COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH)–A 6th-grader from Olentangy Orange Middle School will represent the Buckeye State at the National Geographic Bee Championship in May.

Saket Pochiraju won the 2016 Ohio National Geographic Bee at Grandview Heights High School, according to a press release.

He will receive $100, the National Geographic book “The National Parks: An Illustrated History” and a medal.

Pochiraju has a few weeks to practice before national championships from May 23-25 in Washington D.C.

The national champion will receive a $50,000 college scholarship and lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society.

The national champion will also travel (along with one parent or guardian), all expenses paid, on a Lindblad expedition to Southeast Alaska aboard National Geographic Sea Lion, including a stop at Glacier Bay National Park, in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. Travel for the trip is provided by Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic. Second- and third-place finishers will receive $25,000 and $10,000 college scholarships, respectively.