Shelbyville High School Academic UIL students competed at the 2025 State-AA
Academic UIL Meet at the University of Texas, Austin on May 19-20. Scoring 168 total
points including points earned previously from Congress (January) and CX Debate
(March), they are the State-AA Academic UIL Champions!

Individual Awards
Brynn Bickham: Feature Writing - 5th Place, Ready Writing - 1st Place
Travis Caporali: Informative Speaking - 1st Place, Poetry Interpretation - 2nd Place
Justin Filz: Science - 2nd Place, Chemistry - 1st Place, Physics - 1st Place
Cassidy Greer: Barbara Jordan UIL Essay Competition - 5th place
Ethan Jackson: Number Sense - 2nd Place
Elizabeth Marin: Lincoln Douglas Debate - 5th Place
Kaylin Miller: News Writing - 1st Place
Malachi Sierra: Number Sense - 1st Place

Team Awards:
Number Sense Team - 1st Place: Malachi Sierra, Aiden Swindle, Ethan Jackson,
Hayden Page
Science Team - 3rd Place: Justin Filz, Cheyenne Berlin, Angelli Ortiz, Malachi Sierra
Speech Team - 1st Place: Travis Caporali, Maddie Lout, Kennedy McArthur, Elizabeth
Marin

These students are coached by Brooke Davis (Science), Cole Harrison (Number Sense),
Emily Sowell and Crystal Harrison (Congress, CX Debate, Lincoln Douglas Debate,
Informative Speaking, Persuasive Speaking, Poetry Interpretation, Prose
Interpretation, Barbara Jordan Essay Competition),