25th National Geographic Bee

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.

25th National Geographic Bee
DateMay 22, 2013
LocationWashington, D.C.
WinnerSathwik Karnik
Age12
ResidencePlainville, Massachusetts
No. of contestants54
Preceded by24th National Geographic Bee
Followed by26th National Geographic Bee

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.[1]

2013 state representatives
State Name School City/Town Grade Notes
 Alabama Christopher Lough Prattville Christian Academy Prattville 7th
 Alaska Kenny Petrini Central Middle School of Science Anchorage 8th
 Arizona Cameron Danesh Mountainside Middle School Scottsdale 6th
 Arkansas Christian Boekhout Hot Springs Intermediate School Hot Springs 7th
Puerto Rico United States Virgin Islands Atlantic Territories Leonides Diaz Fuster Saint John's School San Juan 7th
 California Tuvya Bergson-Michelson Nueva School San Ramon 6th 7th place
 Colorado Pranit Nanda Aurora Quest K-8 Aurora 7th 10th place
 Connecticut Michael Borecki Middlesex Middle School Darien 8th
 Delaware Kevin Orzada The Independence School Newark 8th
Department of Defense Patrick Lewallen Ryukyu Middle School Japan 7th
 District of Columbia Lars Nordquist St. Albans School District of Columbia 5th
 Florida Walker Miller Weldon Johnson Middle School Jacksonville 8th
 Georgia Sanjeev "Ricky" Uppaluri Fulton Sunshine Elementary Alpharetta 5th 3rd place
 Hawaii Andrew Anderton Island School Lihue 8th
 Idaho Amrit Singh Grangeville Elementary/Middle School Grangeville 7th
 Illinois Conrad Oberhaus Daniel Wright Junior High School Lincolnshire 7th 2nd place
 Indiana Sean Ives Trinity Lutheran School Crown Point 7th
 Iowa Jonathan Grunenwald Ames Homeschool Assistance Program Ames 8th
 Kansas Preneeta Nalluri Overland Trail Middle School Overland Park 6th
 Kentucky Hunter Watkins Calloway, Marshall, & McCracken Cty Homeschoolers Farmington 8th
 Louisiana Cècile Girard Bishop Noland Episcopal Day School Lake Charles 7th
 Maine Archer Thomas Bonny Eagle Middle School Buxton 8th
 Maryland Abhinav Karthikeyan Clearspring Elementary School Damascus 4th
 Massachusetts Sathwik Karnik King Philip Regional Middle School Plainville 7th 1st place
 Michigan Neha Middela Detroit Country Day School Detroit 6th 9th place
 Minnesota Alexander Conrad Valley View Middle School Edina 7th
 Mississippi Jun Chen Margaret Green Junior High School Cleveland 8th
 Missouri Aviral Misra Academy Montessori Internationale Kansas City 5th
 Montana Grace Rembert Morning Star Elementary Bozeman 5th
 Nebraska Theodore Jansen Paddock Road Elementary Omaha 5th
 Nevada Nick Vazeen Challenger School – Summerlin Campus Las Vegas 8th
 New Hampshire Neelam Sandhu Ross A. Lurgio Middle School Bedford 8th 7th 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
 New Jersey William DiGrande Warren Middle School Warren 8th
 New Mexico Huy Tran Albuquerque Academy Albuquerque 7th
 New York Gabriel Straus Collegiate School for Boys Manhattan 7th
 North Carolina Matthew Janson Randolph Middle School Charlotte 8th
 North Dakota Luke Bowan Jamestown Area Homeschoolers Jamestown 8th
 Ohio Kyle Yu Lee Burneson Middle School Westlake 7th
 Oklahoma Matthew Armor Whittier Middle School Norman 8th
 Oregon Harish Palani Stoller Middle School Portland 7th 5th place
American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Pacific Territories Jacob Augelli Cmd. William C. McCool Elem/Middle Guam 7th
 Pennsylvania Sai Mahit Vaddadi Eagle View Middle School Mechanicsburg 8th
 Rhode Island Jacob Polatty Rhode Island Home Educators North Kingstown 7th
 South Carolina Krish Patel Pinewood Preparatory School Summerville 7th
 South Dakota Mark Vanderzee George S. Mickelson Middle School Brookings 7th
 Tennessee Alexander Wilaniskis East Ridge Middle School Whitesburg 7th
 Texas Chinmay Murthy Paragon Preparatory School Austin 5th
 Utah Joshua Nkoy Challenger School Sandy 8th
 Vermont Tyler Jager Manchester Elementary/Middle School Manchester Center 7th
 Virginia Akhil Rekulapelli Stone Hill Middle School Ashburn 7th 4th Place
 Washington Owen Benda Open Window School Bellevue 7th
 West Virginia Andrew Christy St. Francis Central Catholic School Morgantown 7th
 Wisconsin Asha Jain MHLT Elementary School Minocqua 7th 6th 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 2012
 Wyoming Garrett Means Snowy Range Academy Laramie 8th

References
  1. Peckham, Matt (23 May 2013). "Massachusetts Boy Wins 'Geography Bee'". Time.


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