25th National Geographic Bee

The 25th National Geographic Bee was held in Washington, D.C. on May 22, 2013, sponsored by the National Geographic Society.

Twelve-year-old Sathwik Karnik, from Plainville, Massachusetts won the competition, beating out 52 other competitors representing the 50 U.S. states, Pacific territories, and Department of Defense dependent schools.^[1]

2013 state representatives

State	Name	School	City/Town	Grade	Notes
Alabama	Christopher Lough	Prattville Christian Academy	Prattville	7th
Alaska	Kenny Petrini	Central Middle School of Science	Anchorage	8th
Arizona	Cameron Danesh	Mountainside Middle School	Scottsdale	6th
Arkansas	Christian Boekhout	Hot Springs Intermediate School	Hot Springs	7th
Atlantic Territories	Leonides Diaz Fuster	Saint John's School	San Juan	7th
California	Tuvya Bergson-Michelson	Nueva School	San Ramon	6th	7th place
Colorado	Pranit Nanda	Aurora Quest K-8	Aurora	7th	10th place
Connecticut	Michael Borecki	Middlesex Middle School	Darien	8th
Delaware	Kevin Orzada	The Independence School	Newark	8th
Department of Defense	Patrick Lewallen	Ryukyu Middle School	Japan	7th
District of Columbia	Lars Nordquist	St. Albans School	District of Columbia	5th
Florida	Walker Miller	Weldon Johnson Middle School	Jacksonville	8th
Georgia	Sanjeev "Ricky" Uppaluri	Fulton Sunshine Elementary	Alpharetta	5th	3rd place
Hawaii	Andrew Anderton	Island School	Lihue	8th
Idaho	Amrit Singh	Grangeville Elementary/Middle School	Grangeville	7th
Illinois	Conrad Oberhaus	Daniel Wright Junior High School	Lincolnshire	7th	2nd place
Indiana	Sean Ives	Trinity Lutheran School	Crown Point	7th
Iowa	Jonathan Grunenwald	Ames Homeschool Assistance Program	Ames	8th
Kansas	Preneeta Nalluri	Overland Trail Middle School	Overland Park	6th
Kentucky	Hunter Watkins	Calloway, Marshall, & McCracken Cty Homeschoolers	Farmington	8th
Louisiana	Cècile Girard	Bishop Noland Episcopal Day School	Lake Charles	7th
Maine	Archer Thomas	Bonny Eagle Middle School	Buxton	8th
Maryland	Abhinav Karthikeyan	Clearspring Elementary School	Damascus	4th
Massachusetts	Sathwik Karnik	King Philip Regional Middle School	Plainville	7th	1st place
Michigan	Neha Middela	Detroit Country Day School	Detroit	6th	9th place
Minnesota	Alexander Conrad	Valley View Middle School	Edina	7th
Mississippi	Jun Chen	Margaret Green Junior High School	Cleveland	8th
Missouri	Aviral Misra	Academy Montessori Internationale	Kansas City	5th
Montana	Grace Rembert	Morning Star Elementary	Bozeman	5th
Nebraska	Theodore Jansen	Paddock Road Elementary	Omaha	5th
Nevada	Nick Vazeen	Challenger School – Summerlin Campus	Las Vegas	8th
New Hampshire	Neelam Sandhu	Ross A. Lurgio Middle School	Bedford	8th	7th place; went on to St. Petersburg, Russia for the International Competition Asha Jain (also a finalist this year) and Gopi Ramanathan of Minnesota from 2012
New Jersey	William DiGrande	Warren Middle School	Warren	8th
New Mexico	Huy Tran	Albuquerque Academy	Albuquerque	7th
New York	Gabriel Straus	Collegiate School for Boys	Manhattan	7th
North Carolina	Matthew Janson	Randolph Middle School	Charlotte	8th
North Dakota	Luke Bowan	Jamestown Area Homeschoolers	Jamestown	8th
Ohio	Kyle Yu	Lee Burneson Middle School	Westlake	7th
Oklahoma	Matthew Armor	Whittier Middle School	Norman	8th
Oregon	Harish Palani	Stoller Middle School	Portland	7th	5th place
Pacific Territories	Jacob Augelli	Cmd. William C. McCool Elem/Middle	Guam	7th
Pennsylvania	Sai Mahit Vaddadi	Eagle View Middle School	Mechanicsburg	8th
Rhode Island	Jacob Polatty	Rhode Island Home Educators	North Kingstown	7th
South Carolina	Krish Patel	Pinewood Preparatory School	Summerville	7th
South Dakota	Mark Vanderzee	Robertsville Middle School	Oak Ridge	7th
Tennessee	Alexander Wilaniskis	East Ridge Middle School	Whitesburg	7th
Texas	Chinmay Murthy	Paragon Preparatory School	Austin	5th
Utah	Joshua Nkoy	Challenger School	Sandy	8th
Vermont	Tyler Jager	Manchester Elementary/Middle School	Manchester Center	7th
Virginia	Akhil Rekulapelli	Stone Hill Middle School	Ashburn	7th	4th Place
Washington	Owen Benda	Open Window School	Bellevue	7th
West Virginia	Andrew Christy	St. Francis Central Catholic School	Morgantown	7th
Wisconsin	Asha Jain	MHLT Elementary School	Minocqua	7th	6th Place; went on to St. Petersburg, Russia for the International Competition with Neelam Sandhu (also a finalist this year) and Gopi Ramanathan of Minnesota from 2012
Wyoming	Garrett Means	Snowy Range Academy	Laramie	8th

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