ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO – California’s Granada Hills Charter High School on Saturday, April 28, won the United States Academic Decathlon.  

The team scored 54,081.8 points out of 60,000 possible, earning the school’s second national title and California’s 10th consecutive national title.

The team's score breaks the previous national highest score set in 2008 by Moorpark High School, which had 53,119.4 points.

The winners were announced before an enthusiastic crowd at the 2012 United States Academic Decathlon’s award ceremony at the convention center in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico.

In Addition, Granada Hills took first place in the Super Quiz with 5,775 points out of 6,000 points.

Members of the winning team are (Honors) Lev Tauz, Sean Wejebe, Hamidah Mahmud, (Scholastics) Christian Koguchi, Priscilla Liu, Kimberly Ly, (Varsities) Jimmy Wu, Stella Lee, Julia Wall and coaches Matt Arnold, Spencer Wolf, and Nick Weber.

Overall, the team took home 53 individual awards and two team awards: Lev Tauz (2 gold, 2 silver, and 2 bronze); Sean Wejebe (highest scoring decathlete, 5 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze); Hamida Mahmud (1 gold, 3 bronze); Christian Koguchi (2 silver, 1 bronze); Priscilla Liu (3 bronze); Kimberly Ly (2 silver, 2 bronze); Jimmy Wu (highest scoring Varsity student and new record of 9,182.5 points out of 10,000 points, 4 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze); Stella Lee (1 bronze); and Julia Wall (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze).

In all, 32 high school teams representing 31 states from across the country and London, England, competed in this year’s national Academic Decathlon championship.

Decathlete teams are comprised of three Honor students (3.75 and above GPA), three Scholastic students (3.00-3.74 GPA), and three Varsity students (2.99 GPA and below).

California has won the last 10 national titles and has won fifteen national titles in the past 18 years of national competition. In 30 years of national competition, California has placed first or second every year but one.

To learn more about the California Academic Decathlon, visit the CAD Web site at http://www.academicdecathlon.org or visit CAD on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AcademicDecathlon .