GeoBee State Finalists Announced

The 2010 National Geography Bee state competitions were held on Friday, April 9. The winners of the state GeoBees have been announced and are listed here! The finalists will travel to Washington, D.C. to compete in the finals on May 25-26 at National Geographic headquarters.

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Photograph by Jeanne Modderman/National Geographic

WINNERS

ALABAMA: James Niiletz, 6th Grade, Rock Quarry Middle School, Tuscaloosa

ALASKA: Nathan Swan, 7th Grade, Interior Distance Education of Alaska – Anchorage

ARIZONA: Arun Yadav, 5th Grade, Greenbriar Elementary School, Glendale

ARKANSAS: Grant Baker, 8th Grade, Alma Middle School, Alma

ATLANTIC TERRITORIES: Jorge Asenjo, 8th Grade, Academia del Perpetuo Socorro, San Juan

CALIFORNIA: Alek Venturino, 8th Grade, Charlotte Wood Middle School, Danville

COLORADO: Isabella Contolini, 6th Grade, Red Rocks Elementary School, Morrison

CONNECTICUT: Darius Mostaghimi, 8th Grade, Walter C. Polson Middle School, Madison

DELAWARE: Varun Wadhwa, 7th Grade, The Independence School, Newark

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEPENDENTS SCHOOLS: William Miller, 7th Grade, Heidelberg Middle School, Heidelberg, Germany

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Matthew Wilson, 5th Grade, Blessed Sacrament School

FLORIDA: Aadith Moorthy, 8th Grade, Palm Harbor Middle School, Palm Harbor

GEORGIA: Pranav Bhandarkar, 8th Grade, Malcom Bridge Middle School, Bogart

HAWAII: Alexander Fager, 8th Grade, Our Savior Lutheran School, Aiea

IDAHO: Karthik Mouli, 6th Grade, Hillside Junior High School, Boise

ILLINOIS: Anton Karpovich, 8th Grade, Walter R. Sundling Junior High School, Palatine

INDIANA: Ian Markham, 8th Grade, Nativity of Our Savior Catholic School, Portage

IOWA: Johannes Gassman, 7th Grade, Ames Homeschool Assistance Program, Ames

KANSAS: Stefan Petrovic, 6th Grade, Broken Arrow Elementary School, Lawrence

KENTUCKY: Nolan Phillips, 8th Grade, Montessori Middle School of Kentucky, Lexington

LOUISIANA: James Stoner, 6th Grade, Christian Brothers School, New Orleans

MAINE: James Davis III, 8th Grade, Sabattus Central School, Sabattus

MARYLAND: Thomas Naatz, 6th Grade, Norwood School, Bethesda

MASSACHUSETTS: Abhinav Kurada, 6th Grade, Advanced Math and Science Academy, Marlboro

MICHIGAN: Jacob Tanner, 7th Grade, Saline Middle School, Saline

MINNESOTA: Gopi Ramanathan, 6th Grade, Sartell Middle School, Sartell

MISSISSIPPI: Mamadou Fadiga, 8th Grade, Margaret Green Junior High School, Cleveland

MISSOURI: Joshua Vogel, 7th Grade, Trinity Lutheran School, Cape Girardeau

MONTANA: Erik Ellis, 8th Grade, Yellowstone County Home Educators, Hardin

NEBRASKA: Zebulon Cooper, 8th Grade, Prague Public School, Prague

NEVADA: Alexander Wade, 6th Grade, Davidson Academy, Reno

NEW HAMPSHIRE: David Ferreira, 8th Grade, Amherst Middle School, Amherst

NEW JERSEY: David Yin, 8th Grade, Thomas R. Grover Middle School, Princeton Junction

NEW MEXICO: Joseph Couls, 7th Grade, Our Lady of the Annunciation School, Albuquerque

NEW YORK: Richard Zhang, 8th Grade, Jericho Middle School, Jericho

NORTH CAROLINA: Logan Shaut, 8th Grade, Blowing Rock Elementary School, Blowing Rock

NORTH DAKOTA: Micah Mabin, 8th Grade, Wachter Middle School, Bismarck

OHIO: Evan Nichols, 7th Grade, St. Hilary School, Fairlawn

OKLAHOMA: Nicholas Payne, 8th Grade, Pioneer Junior High School, Waukomis

OREGON: Samuel Coste, 7th Grade, Greater Salem Home Educators, Salem

PACIFIC TERRITORIES: Matteo Tanaka, 8th Grade, Bishop Baumgartner Memorial Catholic School, Guam

PENNSYLVANIA: Jacob Zimmer, 7th Grade, James S. Wilson Middle School, Erie

RHODE ISLAND: Oliver Lucier, 8th Grade, Curtis Corner Middle School, Wakefield

SOUTH CAROLINA: Kelvin Davis, 6th Grade, Williston-Elko Middle School, Williston

SOUTH DAKOTA: Alex Kimn, 7th Grade, George S. Mickelson Middle School, Brookings

TENNESSEE: Simon Crow, 8th Grade, Robertsville Middle School, Oak Ridge

TEXAS: Tiné Valencic, 6th Grade, Colleyville Middle School, Colleyville

UTAH: Anthony Cheng, 6th Grade, Peruvian Park Elementary School, Sandy

VERMONT: William Hodgson-Walker, 7th Grade, Charlotte Central School, Charlotte

VIRGINIA: James Stiff, 8th Grade, St. Mary’s Catholic School, Richmond

WASHINGTON: Alec Sjoholm, 6th Grade, Terrace Park Elementary School, Mountlake Terrace

WEST VIRGINIA: Andrew Braun, 8th Grade, Hurricane Middle School, Hurricane

WISCONSIN: Vansh Jain, 6th Grade, Minocqua-Hazelhurst-Lake Tomahawk Elementary School, Minocqua

WYOMING: Zachery Dubisz, 8th Grade, Star Valley Middle School, Afton