UIL Academic Competitors
May 2, 2024 - Shelbyville High School Academic UIL students competed at the 2024 Region III-AA Academic UIL Meet at Panola College on April 26th. Scoring 195.5 total points, they are the Regional III-AA Academic UIL Champions.
SHS Principal Mario Osby holding the UIL Regional Academic Champion Conference AA trophy (left side) and UIL Academic Champion District 23AA trophy (right side)
This is the 1st time in the history of the school to be Regional Academic Champions.
Receiving awards:
- Brynn Bickham - 2nd place Ready Writing
- Travis Caporali - 4th place Informative Speaking
- Justin Filz - 3rd place Science, 1st place Chemistry, 4th place Computer Applications
- Alana Fuller - 1st place Prose Interpretation
- Ethan Jackson - 5th place Number Sense
- Maddie Lout - 2nd place Persuasive Speaking
- Elizabeth Marin - 2nd place Lincoln-Douglas Debate
- Kennedy McArthur - 1st place Information Speaking, 2nd place Lincoln-Douglas Debate
- Angelli Ortiz - 5th place Science
- Kason Parker - 2nd place Number Sense
- Malachi Sierra - 3rd place Number Sense
- Kaden Sims - 1st place Lincoln-Douglas Debate, 4th place Persuasive Speaking
- Tristan Vickers - 3rd place Computer Applications
Number Sense Team
Number Sense Team - 1st place - Kason Parker, Malachi Sierra, Ethan Jackson, Aiden Swindle
Science Team
Science Team - 2nd place - Justin Filz, Angelli Ortiz, Cheyenne Berlin, Ethan Jackson
Speech Team
Speech Team - 1st place - Travis Caporali, Alana Fuller, Maddie Lout, Elizabeth Marin, Kennedy McArthur, and Kaden Sims
These students are coached by Brooke Davis (Science), Cole Harrison (Number Sense), Mario Osby (Computer Applications), Emily Sowell (Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Informative Speaking, Persuasive Speaking, Prose Interpretation), and Claire Windham (Ready Writing).
Medalists and their coaches
Brynn Bickham, Justin Filz, Alana Fuller, Ethan Jackson, Maddie Lout, Elizabeth Marin, Kennedy McArthur, Kason Parker, Malachi Sierra, Kaden Sims, Aiden Swindle, and Tristan Vickers will compete at the 2024 Academic UIL State Meet on the University of Texas-Austin campus on May 14th and 15th.
Ready Writing - (from left) Claire Windham and Brynn Bickham
Computer Applications - (from left) Tristan Vickers and Mario Osby
