2025 National Champions
Boy Scout Troop 74 takes home the top prize!
Boy Scouts Troop 74, whose team name is “The Troop 74 Rocketeers,” outperformed a record-breaking 1,001 teams that entered the competition at the start of the year and bested the top 100 teams competing at National Finals on Saturday. This is the team’s first time qualifying for National Finals. Their precision in designing, building, and launching a model rocket was unmatched by any other team in the country.
In all, a record-breaking 1,001 teams from 46 states and Washington, DC competed in the 2025 American Rocketry Challenge. Students designed, built, and launched rockets to exacting requirements as they competed for more than $100,000 in cash and prizes. Below are the results for this year’s National Finals, as well as the Presentation and Marketing Competitions.
The top twenty-five finishers receive an invitation to participate in NASA’s Student Launch initiative to continue their exploration of rocketry with high-powered rockets and challenging mission parameters.
Read the release HERE.
2025 National Champions: Boy Scout Troop 74
Boy Scouts Troop 74, whose team name is “The Troop 74 Rocketeers,” outperformed a record-breaking 1,001 teams that entered the competition at the start of the year and bested the top 100 teams competing at National Finals on Saturday. This is the team’s first time qualifying for National Finals. Their precision in designing, building, and launching a model rocket was unmatched by any other team in the country.
In all, a record-breaking 1,001 teams from 46 states and Washington, DC competed in the 2025 American Rocketry Challenge. Students designed, built, and launched rockets to exacting requirements as they competed for more than $100,000 in cash and prizes. Below are the results for this year’s National Finals, as well as the Presentation and Marketing Competitions.
Despite it being Boy Scout Troop 74’s first appearance at the National Finals, they persevered and triumphed over last year’s champions!
2025 Marketing Competition Winner
First Place: Fulton Science Academy (Alpharetta, GA)
Second Place: Lexington High School (Lexington, MA)
2025 Presentation Competition Winners
Check out the winning entries from the 2025 Presentation Competition (click links to download the pdfs):
- First Place: Girl Scout Troop 76141 (Plainfield, IL) – $3000
- Second Place: 4-H Wake County (Raleigh, NC) – $1,500
- Best First-time Team: 4-H Wake County (Raleight, NC) – $500
Past Winners
In its 20-year history, the American Rocketry Challenge has hosted some of the brightest young minds across the country. Check out the past rocket contest champions through our previous results.
International Rocketry Challenge
The top team at the National Finals goes on to represent the United States in the International Rocketry Challenge. Learn more about the International Rocketry Challenge and the past winners.
