20for20 for the HSNCT
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 4:54 pm
Our interviewees:naqt.com wrote:The 2018 High School National Championship Tournament will be the 20th iteration of the HSNCT. To celebrate, each Thursday in the 20 weeks leading up to the tournament, we’ll be publishing one of 20 interviews with NAQT members and founders, tournament staff, players, and other people in the quiz bowl community.
Patrick Matthews, a founding member and the first president of NAQT
Jim Puls, statistician
Rob Kremer, coach of Danville High School, Kentucky
Eliza Grames, control room operator
Andy Wehrman, an All-Star at the first HSNCT in 1999
Andrew Sinclair, coach at the American International School of Guangzhou
Jacob Mikanowski, the leading scorer at the 2000 HSNCT
Jonah Greenthal, head editor of the 2018 HSNCT
Eric Xu, HSNCT liveblogger and All-Star at the 2013 through 2015 HSNCTs
Nathan Murphy, Logistics Director for the 2013 through 2018 HSNCTs
Sam Blizzard, All-Star at the 2011 through 2015 HSNCTs and leading scorer in 2013, 2014, and 2015
Emily Pike, NAQT Vice President of Operations
Jakob Myers, leading scorer at the 2017 HSNCT
David Reinstein, power-matching innovator
Joel Gluskin, NAQT Vice President of Logistics
Dwight Kidder, inventor of NAQT podcasts and consolation matches
Erik Nelson, question writer, ACRONYM manager, and founder of the Bounceback Foundation
Gail Sutton, head buzzer wrangler at countless national championships
Chad and Shelly Kubicek, NAQT Chief Financial Officer and Information Desk lead
R. Robert Hentzel, NAQT President
20for20