Almost 70 teams compete in AADA competitions every year. Participants come from urban, suburban, and rural schools and include public, private, and charter institutions. We’re proud to say that the winning Arizona team consistently places in the top 5 at the United States Academic Decathlon competition nearly every year.
There are four competition levels:
Numerous scrimmages & invitational events are held throughout Arizona each year. These events, hosted by school districts and individual schools, provide decathletes with opportunities to hone their skills in competition settings.
The results of Regional Competitions give us the 40 teams that advance to the State Competition in March. Students complete the essay online prior to the competition, while the Speech and Interview portion of the competition are held Friday afternoon and evening; seven test sessions and the Super Quiz Relay will be on Saturday.
The highest-scoring team at the Arizona State Competition travels to the United States Academic Decathlon National Competition, held in April. The location of the National Final varies year to year. We also send teams to compete in the Online Competition.
The USAD National competition took place in Frisco, Texas on April 27-28. Our state champion, BASIS Scottsdale, placed 2nd in their division (III) and 5th overall in the nation with a score of 42,258. Team members: Tristan Clarke, Janvi Srivastava, Meenal Srivastava, Evangeline Clarke, Anushka Sharma, Sophia Dumitrascu, Hillary Phan, Achyuth Parthasarathy, and Nimish Bhardwaj. [...]
The 39th annual state competition was held at Phoenix College on March 10-11, 2023. Forty teams from across Arizona qualified for the competition. Congratulations to all of the decathletes competing! Results 1) BASIS Scottsdale - 43,715 2) BASIS Chandler - 43,543 3) Hamilton - 43,466 4) Mountain View (Mesa) - 39,836 5) Cesar Chavez - [...]
We would like to thank the regional coordinators and chairs for all of the time and effort they put into a great set of competitions. Congratulations to all of the decathletes competing! Results Region I - St. Johns (SueAn Collins) 1st: Snowflake - 28,183 2nd: Show Low - 28,060 3rd: James Madison Prep - 27,689 [...]
The Virtual National competition took place April 20-22. Hamilton placed 4th in Division I and 6th overall in the nation with a score of 41,438. Team members are: Chloe Zhan, Andy Ma, Kenneth Wang, Navaneeth Unnikrishnan, Sanvi Lamba, Shriya Bathula, Arun Chebrolu, Angela Sun, and Taryn Preis. The coaches are Carla Turner and Beth Trotti. [...]
