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Our middle school students from STISD Preparatory Academy in Edinburg and high school students from STISD Health Professions and STISD Science Academy, both in Mercedes competed at the Texas Chess Association Super State Championship in Austin, March 7-8.
From Champion and Co-Champion titles to multiple Top 20 individual finishes, our students represented our district with excellence with all teams qualifying for Nationals. Both high school teams will compete this March in Chicago, with our middle school teams set to compete in May in Round Rock.
Congratulations to all of our talented players and many thanks to our coaches and instructors for their dedication and support in helping our students succeed.
High School Championship Team Division:
- 1st Place - Science Academy Team – State Co-Champions
- 4th Place - Health Professions Team
Science Academy Individual Awards:
- 16th Place - Danish Bhatti
High School JV team Division:
- 3rd Place - Science Academy Team
Science Academy Individual Awards:
- 9th Place - Daniel Guajardo
- 17th Place - Evan Suarez
Health Professions Individual Awards:
- 11th Place - Andres Juarez
- 18th Place - Aaron Hernandez
- Biggest Upset Award - Elisa Galvan
Middle School Team Championship Division:
- 11th Place - Preparatory Academy Team
Middle School JV Team Division:
- 1st Place - Preparatory Academy Team
Preparatory Academy Individual Awards:
- 7th place - Nirvana Sahoo
- 20th place - Sergio Solis
Full Rosters:
Health Professions State Roster:
- Jose Aza
- Elisa Galvan
- Xavier Garza
- Aaron Hernandez
- Alejandro Juarez Jr.
- Andres Juarez
- Marcelo Mendoza
- Joseph Redondo
- Valentina Rodriguez
- Eli Rostro
- Isaiah Rostro
- Elizabeth Ryan
- Mason Tsay
- Christian Vega -Gonzalez
Science Academy State Roster:
- Vicente Alvarez
- Adrian Aramburo
- Danish Bhatti
- Juan Flores
- Daniel Guajardo
- Aidon Hebert
- Landen Meyer
- Noah Meyer
- William Parame
- Srivatsa Paramkusam
- Ruhaan Patel
- Jose Santos-Garcia
- Evan Suarez
- Liam Toledo
- Ernesto Urbina
- Zarry Wan
Preparatory Academy State Roster:
- Luis Avila
- Miguel Avila
- Ira Jaya Banala
- Mansilla Cepeda
- Polo Davila
- Hazel George
- Govind Krishna
- German Medrazo
- Frances Parame
- Kashinath Reghu
- Adrian Saenz
- Nirvana Sahoo
- Sergio Solis
- Kenzo Trevino
- Adam Yorsoe
- Cruz Santiago