The UIL Academic team competed at the Nederland meet this past Saturday and came home with the first place Sweepstakes trophy.

Several students brought home individual and team medals, including:

Number Sense: Aidan Watson (1st), Sean Kim (6th), 1st place team

Current Issues & Events: Jonathan Roy (1st), Spencer Layman (3rd), Michael Vu (5th), Brennan Roy (6th), 1st place team

Copy Editing: Kaila Low (6th)

Calculator: Sean Kim (3rd), 2nd place team

Feature Writing: Kaila Low (6th)

Spelling: Tiana Gonzalez (5th)

Mathematics: Aidan Watson (3rd), Landon Acord (4th), Sean Kim (5th), 1st place team

Computer Science: Grayson Brister (1st), Landon Acord (2nd), Jacob Miller (4th), Layden Webb (5th), Alex Poole (6th), 1st place team

Headline writing: Gabrielle Moore (6th)

Ready Writing: Rayna Christy (4th)

Persuasive Speaking: Sarah Howell (6th)

The teams will compete at the LCM practice meet on Friday, Feb. 12.