Fort Bend ISD (April 2, 2025) – Nine Fort Bend ISD teams advanced to the 2025 Destination Imagination Global Finals after competing in the Destination Imagination Lone Star Final on March 29.
The Destination Imagination Global Tournament will be held in Kansas City, Missouri in May.
Elementary Level Competitions
Technical Category
Madden Brainiacs – 3rd Place
Madden Elementary
• Palaash Chothani
• Ethan Houseman
• Nayel Kazmie
• Saanvi Patel
• Siya Shah
• Vendant Varia
Team Manager: Snehaben Prajapati
Fine Arts Category
The Scottie Squad – 3rd Place (DaVinci Award Winner)
Highlands Elementary
• Vivienne Brenke
• Riya Dixit
• Arissa Khan
• Olive Le
• Penelope Le
• Stella Stanley
• Livi Wommack
Team Manager: Elizabeth Brenke
Service Learning Category
IncreDIble Rockstars – 5th Place
Cornerstone Elementary
• Aadit Chanana
• Bhavi Dave
• Lamiyah Gurji
• Arjun Heblikar
• Samarth Sista
• Anvita Vadla
Team Manager: Sriharsha Sista
Middle Level Competitions
Fine Arts Category
Team Ocean -- 3rd Place (Hi-IC)
Fort Settlement Middle School
• Yasmeen Akhtar
• Safia Gurji
• Nooriyah Rehman
Team Manager: Maliha Akhtar
Engineering Challenge
Mechanical Cheetahs – 3rd Place
Quail Valley, First Colony and Fort Settlement middle schools
• Shaheer Azim
• Ayaan Dhedhi
• Nikhil Erukulla
• Raghav Pandurangi
• Dhev Sudheer
• Tarun Sundaram
• Neil Tyagi
Team Managers: Rashmi Pandurangi and Mariyah Dhedhi
Senior Level Competitions
Technical Category
Trailblazers – 1st Place
Dulles High School
• Rishaan Chanana
• Vivaan Joshi
• Sowmith Kolla
• Ethan Light
• Rohan Pandurangi
• Rian Shankar
• Shivansh Shukla
Team Manager: Beena Hemkar
Scientific Category
Smart Sharks – 2nd Place
Dulles and Clements high schools
• Rishi Eti
• Viraj Gorijala
• Vrishni Krishnan
• Chinhitha Pampulapati
Team Managers: Vedha Sampath and Birundha Varatharajan
Void Voyagers— 4th Place
Elkins High School
• Rebecca Chen
• Aadya Manoj
• Joanna Marattukalam
• Mahlika Shah
• Raunak Sharda
Team Manager: Amy Wang
Engineering Category
6th Dimension – 1st Place (DaVinci Award Winner)
Clements, Dulles and Austin high schools
• Rishabh Aggarwal
• Rithik Aggarwal
• Anshul Jhaveri
• Suhani Sawant
• Aaril Shah
• Shivani Sunderamoorthi
Team Managers: Jigisha Doshi and Linda Christensen
