Gonzaga College

Gonzaga College, Gonzaga
Location: Washington D.C.
Coaches	Fr. Ken Meehan, S.J.
Program Status	Unknown
School Size	Unknown
NAQT Page	link

Gonzaga College High School is a Jesuit all-boys high school in Washington D.C.

Current Players

A-Team:

• Dan Puma (Team Captain/President '09)
• Alex Costa (VP/2nd in The Hierarchy '09)
• Griffin Voltmann (Mythology and NAQT stuff '10)
• Paul Fontelo (World Expert in Filipino Affairs '09)

Alternates/B-Team:

• Brooks Regan (AKA Ghostface Killah, '11)
• Colin Geils (B Team Member '10)
• Billy Deere (B Team Captain '10)
• John Bechara (AKA Little Bech, B Team Member '11)
• Will ('12)
• Sean ('12)
• Luke Bowe (AKA Whitey, A Team Alternate '09)

Achievements

• 1998 It's Academic Champions
• 3rd Place 1998 PACE National Championship
• 2005 It's Academic Semi-finalists
• 6th Place 2005 PACE National Championship
• 2006 It's Academic Finalists
• 6th Place 2006 PACE National Championship
• 2007 It's Academic Semi-finalists
• 5th Place 2007 PACE National Championship
• 8th Place 2007 NAQT National Championship

Contributors to District of Columbia Panasonic Academic Challenge Team:

• 1998 3rd Place - Justin Sausville
• 2004 4th Place - Michael Kettler
• 2007 5th Place - Ted Gioia, Dan Puma

Notable Alumni

• Kevin Leahy (Geogetown)
• Evans Mullan (Michigan)
• Justin Sausville (University of the South and the University of Maryland Medical School)
• David Pomerantz (Carnegie Mellon)
• David Viletta (Princeton)
• Peter Bonilla (Penn)
• Patrick Thomas (Georgetown)
• Alex Vincent (Texas)
• Christiaan Rasmussen (Virginia)
• Michael Kettler (Penn)
• Kevin Chin (Maryland)
• Anthony Kikendall (Holy Cross)
• Yizhuo Chen (University of California-San Diego)
• Michael Simms (Holy Cross)
• Ted Gioia (Harvard)
• Colin Taylor (Middlebury)

Miscellaneous

Gonzaga College High School is the host of one of the most popular tournaments in the Mid-Atlantic region which has been held annually since 2004. The 5th Annual Gonzaga Academic Tournament will be held on February 9, 2008 under the leadership of coach Ken Meehan and team leaders Kevin Leahy and Dan Puma.

The 2007 PACE Writers Bootcamp was also hosted by Gonzaga thanks to the efforts of Gioia and Meehan.