Academic Decathlon State Champions

The Mount Michael Knights reign as the 2014 small school Academic Decathlon State Champions. The competition was held at the University of Nebraska Omaha campus.  The topic this year was World War I. Schools of all sizes competed simultaneously.  The final event was the Super Quiz.  Mount Michael won the Small School division and placed 3rd among all schools.  When the points were totaled for the entire event Mount Michael placed 2nd among all schools large or small.  Congratulation Knights!

L to R: Back row Dave Cormier, John Collins, Alex Hotovy,  Cameron Engel, Rowan Gruber, Caleb Pflug
Front row: Adam Terasinski, Jacob Ramaekers, Zach Frevert, Collin Donahue, Andy Johannes, Ben Connealy, Thomas Kalil.

The competition features students in 3 academic levels based on their Grade Point Average. A-Honors B-Scholastic, C-Varsity

Mount Michael Medal Winners

Honors:

Cameron Engel:  gold in economics, science, and essay; bronze in art and interview; 2^nd highest overall honors; team high score.

Jonathan Collins:  gold in language/literature; silver in art and science; bronze in music; 3^rd highestoverall honors.

Rowan Gruber:   silver in economics.

Scholastic:

Zach Frevert:  gold in math and science; silver in economics, language/literature, and music; 1^st in overall scholastic.

Alex Hotovy:  gold in economics, math, and language/literature; silver in art; 2^nd highest overall scholastic.

Collin Donahue:  silver in language/literature and interview; bronze in art and math.

Varsity:

Adam Terasinski:  gold in art, economics, and essay; silver in language/literature; bronze in math; 1^st in overall varsity.

Ben Connealy:  gold in language/literature and science; silver in economics; bronze in speech; 2^nd highest overall varsity.

Jacob Ramaekers:  silver in science.

For alternates, art and music are paired up as humanities; economics and language/literature are paired up as soft science; and math and science are paired up as hard science.

Alternate honors:

Thomas Kalil:  gold in humanities, soft science, and hard science.

Alternate scholastic:

Andy Johannes:  gold in humanities, soft science, and hard science.

Alternate varsity:

Caleb Pflug:  gold in humanities, soft science, and hard science.

1^st place for the super quiz:  Jonathan Collins, Rowan Gruber, Alex Hotovy, Collin Donahue, Adam Terasinski, and Ben Connealy.