2020 Governor’s Challenge Champions in Economics and Personal Finance
Virginia high school state champions:
Personal Finance Division
- 1st Place: Maggie Walker Governor’s School, Richmond City. Teacher: Allison Anthony
Students: Dominic Dao, Miles Nardi, Kevin Ren, Richard Zhai
David Ricardo Division (Economics)
- 1st Place: Maggie Walker Governor’s School, Richmond City, Teacher: Allison Anthony
Students: Ronit Jain, Michael Kish, Abhay Duggirala, Sam Lichtman
Adam Smith Division (Advanced Economics)
- 1st Place: Thomas Jefferson High School, Fairfax County, Teacher: Jay Wickliff
Students: Richard Zhang, Vikram Raghu, Karen Song, Victoria Graf
2020 Regional Winners & OTher High Scoring Teams
Personal Finance Division
DOE Region #1 Winner
Maggie Walker Governor’s School, Richmond City, Teacher: Allison Anthony
Students: Dominic Dao, Miles Nardi, Kevin Ren, Richard Zhai
DOE Region #2 Winner
First Colonial High School, Virginia Beach, Teacher: Donna Draeger
Students: Nicholas Eisenberg, Jake Long, Shakzodboy Tajibaev
DOE Region #3 Winner
Riverbend High School, Spotsylvania County, Teacher: Mary Fehrens
Students: Adam Pelegreen, Josh Sullivan, Guido Visioni, Connor Wills
DOE Region #4 Winner
Wakefield High School, Arlington County, Teacher: Patrick Kelly
Students: Aldair Guzman, Adiba Hasnat, John Ralph, Thomas Ryan
DOE Region #5 Winner
Amherst County High School, Amherst County, Teacher: Segar Jordan
Students: Elora Burchette, William Gregory, Ryan Marsh, Karl Simms
DOE Region #6 Winner
Salem High School, Salem, Teacher: Gary Lupton
Students: Autumn Goff, Paul Hickerson, Krutik Patel, Katherine Vaughan
DOE Region #7 Winner
Holston High School, Washington County, Teacher: Lisa Rose
Students: Erica Lowe, Alyssa Milhorne, Drew Sturgill, Bethany Sullivan
OTHER HIGH SCORING TEAMS:
Waynesboro High School, Waynesboro, Teacher: Marsha Sensabaugh
Students: Daksh Ghadia, Evan Johnson, Ty Lafferty, Hung Quach
Riverbend High School, Spotsylvania County, Teacher: Christine O’Leary
Students: Mary Hiney, Gabrielle Keller, Owen McGill, Hugh Todd
Spotsylvania High School, Spotsylvania County, Teacher: Chelsea Payne
Students: Reid Dyson, Noah Flenard, Alip Nury, Austin Storm
Spotsylvania High School, Spotsylvania County, Teacher: Bonnie Fiefaus
Students: Cameron Beverly, Hunter Losh, Cassidy Renzi, Brianna Rodgers
E.C. Glass High School, Lynchburg, Teacher: Allen Whitacre
Students: Adrian Bucham, Avion Cook, Emily Creger, Olivia Traphagen
David Ricardo Division (economics)
DOE Region #1 Winner
Maggie Walker Governor’s School, Richmond City, Teacher: Allison Anthony
Students: Ronit Jain, Michael Kish, Abhay Duggirala, Sam Lichtman
DOE Region #3 Winner
Riverbend High School, Spotsylvania County, Teacher: Mary Fehrens
Students: Guido Visioni, Connor Wills, Adam Pelegreen, Josh Sullivan
DOE Region #4 Winner
Rock Ridge High School, Loudoun County, Teacher: Peter Kim
Students: Mark Postovalov, Zachary McFerren, Sanjeev Govindarajan, Aryan Jain
DOE Region #5 Winner
Jefferson Forest High School, Bedford County, Teacher: Paul Smith
Students: MacKenzie Brown, Aidan Cherry, Emily Hansen, Kylie Sheldrake
DOE Region #6 Winner
Gretna High School, Pittsylvania County, Teacher: James Meadows
Students: Kinsley Simpson, Sarah Shelton, Morgan Blair, Joe Tramontano
DOE Region #7 Winner
Carroll County High School, Carroll County, Teacher: Heather Taylor
Students: Ryleigh Kennedy, Adriana Caviness, Brogan Phillips, Daniel Cox
Adam Smith Division (advanced economics)
This year’s Adam Smith Division in the Economics Challenge truly reflects the very high level of instruction and learning taking place in the Commonwealth’s high schools. For this year’s challenge, we had four teams that achieved perfect scores in the online portion of the Governor’s Challenge in the Adam Smith Division for Economics. We want to recognize the four teams and congratulate them and our regional winners on their successes. The Council on Economic Education permits only one team to move to the Semi-Final Round. The tiebreaker for the team advancing to Semi-Finals for the National Competition is the team that used the least amount of time in the online portion of this challenge. Please see below for the regional winners and the four teams that scored a perfect 900 cumulative total for the Adam Smith Division in the Economics Challenge.
VIRGINIA STATE WINNERS, “PERFECT SCORES” FOR ADAM SMITH DIVISION – TIED
Briar Woods High School, Loudoun County, Teacher: Kristina Frank
Students: Joseph Joe, Srikar Balusu, Ashwin Prabu, Ahyush Kaul
Thomas Jefferson High School, Fairfax County, Teacher: Malhaz Jibladze
Students: Winston Yin, Adit Pareek, David Chen, Neil Shah
Woodson High School, Fairfax County, Teacher: Jeremy Sargent
Students: Saurabh Khanna, Brian Stoss, Tal Kalderon, Andrey Arcidiacono
Thomas Jefferson High School, Fairfax County, Teacher: Jay Wickliff
Students: Richard Zhang, Vikram Raghu, Karen Song, Victoria Graf
REGIONAL WINNERS
DOE Region #1 Winner
Maggie Walker Governor’s School, Richmond City, Teacher: Allison Anthony
Students: Kapil Iyer, Adriel Barretto, Will Street, Eric Hamilton
DOE Region #2 Winner
Lafayette High School, Williamsburg/James City, Teacher: Jodi Consoli
Students: John O’Neill, Blake Lowery, Mitchell Digges, Alex Klee
DOE Region #3 Winner
Spotsylvania High School, Spotsylvania County, Teacher: Chelsea Payne
Students: Josiah Patterson, Chase Greene, Makayla Burgess, Leah Wright
DOE Region #4 Winners – 4 Teams Tied
Briar Woods High School, Loudoun County, Teacher: Kristina Frank
Students: Joseph Joe, Srikar Balusu, Ashwin Prabu, Ahyush Kaul
Thomas Jefferson High School, Fairfax County, Teacher: Malhaz Jibladze
Students: Winston Yin, Adit Pareek, David Chen, Neil Shah
Woodson High School, Fairfax County, Teacher: Jeremy Sargent
Students: Saurabh Khanna, Brian Stoss, Tal Kalderon, Andrey Arcidiacono
Thomas Jefferson High School, Fairfax County, Teacher: Jay Wickliff
Students: Richard Zhang, Vikram Raghu, Karen Song, Victoria Graf