Fourteen-year-old Rahul Nagvekar, from Sugar Land, Texas won the competition, beating out 52 other competitors representing the 50 U.S. states, Pacific territories, and Department of Defense dependent schools.[1][2][3]
State | Winner's Name | School | City/Town | Grade | Notes | Alabama}} | Daniel Picard | Berry Middle School | Hoover | 7th |
Alaska}} | Andrew Hull | Rogers Park Elementary School | Anchorage | 6th |
Arizona}} | Raghav Ranga (Current Fourth Place Winner as of May 24, 2012) | St. Gregory College Preparatory School | Tucson | 8th |
Arkansas}} | Christian Boekhout | Hot Springs Intermediate School | Hot Springs | 6th |
Puerto Rico}} {{flagicon|USVI}} Atlantic Territories | Gilberto Marxuach | Academia del Perpetuo Socorro | San Juan | 8th |
California}} | Varun Mahadevan (current Third Place Winner as of May 24, 2012) | Prince of Peace Lutheran School | Fremont | 7th |
Colorado}} | Pranit Nanda | Aurora Quest K-8 | Aurora | 6th |
Connecticut}} | Michael Borecki | Middlesex Middle School | Darien | 7th |
Delaware}} | Tomasz Moz | North Star Elementary School | Hockesin | 5th |
Department of Defense | Dominik Muellerleile | Wiesbaden Middle School | Wiesbaden | 8th |
District of Columbia}} | Matthew Wilson | Blessed Sacrament School | Washington, DC | 7th |
Florida}} | Maya Patel | Liberty Middle School | Tampa | 8th |
Georgia (U.S. state)|name=Georgia}} | Sahr Singh | Dodgen Middle School | Marietta | 7th | First Girl to win Georgia State Competition |
Hawaii}} | Mika Ishii | John Wilson Elementary School | Honolulu | 4th |
Idaho}} | Matthew Miller | Russell Elementary School | Moscow | 5th |
Illinois}} | Conrad Oberhaus | Daniel Wright Junior High School | Lincolnshire | 6th |
Indiana}} | Caroline Peterson | Homeschooled | South Bend | 8th | First Girl to win Indiana State Competition |
Iowa}} | John Mahoney | Stilwell Junior High | West Des Moines | 7th |
Kansas}} | Ganesh Aruna | Overland Trail Middle School | Overland Park | 8th |
Kentucky}} | Nikhil Krishna | Corbin Intermediate School | Corbin | 6th |
Louisiana}} | James Anthony Stoner | Jesuit High School | New Orleans | 8th |
Maine}} | Benjamin MacLean | York Middle School | York | 8th |
Maryland}} | Adam Rusak | Lakelands Park Middle School | Gaithersburg | 8th |
Massachusetts}} | Karthik Karnik | King Philip Regional Middle School | Norfolk | 8th |
Michigan}} | Philip Huang | Wayne County Home Educators | Farmington Hills | 6th |
Minnesota}} | Gopi Ramanathan | Sartell Middle School | Sartell | 8th |
Mississippi}} | Josh Waldbieser | Margaret Green Junior High School | Cleveland | 8th |
Missouri}} | Jack Langen | West Junior High School | Columbia | 8th |
Montana}} | Rosie McCormack | St. Joseph Catholic School | Missoula | 8th |
Nebraska}} | Jack Nussrallah | Mary Our Queen School | Omaha | 6th |
Nevada}} | Nikolas Papameletiou | St. Anne Catholic School | Las Vegas | 8th |
New Hampshire}} | Neelam Sandhu | Ross A. Lurgio Middle School | Bedford | 7th | First New Hampshire Girl State Champion |
New Jersey}} | Siddharth Kurella | Crossroads North Middle School | Monmouth Junction | 8th |
New Mexico}} | Gabriel Cuneo | Shepherd Lutheran School | Albuquerque | 6th |
New York}} | Aparna Nair-Kanneganti | Henry H. Wells Middle School | Brewster | 8th |
North Carolina}} | William (Frank) Kenny | Charlotte Latin School | Charlotte | 8th |
North Dakota}} | Tanner Carlson | Horizon Middle School | Bismarck | 7th |
Ohio}} | Hayden Toftner | Olentangy Berkshire Middle School | Galena | 6th |
Oklahoma}} | Ari Papahronis | Sequoyah Middle School | Edmond | 7th |
Oregon}} | Pragyna Naik | Franklin K-8 School of Choice | Corvallis | 6th |
American Samoa}} {{flagicon|Guam}} {{flagicon|NMI}} Pacific Territories | Leonard Calvo | Bishop Baumgartner Memorial Catholic School | Guam | 7th |
Pennsylvania}} | Arnav Jagasia | Radnor Middle School | Wayne | 8th |
Rhode Island}} | Maxwell Levine | Wheeler School | Providence | 6th |
South Carolina}} | Krish Patel | Pinewood Preparatory School | Summerville | 6th |
South Dakota}} | Adam Wiegert | Patrick Henry Middle School | Sioux Falls | 7th |
Tennessee}} | Alexander Wilaniskis | East Ridge Middle School | Whitesburg | 7th |
Texas}} | Rahul Nagvekar | Quail Valley Middle School | Missouri City | 8th |
Utah}} | Anthony Cheng | Midvale Middle School | Midvale | 8th | First Top 10 Finalist 3-year in a row |
Vermont}} | Christopher Gish | Sharon Academy | Sharon | 8th |
Virginia}} | Kevin Zhan | George H. Moody Middle School | Richmond | 8th |
Washington}} | Nicholas Helmer | Discovery Middle School | Vancouver | 8th |
West Virginia}} | Andrew Christy | St. Francis Central Catholic School | Morgantown | 6th |
Wisconsin}} | Vansh Jain (current Second Place winner as of May 24, 2012) | MHLT Elementary School | Minocqua | 8th |
Wyoming}} | August Prevedel | Rock Springs Junior High School | Rock Springs | 8th |
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2. ^http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2012/05/rahul-nagvekar-wins-2012-national.html
3. ^http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/05/texas-teen-wins-national-geographic-bee/
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