United States Academic Decathlon

We love seeing our champions recognize all the decathletes they competed against! #USADNats2026

From the Champions Reception #USADNats2026

The USAD Outlines are posted on USAD.org Check out the 2026-2027 literature, music, and art pieces and start studying!

We love our teams in Kentucky! The coach from Francis Parker sounds amazing!

We will celebrate our Online Nationals participants Friday, May 1 at 6pm. Please subscribe to the USAD YouTube account and watch as we honor these decathletes.

We love all our Decathlon coaches! Thank you for all the time and effort you put into growing students!

Day 3 Recap: Awards Time! USAD gave out a ton of medals and witnessed some amazing celebrations. We hope everyone had an fantastic time. But we're not done yet! Look for more interviews and posts from #USADNats2026 all this week!

Day 2 Recap of USAD Nationals: Testing, Super Quiz, and an Outdoor Student Event! It's amazing to see decathletes hard at work and then let loose under the stars in southern California.

Couldn't make it to California, but want to watch #USADNats2026 Super Quiz and Awards this Friday and Saturday? You can find the live streaming links at usad.org/nationals-2026

We're excited to welcome five teams from the great state of Arizona to #USADNats2026! Good luck Arizona decathletes and safe travels!

Congratulations to Achievement First from the Constitution State for earning a trip to #USADNats2026. We know you'll represent Connecticut well!

Congrats to the five teams from California who earned a trip to #USADNats2026! Thank you to all these teams and their state organization for playing host to us all this week. We're all excited to enjoy your beautiful state.

From the Last Frontier, we welcome two amazing teams of decathletes to #USADNats2026! Good luck to all the students and coaches from Alaska!

We're excited to welcome three teams from Colorado to #USADNats2026! Good luck to all these amazing decathletes!

We're excited to welcome a team from the District of Columbia to #USADNats2026! Good luck to Columbia Height Educational Campus!

Congrats to the Classical Academy of Sarasota for earning a trip to #USADNats2026! We can't wait to see you in California!

We're excited to welcome four teams from the Peach State! We wish lots of success and fun to all the teams from Georgia!

We are excited to welcome three teams from the great state of Idaho! Good luck and safe travels to #USADNats2026

Congrats to the Punahou School for earning a trip to #USADNats2026. We know you'll represent the Aloha State well!

Illinois will be sending three teams to #USADNats2026! We wish them lots of luck as the represent the Land of Lincoln!