USAD Team Wins State Competition

The Collegiate Academy United States Academic Decathlon team won the state competition this past weekend, scoring 45,879 points to beat out 13 other schools. Collegiate Academy has won the state competition nine out of the past 10 years and has earned the right to represent Pennsylvania at the national competition in Omaha in April. The theme of this year's competition is the French Revolution.

The team comprises, in Honors, Sean Carney, Ben Engel, and Rachel Vandevert; in Scholastic, John Luke Galla, Rose Heid, and Bronte Seath; and, in Varsity, Reeve Hunsaker, Cullen Skinner, and Stan Tuznik.

Individual Overal Highest Scores: Rachel Vandevert, gold; Bronte Seath, silver; Reeve Hunsaker, gold; Cullen Skinner, silver; Stan Tuznik, bronze.

Music: Vandevert, gold; Seath, gold; Rose Heid, silver; John Luke Galla, bronze; Hunsaker, gold; Tuznik, silver; Skinner, bronze.

Essay: Carney, gold; Vandevert, bronze; Seath, bronze; Skinner, gold; Hunsaker, bronze

Speech: Engel, silver; Tuznik, gold; Skinner, silver

Interview: Engel, silver; Seath, silver

Math: Seath, silver; Skinner, gold; Hunsaker, silver

Language and Literature: Engel, gold; Vandevert, bronze; Galla, gold; Heid, silver; Seath, bronze; Hunsaker, gold; Skinner and Tuznik, silver

Art: Vandevert, gold; Galla, silver; Heid, bronze; Hunsaker, gold; Tuznik, silver

Science: Engel and Carney, bronze; Seath, bronze; Hunsaker, gold; Skinner, bronze

Economics: Vandevert, silver; Galla, gold; Seath, silver; Heid, bronze; Hunsaker, gold; Skinner, silver; Tuznik, bronze

Super Quiz (Social Science): Carney, gold; Vandevert, bronze; Galla, silver; Hunsaker, gold; Tuznik, silver

The team is coached by teachers Colleen Holmes and Amanda Burleigh. The national competition will be held on April 21–24.