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State Geographic Bee Winners Head to Finals |
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National Geographic News |
| April 8, 2002 |
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The state champions of the 2002 National Geographic Bee were determined in contests across the United States last Friday. The 55 champions, representing every U.S. state and several territories, will gather in Washington, D.C. on May 21 and 22 to determine this year's national Bee champion—and who gets to win a college scholarship of $25,000. This year five million students from 15,000 schools participated in the preliminary rounds of National Geographic's annual Bee—testing their knowledge of the world's geography, economies, politics, cultures and religions. "The importance of the Bee is that it highlights the importance of geography—especially in today's climate—and that the leaders of tomorrow know their stuff," says Mary Lee Elden, director of the National Geographic Bee. Alex Trebek, host of the popular quiz show Jeopardy will moderate the national competition which will air nationally the same day on the National Geographic Channel and will be shown later on public television stations. Check local listings for day and time. The 2002 state champions—who are automatically entrants in the national competition— are: Alabama Carter Pelham, 8th grade, home school, Huntsville Alaska Yan Matusevick, 7th grade, Randy Smith Middle School, Fairbanks Arizona John Yatsko, 7th grade, McKemy Middle School, Tempe Arkansas Jacob Felts, 7th grade, Valley View Jr. High, Jonesboro California Henry Yin, 7th grade, Hopkins Jr. High, Fremont Colorado Isaiah Hess, 8th grade, home school, Colorado Springs Connecticut Aaron Kiersh, 6th grade, Bedford Middle School, Westport Delaware Sean O'Donnell, 7th grade, Corpus Christi School, Wilmington Department of Defense schools (DoDDS) Ryan Felix, 8th grade, Naples American High School, Naples, Italy District of Columbia Thomas Meyerson, 7th grade, Blessed Sacrament School Florida Daniel T. Turton, 8th grade, Indian Trails Middle School, Winter Springs Georgia Samuel Coffin, 5th grade, Brookstone Middle School, Columbus Hawaii Jerome Asuncion, 8th grade, Kamehameha Schools, Honolulu Idaho Alex Price, 8th grade, West Jr. High, Boise Illinois Parnell Dean, 8th grade, Mokena Jr. High, Mokena Indiana Erik Bolt, 8th grade, home school, South Bend Iowa Justin LeDuc, 8th grade, home school, Cedar Rapids Kansas Benjamin Detrixhe, 5th grade, Clyde Elementary, Clyde Kentucky Zia Choudhury, 6th grade, Lone Oak Middle, Paducah Louisiana Katherine Schulz, 8th grade, St. Mark, Chalmette Maine Charles Platt, 8th grade, Berwick Academy, South Berwick Maryland Timothy Mackie, 8th grade, home school, College Park Massachusetts Michael O'Keeffe, 8th grade, St. Catherine of Siena, Norwood Michigan Calvin McCarter, 5th grade, home school, Jenison Minnesota Nicholas Burkhart, 8th grade, Mankato East Junior High, Mankato Mississippi David Gagne, 8th grade, Rosa Scott Middle School, Madison Missouri Mallika Thampy, 8th grade, home school, St. Louis Montana Matthew Downhour, 8th grade, Helena Middle School, Helena Nebraska Evan Swan, 7th grade, South Sioux City Jr. High, South Sioux City Nevada Shana White, 8th grade, Thurman White Middle, Henderson New Hampshire Zachary Blatt, 7th grade, McKelvie Middle School, Bedford New Jersey Alexi Alferiev, 8th grade, Charles Lewis Middle School, Blackwood New Mexico Brock Haroldson, 8th grade, home school, Aztec New York Nathaniel Mattison, 8th grade, H.C. Crittenden Middle, Armonk North Carolina Alexander Smith, 8th grade, Turrentine Middle School, Burlington North Dakota John Rice, 8th grade, home school, Maddock Ohio Alyssa Lane, 8th grade, Hawkin Middle School, Lyndhurst Oklahoma Kevin Lopez, 8th grade, Haileyville Public School, Haileyville Oregon John Pascale, 7th grade, Lincoln Savage Middle School, Grants Pass Pacific Territories Jason Togi, 7th grade, Leatele Elementary, Pago Pago Pennsylvania Matthew Russell, 8th grade, Fretz Middle School, Bradford Puerto Rico Sherry Gong, 7th grade, St. Johns, San Juan Rhode Island Anthony Denice, 5th grade, James Eldredge Elementary, East Greenwich South Carolina Debbie Beihl, 7th grade, home school, Saluda South Dakota Zack Abrahamson, 8th grade, Southwest Middle, Rapid City Tennessee Christopher Blackwell, 8th grade, McCallie School, Chattanooga Texas Joshua Baumgartner, 8th grade, home school, San Antonio Utah Derek Wells, 5th grade, Pinnacle Canyon Academy, Helper Vermont Charles Barstow, 8th grade, Gailer School, Shelburne Virgin Islands Babatunde Lewis, 6th grade, Eulalie R. Rivera PDS, Kingshill Virginia Brian Cheng, 7th grade, Langston Hughes Middle School, Reston Washington Erik Miller, 8th grade, home school, Kent West Virginia Paul Andrew Dutton, 8th grade, Pleasants County Middle School, Belmont Wisconsin Matt Leveille, 8th grade, Wilson Middle, Appleton Wyoming Philip Michael, 8th grade, McCormick Jr. High, Cheyenne Test your geographic knowledge with questions from previous National Geographic Bees. Go>> |
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