The 41st annual state competition was held at Mountain View High School in Mesa on February 28 – March 1, 2025. Thirty teams from across Arizona qualified for the competition. A total of 159 medals were given out to decathletes across 23 high schools. Congratulations to all of our students!

State Competition Results

1. Walden Grove – 47,855.7
2. Hamilton – 47,067.9
3. Canyon del Oro – 47,016.7
4. Mountain View (Mesa) – 46,862.2
5. BASIS Chandler – 46,830.6
6. BASIS Scottsdale – 43,700.7
7. Cesar Chavez – 42,721.5
8. Basha – 42,662.4
9. Arizona College Prep – 41,649.8
10. Mountain Ridge – 41,644.0

Most Improved Team – Casteel
Rookie of the Year – Apollo

Highest Scoring Student – Carter Thompson, Basha
Outstanding Essay – Zahara Khan, Arizona College Prep
Outstanding Interview – Julia Smith, Canyon del Oro & Smriti Sunil Kumar, BASIS Chandler
Outstanding Speech – Mia Sweador, Mountain View (Mesa)

1. Carter Thompson, Basha – 9,071.5
2. Xavier Ko, BASIS Chandler – 9,067.9
3. Claire Zhan, Hamilton – 9,047.8

1. Julia Smith, Canyon del Oro – 8,390.0
2. Chip Foote, Mountain View (Mesa) – 8,376.9
3. Chad Butterbrodt, Canyon del Oro – 8,207.1

1. Lewis Harvey, Walden Grove – 7,198.2
2. Joseph Nuttall, Walden Grove – 8,088.9
3. Thanh-Thi Nguyen, Hamilton – 7,393.6

This is the first state win for Walden Grove and they will represent Arizona at the USAD National Competition in May. Another three will attend in person – Hamilton, Canyon del Oro, and Mountain View (Mesa); and three will participate online – BASIS Chandler, Cesar Chavez, and Snowflake.