The 24th National Geographic Bee was held in Washington, D.C., on May 24, 2012, sponsored by the National Geographic Society.
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.
2012 state representatives State Winner's Name School City/Town Grade NotesDaniel PicardBerry Middle SchoolHoover7thAndrew HullRogers Park Elementary SchoolAnchorage6thWas a Top 10 Finalist in 2011Raghav RangaSt. Gregory College Preparatory SchoolTucson8th4th PlaceChristian BoekhoutHot Springs Intermediate SchoolHot Springs6th Atlantic TerritoriesGilberto MarxuachAcademia del Perpetuo SocorroSan Juan8thVarun Mahadevan Prince of Peace Lutheran SchoolFremont7th3rd PlacePranit NandaAurora Quest K-8Aurora6thMichael BoreckiMiddlesex Middle SchoolDarien7thTomasz MozNorth Star Elementary SchoolHockesin5th Department of DefenseDominik MuellerleileWiesbaden Middle SchoolWiesbaden8thMatthew WilsonBlessed Sacrament SchoolWashington, DC7thMaya PatelLiberty Middle SchoolTampa8thSahr SinghDodgen Middle SchoolMarietta7thFirst Girl to win Georgia State CompetitionMika IshiiJohn Wilson Elementary SchoolHonolulu4thYoungest girl to ever compete in the National Geographic BeeMatthew MillerRussell Elementary SchoolMoscow5thConrad OberhausDaniel Wright Junior High SchoolLincolnshire6thCaroline PetersonHomeschooledSouth Bend8thFirst Girl to win Indiana State CompetitionJohn MahoneyStilwell Junior HighWest Des Moines7thGanesh ArunaOverland Trail Middle SchoolOverland Park8thNikhil KrishnaCorbin Intermediate SchoolCorbin6thJames Anthony StonerJesuit High SchoolNew Orleans8th8th PlaceBenjamin MacLeanYork Middle SchoolYork8thAdam RusakLakelands Park Middle SchoolGaithersburg8th10th PlaceKarthik KarnikKing Philip Regional Middle SchoolNorfolk8thWas a Top 10 Finalist in 2011; 6th PlacePhilip HuangWayne County Home Educators Farmington Hills6thGopi RamanathanSartell Middle SchoolSartell8th7th PlaceJosh WaldbieserMargaret Green Junior High SchoolCleveland8thJack LangenWest Junior High SchoolColumbia8thRosie McCormackSt. Joseph Catholic SchoolMissoula8thJack NussrallahMary Our Queen SchoolOmaha6thNikolas PapameletiouSt. Anne Catholic SchoolLas Vegas8thNeelam SandhuRoss A. Lurgio Middle SchoolBedford7thFirst New Hampshire Girl State Champion; 9th PlaceSiddharth KurellaCrossroads North Middle SchoolMonmouth Junction8thGabriel CuneoShepherd Lutheran SchoolAlbuquerque6thAparna Nair-KannegantiHenry H. Wells Middle SchoolBrewster8thWilliam (Frank) KennyCharlotte Latin SchoolCharlotte8thTanner CarlsonHorizon Middle SchoolBismarck7thHayden ToftnerOlentangy Berkshire Middle SchoolGalena6thAri PapahronisSequoyah Middle SchoolEdmond7thPragyna NaikFranklin K-8 School of ChoiceCorvallis6th Pacific TerritoriesLeonard CalvoBishop Baumgartner Memorial Catholic SchoolGuam7thArnav JagasiaRadnor Middle SchoolWayne8thMaxwell LevineWheeler SchoolProvidence6thKrish PatelPinewood Preparatory SchoolSummerville6thAdam WiegertPatrick Henry Middle SchoolSioux Falls7thAlexander WilaniskisEast Ridge Middle SchoolWhitesburg7thRahul Nagvekar- 1stQuail Valley Middle SchoolMissouri City8thChampionAnthony ChengMidvale Middle SchoolMidvale8thFirst Top 10 finalist 3 years in a row; 5th Christopher GishSharon AcademySharon8thKevin ZhanGeorge H. Moody Middle SchoolRichmond8thNicholas HelmerDiscovery Middle SchoolVancouver8thAndrew ChristySt. Francis Central Catholic SchoolMorgantown6thVansh JainfraghavMHLT Elementary SchoolMinocqua8th2nd PlaceAugust PrevedelRock Springs Junior High SchoolRock Springs8th
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