August Carleton 540 2019 State

Essay[edit]

Honors
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Amy Zhao 1,000 2016 Regionals
2 Kyle Chen 962 2018 State
3 Kyle Chen 950 2018 Regionals
Scholastic
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Andrew Swanson 914 2019 State
2 Daniel Simanjuntak 841 2018 State
3 Hamzah Alam 794 2018 State
Varsity
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Ariadne Dimarogonas 870 2019 State
2 Ariadne Dimarogonas 867 2018 State
3 August Carleton 817 2019 Regionals

Interview[edit]

Honors
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Pooja Kowshik 966.7 2020 Regionals
2 Adam Lin 880 2018 Regionals
2 Kyle Chen 880 2018 State
3 Daniel Talebzadeh Shoushtari 865 2019 Regionals
Scholastic
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Caden Lee 1000 2024 Regionals
2 Hamzah Alam 985 2018 Regionals
3 Caden Lee 984 2023 Regionals
Varsity
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 August Carleton 925 2018 Regionals
2 Mylene Figueroa 910 2020 Regionals
3 Robert Pan 880 2018 Regionals
3 Daniel Simanjuntak 880 2019 Regionals

Literature[edit]

Honors
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Daniel Talebzadeh Shoushtari 960 2018 Regionals
1 Kyle Chen 960 2019 Regionals
Kyle Chen 960 2019 State
2 Kyle Chen 940 2018 Nationals
Daniel Talebzadeh Shoushtari 900 2018 State
Kyle Chen 900 2018 State
3 Alyssa Liang 880 2016 Regionals
3 Pooja Kowshik 880 2020 Regionals
Scholastic
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Hamzah Alam 720 2018 Regionals
Hamzah Alam 720 2018 State
2 David Lee 660 2019 Regionals
3 Abhijit Rege 640 2018 State
Varsity
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Ariadne Dimarogonas 880 2019 State
2 Ariadne Dimarogonas 840 2018 State
Ariadne Dimarogonas 740 2018 Regionals
3 August Carleton 720 2018 State
3 August Carleton 720 2019 Regionals
Ariadne Dimarogonas 720 2019 Regionals

Mathematics[edit]

Honors
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Adam Lin 1,000 2018 Regionals
2 Angela Dong 971.4 2017 Regionals
2 Kyle Chen 971.4 2019 Regionals
2 Casey Stanford 971.4 2019 Regionals
3 Kyle Chen 942.9 2018 Regionals
3 Casey Stanford 942.9 2019 State
Adam Lin 942.9 2018 State
Kyle Chen 942.9 2018 Nationals
Scholastic
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Abhijit Rege 1,000 2018 Regionals
2 Adi Krishnamoorthy 942.9 2020 Regionals
Abhijit Rege 942.9 2018 State
3 Andrew Swanson 914.3 2019 Regionals
Varsity
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Ariadne Dimarogonas 828.6 2018 Regionals
1 Daniel Simanjuntak 828.6 2019 Regionals
2 Ariadne Dimarogonas 657.1 2019 Regionals
2 August Carleton 657.1 2019 Regionals
Ariadne Dimarogonas 657.1 2018 State
3 Robert Pan 628.6 2018 Regionals
3 August Carleton 628.6 2018 State

Music[edit]

Honors
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Kyle Chen 960 2019 State
2 Kyle Chen 880 2018 State
Kyle Chen 880 2019 Regionals
3 Sophia Wang 840 2020 Regionals
Scholastic
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Daniel Simanjuntak 640 2018 State
2 David Lee 600 2019 State
3 Sofia Buitrago-Yepes 540 2019 State
Varsity
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Ariadne Dimarogonas 720 2018 State
2 Daniel Simanjuntak 660 2019 State
3 August Carleton 540 2018 State
Daniel Simanjuntak 540 2019 Regionals

Science[edit]

Honors
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Kyle Chen 1,000 2018 Nationals
2 Alyssa Liang 980 2016 Regionals
2 Daniel Talebzadeh Shoushtari 980 2018 State
Kyle Chen 980 2018 State
3 Kyle Chen 940 2019 Regionals
3 Casey Stanford 940 2019 Regionals
3 Pooja Kowshik 940 2020 Regionals
Kyle Chen 940 2019 State
Scholastic
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Andrew Swanson 960 2019 State
2 Hamzah Alam 880 2018 State
Hamzah Alam 800 2018 Regionals
3 Vanessa Tian 780 2017 Regionals
Varsity
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Daniel Simanjuntak 780 2019 State
2 August Carleton 720 2018 State
Daniel Simanjuntak 720 2019 Regionals
3 Ariadne Dimarogonas 700 2018 State

Social Science[edit]

Honors
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Kyle Chen 1,000 2019 Regionals
2 Kyle Chen 980 2018 State
Kyle Chen 960 2018 Nationals
Kyle Chen 960 2019 State
3 Alyssa Liang 900 2015 Regionals
Kyle Chen 900 2018 Regionals
Scholastic
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Hamzah Alam 880 2018 State
1 David Lee 880 2019 State
David Lee 840 2019 Regionals
Hamzah Alam 780 2018 Regionals
2 Daniel Simanjuntak 740 2018 State
2 Andrew Swanson 740 2019 Regionals
Andrew Swanson 620 2019 State
3 Sofia Buitrago-Yepes 560 2019 State
Varsity
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 August Carleton 780 2019 Regionals
2 August Carleton 760 2018 State
3 Ariadne Dimarogonas 740 2018 Regionals

Speech[edit]

Honors
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Alyssa Liang 980 2015 Regionals
2 Pooja Kowshik 956.7 2020 Regionals
3 Sophia Wang 940 2020 Regionals
Scholastic
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Sophia Nagel 980 2024 State
2 Abhijit Rege 910 2018 Regionals
3 Sofia Buitrago-Yepes 870 2019 Regionals
Varsity
Place Student Score Year Competition
1 Ariadne Dimarogonas 910 2018 Regionals
2 August Carleton 836.7 2018 Regionals
3 Ariadne Dimarogonas 835 2018 State