All five of Lubbock ISD’s high schools competed at the State Academic Decathlon Small, Medium and Large School meets this past weekend in Irving and San Antonio.
Lubbock High School (LHS) senior Pretom Shome won the statewide Mickey Andress Award, the award reserved for the highest individual score in any given division. Pretom’s score was 9,358. Along with the award comes a $3,500 scholarship. In addition to being the highest scoring student in Texas in the medium school division, Shome also shattered the previous record for an individual high score in the medium school division which was 9,340 set in 2014. Shome scored more than 900 out of a possible 1,000 points in each of the ten decathlon events and also won an additional seven medals.
LHS Academic Decathlon Coach Nathan Timmons said, “Pretom is a true Renaissance man who exemplifies the very best of Lubbock ISD through his impressive leadership, work ethic and determination.”
The LHS team finished fourth overall and third in Super Quiz.
Lubbock ISD also had two, top-ten finishers in the small school division. Estacado High School finished fourth and the Talkington School for Young Women Leaders finished sixth. Estacado won third in Super Quiz.
Monterey and Coronado competed in the large school division. Monterey improved their team record by 500 points and Coronado senior Tucker Matis brought home two individual gold medals for Science and Art.
(Press release from Lubbock ISD)
