On May 8-10, Michael Casas from Sam Houston Elementary competed in Nashville, Tennesee at the 2015 National Elementary (K-6) Championship and placed 6th out of 290 players from across the nation in the K-3 Championship division.
Competing as a team at the national level, Houston contestants placed 16th in the K-3 Championship division. In the K-6 under 1000 division the Dishman Elementary chess team placed 20th and Houston placed 22nd in the K-5 Championship division.
In late April, Michael Casas and Carlos Deleon from Houston also competed at the 2015 National Junior High (K-9) Championship, placing 20th as a team, and Deleon placed 3rd in his section as well.