Arizona Academic Decathlon Association, Inc.

Our mission is to promote, motivate and acknowledge excellence in academic efforts and educational achievement through a program of academic competitions for high school students of all scholastic achievement levels.

Arizona Academic Decathlon has provided high-level scholastic competition for Arizona high school students since our creation more than 30 years ago. As the name indicates, students compete in ten areas: art, economics, essay, interview, literature, mathematics, music, science, social science, & speech.

Each team of nine decathletes includes three Honor, three Scholastic, and three Varsity students; each level competes only against other students within that category. All decathletes receive the opportunity to win medals and trophies within their categories. Scholarships may be also be awarded for top-scoring decathletes and members of winning teams.

Arizona has four regional competitions held the first weekend in February; in any given year, over 60 teams compete at the regional level. 40 teams advance to the state competition in March, with the state champion going on to the United States Academic Decathlon National Finals in April. Arizona's teams regularly place in the top 10 nationally.