24th National Geographic Bee
The 24th National Geographic Bee was held in Washington, D.C. on May 24, 2012, sponsored by the National Geographic Society.
Fourteen-year-old Rahul Nagvekar, from Sugar Land, Texas won the competition, beating out 52 other competitors representing the 50 U.S. states, Pacific territories, and Department of Defense dependent schools.[1][2][3]
2012 state representatives
State | Winner's Name | School | City/Town | Grade | Notes |
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Alabama | Daniel Picard | Berry Middle School | Hoover | 7th | |
Alaska | Andrew Hull | Rogers Park Elementary School | Anchorage | 6th | |
Arizona | Raghav Ranga (Current Fourth Place Winner as of May 24, 2012) | St. Gregory College Preparatory School | Tucson | 8th | |
Arkansas | Christian Boekhout | Hot Springs Intermediate School | Hot Springs | 6th | |
Atlantic Territories | Gilberto Marxuach | Academia del Perpetuo Socorro | San Juan | 8th | |
California | Varun Mahadevan (current Third Place Winner as of May 24, 2012) | Prince of Peace Lutheran School | Fremont | 7th | |
Colorado | Pranit Nanda | Aurora Quest K-8 | Aurora | 6th | |
Connecticut | Michael Borecki | Middlesex Middle School | Darien | 7th | |
Delaware | Tomasz Moz | North Star Elementary School | Hockesin | 5th | |
Department of Defense | Dominik Muellerleile | Wiesbaden Middle School | Wiesbaden | 8th | |
District of Columbia | Matthew Wilson | Blessed Sacrament School | Washington, DC | 7th | |
Florida | Maya Patel | Liberty Middle School | Tampa | 8th | |
Georgia | Sahr Singh | Dodgen Middle School | Marietta | 7th | First Girl to win Georgia State Competition |
Hawaii | Mika Ishii | John Wilson Elementary School | Honolulu | 4th | |
Idaho | Matthew Miller | Russell Elementary School | Moscow | 5th | |
Illinois | Conrad Oberhaus | Daniel Wright Junior High School | Lincolnshire | 6th | |
Indiana | Caroline Peterson | Homeschooled | South Bend | 8th | First Girl to win Indiana State Competition |
Iowa | John Mahoney | Stilwell Junior High | West Des Moines | 7th | |
Kansas | Ganesh Aruna | Overland Trail Middle School | Overland Park | 8th | |
Kentucky | Nikhil Krishna | Corbin Intermediate School | Corbin | 6th | |
Louisiana | James Anthony Stoner | Jesuit High School | New Orleans | 8th | |
Maine | Benjamin MacLean | York Middle School | York | 8th | |
Maryland | Adam Rusak | Lakelands Park Middle School | Gaithersburg | 8th | |
Massachusetts | Karthik Karnik | King Philip Regional Middle School | Norfolk | 8th | |
Michigan | Philip Huang | Wayne County Home Educators | Farmington Hills | 6th | |
Minnesota | Gopi Ramanathan | Sartell Middle School | Sartell | 8th | |
Mississippi | Josh Waldbieser | Margaret Green Junior High School | Cleveland | 8th | |
Missouri | Jack Langen | West Junior High School | Columbia | 8th | |
Montana | Rosie McCormack | St. Joseph Catholic School | Missoula | 8th | |
Nebraska | Jack Nussrallah | Mary Our Queen School | Omaha | 6th | |
Nevada | Nikolas Papameletiou | St. Anne Catholic School | Las Vegas | 8th | |
New Hampshire | Neelam Sandhu | Ross A. Lurgio Middle School | Bedford | 7th | First New Hampshire Girl State Champion |
New Jersey | Siddharth Kurella | Crossroads North Middle School | Monmouth Junction | 8th | |
New Mexico | Gabriel Cuneo | Shepherd Lutheran School | Albuquerque | 6th | |
New York | Aparna Nair-Kanneganti | Henry H. Wells Middle School | Brewster | 8th | |
North Carolina | William (Frank) Kenny | Charlotte Latin School | Charlotte | 8th | |
North Dakota | Tanner Carlson | Horizon Middle School | Bismarck | 7th | |
Ohio | Hayden Toftner | Olentangy Berkshire Middle School | Galena | 6th | |
Oklahoma | Ari Papahronis | Sequoyah Middle School | Edmond | 7th | |
Oregon | Pragyna Naik | Franklin K-8 School of Choice | Corvallis | 6th | |
Pacific Territories | Leonard Calvo | Bishop Baumgartner Memorial Catholic School | Guam | 7th | |
Pennsylvania | Arnav Jagasia | Radnor Middle School | Wayne | 8th | |
Rhode Island | Maxwell Levine | Wheeler School | Providence | 6th | |
South Carolina | Krish Patel | Pinewood Preparatory School | Summerville | 6th | |
South Dakota | Adam Wiegert | Patrick Henry Middle School | Sioux Falls | 7th | |
Tennessee | Alexander Wilaniskis | East Ridge Middle School | Whitesburg | 7th | |
Texas | Rahul Nagvekar | Quail Valley Middle School | Missouri City | 8th | |
Utah | Anthony Cheng | Midvale Middle School | Midvale | 8th | First Top 10 Finalist 3-year in a row |
Vermont | Christopher Gish | Sharon Academy | Sharon | 8th | |
Virginia | Kevin Zhan | George H. Moody Middle School | Richmond | 8th | |
Washington | Nicholas Helmer | Discovery Middle School | Vancouver | 8th | |
West Virginia | Andrew Christy | St. Francis Central Catholic School | Morgantown | 6th | |
Wisconsin | Vansh Jain (current Second Place winner as of May 24, 2012) | MHLT Elementary School | Minocqua | 8th | |
Wyoming | August Prevedel | Rock Springs Junior High School | Rock Springs | 8th |
References
Preceded by 23rd National Geographic Bee |
24th National Geographic Bee 2012 |
Succeeded by 25th National Geographic Bee |
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