06 National Geographic State Bee Winners Announced

ALABAMA- Kapil Nathan, 6th Grade, Brock's Gap Intermediate, Hoover

ALASKA- Ben Ng, 8th Grade, Floyd Dryden Middle School, Juneau

ARKANSAS- D.J. Quezada, 8th Grade, Haas Hall Academy, Bentonville

ARIZONA- Ari Mehta, 8th Grade, Explorer Middle School, Phoenix

CALIFORNIA- Nishaanth Krishnan, 8th Grade, C.E. Utt Middle School, Tustin

COLORADO- Cooper Hanley, 7th Grade, Louisville Middle School, Louisville

CONNECTICUT- Ritwik Bose, 8th Grade, Scotts Ridge Middle School, Ridgefield

DELAWARE- Eric Smith, 8th Grade, F Neil Postlethwait Middle School, Camden

WASHINGTON, D.C.- Max Garon, 6th Grade, Sidwell Friends Middle School, Washington

FLORIDA- Rishi Nair, 6th Grade, Williams Magnet Middle School, Tampa

GEORGIA- Jerome Perera, 7th Grade, Taylor Road Middle School, Johns Creek

HAWAII- Mika Ishii, 8th Grade, Kaimuki Middle School, Honolulu

IDAHO- Nicholas Monahan, 7th Grade, Payette Lakes Middle School, McCall

ILLINOIS- Mantra Dave, 8th Grade, Chiddix Junior High School, Normal

INDIANA- Simon Molenaar, 7th Grade, Highland Christian School, Highland

IOWA- Patrick Taylor, 8th Grade, Northwest Junior High School, Coralville

KANSAS- Aviral Misra, 8th Grade, Prairie Star Middle School, Leawood

KENTUCKY- Shyam Ravishankar, 8th Grade, Noe Middle School, Louisville

LOUISIANA- Luke Alexander Andel, 8th Grade, Isidore Newman School, New Orleans

MAINE- Haden Buzzell, 6th Grade, Massabesic Middle School, E Waterboro

MARYLAND- Rishi Kumar, 5th Grade, Worthington Elementary School, Ellicott City

MASSACHUSETTS- Saketh Jonnalagadda, 8th Grade, Stony Brook Middle School, Westford

MICHIGAN- Pranav Arunandhi, 8th Grade, Reuther Middle School, Rochester Hills

MINNESOTA- Lucas Eggers, 7th Grade, STAR Homeschool Academy, Minnetonka

MISSISSIPPI- Edmund Doerksen, 7th Grade, Oxford Middle School, Oxford

MISSOURI- Nikhil Krishnan, 8th Grade, Rockwood South Middle School, Fenton

MONTANA- Grace Rembert, 8th Grade, Sacajawea Middle School, Bozeman

NEBRASKA- Deeksha Sridher, 6th Grade, Millard North Middle School, Omaha

NEVADA- Spencer Gabe, 8th Grade, Las Vegas Day School, Las Vegas

NEW HAMPSHIRE- Abhinav S. Govindaraju, 6th Grade, Shaker Road School, Concord

NEW JERSEY- Veda Bhattaram, 6th Grade, Robert R Lazar Middle School, Montville

NEW MEXICO- Lakshay Sood, 5th Grade, Manzano Day School, Albuquerque

NEW YORK- Ethan Tsvayg, 7th Grade, IS 239 Mark Twain Gifted School, Brooklyn

NORTH CAROLINA- Samanyu Avinash Dixit, 6th Grade, Jay M Robinson Middle School, Charlotte

NORTH DAKOTA- Jonathan Farnsworth, 8th Grade, Valley Middle School, Grand Forks

OHIO- Saket Pochiraju, 6th Grade, Orange Middle School, Lewis Center

OKLAHOMA- Keane VanTrease, 8th Grade, Jenks Middle School, Jenks

OREGON- Ashwin Sivakumar, 6th Grade, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland

PENNSYLVANIA- Benjamin Fischer, 5th Grade, Vida Charter School, Gettsyburg

RHODE ISLAND- Eli Fulton, 8th Grade, Rhode Island of Home Educators (Home School), North Kingstown

SOUTH CAROLINA- Joshua Woodfin, 8th Grade, Greenville County Home Educators, Simpsonville

SOUTH DAKOTA- Owen Fink, 5th Grade, Bridgewater-Emery School, Bridgewater

TENNESSEE- John Webster, 8th Grade, Evangelical Christian School, Cordova

TEXAS- Pranay Varada, 7th Grade, Dewitt Perry Middle School, Carrollton

UTAH- Ankit Garg, 6th Grade, Bear River Charter School, Logan

VERMONT- Isaac Krementsov, 7th Grade, Shelburne Cmty School

VIRGINIA- Vishvesha Sridhar, 8th Grade, Blacksburg Middle School, Blacksburg

WASHINGTON- Satvik Kabbur, 4th Grade, Bear Creek Elementary School, Woodinville

WEST VIRGINIA- Surya Perla, 8th Grade, Andrew Jackson Middle School, Charleston

WISCONSIN- Thomas Wright, 7th Grade, Univ School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee

WYOMING- Degory Day, 7th Grade, Evanston Middle School, Evanston

ATLANTIC TERRITORIES- Matthew Haughton, 7th Grade, Antilles School, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands

PACIFIC TERRITORIES- Victoria Nicole Santos, 7th Grade, Marianas Baptist Academy, Saipan, MP

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEPENDENTS SCHOOLS- Connor Buchheit, 7th Grade, Wiesbaden Middle School, APO, AE

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