The 21st National Geographic Bee was held in Washington, D.C., on May 20, 2009, sponsored by the National Geographic Society. The winner was Eric Yang of Griffin Middle School in The Colony, Texas, who won a $25,000 college scholarship, lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society and a trip to the Galápagos Islands with National Geographic Bee moderator and Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek. The 2nd-place winner was Arjun Kandaswamy of Meadow Park Middle School in Beaverton, Oregon. The 3rd-place winner was Shantan Krovvidi of Ligon Middle School in Raleigh, North Carolina.
2009 state champions State Winner's Name School City/Town Grade Notes PlaceJonathan HessTuscaloosaBethany LeeAnchorageNicholas FarnsworthFlagstaffTop 10Zacharay SafleyBeebe Atlantic Territories?Samuel BresslerFullertonAlden SavocaDebequeRobert ChuWoodbridgeVarun WadhwaThe Independence SchoolNewark6th Department of Defense?Michael Laskowski WashingtonShiva KangeyanMiamiTop 10Pranav BhandarkarMalcom Bridge Middle SchoolBogart7thAlex FagerOur Savior Lutheran SchoolAiea7thKarthik MouliHillside Junior High SchoolBoise5thSiva GangavarapuAuroraTop 10Ian MarkhamNativity of Our Savior Catholic SchoolPortage7thLuc MoisanGrinnellTrevor EggenbergerBel AireMichael KamerLexingtonAmal De AlwisHammondConor MillardOld TownMichael LaskowskiUniversity ParkZaroug JaleelLexingtonTop 10Kenji GolimlimSummit AcademyFlat Rock8thTop 10Cody BairdJackson Middle SchoolChamplinWilliam JohnstonDiamondheadEric MatthewsEl Dorado Springs Middle SchoolEl Dorado SpringsThomas CulverHelenaErik IngramBellevueAlexander WadeDavidson AcademyReno5thCooper LeczaBedfordRoey HadarFair HavenNicholas AndersonAlbuquerqueAidan LangstonBrooklynShantan KrovvidiLigon Middle SchoolRaleigh3rdCasey MurphyCarringtonNick MerchantDublinNathan ThompsonEdmondArjun KandaswamyMeadow Park Middle SchoolBeaverton2nd Pacific Territories?Henry GlitzSt. Bernard SchoolPittsburghOliver LucierCurtis Corner Middle SchoolWakefield7thLuke PorterColumbiaAlex KimnGeorge S. Mickelson Middle SchoolBrookings6thJoseph PetersonMemphisEric YangGriffin Middle SchoolThe ColonyChampionKennen SparksKaysvilleTop 10Roger DanilekNorwichSidharth VermaHerndonBenjamin SalmanSeattleJacob Ramthun Athens ElementaryAthensVansh JainMinocqua-Hazelhurst-Lake Tomahawk ElementaryMinocqua5thTop 10Kirsi Anselmi-StithRock Springs
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External links National Geographic Bee Official Website