SHS Academic Team records

SHS Academics has amassed many records over the years.

The Theatre Design Team has taken 38 students to state and won a State Championship.     

The One Act Play has made 4 appearances at State:  2009, 2010, 2024-6th, 2026-4th. 

Over the years the SHS OAP has established itself as a perennial power.  There are over 75 OAP trophies in the SHS trophy cabinets, beginning with director, Patsy Fisher's District trophy in 1984. Director, Margo Bigbee added a couple more, pushing "The Small World of Millie McIvor" to new heights with actors Kyle Maxfield and Jarod Bellar taking Best Actor awards.  Mr. Robertson took the reigns in the Fall of 1990. The first year that the OAP reached Regional was in 2002 with the play, "Daddy's Dyin', Who's Got the Will?"   The first state appearance was in 2009 with, "Moon Over Buffalo."  The following year in 2010,  the OAP returned to state with, "Leading Ladies."  The OAP reached Region for 3 consecutive years 2024-2026, reaching state in 2024 with, "Shakespeare in Hollywood" winning 6th place.  The OAP again reached state in 2026 with, "Moon Over Buffalo" winning 4th place.  Chrissy Bass became the director in the Fall of 2026. 

The Congress team has made it to state every single year since the inception of the UIL Congress contest (13 years).  Mr. Robertson is currently the UIL Regional Clerk for Region 17 1A-6A held in Lubbock every November. Four students, Kendon Drennan, Davis Smith, Riley Edens and Jolie Dyck have all won fourth place at State. Additionaly, Riley was the 2023 Outstanding Presiding Officer.

The CX Debate teams have been doing well since before they won the State Championship in 1985. SHS won UIL State Team Debate (Damron/Donnell, coach Patsy Fisher); in 2016 SHS won State CX Debate (Melendez/Melendez) and in 2021 & 2022 (Delgado/Edens) won back to back state championships. SHS has won 21 District Championships and sent over 37 teams to UIL CX State winning 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Quarterfinalists, and Octofinalists (placing in many of these categories numerous times). In 2025 Sudan lost the state championship on a split ballot with Armstrong/Gonzalez winning 2nd and Bigham/Dyke winning 3rd. SHS is currently on an 14 year run of making it to state in CX, with 19 district championships. Mr. Robertson has coached the team since 1998.

The Academic Team has earned about 300 trophies over the years. 347 students have competed at state. 24 students have won state championships. Since 2001, the district academic team has won the district championship or runner-up trophy every year except for 2015. Ten of those trophies are District Championship trophies. The academic team has won the Regional Championship 4 times 2014, 2023, 2024, and 2025; 2026 Regional Runner-up, and 2019 Regional 2nd Runner-up. Twice, SHS has earned more points than any other 2A high school in Texas at the district meet. In 2024, Sudan earned more district speech points than any other high school in Texas 1A through 6A. The Speech team has won the District Speech sweepstakes trophy 11 times, the Region Speech Sweepstakes trophy 5 times and runner-up twice. 

District and Regional Individual Team Trophy Cabinets.

District and Regional Overall Academic Team Trophies.

State Wall.

Other points of note: Sudan has won the Spelling State Championship 3 times (Raymond Espinoza). SHS has won the Computer Science State Championship 4 times (Adam Harper 3 times, Caden Edens 1 time). Additionally, the SHS Resonance Speech team has been very successful, traveling to NSDA Nationals and State TFA. In 2024 Chase Caswell and Drew Lockhart won 4th place in Duo at the Texas Forensic Association State Tournament and in 2025 Drew Lockhart won 3rd place at the Texas Forensic Association State Tournament in Duo Interpretation (in TFA the competition is 1A-6A and private schools). 

It's great to join the Academic Team!