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

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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.