Academic Decathlon team wins third state championship

The HPHS Academic Decathlon team won its third state title in four years at the 2019 Medium Division State Championship March 10 in Frisco. The team scored a total of 50,240.7 points, and each team member will be awarded a $1,200 scholarship for winning the team championship.

HP's overall winners included:

Honor Division:

Jean Ye - Fourth place overall with a $1,000 scholarship

Scholastic Division:

Jenny Feng - First place overall with a $3,500 scholarship
Lucas Francisco - Tied for second place overall with a $2,500 scholarship

Varsity Division:

McKenna Jordan - Third place overall with a $1,500 scholarship

Individual medalists included:

Honor Division:

Jean Ye, 9,276.9 points

Math - Second Place
Literature - Third Place
Art - Third Place
Social Science - First Place

Jules Heatley, 8,763.9 points

Art - Second Place
Social Science - Third Place

Allison Baker, 8,568.0 points

Social Science - Second Place

Scholastic Division:

Jenny Feng, 8,862.4 points

Math - First Place
Music - Third Place
Economics - First Place
Science - Third Place
Literature - Second Place
Social Science - Third Place
Speech - Second Place

Lucas Francisco, 8,657.0 points

Music - Third Place
Science - Second Place
Art - Second Place
Interview - Second Place

Alvin Zou, 8,471.7 points

Math - Third Place
Science - First Place
Literature - Second Place
Social Science - Third Place

Varsity Division:

McKenna Jordan, 7,535.6 points

Economics Third Place
Science Second Place
Literature Second Place
Art Third Place
Social Science First Place

Jack Slates, 7,144.9 points

Essay - Third Place
Interview - Third Place

Team scholarships combined with individual overall scholarships totaled $18,100 for the HP team.