The 25th National Geographic Bee was held in Washington, D.C., on May 22, 2013, sponsored by the National Geographic Society. This was the final National Geographic Bee that Alex Trebek hosted--at the end of the event, Alex announced that Soledad O'Brien would be next year's moderator.
Twelve-year-old Sathwik Karnik, from Plainville, Massachusetts, won the competition, beating out 52 other competitors representing the 50 U.S. states, Pacific territories, and Department of Defense dependent schools.
2013 state representatives State Name School City/Town Grade NotesChristopher LoughPrattville Christian AcademyPrattville7thKenny PetriniCentral Middle School of ScienceAnchorage8thCameron DaneshMountainside Middle SchoolScottsdale6thChristian BoekhoutHot Springs Intermediate SchoolHot Springs7th Atlantic TerritoriesLeonides Diaz FusterSaint John's SchoolSan Juan7thTuvya Bergson-MichelsonNueva SchoolSan Ramon6th7th place Pranit NandaAurora Quest K-8Aurora7th10th placeMichael BoreckiMiddlesex Middle SchoolDarien8thKevin OrzadaThe Independence SchoolNewark8th Department of DefensePatrick LewallenRyukyu Middle SchoolJapan7thLars NordquistSt. Albans SchoolDistrict of Columbia5thWalker MillerWeldon Johnson Middle SchoolJacksonville8thSanjeev "Ricky" UppaluriFulton Sunshine ElementaryAlpharetta5th3rd placeAndrew AndertonIsland SchoolLihue8thAmrit SinghGrangeville Elementary/Middle SchoolGrangeville7thConrad OberhausDaniel Wright Junior High SchoolLincolnshire7th2nd placeSean IvesTrinity Lutheran SchoolCrown Point7thJonathan GrunenwaldAmes Homeschool Assistance ProgramAmes8thPreneeta NalluriOverland Trail Middle SchoolOverland Park6thHunter WatkinsCalloway, Marshall, & McCracken Cty HomeschoolersFarmington8thCècile GirardBishop Noland Episcopal Day SchoolLake Charles7th Archer ThomasBonny Eagle Middle SchoolBuxton8thAbhinav KarthikeyanClearspring Elementary SchoolDamascus4thSathwik KarnikKing Philip Regional Middle SchoolPlainville7th1st placeNeha MiddelaDetroit Country Day School Detroit6th9th placeAlexander ConradValley View Middle SchoolEdina7thJun ChenMargaret Green Junior High SchoolCleveland8thAviral MisraAcademy Montessori InternationaleKansas City5thGrace RembertMorning Star ElementaryBozeman5thTheodore JansenPaddock Road ElementaryOmaha5thNick VazeenChallenger School – Summerlin CampusLas Vegas8thNeelam SandhuRoss A. Lurgio Middle SchoolBedford8th7th place; went on to St. Petersburg, Russia for the International Competition Asha Jain (also a finalist this year) and Gopi Ramanathan of Minnesota from 2012 William DiGrandeWarren Middle SchoolWarren8thHuy TranAlbuquerque AcademyAlbuquerque7thGabriel StrausCollegiate School for BoysManhattan7thMatthew JansonRandolph Middle SchoolCharlotte8thLuke BowanJamestown Area HomeschoolersJamestown8thKyle YuLee Burneson Middle SchoolWestlake7thMatthew ArmorWhittier Middle SchoolNorman8thHarish PalaniStoller Middle SchoolPortland7th5th place Pacific TerritoriesJacob AugelliCmd. William C. McCool Elem/MiddleGuam7thSai Mahit VaddadiEagle View Middle SchoolMechanicsburg8thJacob PolattyRhode Island Home EducatorsNorth Kingstown7thKrish PatelPinewood Preparatory SchoolSummerville7thMark VanderzeeGeorge S. Mickelson Middle School Brookings7thAlexander WilaniskisEast Ridge Middle SchoolWhitesburg7thChinmay MurthyParagon Preparatory SchoolAustin5thJoshua NkoyChallenger SchoolSandy8thTyler JagerManchester Elementary/Middle SchoolManchester Center7thAkhil RekulapelliStone Hill Middle SchoolAshburn7th4th PlaceOwen BendaOpen Window SchoolBellevue7thAndrew ChristySt. Francis Central Catholic SchoolMorgantown7thAsha JainMHLT Elementary SchoolMinocqua7th6th Place; went on to St. Petersburg, Russia for the International Competition with Neelam Sandhu (also a finalist this year) and Gopi Ramanathan of Minnesota from 2012Garrett MeansSnowy Range AcademyLaramie8th
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