Editing Jared Padalecki (section)

==Early life and education==
Padalecki was born in [[San Antonio]], Texas to Gerald and Sherri Padalecki.<ref name="TVG"/><ref name="filmref">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/99/Jared-Padalecki.html|title=Jared Padalecki Biography|publisher=FilmReference.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819231751/http://www.filmreference.com/film/99/Jared-Padalecki.html|archive-date=August 19, 2007}}</ref> His father is of [[Polish American|Polish]] descent, while his mother has [[German Americans|German]], [[Scottish Americans|Scottish]], [[French Americans|French]], and [[English Americans|English]] ancestry.<ref name="ancestry">{{cite episode|series=[[The Bonnie Hunt Show]]|date=February 10, 2009|title=Jared Padalecki interview}}</ref>

He was a 2000 candidate for the [[Presidential Scholars Program]].<ref name="TVG"/> In 1998, Padalecki and his partner Chris Cardenas won the [[National Forensic League]] national championship in [[Duo Interpretation]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Schwan Duo Interpretation|work=The H.B. Mitchell Trophy|publisher=National Forensic League|page=5|url=http://www.nflonline.org/uploads/NationalTournament/nt601sec3.pdf|access-date=March 31, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910121936/http://www.nflonline.org/uploads/NationalTournament/nt601sec3.pdf|archive-date=September 10, 2008}}</ref> Although he had originally planned to attend the [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas]] after graduating from high school in 2000, Padalecki decided to move to [[Los Angeles County, California]] instead to pursue an acting career.<ref name="TVG"/>