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| − | Pareekshith Krishna is a strong generalist who plays for Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, California. An extremely strong player and generalist, he placed third at the 2019 Middle School IPNCT, led [[Hopkins]] to 3rd at the 2019 MSNCT, being the second lead scorer, and won 3rd at humanities bee in 2019. He was also a semi finalist in the Academic and History Bees in 2018 and 2019. On top of this impressive resume, he was nominated for the National Middle School A Team as a seventh grader in 2018, the only one to receive this nomination. | + | Pareekshith Krishna (Class of 2023) is a strong generalist who plays for Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, California. An extremely strong player and generalist, he placed third at the 2019 Middle School IPNCT, led [[Hopkins]] to 3rd at the 2019 MSNCT, being the second lead scorer, and won 3rd at humanities bee in 2019. He was also a semi finalist in the Academic and History Bees in 2018 and 2019. On top of this impressive resume, he was nominated for the National Middle School A Team as a seventh grader in 2018, the only one to receive this nomination. |
Revision as of 19:04, 5 September 2019
Pareekshith Krishna (Class of 2023) is a strong generalist who plays for Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, California. An extremely strong player and generalist, he placed third at the 2019 Middle School IPNCT, led Hopkins to 3rd at the 2019 MSNCT, being the second lead scorer, and won 3rd at humanities bee in 2019. He was also a semi finalist in the Academic and History Bees in 2018 and 2019. On top of this impressive resume, he was nominated for the National Middle School A Team as a seventh grader in 2018, the only one to receive this nomination.
Notable Achievements
Pareekshith was NAQT Middle School Player of the Week for the week of October 6, 2017. In his first year of quiz bowl, he won 2nd place at the Elementary Division for the U.S. Academic Bee in 2016. He was an MSNCT All-Star in 2017 and 2018. Pareekshith, along with his teammate Avinash Iyer, won 3rd place in the JV Division of the 2019 National History Bowl, where they played for Team Escobar.
Personal
Pareekshith takes pride in his Indian heritage and is a deeply religious Hindu.