During the weekend of Feb. 7-8, German UIL participants competed in Regionals in San Antonio. Westwood was able to take 1st place for sweepstakes of schools with German programs of more than 100 students. Below are team and individual competition placements.
Pass Auf! (Jeopardy Style Trivia) – 1st Place – Austin Huang ’17, Rohan Nair ’17, Paresh Hejmadi ’17, Matthew Frizzell ’17, and Abhishek Khare ’17
Polka Band – 1st place – Joyce Chen ’15 (director), Clark Snider ’16, Jack Scelsi ’17, Scott Hall ’18, Nico Goff ’18, Garrison Ho ’16, Alexander Hardinger ’16, Abhishek Khare ’17, Kat Zech ’16, Rohan Nair ’17
Classical Ensemble – 1st place – Austin Huang ’17 (director), Evonne Ng ’15, Patrick Guo ’15
Scavenger Hunt – 3rd Place – Lillian Young ’18, Aven Wright-Egbert ’18, Scott Hall ’18, Lauren Vetter ’16
Duet Acting level 2 – 1st Place – Adrianna Madison ’18 and Presley Glotfelty ’18
Skit level 4 – 3rd place – Maddie Goodin ’16, Jill Jackson ’15, Rebecca Haley ’15
German 1
Lillian Young ’18 – 1st Vocabulary
German 2
Melis Bayrak ’17 – 9th Grammar, 2nd Directed Dialogue, 4th Spelling
Presley Glotfelty ’18 – 5th Sight Reading
Abby Grifno ’17 – 10th Poetry Reading
Scott Hall ’18- 4th
Adrianna Madison ’18 – 6th Sight Reading
Spencer Sartin ’18 – 4th Grammar, 2nd Culture, 3rd Vocabulary
Aven Wright-Egbert ’18 – 4th Poetry Memory
German 3
Will Abrams ’17 – 1st Prose Memory
Quinn Buoy ’17 – 6th Culture, 1st Listening, 1st Reading
Matthew Frizzell ’17 – 2nd Reading Comprehension, 7th Prose Reading, 8th Sight Reading, 7th Prose Memory
Paresh Hejmadi ’17 – 5th Culture, 10th Prose Reading
Austin Huang ’17 – 6th Grammar
Abhishek Khare ’17 – 4th Cutlure
Joseph Koleng ’17 – 7th Extemporaneous Speaking, 4th Vocabulary
Rohan Nair ’17 – 2nd Grammar
Batu Ozsaracoglu ’16 – 1st Grammar, 4th Spelling
Kaan Ozsaracoglu ’16 – 3rd Reading, 5th Spelling
Jack Scelsi ’17 – 8th Prose Reading
Lauren Vetter ’16 – 7th Original Models
German 4
Jim Abrams ’15 – 9th Culture, 2nd Listening, 1st Reading
Gabriel Centeno ’15 – 7th Reading, 7th Sight Reading
Joyce Chen ’15 – 1st Poetry Reading, 5th Prose Reading, 4th Reading, 1st Sight Reading
Brian Coombs ’16 – 4th Prose Reading,
Maddie Goodin ’16 – 8th Vocabulary
Patrick Guo ’15 – 2nd Culture, 1st Grammar
Rebecca Haley ’15 – 2nd Extemp Speaking, 1st Prose Memory
Jill Jackson ’15 – Best Actress for her role as the King’s son in a skit for level 4
Alex Lee ’16 – 6th Grammar
Evonne Ng ’15 – 3rd Extemp Speaking, 1st Oral Presentation, 2nd Poetry Reading, 3rd Spelling
Vian Nguyen ’16 – 4th Listening, 4th Needlework, 4th Vocabulary
Sahana Ramkumar ’15 – 4th Poetry Memory
Aarya Suryavanshi ’15 – 1st Research Paper
Julia Vernon ’16 – 10th Photography, 5th Poetry Reading
Kat Zech ’16 – 4th Grammar, 7th Spelling, 10th Vocabulary
Advantaged Speakers
Sasha Bombardella ’17 – 2nd Extemp Speaking, 1st Poetry Memory, 1st Prose Memory
Gilliane Kenyon ’15 – 2nd Prose Memory
Other Events
Emily Perkins ’18 – Gingerbread House – non-traditional
Megan Canik ’16 – 3rd Doll Costume
![Blending her bilingual skills and journalistic abilities to share the stories of American culture, Lena Boas ‘25 crafted a video package documenting American life for German audiences. “[A German TV station] wanted me to do this video diary so that I could show my personal life and what it's like going to school here [US].”](https://westwoodhorizon.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Copy-of-Copy-of-Pink-White-Watercolor-Colorful-Landscape-Label-13.png)
