April 29, 2026 - Shelbyville High School Academic UIL students competed at the 2026 Region III-AA Academic UIL Meet at Panola College on April 24th. Scoring 231.6 points, they are the Region III-AA Academic UIL Champion.
Individual Awards:
Cheyenne Berlin – 5th Place Science
Brynn Bickham – 4th Place Editorial Writing, 6th Place News Writing, 1st Place Ready Writing
Travis Caporali – 1st Place Informative Speaking, 2nd Place Poetry Interpretation
Sophie Ellington – 4th Place Ready Writing
Cassidy Greer – 4th Place Copy Editing
Ethan Jackson – 1st Place Mathematics, 3rd Place Number Sense
Caleb Jamison – 2nd Place Mathematics
Maddie Lout – 1st Place Persuasive Speaking
Kennedy McArthur – 4th Place Informative Speaking, 1st Place Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Hayden Page – 5th Place Mathematics, 2nd Place Number Sense
Harley Risinger – 5th Place Headline Writing
Kaden Sims – 3rd Place Lincoln-Douglas Debate, 4th Place Persuasive Speaking
Aiden Swindle – 5th Place Mathematics, 4th Place Number Sense
Team Awards:
Mathematics Team: 1st Place - Ethan Jackson, Caleb Jamison, Hayden Page, Aiden Swindle
Number Sense Team: 1st Place - Gaylon Harrison, Ethan Jackson, Hayden Page, Aiden Swindle
Journalism Team – 3rd Place
Speech Team – 1st Place
State Meet:
Brynn Bickham, Travis Caporali, Ethan Jackson, Caleb Jamison, Maddie Lout, Kennedy McArthur, Hayden Page, Kaden Sims, and Aiden Swindle will compete at the 2026 AA Academic UIL State Meet on the University of Texas - Austin campus on May 18th and 19th.
These students are coached by Brooke Davis (Science), Cole Harrison (Mathematics and Number Sense), Emily Sowell (Informative Speaking, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Persuasive Speaking, Poetry Interpretation), and Claire Windham (Copy Editing, Editorial Writing, Headline Writing, News Writing, and Ready Writing).
