NAQT Virginia State Championship

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An NAQT state championship in Virginia was established in 2000 to complement the VHSL Scholastic Bowl championship. While Scholastic Bowl is generally considered a well-run event on fair questions, the NAQT tournament provided the only opportunity for schools from different VHSL enrollment divisions and non-VHSL members to compete in one field for a single overall title.

The tournament has been run under various names from year to year. It was originally dubbed the "Commonwealth of Virginia High School Academic Championship" and a large travelling trophy was ordered with this name, though both the name and the trophy were almost immediately lost.

Only in the 2000 tournament was a separate JV state championship held. The B team from Thomas Jefferson won it, collecting the only JV state title ever awarded in Virginia.

In 2006 and 2007, a separate division was run for "small schools" as defined by the tournament hosts (grade 10-12 enrollment under 750 -- official NAQT cutoff is 500). The small school title was awarded again in 2019 to the highest-finishing small school in the overall field.

The tournament was notorious for ending with Thomas Jefferson's A team being upset by its own B team and excluded from the final, which happened four times between 2004 and 2013.

After being severely underpromoted in 2018 and 2019, the tournament was not a priority for running online during the COVID-19 outbreak and has not operated since. Whether it will return in the future is uncertain.

Results

Teams in bold italic unified the championship by winning NAQT Virginia and their respective class of VHSL Scholastic Bowl in the same year.

Year Number of teams Overall Champion Overall Second Place Overall Third Place Overall Fourth Place Small School Champion Location/Host club
2000 12 (7 varsity and 5 JV) C.D. Hylton Thomas Jefferson Collegiate Mills Godwin Not awarded Maggie Walker
2001 16 Maggie Walker A Thomas Jefferson A Maggie Walker A C.D. Hylton Not awarded University of Virginia
2002 Unknown Thomas Jefferson Maggie Walker Results needed Results needed Not awarded University of Virginia
2003 Tournament was not held -- -- -- -- -- --
2004 Unknown Maggie Walker Thomas Jefferson B Results needed Results needed Not awarded University of Virginia
2005 20 Thomas Jefferson A Princess Anne Thomas Jefferson B Maggie Walker A Not awarded University of Virginia
2006 30 (total) Maggie Walker A Thomas Jefferson A Maggie Walker B Langley Cave Spring University of Virginia
2007 15 Maggie Walker A Thomas Jefferson B Thomas Jefferson A Cave Spring A
and Freeman
Cave Spring A University of Virginia
2008 16 Maggie Walker A Thomas Jefferson A Maggie Walker B Collegiate Not awarded University of Virginia
2009 8 Maggie Walker A Collegiate Cosby Maggie Walker B Not awarded Collegiate School (physical site); Tournament co-hosted by VCU and UVa
2010 8 Maggie Walker A Thomas Jefferson A Thomas Jefferson B Robinson Not awarded UVa (physical site); Tournament co-hosted by VCU and UVa
2011 16 Maggie Walker A Thomas Jefferson B Thomas Jefferson A Meridian Meridian New Kent (physical site); Tournament hosted by VCU
2012 14 Cave Spring Christiansburg Western Branch Thomas Jefferson A Not awarded University of Virginia
2013 21 Western Albemarle Thomas Jefferson B Maggie Walker A Thomas Jefferson A Not awarded University of Virginia
2014 18 Western Albemarle Maggie Walker A Thomas Jefferson A Cave Spring A and Loudoun County Not awarded University of Virginia
2015 10 Western Albemarle Thomas Jefferson Albemarle Loudoun County Not awarded University of Virginia
2016 20 Thomas Jefferson A Thomas Jefferson B Quince Orchard[1] Maggie Walker A Not awarded University of Virginia
2017 34 Thomas Jefferson A Maggie Walker A Thomas Jefferson B and Maggie Walker B Not awarded Not awarded University of Virginia
2018 25 Thomas Jefferson A Thomas Jefferson B Robinson A McLean Not awarded University of Virginia
2019 12 Thomas Jefferson A Thomas Jefferson B BASIS McLean Thomas Jefferson C BASIS McLean University of Virginia
  1. Quince Orchard was allowed to enter this tournament despite being from Maryland; all other years have been Virginia teams only.