2022-23 RCS Beta Club Winners

Beginning November 19th, students from across the nation descended on Gaylord Opryland Resort and convention center for a multi-day competition across a variety of categories.

Listed are the RCS student winners organized by category, school and area of competition.

Elementary Beta Convention (Grades 4 and 5)
Statewide Attendance: 1,398 students from 46 clubs

McFadden School of Excellence

• Book Battle- 1st place
• Drawing (Aayush Kafle)- 1st place
• Handmade Jewelry (Quinn Shelton)- 1st place
• 4th Grade Math (Dylan Weber)- 1st place
• Musicology- 1st place
• Onsite Drawing (Aayush Kafle)- 1st place
• Quiz Bowl- 1st place
• 5th Grade Social Studies (Elvin Chen)- 1st place
• 5th Grade Spanish (Lillian Griggs)- 1st place
• Three-Dimensional Design- 1st place
• Songfest- 1st place
• 5th Grade Math (Connor Reaves)- 2nd place
• Mixed Media Art (Adelyn Hurt)- 2nd place
• Onsite Painting (Nada Alzoubi)- 2nd place
• Performing Arts Variety Show (Alex Collins)- 2nd place
• Portfolio/Scrapbook- 2nd place
• Black and White Photography (Alana Criswell)- 3rd place
• Fiber Arts (Luke Jones)- 3rd place
• Performing Arts Large Group Talent- 3rd place
• Poetry (Sama Sultan)- 3rd place
• Speech (Teddy Anne Hord)- 3rd place
• Spelling Bee (Ugo Eze)- 3rd place
• Technology- 3rd place
• Two- Dimensional Design/Banner- 3rd place
• 4th Grade Science (Amelia Luther)- 5th place
• Apparel and Design- 5th place
• Robotics- 5th place
• GOLD Key Award

Junior Beta Convention (Grades 6 – 8)

• Statewide Attendance: 5,266 students from 151 clubs

Blackman Middle

• Poetry (Layla Thomas)- 2nd place
• Creative Writing (Mahina Kabir)- 4th place
• 8th Grade Social Studies (Gaven Burrows)- 4th place

Central Magnet

• 7th Grade Science (Daniel Choe)- 1st place
• 8th Grade Math (Jacob Anderson)- 2nd place
• Painting- (Elaine Li)- 2nd place
• 8th Grade ELA (John Parkerson)- 3rd place
• 7th Grade Math (Anna Redmon)- 4th place
• 8th Grade Spanish (Connor Clagg)- 5th place
• GOLD Key Award

Christiana Middle

• 8th Grade Science (Cayden Maloney)- 3rd place
• Onsite Painting (Lynnlee Tune)- 4th place
• Quiz Bowl- 5th

Eagleville School

• 8th Grade Science (Cade Taylor)- 2nd place
• 8th Grade Social Studies (Ames Bryant)- 2nd place
• Marketing and Communications- 3rd place
• Living Literature- 4th place
• GOLD Key Award

LaVergne Middle

• Marketing and Communications- 2nd place
• Onsite Drawing (Luany Garcia)- 5th place

Oakland Middle

• Small Group Performing Arts- 2nd place
• Onsite Painting (Kymberli Rodgers)- 5th place

Rocky Fork Middle

• 8th Grade ELA (Justice Wilson)- 2nd place
• GOLD Key Award

Siegel Middle

• Three-Dimensional Design (Avery Tate)- 2nd place
• Performing Arts Vocalist (Sarah Kate Wright)- 3rd place
• 8th Grade Science (Alexis Jones)- 4th place
• 8th Grade Spanish (Danna Segura)- 4th place
• Drawing (Zoe Tang)- 5th place
• GOLD Key Award

Thurman Francis Arts Academy

• 8th Grade Spanish (Madison Harbour)- 1st place

Whitworth Buchanan Middle

• 8th Grade Spanish (Yesenia Ayala)- 2nd place
• Hand-Drawn Anime (Olivia Grady)- 4th place
• Performing Arts Vocalist (Charly Floyd)- 4th place
• GOLD Key Award

Senior Beta Convention (Grades 9 – 12)

• Statewide Attendance: 4,157 students from 113 clubs

Central Magnet

• 9th Grade French (Marissa Bratsch)- 1st place
• 9th Grade Language Arts (Matthew Smith)- 1st place
• 11th Grade Math (Angel Hu)- 1st place
• Robotics- 1st place
• 9th Grade Agriscience (Ray Swicord)- 2nd place
• 9th Grade Math (Benjamin Xiao)- 2nd place
• 9th Grade Science (Andrew Smith)- 2nd place
• Living Literature- 2nd place
• Mixed Media Division II (Kylie London)- 2nd place
• Performing Arts Large Group Talent- 2nd place
• Quilling Division II (Kaitlyn Elliott)- 3rd place
• 9th Grade Biomedical Health Science (Brady Stone)- 4th place
• 10th Grade Math (Rylee Pelham)- 4th place
• 12th Grade Science (Isaac Smith)- 4th place
• Campaign Skit- 4th place
• 11th Grade Biomedical Health Science (Daniel Le)- 5th place
• Digital Art Division II (Lilly Ann Brown)- 5th place
• Drawing Division I (Megan Zhao)- 5th place
• Three-Dimensional Design- 5th place
• GOLD Key Award

LaVergne High

• 10th Grade Language Arts (Robin Phelps)- 2nd place
• Quiz Bowl- 4th
• GOLD Key Award

Oakland High

• 9th Grade Social Studies (Emma Woods)- 1st place
• Freshman Problem Solving- 2nd place
• Color Photography Division II (Maarten Muller)- 3rd place
• Creative Writing Division I (Tina Abdous)- 3rd place
• 9th Grade Science (Lily Drake)- 4th place
• Jewelry Division II (Emmy Montgomery)- 4th place
• 11th Grade Spanish (Maria Hernandez)- 5th place
• GOLD Key Award

Riverdale High

• 12th Grade Language Arts (Ivy Lin)- 1st place
• Digital Art Division II (Kacy Momon)- 1st place
• Jewelry Division II (Hannah Gilliam)- 5th place
• GOLD Key Award

Rockvale High

• Poetry Division I (Loren Kloss)- 1st place
• Pottery Division II (Shelby Baltimore)- 2nd place
• Onsite Drawing Division II (Alyson Lee)- 3rd place
• Marketing and Communications- 4th place
• Creative Writing Division II (Catalina Valdivia)- 5th place

Siegel High

• 10th Grade Science (Peyton Taylor)- 1st place
• 10th Grade Social Studies (Noah Wright)- 1st place
• 10th Grade Agriscience (Bailey Todd)- 2nd place
• Onsite Painting Division I (Bea Kimbro)- 2nd place
• Performing Arts Trio Dance (McKenna Elliott, Reese Lynam, Samantha Festervand)- 2nd place
• 11th Grade Language Arts (Catherine Schroer)- 4th place
• GOLD Key Award

Smyrna High

• Pottery Division II (Sophie Zehr)- 4th place
• Performing Arts Solo Dance (Paw Wah)- 5th place
• Speech Division I (Ashley Sanford)- 5th place
• GOLD Key Award

Stewarts Creek High

• 12th Grade Spanish (Thatyana Gonzalez)- 1st place
• Poetry Division I (Bre Sanders)- 2nd place
• 11th Grade Spanish (Barbara Alvarado)- 4th place
• Drawing Division II (Lazaro Almedo)- 5th
• Musicology- 5th place