Somerville ISD was excited to honor our Yeguas who received UIL Academic honors during this past school year.
As a team, Somerville earned 3rd place in the Junior High District 26-2A competition. Our high school teams also had several medal recipients, including a 2nd place showing in the Social Studies category.
Here is the full list of our Yeguas who earned honors during this year's competitions:
High School
The 2nd place High School Social Studies team (L-R: Gracie Strange, Emily Strange, Abbigail Garza)
Ryann Dekneef
4th place, Feature Writing
America Esquivel Hernandez
5th place, Editorial
Abbigail Garza
2nd place, Social Studies (team)
Faith Hernandez
4th place, Lincoln Douglas Debate
Colt Holton
4th place, Copy Editing
Hadley Howe
4th place, Ready Writing
Kaleb Leang
6th place, Headline Writing
Deianca Nix
7th place, Current Issues and Events
Emily Strange
2nd place Social Studies (team)
Gracie Strange
2nd place, Social Studies (team)
4th place, Social Studies
Intermediate/Junior High
Our intermediate school's 2025-26 UIL Academic participants
8th grade
Cash Deal
1st place, Calculator Applications (team)
2nd place, Calculator Applications
Khloe Hawkins
3rd place, Listening
Kamora McMurry
6th place, Ready Writing
Corbin Neuendorff
1st place, Calculator Applications
1st place, Calculator Applications (team)
4th place, Number Sense
Madison Roberson
1st place, Calculator Applications (team)
4th place, Calculator Applications
6th place, Mathematics
Mya Sodolak
6th place, Ready Writing
7th Grade
Arieanna Alba-Pena
2nd place, Dictionary (team)
2nd place, Number Sense (team)
3rd place, Number Sense
5th place, Dictionary
Chance Alejandro
2nd place, Maps, Graphs, & Charts (team)
4th place, Maps, Graphs, & Charts
Adriana Arriaza-Aleman
1st place, Spelling (team)
2nd place, Chess Puzzles (team)
3rd place, Spelling
4th place Chess Puzzles
McKenzie Brack
3rd place, Listening (team)
3rd place, Ready Writing
4th place Listening
Kylah Carroll
2nd place, Chess Puzzles (team)
Bailey Deal
1st place, Calculator Applications (team)
4th place, Calculator Applicatinos
Brady Eschete
2nd place, Dictionary (team)
4th place, Dictionary
Jeremiah Foster
1st place, Calculator Applications
1st place, Calculator Applications (Team)
Kaylee Gentry
1st place, Spelling (team)
2nd place, Spelling
2nd place, Dictionary (team)
Adriel Hinojosa
1st place, Calculator Applications (team)
2nd place, Chess Puzzles (team)
2nd place, Number Sense (team)
3rd place, Calculator Applications
5th place, Number Sense
Claire Holton
4th place, Ready Writing (team)
5th place, Oral Reading
Kennedy Howe
2nd place, Number Sense (team)
3rd place, Listening (team)
4th place, Number Sense
5th place, Listening
Mylya Johnson
1st place, Spelling (team)
4th place, Spelling
Coltyn Myers
2nd place, Maps, Graphs, & Charts (team)
Julissa Patino
6th place, Oral Reading
Elijah Pleasant
3rd place, Listening (team)
Conner Richardson
2nd place, Maps, Graphs, & Charts (team)
4th place, Maps, Graphs, & Charts
6th grade
Yuliana Aguilar
2nd place, Spelling (team)
4th place Spelling
Avery Balboa
1st place, Calculator Applications
1st place, Calculator Applications (team)
3rd place, Number Sense (team)
6th place, Oral Reading
Leanna Cisneros
1st place, Art Memory (team)
4th place, Oral Reading
Wyatt Dillon
4th place, Maps, Graphs & Charts
John Isom
3rd place, Listening (team)
4th place, Oral Reading
5th place, Oral Reading
Alexis Johnson
1st place, Calculator Applications (team)
3rd place, Listening (team)
5th place, Listening
Fredo Martinez
2nd place, Chess Puzzles (team)
4th place, Chess Puzzles
Kylie Martinez
1st place, Art Memory
1st place, Art Memory (team)
3rd place, Number Sense (team)
Alena Perez
2nd place, Dictionary (team)
3rd place, Listening (team)
5th place, Dictionary
Amber RIchardson
1st place, Art Memory (team)
6th place, Art Memory
Carson Smith
2nd place, Chess Puzzles (team)
Sir Varnado
2nd place, Spelling (team)
5th place, Spelling
Aden Vela
1st place, Art Memory (team)
Amora Vela
2nd place, Chess Puzzles (team)
Harper Walla
1st place, Calculator Applications (team)
2nd place, Number Sense
2nd place, Dictionary (team)
3rd place, Dictionary
3rd place, Number Sense (team)
6th place, Calculator Applications
Paisley Webb
1st place, Art Memory (team)
2nd place, Art Memory
2nd place, Dictionary (team)
2nd place, Spelling (team)
5th grade
Kutter Bizzell
3rd place, Listening (team)
Rosie Burk
2nd place, Chess Puzzles (team)
3rd place, Listening (team)
4th place, Chess Puzzles
Aaniyah Gentry
2nd place, Ready Writing
Michael LaFountain
2nd place, Chess Puzzles (team)
3rd place, Chess Puzzles
Elijah Morales
3rd place, Maps, Graphs & Charts (team)
Mya Reina
3rd place, Dictionary (team)
3rd place, Listening (team)
4th place, Dictionary
4th place, Listening
4th place, Ready Writing
Emiliana Rios
3rd place, Dictionary (team)
3rd place, Maps, Graphs & Charts (team)
Faith Schoppe
4th place, Spelling
Heyden Vela
2nd place, Chess Puzzles (team)
Elementary
4th grade
Jonathan Howe
2nd place, Spelling (team)
Cooper Neuendorff
2nd place, Spelling (team)
3rd place, Number Sense (team)
Natalie Pharr
6th place, Ready Writing
Reid Ricci
3rd place, Number Sense (team)
6th place, Number Sense
Jolie Uranosky
2nd place, Oral Reading
2nd place, Spelling (team)
3rd place, Number Sense (team)
6th place, Spelling
3rd grade
Paisli Knox
4th place, Storytelling
Ivana Reyna
6th place, Storytelling