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News: UIL District Academic Meet
posted: March 30, 2009

Friendswood ISD hosted the Conference 4A District 24 University Interscholastic League (UIL) Academic Spring Meet recently.

The following are the results for Friendswood High School students at the meet:

• Accounting - McKenzie Klemer received first place with Sarah Heintz in second and Karen Klumpyan in third. Lauren Gilbert placed sixth.
• Current Issues - Hunter Ivey was awarded first place with Lindsay Ricker in third place and Jeff Allison in fourth place.
• Computer Applications - Winston Wu received first place with Ben Braun in second and Noah Kessler in third place.
• Computer Science category - Ben Braun earned first place, Adam Coleman second, Andrew Wiley in third and Chris Cotter in fifth place.
• Editorial Writing - Miranda Jean received first place with Stuart Sharp in second place.  In Headline Writing, Trey Gonzales placed sixth. In News Writing, Jonathan Crutchfield placed third.
• Informative Speaking - Cailey Fitzgerald won first place, Seth Zawila received second, and Katie Henry third place.
• Lincoln Douglas Debate - Jacey Daniel received fourth place.
• Literary Criticism - Danielle Wilson was awarded first place, Abigail Wolff second place, and Lesleigh Balkum in sixth place.
• Mathematics - Chris Cotter was awarded first place, Ben Braun second and Noah Kessler third place.
• Number Sense - Nathan Nguyen placed fourth with Ben Braun in fifth place.
• Poetry Interpretation - Nick Vennekotter was awarded first place, Charles Easterly second place, and Colin David third place.
• Prose Interpretation - Jennifer Finch placed first with Ryan Frenk in second place.
• Persuasive Speaking - FHS students received all three top slots. Megan Brann received first place, Stephen Feith second and Johnathan Moore third.
• Ready Writing - James VanMatre placed first with Abigail Wolff in fourth place and Chris Cotter in sixth place.
• Biology - Chris Cotter placed first place. In Chemistry, Brandon Taylor placed first. In Science, Chris Cotter placed first.
• Science - Chris Cotter placed first, Brandon Taylor second and Ben Braun in third place.
• Physics - Chris Cotter placed first.
• Social Studies - Bryan Nguyen placed first with Ashlee James second, Ben Cuadra fourth, and Lesleigh Balkum fifth place.
• Spelling and Vocabulary - Julia Bradley won second place with Winston Wu in third and Kaitlyn Gruener in fourth place.
• Team events - Friendswood High School Team 1 placed first in Accounting. In Current Issues, FHS Team 1 received first place. In Computer Science, FHS Team 1 received first place. In Cross Examination Debate, FHS Team 1 received first place with Team 3 in second place.
• Journalism - Friendswood Team 1 received first. In Literary Criticism, FHS Team 1 was awarded first place.
• In Mathematics - FHS Team 1 received first place.
• Number Sense - FHS Team 1 received second place.
• Science - FHS Team 1 was awarded first place.
• Social Studies - FHS Team 1 received first place.
• Speech - FHS Team 1 received first place.  In Spelling and Vocabulary, FHS Team 1 was awarded first place.

All students in first, second and third places advance to the next level of UIL Academic competition.