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{{Tourneybox|Tournament Name = 1997 [[National Academic Championship]]
|champion = [[1997 Edison|Edison]]
|second = [[1997 James Island|James Island]]
|third = [[1997 Altamont|Altamont]]
|fourth = [[1997 Bellaire|Bellaire]]
|scorer = David Farris (awarded MVP)
|editors = [[Questions Unlimited]]
|site = Loyola University in New Orleans and Marymount University in Arlington, VA
| }}

This tournament was held at Loyola University in New Orleans from May 29 to June 1, and at Marymount University in Arlington, VA from June 12-15. Teams at each site played four preliminary games, with the top 16 (method of choosing/seeding unknown) advancing to a single-elimination playoff bracket. The winners of the two sites then played each other in an overall championship game.

The final featured [[1997 James Island|James Island]] losing to [[1997 Edison|Edison]] on the final tossup, "What is the undiscovered country, from whose bourne no traveler returns?" (James Island interrupted early with an answer of "space"). For reasons known only to [[Chip Beall]], the penultimate tossup of the final was ''also'' on a quotation from Hamlet. According to Beall's tournament summary, this was the first NAC final to be decided on the last tossup.

Edison captain [[David Farris]] was labeled a tournament-winning "[[one-man team]]" by Beall, and named tournament MVP, but for some reason did not gain entrance to the [[NAC Hall of Fame]].

The Edison team had won the New Orleans phase of the tournament, defeating [[1997 Altamont|Altamont]] of Alabama in the finals there, and thus earning free transport to DC for the finals. One of the tournament quarterfinalists was a [[1997 Manheim Township|Manheim Township]] team that included [[Jeff Hoppes]], who would go on to win both the [[2003 ACF Nationals]] and [[2004 ICT|2004]] and [[2006 ICT|2006 NAQT ICT]] in conjunction with Farris on the [[Berkeley]] team. Manheim Township lost to [[1997 Bellaire|Bellaire]] in the DC semifinals, before Bellaire lost to James Island in the DC final.

The [[1997 LASA|LBJ]] (Austin, TX) and [[1997 Plymouth Salem|Plymouth Salem]] (Canton, MI) teams were named "Rookie of the Year" (best teams making their first NAC appearance, in Beall's opinion).

==Field==

The 114-team field, as ranked on the QU website:

*1. Edison
*2. James Island
*3. Altamont School
*4. Bellaire
*5. Manheim Township
*6. Detroit Country Day School
*7. West Brook
*8. LBJ
*9. Plymouth Salem
*10. East
*11. East Brunswick
*12. Walton
*13. Edmond North
*14. Langham Creek
*15. Eleanor Roosevelt
*16. Franklin
*17. Riverside
*18. Webb School
*19. Grand Junction
*20. Troy
*21. Millburn
*22. Cedar Crest
*23. St. Christopher's
*24. Syosset A
*25. St. Andrews Episcopal
*26. Alief Hastings
*27. Homeschooler
*28. Indian Springs
*29. Binghamton
*30. Booker T. Washington
*31. Madison Central
*32. Russell
*33. Liberty
*34. Delaware Valley
*35. Clear Lake
*36. Bromfield School
*37. White Plains
*38. Owosso
*39. Saint Augustine Prep
*40. Temple
*41. Houghton
*42. Streator
*43. Murray County Central
*44. Irmo
*45. Carbondale
*46. Highlands Ranch
*47. Mainland Regional
*48. Independence A
*49. North Kansas City
*50. Waramaug
*51. Jersey Village
*52. Ironton
*53. Murrah
*54. St. Joseph's (NJ)
*55. Horace Greeley
*56. St. Joseph's (IN)
*57. Caddo Magnet
*58. Jesuit
*59. Plano
*60. Aiken
*61. Plano East
*62. Shawnee
*63. Stratford A
*64. Northwest Rankin
*65. Latin School of Chicago
*66. Sequim
*67. Edgemont
*68. Monticello
*69. Lamar
*70. Salmen
*71. All Saints
*72. Edwards County
*73. Downingtown
*74. Shelton
*75. Ysleta
*76. Klein Forest
*77. Irvington
*78. Tatnall School
*79. Center Grove
*80. Stratford B
*81. Byram Hills
*82. Mount Vernon
*83. Sunnyside
*84. Ft. Worth Country Day School
*85. Kinkaid
*86. Lake George Central
*87. Syosset B
*88. Athens Area
*89. Elkins
*90. Minnewaska Area
*91. Independence B
*92. South Lafourche
*93. Vandebilt Catholic
*94. Fairfield
*95. St. Elmo
*96. Lawrence County
*97. Loyola Academy
*98. Wheelersburg
*99. Queensbury
*100. Pocono Mountain
*101. Dryden
*102. Mission San Jose
*103. Lakeside
*104. Big Spring
*105. Robinson
*106. Walters
*107. South Florence
*108. Lancaster
*109. Mooreville
*110. Vinton County
*111. Jackson
*112. Tomah
*113. Eureka
*114. Bishop Garrigan

==Links==

[http://web.archive.org/web/19980119220036/http://www.qunlimited.com/national.htm Beall's tournament summary]

[http://web.archive.org/web/19990203021218/www.qunlimited.com/NOsched.html Results of New Orleans prelim games]

[http://web.archive.org/web/19980122000439/qunlimited.com/wasched.html Results of Washington prelim games]

[http://web.archive.org/web/19980122000633/qunlimited.com/points.htm Standings, records, points, and ranking]

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