April 28, 2025 - Shelbyville High School Academic UIL students competed at the 2025 Region III-AA Academic UIL Meet at Panola College on April 25th. Scoring 243 total points, they are the Region III-AA Academic UIL Champions!
Individual Awards
Brynn Bickham: Feature Writing - 1st Place, News Writing - 6th Place, Ready Writing - 1st Place
Travis Caporali: Informative Speaking - 1st Place, Poetry Interpretation - 1st Place
Justin Filz: Science - 1st Place, Chemistry - 1st Place, Biology - 1st Place, Physics - 1st Place
Alana Fuller: Prose Interpretation - 6th Place
Ethan Jackson: Number Sense - 5th Place
Maddie Lout: Persuasive Speaking - 3rd Place
Elizabeth Marin: Lincoln Douglas Debate - 3rd Place
Kennedy McArthur: Informative Speaking - 2nd Place, Lincoln Douglas Debate - 4th Place
Kaylin Miller: Feature Writing - 5th Place, Headline Writing - 2nd Place, News Writing - 2nd Place, Ready Writing - 3rd Place
Hayden Page: Number Sense - 6th Place
Malachi Sierra: Number Sense - 2nd Place
Kaden Sims: Persuasive Speaking - 5th Place
Aiden Swindle: Number Sense - 4th Place
Team Awards:
Number Sense Team - 1st Place: Malachi Sierra, Aiden Swindle, Ethan Jackson, Hayden Page
Science Team - 1st Place: Justin Filz, Cheyenne Berlin, Angelli Ortiz, Malachi Sierra
Journalism Team - 2nd Place
Speech Team - 1st Place
Cheyenne Berlin, Brynn Bickham, Travis Caporali, Justin Filz, Ethan Jackson, Maddie Lout, Elizabeth Marin, Kennedy McArthur, Kaylin Miller, Angelli Ortiz, Hayden Page, Malachi Sierra, and Aiden Swindle will compete at the 2025 AA Academic UIL State Meet on the University of Texas-Austin campus on May 19th and 20th.
These students are coached by Brooke Davis (Science), Cole Harrison (Number Sense), Emily Sowell (Lincoln Douglas Debate, Informative Speaking, Persuasive Speaking, Poetry Interpretation, Prose Interpretation), and Claire Windham (Feature Writing, Headline Writing, News Writing, Ready Writing).
