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2004 Winner: Andrew WojtanikHome state: Kansas Andrew Wojtanik, a 14-year-old from Overland Park, Kansas, is the 2004 National Geographic Bee champion. Second place went to 13-year-old Matthew Wells of Bozeman, Montana, and third place was 12-year-old Eric Liaw from Honolulu, Hawaii. Andrew is in the eighth grade at Lakewood Middle School in Overland Park. He enjoys track, baseball and golf, and would love to visit all 55 U.S. national parks. Winning question: Peshawar, a city in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, has had strategic importance for centuries because of its location near what historic pass? 2004 National Geographic Bee State and Territory WinnersAlabamaWilliam Moody, Lee-Scott Academy, Auburn, 7th Grade Alaska Peter Stanton, Schoenbar Middle, Ketchikan, 7th Grade Arizona Troy Schilperoort, Homeschool, Prescott, 8th Grade Arkansas Sydney Rasch, Cabot Jr High, South, Cabot, 7th Grade California Ryland Lu, Pressman Academy, Los Angeles, 6th Grade Colorado Jesse Morzel, Centennial Middle, Boulder, 7th Grade Connecticut Barrett Kenney, Haddam-Killingworth Middle, Higganum, 8th Grade Delaware David Bradshaw, Delmar Middle & Sr High, Delmar, 7th Grade Department of Defense Schools Matthew Duncan, Yokosuka Middle School, Yokosuta, Japan, 8th Grade District of Columbia Benjamin Horkley, Lafayette Elementary, Washington, 6th Grade Florida Hans F. Von Walter, Walker Memorial Academy, Avon Park, 8th Grade Georgia Robert Nutall, Renfroe Middle, Decatur, 8th Grade Hawaii Eric Liaw, Punahou Junior High, Honolulu, 6th Grade Idaho Jordan Lofthouse, Madison Junior High, Rexburg, 8th Grade Illinois Yangbo Du, Dunlap Middle, Dunlap, 8th Grade Indiana Mark O'Malley, Zion Lutheran Academy, Fort Wayne, 8th Grade Iowa Mattias Gassman, Homeschool, Ames, 8th Grade Kansas Andrew Wojtanik, Lakewood Middle, Overland Park, 8th Grade Kentucky William Tamplin, Meyzeek Middle, Louisville, 8th Grade Louisiana Thimal De Alwis, SLU Lab School, Hammond, 8th Grade Maine Otis Wortley, Greely Junior High, Cumberland Center, 7th Grade Maryland Justin Lane, Trinity School, Ellicott City, 8th Grade Massachusetts Krishnan Chandra, Andover West Middle, Andover, 6th Grade Michigan Jamie Ding, Parcells Middle, Grosse Pointe Woods, 7th Grade Minnesota Nathan Cornelius, Homeschool, Cottonwood, 6th Grade Mississippi Ryan Ezelle, Union Junior High, Union, 7th Grade Missouri John Mikitish, South Valley Middle, Liberty, 7th Grade Montana Matthew Wells, Headwaters Academy, Bozeman, 8th Grade Nebraska Jordan Klimek, Burwell Jr-Sr High, Burwell, 7th Grade Nevada Paige dePolo, Little Flower, Reno, 5th Grade New Hampshire Matthew Savage, Monadnock Area Cooperative, Hancock, 6th Grade New Jersey Roman Soiko, Community Middle, Plainsboro, 8th Grade New Mexico Martin Hussey, Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, 6th Grade New York Sam Himel, Collegiate School, New York, 8th Grade North Carolina Lindsey McCloy, Hunters Creek Middle, Jacksonville, 8th Grade North Dakota Michael Delaney, Ben Franklin Junior High, Fargo, 8th Grade Ohio Gautham Senthilkumar, Bowling Green Junior High, Bowling Green, 8th Grade Oklahoma Christopher Chesny, Will Rogers Junior High, Claremore, 8th Grade Oregon Samuel Brandt, Roosevelt Middle, Eugene, 7th Grade Pacific Territories Jacob Nystrom, McCool Elementary/Middle, Apra Heights, Guam, 7th Grade Pennsylvania Olivia Colangelo, Franklin Regional Middle, Murrysville, 8th Grade Puerto Rico Fernando Torre, Carribbean School, Ponce, 7th Grade Rhode Island Karan Takhar, The Gordon School, East Providence, 7th Grade South Carolina Daniel Metzger, Homeschool, Charleston, 8th Grade South Dakota Nicholas Truelson, Homeschool, Sioux Falls, 8th Grade Tennessee Hunter Ripley, Robertsville Middle, Oak Ridge, 8th Grade Texas Ryan Avery, Dan F. Long Middle, Dallas, 8th Grade Utah Derek Wells, Pinnacle Canyon Academy, Helper, 7th Grade Vermont Jonathan Martin, Camels Hump Middle, Richmond, 8th Grade Virgin Islands David James, St. Croix Country Day, Kingshill, 8th Grade Virginia Naren Tallapragada, Nysmith School, Herndon, 7th Grade Washington Cory Sweers, Homeschool, Auburn, 8th Grade West Virginia Jason Hartley, Pleasants County Middle, Belmont, 8th Grade Wisconsin Bo Sun, Ladysmith Middle, Ladysmith, 8th Grade Wyoming Doyle Evins, Douglas Middle, Douglas, 8th Grade 1989 | 1990 |
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