2018 High School National Championship Tournament
Jas Singh (left), Thomas Gioia, Avi Ackermann, and Abhinav Godavarthi (right) of Plano West A with their first-place trophy from the 2018 High School National Championship Tournament, powered by LetterOne
2018 Middle School National Championship Tournament
Shiva Oswal (center) of Pi-oneers (Cupertino, California) poses with his father/coach Vikas Oswal (right) and NAQT President R. Robert Hentzel (left) and their first-place trophy.
2018 Small School National Championship Tournament, Traditional Public Schools Division
NAQT President R. Robert Hentzel (left) poses with Rajeev Nair, Garrison Page, Mason Reed, and Parker Bannister (right) of Glasgow High School’s A team (Kentucky) and their first-place trophy from the 2018 Small School National Championship Tournament, Traditional Public Schools Division.
2018 Small School National Championship Tournament, Very Small Schools Subdivision
NAQT President R. Robert Hentzel (left) poses with Will Koury, Steven Randall, Daniel Liu, and Mazin Omer (right) of Ottawa Hills High School (Toledo, Ohio), who won the Very Small School title at the 2018 Small School National Championship Tournament, and finished second overall in the Traditional Public Schools Division.
2018 Small School National Championship Tournament, Open Division
NAQT President R. Robert Hentzel (left) poses with Ridge Ren Tejas Santanam, Sylvia Wang, and Derek Chen (right) of the Early College at Guilford (Greensboro, North Carolina) and their first-place trophy from the 2018 Small School National Championship Tournament, Open Division.
2018 Individual Player National Championship Tournament
Jack Lewis, a senior at Battle Ground Academy (Franklin, Tennessee), is congratulated by NAQT president R. Robert Hentzel on winning the inaugural Individual Player National Championship Tournament
2018 Intercollegiate Championship Tournament, Division I
NAQT President R. Robert Hentzel (left) with Jacob Reed (second from left), Isaac Kirk-Davidoff, Stephen Eltinge, and Adam Fine (right) of Yale University A and their first-place Division I trophy.
2018 Intercollegiate Championship Tournament, Division II
Halle Friedman (left), Luke Tierney, Matthew Lehmann, and Ian Baram (second from right) of the University of Chicago C pose with NAQT president R. Robert Hentzel (right) and their first-place Division II trophy.
2018 Intercollegiate Championship Tournament, Division I Undergraduate
Rohin Devanathan (left), John Xiang, Eric Chen, and Jonchee Kao (second from right) of the University of California-Berkeley B pose with NAQT president R. Robert Hentzel (right) and their first-place Division I Undergraduate trophy.
2018 Community College Championship Tournament
Kelly Han (C) and Jaya Mosai (C) (front row); Shauna Clifton (B), Victoria Cancina (C), and Jake Shannin (B) (second row); Jack Ogozaly (A), Jesse Gingold (A), Melisa Nicholas (A), De'eve Mendez (B), and Suzi Kim (third row); and Aidan Bohan-Moulton (A), Joseph Pajuelo (C), coach Chris Borglum, and coach Damion Hammock (back row) pose with Valencia College A’s (Orlando, Florida) first-place trophy.

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August 15, 2018

Rising Freshmen Contact List

In order to help college quiz bowl teams identify potential players, NAQT collects information about players' college plans. If you have information about graduating seniors’/rising freshmen’s college destinations, please let us know!

August 14, 2018

2018 ICT Podcasts

Podcasts are now available of selected matches from NAQT's 2018 Intercollegiate Championship Tournament.

August 1, 2018

You Gotta Know These Founders of Religious Traditions

Our latest You Gotta Know article teaches you about ten founders of major religious traditions.

July 25, 2018

Reporting Misconduct at NAQT Events

NAQT has partnered with the Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence and the Academic Competition Federation on a project spearheaded by PACE member (and NAQT writer) Alex Damisch to make reporting experiences with misconduct at tournaments less daunting. While we all sincerely hope that no one experiences behavior that makes them feel harassed or unwelcome at any tournament, we know that it can, and does, happen. These organizations are committed to making sure everyone feels safe, included, and respected during competitions.

July 3, 2018

2018 IPNCT Podcasts

Podcasts are now available of selected matches from NAQT's 2018 Individual Player National Championship Tournament.

May 27, 2018

Congratulations to Plano West, 2018 HSNCT Champions!

Congratulations to the A team from Plano West Senior High School of Plano, Texas, for winning the 2018 High School National Championship Tournament! Hunter College High School (New York, New York) finished second; Liberal Arts and Science Academy (Austin, Texas) was third; and the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (Alexandria, Virginia) was fourth. 352 teams attended.