2023 North Carolina TSA State Conference Results Are In

Congratulations to all who competed in the 2023 State Conference.

Chapters of the Year

  • Apex Friendship High School – Large Chapter of the Year High School
  • Hanes Magnet Middle School – Large Chapter of the Year Middle School
  • McMichael High School – Small Chapter of the Year High School
  • Ayden Middle School – Small Chapter of the Year Middle School

New Chapters of the Year

  • Mt Airy High School, Aycock High School & Gaston Day School

Chapter Advisor of the Year – Middle School

  • Angela Sanders from Southwest Middle School

Chapter Advisor of the Year – High School

  • Jackie Harrell from Corinth Holders High School

2023-2024 NCTSA State Officer Team

  • President: Victoria Vallier – Panther Creek High School
  • Vice President: Khushi Bhatt – North Carolina School for Science & Mathematics
  • Secretary: Lakshya Mahajan – Panther Creek High School
  • Treasurer: Anika Dixit – Atkins High School
  • Reporter: Laasya Karnati – Atkins High School
  • Sergeant at Arms: Lucas Kalakore – Cabarrus Early College of Technology

 

VEX VRC Tournament Champions: McMichael High School Team K & Providence High School A

VEX VRC Skill Champion: Providence High School A

VEX IQ:  Teamwork Champions: Tucker Creek Middle School Team 1, Sparta Elementary Team A,  Sparta Elementary Team B

North Carolina TSA State Competitive Events Results

HS Animatronics 
1 Josiefina Houchard
Kent Kido
Ian Latham
Highland School Of Technology
2 Benjamin Clements
Luke Falls
Lawson Houser
Michael Jones
Addelyn McCraw
Highland School Of Technology
3 Cindy Lopez
Galeana Orduna
Patience Preston
Alleghany High School
HS Architectural Design 
1 Kylie Belter McMichael High School

 

2 Jacob Koch
Paige Pan
Providence High School
3 Elijah Jeoung
Prithu Kolar
Victoria Vallier
Panther Creek High School
HS Audio Podcasting
1 Aneela Desai
Fiorella Diez
South Mecklenburg High School
2 Julissa Carabantes
Jonathan Medina
Phillip O. Berry Academy Of Technology
3 Sreeja Bhuma

 

Ardrey Kell High School
HS Biotechnology Design 
1 Nikhil Desu
Vikhyath Gandavarapu
Manu Jayachandran
Vinay Juneja
Lakshya Mahajan
Sanskar Salunkhe
Panther Creek High School
2 Aarushi Singh
Ananya Solanki
Evie Wittenborn
Panther Creek High School
3 Matthew Hjorth
Aryaman Shukla
Atkins Academic & Technical High School
HS Board Game Design 
1 Alex Bryant
Jose Carrera
Dillian Knight
Paxson Stephens
Mason Zhang
McMichael High School
2 Rohan Mody
Manthan Parte
Arth Patel
Vihan Patil
Roger You
Ardrey Kell High School
3 Albert He
Binghan Li
Paul Lindner
Jessica Mathew
Yahan Yang
Raymond Zhao
East Chapel Hill High School
HS Chapter Team
1 Anika Dixit
Anthony Gudin
Laasya Karnati
Vincent Nocito
Yvonne Shih
Caden Snyder
Atkins Academic & Technical High School
2 William Dulin
Dakota Hudson
Thierry Moss
Mandy Nguyen
Allison Threatt
Kaylie Vong
Phillip O. Berry Academy Of Technology
3 Om Gautam
Manan Goyal
Elijah Jeoung
Lakshya Mahajan
Ananya Solanki
Evie Wittenborn
Panther Creek High School
HS Children’s Stories
1 Riya Murugesan NC School Of Science & Math

 

2 Alyssa Howell Charles B. Aycock High School

 

3 Kelsey Huang
Olivia Kirby
Ardrey Kell High School

 

HS Coding
1 Jonah Nunnally
Dmitrii Pavlov
Apex Friendship High School
2 Pranav Nair
Siddharth Tewari
Providence High School
3 Vibhu Gomatam
Vikas Sarvasya
NC School Of Science & Math
HS Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Architecture 
1 Shelby Parker McMichael High School

 

2 Kylie Belter McMichael High School

 

3 Lucas Nagel NC School Of Science & Math

 

HS Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Engineering
1 Beckett Roberge Apex Friendship High School

 

2 Kaloyan Stefanov Apex Friendship High School

 

3 Evan Elk East Chapel Hill High School

 

HS Data Science and Analytics 
1 Melody Lee
Helen Wu
NC School Of Science & Math
2 Keisha Bansal
Amishi Gupta
NC School Of Science & Math
3 Aleena Kollu
Dhanyaa Rajan
Apex Friendship High School
HS Debating Technological Issues 
1 Santosh Gontla
Samiksha Pyndi
Ardrey Kell High School
2 Jonathan Barta
Carter Hu
Apex Friendship High School
3 Rishi Chellani
Nikhil Desu
Panther Creek High School
HS Digital Video Production 
1 Lan Gao
Jessica Mathew
Yahan Yang
East Chapel Hill High School
2 Sanya Arya
Bramhi Chougule
Aashna Karavadia
Lalith Nandula
Niki Pochampally
Rishabh Singh
Ardrey Kell High School
3 Rudra Borkar
Akhil Gosala
Pratham Ingale
Richard Lin
Vihan Patil
Shreyas Reddy
Ardrey Kell High School
HS Dragster Design
1 Brian Mungaray McMichael High School

 

2 Enrique Gonzalez McMichael High School

 

3 Lucas Kalakore Cabarrus Early College Of Technology

 

HS Drone Challenge (UAV) 
1 Spencer Ato
Ranvir Chennupalli
Rushil Dasari
Isaac Dupree
Hriday Patel
Beckett Roberge
Apex Friendship High School
2 Craig Belden
Evan Ko
Vincent Nocito
Ian Wharton
Atkins Academic & Technical High School
3 Arsh Jha
Krishna Patel
Aneesh Prajapati
Yitian Yang
Panther Creek High School
HS Engineering Design 
1 Allie Mentas
Isabella Valcheva
Nik Valcheva
Shailey Vardineni
Providence High School
2 Ashika Kamjula
Yaqi Li
Anna Zhong
NC School Of Science & Math
3 Pritesh Chappidi
David Lean
Asher Ma
Diego Sanchez
Ian Suh
Apex Friendship High School
HS Essays on Technology 
1 Eric Sun NC School Of Science & Math

 

1 Syeira Murray South Mecklenburg High School

 

2 Rishi Chellani Panther Creek High School

 

3 Ananya Agarwal Ardrey Kell High School

 

HS Extemporaneous Speech 
1 Samiksha Pyndi Ardrey Kell High School

 

2 Khushi Bhatt NC School Of Science & Math

 

3 Dharvik Kuchipudi Apex Friendship High School

 

HS Fashion Design and Technology
1 Abigail Acosta
Caelyn Burrell
Fiorella Diez
South Mecklenburg High School
2 Tav Murphy
Michael Schruckmayr
Laney White
Martin L. Nesbitt Discovery Academy
3 Ananya Solanki
Evie Wittenborn
Panther Creek High School
HS Flight Endurance 
1 Gordon Dubisky Highland School Of Technology

 

2 Aryan Chakalakal NC School Of Science & Math

 

3 Beckett Roberge Apex Friendship High School

 

HS Forensics 
1 Anjali Nelatoor
Anushree Ramanujam
NC School Of Science & Math
2 Ilakkiya Gnanakkumaran
Riya Murugesan
NC School Of Science & Math
3 Ananya Agarwal
Akshita Padala
Ardrey Kell High School
HS Future Technology and Engineering Teacher 
1 Aditi Koratpallikar Ardrey Kell High School

 

2 Samriddhi Dubey Ardrey Kell High School

 

3 Poorni Rishi Ardrey Kell High School

 

HS Geospatial Technology
1 Lily Hart
Sloane Poth
Myers Park High School
2 Ruhi Dua
Shruthi Ramireddy
Ardrey Kell High School
3 Priyam Awasthi
Tanush Chamrolia
Vidhan Desai
Ardrey Kell High School
HS Manufacturing Prototype
1 Nicky Liu
Arnav Meduri
Kelvin Zhang
NC School Of Science & Math
2 Hriday Patel
Diego Sanchez
Apex Friendship High School
3 Diya Mool
Sudiksha Thota
Panther Creek High School
HS Music Production
1 Aryan Chakalakal
Daksh Gahlot
Madhav Karthieyan
Maruthi Vemula
Aryan Vinay
NC School Of Science & Math
2 Henry Hui
Alan Shao
Providence High School
3 Olivia Aycock
Israel Baizano
Annika Forsleff
Ja’Kiala Leonard
Charles B. Aycock High School
HS On Demand Video 
1 Aryan Chakalakal
Daksh Gahlot
Siddharth Penmetsa
Vishvum Siriam
Maruthi Vemula
NC School Of Science & Math
2 Maddox Arnett
Vladimir Dimov
Tobias Francisco
Saanvi Rao
Nancy Sun
Atkins Academic & Technical High School
3 Tanish Bachu
Daniel Christian
Prachi Gandotra
Akshita Jain
Apex Friendship High School
HS Photographic Technology 
1 Riya Chivate Providence High School

 

2 Emma Osborne South Mecklenburg High School

 

3 Jack Stein Ardrey Kell High School

 

HS Prepared Presentation 
1 Samriddhi Dubey Ardrey Kell High School

 

2 Srivalli Kantamneni NC School Of Science & Math

 

3 Sanskar Salunkhe Panther Creek High School

 

HS Promotional Design 
1 Nikhil Binoy Ardrey Kell High School

 

2 Evan Beissert Providence High School

 

3 Ava Goff Apex Friendship High School

 

HS Senior Solar Sprint
1 Satyasumedh Allumolu
Shwetanshu Chakraborthy
Akhil Garre
Vikash Kumaran
Ardrey Kell High School
2 Dhiren Chennupalli
Ranvir Chennupalli
Apex Friendship High School
3 Shokhjahon Berdiyorov
Rushil Dasari
Suhas Puttoju
Apex Friendship High School
HS Software Development 
1 Vikhyath Gandavarapu
Adrian Luo
Krish Yadav
Panther Creek High School
2 Carter Hu
Dharvik Kuchipudi
Jonah Nunnally
Dmitrii Pavlov
Suhas Puttoju
Anshu Remireddy
Apex Friendship High School
3 Madhav Karthieyan
Arnav Meduri
Sheerabdhi Niranjan
Ayush Paul
Vikas Sarvasya
NC School Of Science & Math
HS Structural Design and Engineering 
1 Murphy McKee
Beckett Roberge
Apex Friendship High School
2 Shokhjahon Berdiyorov
Ranvir Chennupalli
Apex Friendship High School
3 Achyuta Anandakrishnan
Hari Manchi
NC School Of Science & Math
HS System Control Technology
1 Shawn Coward
Anthony Gudin
Benjamin Hackle
Atkins Academic & Technical High School
2 Jose Carrera
Trevon Stewart
Mason Zhang
McMichael High School
3 Treasure Aikens
Kylie Belter
Roman Goins
McMichael High School
HS Technology Bowl
1 Shawn Coward
Anthony Gudin
Caden Snyder
Atkins Academic & Technical High School
2 Achyuta Anandakrishnan
Aneesh Prabhala
Tarun Valluri
NC School Of Science & Math
3 Cris Lim
Abby Moser
Hannah Rudisill
Mt. Airy High School
HS Technology Problem Solving 
1 Paul Lindner
Christopher Wu
East Chapel Hill High School
2 Kabir Grewal
Yuzhang Zheng
East Chapel Hill High School
3 Vincent Nocito
William Thompson
Atkins Academic & Technical High School
HS Transportation Modeling
1 Kelvin Zhang NC School Of Science & Math

 

2 Mariyah Curb Phillip O. Berry Academy Of Technology

 

3 Prakshaal Jain Ardrey Kell High School

 

HS Video Game Design
1 Melody Lee
Helen Wu
NC School Of Science & Math
2 Thilo Fullenkamp
Luca Just
Lincoln Smith
Riverside High School
3 Shifan Azad
Kevin Liu
Rohan Mody
Vihan Patil
Rishabh Prakash
Ardrey Kell High School
HS Virtual Reality Visualization (VR)
1 Dhruv Sakala Panther Creek High School

 

1 Manan Goyal Panther Creek High School

 

1 Octavian Chan Panther Creek High School

 

HS Webmaster
1 Rikhil Chilka
Nalini Dutt
Kelsey Huang
Aditi Koratpallikar
Catherine Pan
Ardrey Kell High School
2 Sameer Dalal
Jerry Lin
Richard Lin
Ardrey Kell High School
3 Omar Mohamed
Ben Peterson
Aneesh Shakthy
Jayden Varghese
Panther Creek High School
MS Biotechnology Design
1 Nathalie Mijangos Teran
Zainab Saley
Melanie Santos Mendoza
Jackson Middle School
2 Caitlyn Hall
Kylie Jones
Gracie Tyson
Ayden Middle School
MS CAD Foundations
1 Avijith Vinod Hanes Magnet School

 

2 Jude Gregory Liberty Middle School

 

MS Career Prep
1 Kayleigh Shue Ayden Middle School

 

2 Kylie Jones Ayden Middle School

 

3 Tyra Wideman-Melton Gray’s Creek Middle School

 

MS Challenging Tech. Issues
1 Moksha Agrawal
Shaivi Shriyan
Hanes Magnet School
2 Giselle Martinez Gomez
Kamille Sawney
Jackson Middle School
3 Afia Adu-Amankuah
Kennedi Blackwell
Jackson Middle School
MS Chapter Team 
1 Wyatt Deuvall
Liam Johns
Jacob Jones
Zarhia O’Nan
Ramon Rodriguez
Jenna Vande Slunt
Tucker Creek Middle School
MS Childrens Stories 
1 Ramon Rodriguez
Brock Yost
Tucker Creek Middle School
2 Elsa McGalliard

 

Hanes Magnet School
3 Brianna Griffin

 

Hanes Magnet School
MS Coding
1 Liam Johns
Cayden Wade
Tucker Creek Middle School
2 Chloe Williams
JT Worrell
Ayden Middle School
2 Rydhi Ann Anish
Jerrin Moore
Hanes Magnet School
3 Brett Becerra
Jonas Latimer
Ayden Middle School
MS Community Service Video 
1 Lillian Collins
Matilyn Kincaid
Lainey Matthews
Shelby Proffitt
Sadie Williams
Heritage Middle School – Burke County
2 Moksha Agrawal
Jia Shah
Shaivi Shriyan
Hanes Magnet School
3 Kiley Eubanks
Kekeli Hodin
Darshini Moore
Eva Weber
Hanes Magnet School
MS Construction Challenge 
1 Micah Baker
Kylie Jones
Ryan Jones
Brayden Smith
Jordan Stewart
Ayden Middle School
2 Benjamin Fortune
Lilah Johnson
Heritage Middle School – Burke County
3 Brandon Chavez Soto
Katheryne Garcia
Dulce Lucas Lopez
Nathalie Mijangos Teran
Toni Miller
Jahari Robinson
Jackson Middle School
MS CYBERSECURITY 
1 Jordan Stewart Ayden Middle School

 

2 Nikolas Rykov Hanes Magnet School

 

3 Zainab Saley Jackson Middle School

 

MS Digital Photography 
1 Nylah Henderson Tucker Creek Middle School

 

2 Lily Bunnell Tucker Creek Middle School

 

3 Ryan Jones Ayden Middle School

 

MS Dragster
1 Brock Yost Tucker Creek Middle School
MS Electrical Applications
1 Raphael Shehata
Avijith Vinod
Hanes Magnet School
2 Keely Eubanks
Preston Morgan
Hanes Magnet School
3 Kolten Long
John Young
Sparta Elementary School
MS Essays on Technology
1 Moksha Agrawal Hanes Magnet School

 

2 Rydhi Ann Anish Hanes Magnet School

 

3 Nylah Henderson Tucker Creek Middle School

 

MS Flight 
1 Avijith Vinod Hanes Magnet School

 

2 Jordan Stewart Ayden Middle School

 

3 Andrew Shih Hanes Magnet School

 

MS Forensic Technology (MS)
1 Ahmed Elbadwi
Mariam Hussein
Jackson Middle School
2 Jonah Gregory
Brayden Mauney
Liberty Middle School
3 Zarhia O’Nan
Jenna Vande Slunt
Tucker Creek Middle School
MS Foundations of IT 
1 Avijith Vinod Hanes Magnet School

 

2 Nikolas Rykov Hanes Magnet School

 

3 Collyn Tomscha Southwest Middle School

 

MS Inventions & Innovations 
1 Mateo Alvarado
Maurey Gabriel
Eli Propst
Liberty Middle School
2 Moksha Agrawal
Elsa McGalliard
Lillian Redwine
Jia Shah
Raphael Shehata
Andrew Shih
Hanes Magnet School
3 Anna Bordeleau
Lilah Johnson
Shelby Proffitt
Heritage Middle School – Burke County
MS Junior Solar Sprint 
1 Sunny Harrington
Ben Hilliard
Chloe Williams
Sophia Woolard
Ayden Middle School
2 Jia Shah
Raphael Shehata
Andrew Shih
Shaivi Shriyan
Hanes Magnet School
3 Macy Auton
Benjamin Fortune
Heritage Middle School – Burke County
MS Leadership Strategies
1 Moksha Agrawal
Jia Shah
Shaivi Shriyan
Hanes Magnet School
2 Isaiah Caravello-Bell
Eric Cole
Ahmed Elbadwi
Jackson Middle School
3 Lilliana Romero-Fierro
Gabe Sammons
Hanes Magnet School
MS Mass Production
1 Jada Alston
Daisy Hall-Lopez
Kayleigh Shue
Ayden Middle School
2 Caitlyn Hall
Kylie Jones
Gracie Tyson
Ayden Middle School
3 Micah Baker
Jaden Joyner
Brayden Smith
Ayden Middle School
MS Mechanical Engineering
1 Kaleb Gayle
Garrett Pait
Logan Rolsten
Tucker Creek Middle School
2 Micah Baker
Ryan Jones
Brayden Smith
Ayden Middle School
3 Arianna Cote
Zarhia O’Nan
Aiden Prince
Tucker Creek Middle School
MS Medical Technology 
1 Kennedi Blackwell
Toni Miller
Jahari Robinson
Jackson Middle School
2 Brandon Chavez Soto
Mariam Hussein
Fatima Saley
Jackson Middle School
3 Lillian Collins
Matilyn Kincaid
Heritage Middle School – Burke County
MS Microcontroller Design 
1 Elsa McGalliard
Preston Morgan
Lillian Redwine
Hanes Magnet School
MS Off the Grid 
1 Leah Fields
Josie McAlduff
JT Worrell
Ayden Middle School
2 Macy Auton
anna Bordeleau
Benjamin Fortune
Heritage Middle School – Burke County
3 Matilyn Brown
Adelei Morrow
Noah Thomas
Heritage Middle School – Burke County
MS Prepared Speech 
1 Moksha Agrawal Hanes Magnet School

 

2 Brianna Griffin Hanes Magnet School

 

3 Gabe Sammons Hanes Magnet School

 

MS Problem Solving (MS)
1 Yuan Cheng
Yixuan Li
Hanes Magnet School
2 Mason Abernathy
Jonah Gregory
Liberty Middle School
3 Allison Saldana Clemente
Gabe Sammons
Hanes Magnet School
MS Promotional Marketing 
1 Dulce Lucas Lopez Jackson Middle School

 

2 Fatima Saley Jackson Middle School

 

3 Lillian Redwine Hanes Magnet School
MS Structural Engineering 
1 Brett Becerra
Brayden Smith
Ayden Middle School
2 Micah Baker
Ryan Jones
Ayden Middle School
3 Keely Eubanks
Preston Morgan
Hanes Magnet School
MS System Control Technology (MS)
1 Kekeli Hodin
Eva Weber
Hanes Magnet School
2 Rydhi Ann Anish
Kiley Eubanks
Jerrin Moore
Hanes Magnet School
MS Tech Bowl (MS)
1 Liam Johns
Aiden O’Nan
Cayden Wade
Tucker Creek Middle School
2 Nikolas Rykov
Raphael Shehata
Avijith Vinod
Hanes Magnet School
3 Elsa McGalliard
Lillian Redwine
Andrew Shih
Hanes Magnet School
MS Technical Design 
1 Elsa McGalliard
Lillian Redwine
Hanes Magnet School
2 Keely Eubanks
Alice Marsh
Hanes Magnet School
3 Preston Morgan
Raphael Shehata
Hanes Magnet School
MS Video Game Design 
1 Adam Castecka
Alexander Mills
Noah Rykhus
Tucker Creek Middle School
2 Isaiah Caravello-Bell
Jose Madrid-Lopez
Jahari Robinson
Melanie Santos Mendoza
Rylee Song Be
Jackson Middle School
3 River Cox
Caleb Luther
Jaxton McClinton
Tucker Creek Middle School

What is TSA?

The Technology Student Association is a non-profit national career & technical student organization devoted to teaching technology and engineering education to young people. TSA’s mission is to inspire its student members to prepare for careers in a technology-driven economy and culture. The demand for technological expertise is escalating in American industry. Therefore, TSA’s teachers strive to promote technological literacy, leadership, and problem-solving to their student membership.

Students are challenged to use and improve their STEM skills in both team and individual events in such areas as: communication; computer science, design and engineering; environmental systems; transportation; and manufacturing/construction.

  • competitionCompetition
  • innovationInnovation
  • teamworkTeamwork

State Officers

Abby Isenhour

President

team44_president@nctsa.org

Aarushi Singh

Vice-President

team44_vicepresident@nctsa.org

Victoria Vallier

Treasurer

team44_treasurer@nctsa.org

Samantha Shell

Secretary

team44_secretary@nctsa.org

Rhea Modey

Reporter

team44_reporter@nctsa.org

Wren Ball

Sergeant-at-Arms

team44_sergeantatarms@nctsa.org