The Oakwood High School Academic Decathlon team is headed to the National competition after placing first in the state for the 12th consecutive year March 12.

The 9-member team earned 28 individual gold medals, 26 individual silver medals and 22 individual bronze medals for high scores. Students competing as team alternates earned 29 individual gold medals, 30 individual silver medals and 27 individual bronze medals.

Rohan Haack, Charli Kulka and Soren Kingston achieved Golden Eagle awards for achieving the highest overall individual scores in their respective GPA divisions. Additionally, Kingston was the highest overall scoring student of the entire competition and performed his prepared speech in the speech showcase as the highest scoring speech of the entire competition. 

Competing on the 9-member team this year are:  Alex Baals Kall, Rebecca Blumer, Brian Fischer, Rohan Haack, Evan Hardern, Rohan Haack, Soren Kingston, Danny Vasconez and Elizabeth Yarbrough.

Competing as team alternates are:  Nate Atocha, Isak Autrey, Colin Beck, Jack Campbell, Wright Chen, Alex Devgan, Lily Epley, Josh Foley, Ryan Frank, Joseph Hong, Sam Kalan, Max Kiernan, Srinidhi Krishnamoorthy, Zachary Ludwig, Reis McCauley, Julius Morgan Myers, Elias Phillips, Michael Ritschel, Angie Rodriguez, Peter Silvain, Genevieve Uhlman, Julian Uhlman, Sofia Wiegand, Paxton Zelik, Alex Zhang and Sia Zois. 

The team will represent the state of Ohio in the virtual National competition April 20-23.