The Royal High School UIL Academics Team competed at the Waller Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 22, earning many trophies, medals, and ribbons. The biggest was bringing home the Team Sweepstakes for the meet.

Team recognitions include:

• Waller Invitational Sweepstakes Team Winner: Alondra Melendez, Maria Flores, Angeles Garcia, Adamarys Zaragoza, Yazmin Alvarado, Stephanie De La Rosa, Ricardo Lopez, Vladimir Moreno, Jose Alanis, Melani Alanis, Litzie Gonzalez, Paola Gonzalez, Rafael Sanchez, Angel Velasquez, Gabriel Velasquez, Zoe Buller, Alexis Ibarra, Samantha Lopez, Roberto Montalvo, Sergio Alanis, Camila Quinones, Lissy Gonzalez, Julissa Rico, Jesus Rico and Alexcia Garcia
• 1st Place Team - Number Sense: Jose Alanis, Melani Alanis, Litzie Gonzalez, Rafael Sanchez, Angel Velasquez and Gabriel Velasquez
• 1st Place Team - Current Issues: Yazmin Alvarado Stephanie De La Rosa, Ricardo Lopez, Vladimir Moreno and Sergio Alanis
• 1st Place Team - Calculator Applications: Zoe Buller, Alexis Ibarra, Samantha Lopez and Roberto Montalvo
• 1st Place Team - Social Studies: Ian Arteaga, Max Arteaga, Stephanie De La Rosa, Angeles Garcia, Lissy Gonzalez and Litzie Gonzalez
• 1st Place Team - Mathematics: Zoe Buller, Paola Gonzalez, Samantha Lopez, Alondra Melendez, Angel Velasquez and Gabriel Velasquez
• 2nd Place Team - Spelling: Ian Arteaga, Stephanie De La Rosa, Angeles Garcia, Nayeli Gomez, Julissa Rico and Jesus Rico
• 2nd Place Team - Literary Criticism: Melani Alanis, Alexcia Garcia and Julissa Rico
• 2nd Place Team - Journalism: Jose Alanis, Melani Alanis, Sergio Alanis, Yazmin Alvarado, Alexcia Garcia, Nayeli Gomez, Alexis Ibarra, Ricardo Lopez, Samantha Lopez, Alondra Melendez and Angel Velasquez

Individual recognitions include:

• Ready Writing: 1st place Alondra Melendez
• Prose: 6th place Maria Flores
• Current Issues: 2nd place Yazmin Alvarado, 3rd place Ricardo Lopez, 4th place Stephanie De La Rosa, 6th place Vladimir Moreno, 7th place Sergio Alanis
• Number Sense: 1st place Angel Velasquez, 2nd place Melani Alanis, 4th place Jose Alanis, 5th place Rafael Sanchez, 6th place Gabriel Velasquez
• Calculator Applications: 1st place Samantha Lopez, 2nd place Zoe Buller, 3rd place Alexis Ibarra, 4th place Roberto Montalvo
• Computer Applications: 3rd place Camila Quinones, 8th place Jose Alanis
• Copy Editing: 1st place Alondra Melendez, 2nd place Alexis Ibarra, 3rd place Angel Velasquez, 4th place Samantha Lopez
• Science: 7th place Angel Velasquez
• Accounting: 2nd place Alexis Ibarra, 8th place Samantha Lopez
• Spelling: 3rd place Ian Arteaga, 4th place Jesus Rico, 5th place Stephanie De La Rosa, 7th place Julissa Rico, 8th place Nayeli Gomez
• News Writing: 1st place Alexcia Garcia, 7th place Melani Alanis
• Feature Writing: 2nd place Melani Alanis, 8th place Nayeli Gomez
• Editorial Writing: 2nd place Alexcia Garcia, 4th place Melani Alanis, 5th place Yazmin Alvarado
• Social Studies: 1st place Litzie Gonzalez, 3rd place Stephanie De La Rosa, 4th place Max Arteaga, 8th place Angeles Garcia
• Headline Writing: 5th place Yazmin Alvarado
• Mathematics: 1st place Samantha Lopez, 2nd place Zoe Buller, 3rd place Angel Velasquez, 4th place Alondra Melendez, 5th place Gabriel Velasquez, 6th place Paola Gonzalez
• Literary Criticism: 3rd place Melani Alanis, 4th place Alexcia Garcia