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{{Infobox|Name = Caleb Kendrick
 
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'''Caleb Kendrick''' is a player for [[Oklahoma]]. In high school, he played for [[Norman North|Norman North High School]]. He was named a Honorable Mention for the 2015 [[HSQBRank All-World Teams]].
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'''Caleb Kendrick''' is a player for [[Maryland]]. He previously played for [[Oklahoma]] in undergrad and [[Norman North]] in high school. Consistently ranking highly in end-of-season polls, he is considered one of the best active generalists in the game.
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Kendrick is a frequent and well-regarded editor, particularly of [[philosophy]] and "[[Thought]]" questions; this includes work on 2017 [[Thought Monstrosity]], 2019 [[Terrapin]], 2020 [[Terrapin Open]], and [[2023 Chicago Open]]. He has strong opinions on how best to select topics for and write philosophy questions, contending, e.g., that one should "resist the urge to write philosophy as though it were literature" [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=391322#p391322].
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==Playing Career==
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===High School===
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Originally from Oklahoma, Caleb attended [[Norman North]] High School, which he led to its first [[NAQT Oklahoma State Championship]] title in 2014. The following year, Norman North repeated as state champions, and went on to place T-34th at [[2015 HSNCT|that year's HSNCT]] and 21st at [[2015 NSC|PACE NSC]], with Caleb himself placing 11th and 6th in the overall individual rankings respectively. Caleb was named an Honorable Mention for that year's [[HSQBRank All-World Teams]].
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===College===
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Caleb attended the [[Oklahoma|University of Oklahoma]] for undergrad, where he, [[Maia Karpovich]], and [[Finn Bender]] achieved several top bracket finishes at [[ICT]] and [[ACF Nationals]], including claiming the Division II title at [[2016 ACF Nationals]] and the Undergraduate title at [[2017 ICT]].
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After graduating from Oklahoma, Caleb began a graduate program at [[Maryland]]. In 2019, he led a Maryland A team featuring himself, [[Graham Reid]], [[Justin Hawkins]], and [[Weijia Cheng]] to a fifth place finish at [[2019 ICT|ICT]], and fourth at [[2019 ACF Nationals|ACF Nationals]]. More recently, the duo of himself and [[Vishwa Shanmugam]] led Maryland to a T-5th finish at [[2022 ACF Nationals]].
  
 
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Revision as of 22:48, 6 August 2023

Caleb Kendrick
Noted subjects Literature, History, Philosophy
Current college Maryland
Past colleges Oklahoma (2015-2018)
High school Norman North (2011-2015)
Middle school None
Stats HDWhite • NAQT

Caleb Kendrick is a player for Maryland. He previously played for Oklahoma in undergrad and Norman North in high school. Consistently ranking highly in end-of-season polls, he is considered one of the best active generalists in the game.

Kendrick is a frequent and well-regarded editor, particularly of philosophy and "Thought" questions; this includes work on 2017 Thought Monstrosity, 2019 Terrapin, 2020 Terrapin Open, and 2023 Chicago Open. He has strong opinions on how best to select topics for and write philosophy questions, contending, e.g., that one should "resist the urge to write philosophy as though it were literature" [1].

Playing Career

High School

Originally from Oklahoma, Caleb attended Norman North High School, which he led to its first NAQT Oklahoma State Championship title in 2014. The following year, Norman North repeated as state champions, and went on to place T-34th at that year's HSNCT and 21st at PACE NSC, with Caleb himself placing 11th and 6th in the overall individual rankings respectively. Caleb was named an Honorable Mention for that year's HSQBRank All-World Teams.

College

Caleb attended the University of Oklahoma for undergrad, where he, Maia Karpovich, and Finn Bender achieved several top bracket finishes at ICT and ACF Nationals, including claiming the Division II title at 2016 ACF Nationals and the Undergraduate title at 2017 ICT.

After graduating from Oklahoma, Caleb began a graduate program at Maryland. In 2019, he led a Maryland A team featuring himself, Graham Reid, Justin Hawkins, and Weijia Cheng to a fifth place finish at ICT, and fourth at ACF Nationals. More recently, the duo of himself and Vishwa Shanmugam led Maryland to a T-5th finish at 2022 ACF Nationals.

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