# 23rd National Geographic Bee

The 23rd National Geographic Bee was held in Washington, D.C. on May 25, 2011, sponsored by the National Geographic Society.
7th grader Tiné Valencic, from Colleyville, Texas won the competition, beating out 52 other competitors representing the 50 U.S. states, Pacific territories, and Department of Defense dependent schools.
| State | Winner's Name | School | City/Town | Grade | Notes |
| Alabama | Daniel Picard | Berry Middle School | Hoover | 6th |
| Alaska | Andrew Hull | Rogers Park Elementary | Anchorage | 5th | Top 10 finalist (10th) |
| Arizona | Luke Hellum | Sunrise Middle School | Scottsdale | 8th | Top 10 finalist (7th) |
| Arkansas | Christian Boekhout | Hot Spring Intermediate School | Hot Springs | 5th |
| Atlantic Territories | Jamon Fisk | St. Croix Country Day School | Kingshill, U.S. Virgin Islands | 8th |
| California | Tuvya Bergson-Michelson | The Nueva School | Hillsborough | 4th | Top 10 finalist (9th) |
| Colorado | Isabella Contolini | Dunstan Middle School | Lakewood | 7th |
| Connecticut | Michael Borecki | Middlesex Middle School | Darien | 6th |
| Delaware | Sophia Marianiello | Newark Charter School | Newark | 7th |
| Department of Defense | Gavin Moulton | Naples American Middle School | Naples, Italy | 7th |
| District of Columbia | Nathaniel Burrows | Maret School | Washington, D.C. | 6th |
| Florida | Martin Konstantinov | Lake Mary Preparatory School | Lake Mary | 6th |
| Georgia | Nilai Sarda | The Westminster School | Atlanta | 7th | 2nd Place |
| Hawaii | Andrew Anderton | Hawaii Technology Academy | Waipahu | 6th |
| Idaho | Dylan Smith | Taylorview Junior High School | Idaho Falls | 8th |
| Illinois | Annie Ulrich | Lake County Homeschoolers | Grayslake | 8th |
| Indiana | Kevin Mi | Creekside Middle School | Carmel | 8th | Top 10 finalist (8th) |
| Iowa | Ian Klopfenstein | Franklin Middle School | Cedar Rapids | 7th |
| Kansas | Stefan Petrović | South Junior High School | Lawrence | 7th | Was a finalist in 2010 3rd Place |
| Kentucky | Nivedita Khandkar | Meyzeek Middle School | Louisville | 8th |
| Louisiana | James Anthony Stoner | Christian Brothers School | New Orleans | 7th |
| Maine | Benjamin MacLean | York Middle School | York | 7th |
| Maryland | Neel Lakhanpal | Severn School | Severna Park | 7th |
| Massachusetts | Karthik Karnik | King Philip Middle School | Norfolk | 7th | Top 10 finalist (5th) |
| Michigan | Jacob Tanner | Saline Middle School | Saline | 8th |
| Minnesota | William Bogenschultz | Ramsey Junior High School | St. Paul | 7th |
| Mississippi | Luke Eckstein | St. Aloysius High School | Vicksburg | 8th |
| Missouri | Joshua Vogel | Trinity Lutheran School | Cape Girardeau | 8th |
| Montana | Claire Hinther | Target Range School | Missoula | 8th |
| Nebraska | Sean Lynch | St. Wenceslaus School | Omaha | 7th |
| Nevada | Asimwe Oben-Nyarko | Schofield Middle School | Las Vegas | 8th |
| New Hampshire | Isaac Ozer | Windham Middle School | Windham | 8th |
| New Jersey | Kevin Pang | Stewartsville Middle School | Stewartsville | 7th |
| New Mexico | Zachary Ward | Albuquerque Area Home Educators | Albuquerque | 8th |
| New York | Matthew Wigler | Great Neck North Middle School | Great Neck | 8th |
| North Carolina | Alex Pinder | St. Leo the Great Parish School | Winston-Salem | 6th |
| North Dakota | Tanner Carlson | Grimsrud Elementary School | Bismarck | 6th |
| Ohio | Narayan Narasimhan | Shaker Heights Middle School | Shaker Heights | 8th |
| Oklahoma | Soorajnath Boominathan | Deer Creek Middle School | Edmond | 8th |
| Oregon | Harish Palani | Findley Elementary School | Portland | 5th |
| Pacific Territories | Caleb Skvaril | Bishop Baumgartner Memorial Catholic School | Guam | 8th |
| Pennsylvania | Alexander Kozitzky | Indian Crest Middle School | Souderton | 8th |
| Rhode Island | Chase Boni | North Cumberland Middle School | Cumberland | 8th |
| South Carolina | Krish Patel | Pinewood Preparatory School | Summerville | 5th |
| South Dakota | Alex Kimn | George S. Mickelson Middle School | Brookings | 8th | Top 10 finalist (4th) |
| Tennessee | Arunabh Singh | Schilling Farms Middle School | Collierville | 8th |
| Texas | Tine Valencic | Colleyville Middle School | Colleyville | 7th | 2011 Champion |
| Utah | Anthony Cheng | Midvale Middle School | Midvale | 7th | Was a finalist in 2010 Top 10 finalist (6th) |
| Virginia | Patrick Hammes | Herndon Middle School | Herndon | 7th |
| Vermont | Sparsh Bhardwaj | Fredrick H. Tuttle Middle School | South Burlington | 7th |
| Washington | Arjun Kumar | Beavar Lake Middle School | Issaquah | 7th |
| West Virginia | Abel Abraham | St. Francis de Sales Central Catholic School | Morgantown | 8th |
| Wisconsin | Robert Rosner | Phelps School | Phelps | 8th |
| Wyoming | Dwaine Kenney | Big Piney Middle School | Big Piney | 8th |