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National Championship Winners

World of High School Quizbowl


The collegiate counterpart to, and inspiration for, this list can be found at www.umich.edu/~uac/mac/maize/maizeresults.html.

 

If you have any information for this page, please mail me at weinerm@vcu.edu .

 

Champions and second-place finishers in major national championship tournaments

 

This table tracks the top finishers in the National Scholastics Championship, run by the Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence since 1998,
 and the High School National Championship Tournament, run by National Academic Quiz Touranments since 1999.

 

Year

PACE NSC

Champion

PACE NSC

Runner-Up

NAQT HSNCT Champion

NAQT HSNCT

Runner-Up

NAQT HSNCT Small School Champion

1997-1998

State College

State College, PA

Henry Ford II

Sterling Heights, MI

First held in 1999

First held in 1999

First awarded in 2002

1998-1999

State College

State College, PA

Rockville

Rockville, MD

Detroit Catholic Central

Redford, MI

Walton

Marietta, GA

First awarded in 2002

1999-2000

State College

State College, PA

Eisenhower

Utica, MI

State College

State College, PA

Governor’s School

Richmond, VA

First awarded in 2002

2000-2001

State College

State College, PA

Georgetown Day

Washington, DC

Detroit Catholic Central

Redford, MI

Detroit Country Day

Beverly Hills, MI

First awarded in 2002

2001-2002

Richard Montgomery

Rockville, MD

Detroit Catholic Central

Redford, MI

St. John’s

Houston, TX

Irmo

Irmo, SC

Kent City

Kent City, MI

2002-2003

Dorman

Roebuck, SC

Thomas Jefferson

Alexandria, VA

Thomas Jefferson

Alexandria, VA

Dorman

Roebuck, SC

Cutter Morning Star

Hot Springs, AR

2003-2004

Maggie Walker

Richmond, VA

Thomas Jefferson

Alexandria, VA

Thomas Jefferson

Alexandria, VA

Maggie Walker

Richmond, VA

Cutter Morning Star

Hot Springs, AR

2004-2005

Thomas Jefferson
Alexandria, VA

State College

State College, PA

Thomas Jefferson
Alexandria, VA

Lakeside

Seattle, WA

Danville

Danville, KY

2005-2006

Raleigh Charter

Raleigh, NC

Richard Montgomery

Rockville, MD

Richard Montgomery

Rockville, MD

State College

State College, PA

Danville

Danville, KY

2006-2007

Maggie Walker

Richmond, VA

MLK Magnet

Nashville, TN

Maggie Walker

Richmond, VA

State College

State College, PA

Danville

Danville, KY

 

Champions of minor national championship tournaments

 

This table tracks the winners of the National Academic Championship, run by Questions Unlimited since 1983, and the Panasonic Academic Challenge, run by PAC since 1988.

 

Year

NAC Champion

Panasonic Champion

1982-1983

Walt Whitman

Bethesda, MD

First held in 1988

1983-1984

Wheelersburg

Wheelersburg, OH

First held in 1988

1984-1985

Skyline

Dallas, TX

First held in 1988

1985-1986

Irmo

Columbia, SC

First held in 1988

1986-1987

Walnut Ridge

Columbus, OH

First held in 1988

1987-1988

Eleanor Roosevelt

Greenbelt, MD

Rockville

Rockville, MD

1988-1989

Dorman

Spartanburg, SC

Winston Churchill

Potomac, MD

1989-1990

Collegiate

Richmond, VA

Ballard

Louisville, KY

1990-1991

Dorman

Spartanburg, SC

Dorman

Spartanburg, SC

1991-1992

Booker T. Washington

Tulsa, OK

Maryland all-stars

1992-1993

Torrey Pines

Encinitas, CA

Torrey Pines

Encinitas, CA

1993-1994

East Brunswick

East Brunswick, NJ

Thomas Jefferson

Alexandria, VA

1994-1995

Governor’s School

Richmond, VA

Florida all-stars

1995-1996

Memorial

Houston, TX

Maryland all-stars

1996-1997

Edison

Huntington Beach, CA

Klein

Klein, TX

1997-1998

State College

State College, PA

Maryland all-stars

1998-1999

James Island

Charleston, SC

Florida all-stars

1999-2000

Manheim Township

Lancaster, PA

Maryland all-stars

2000-2001

Irmo

Columbia, SC

Washington, D.C. all-stars

2001-2002

Irmo

Columbia, SC

Maryland all-stars

2002-2003

Horace Greeley

Chappaqua, NY

Virginia all-stars

2003-2004

St. Thomas

St. Paul, MN

Virginia all-stars

2004-2005

Holland Hall

Tulsa, OK

Virginia all-stars

2005-2006

Byram Hills

Armonk, NY

Maryland all-stars

2006-2007

Harrison

Lafeyette, IN

Illinois all-stars

 

Champions of defunct national championship tournaments

 

This table lists winners of two national championship tournaments which have stopped operating: the Tournament of Champions, run by American Scholastic Competition Network frin 1987 to 2005, and the National Academic Bowl, run by Just Asking Questions in 1996 and 1997. The Quizbowl Resource Center is looking for a list of champions from, and other information about, the American Academic Challenge, another national championship tournament which operated in the mid-1990s.

 

Year

ASCN Champion

NAB Champion

1986-1987

Carolina

Greenville, SC

First held in 1996

1987-1988

Savannah

Savannah, MO

First held in 1996

1988-1989

Georgetown Day

Washington, D.C.

First held in 1996

1989-1990

Eisenhower

Shelby Township, MI

First held in 1996

1990-1991

Seaholm

Birmingham, MI

First held in 1996

1991-1992

Central

Tuscaloosa, AL

First held in 1996

1992-1993

Northside

Fort Smith, AR

First held in 1996

1993-1994

James Island

Charleston, SC

First held in 1996

1994-1995

Edmond Memorial

Edmond, OK

First held in 1996

1995-1996

Edmond Memorial

Edmond, OK

Brookwood

Snellville, GA

1996-1997

Walter Johnson

Bethesda, MD

Edison

Huntington Beach, CA

1997-1998

James Island

Charleston, SC

Last held in 1997

1998-1999

James Island

Charleston, SC

Last held in 1997

1999-2000

Eisenhower

Shelby Township, MI

Last held in 1997

2000-2001

Northside

Fort Smith, AR