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The '''2026 Small School National Championship Tournament''' was the twelfth iteration of [[NAQT]]'s [[SSNCT]], held on April 24-26 at the [[Hyatt Regency O'Hare]] in Rosemont, IL.

The tournament was split into two separate divisions: the Traditional Public Schools Division, which was open to public schools with 500 or fewer students enrolled in the top three grades; and the Open Division, which was open to schools which did not meet the definition of a "Traditional Public School" and which had 350 or fewer students enrolled in their top three grades. The Traditional Public Schools Division also contained a Very Small Schools subdivision, which consisted of public schools with 200 or fewer students enrolled in their top three grades.

For the third consecutive year, a full field of 88 teams contested the Traditional Public Schools division, 31 of which were categorized as Very Small Schools. A further 66 teams contested the Open Division.

==Traditional Public Schools Division==
[[Russell]] A (Kentucky) defeated defending champion [[West Point]] A (Alabama) 455-260 in the second leg of an advantaged final. Russell finished with a 17-1 record en route to their first ever SSNCT championship, their only defeat coming in the first leg of the advantaged final.

[[New Berlin]] (Illinois) claimed their first Very Small School championship with a 14-2 record.

{{Tourneybox
|Tournament Name = 2026 [[NAQT]] [[SSNCT]] (Traditional Public)
|champion = [[Russell]] A
|second = [[West Point]] A
|third = [[Marianna]] A
|fourth = [[Bayless]] A
|scorer = [[Matthew Kapinus]], [[New Berlin]]
|editors = [[NAQT]]
|site = Hyatt Regency O'Hare
|field = 88 (31 VSS)
|stats = [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=17101#24315]
}}

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==Open Division==
{{Tourneybox
|Tournament Name = 2026 [[NAQT]] [[SSNCT]] (Open)
|champion = [[Park Tudor]] A
|second = [[St. Mark's School of Texas]] A
|third = [[University School of Nashville]] A
|fourth = [[St. Mark's School of Texas]] B
|scorer = [[Carson Tidwell]], [[Merrol Hyde]] A
|editors = [[NAQT]]
|site = Hyatt Regency O'Hare
|field = 66
|stats = [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=17101#24316]
}}

In a rematch of the [[2025 SSNCT]] Open Division final, [[Park Tudor]] A (Indiana) capped off a historic 17-0 run with a 625-215 blowout of [[St. Mark's School of Texas]] A in the first leg of an advantaged final. This marked Park Tudor's first Open Division title and St. Mark's first ever loss in a SSNCT final.

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==Individual Awards==
===Traditional Public Schools Division===
====All Stars====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Rank
! Player
! Year
! Team
! GP
! TUH
! Powers
! Tossups
! Negs
! P%
! PP20TUH
|-
| 1
| Matthew Kapinus
| 11th
| [[New Berlin]]
| 10
| 222
| 45
| 90
| 19
| 33.3%
| 133.33
|-
| 2
| Theodore Skinner
| 11th
| [[Marianna]]
| 10
| 227
| 43
| 81
| 16
| 34.7%
| 121.15
|-
| 3
| Mateo Cabral
| 11th
| [[Westmont]]
| 10
| 229
| 22
| 111
| 12
| 16.5%
| 120.52
|-
| 4
| Kasan Peters
| 12th
| [[Glasgow]]
| 10
| 226
| 39
| 78
| 24
| 33.3%
| 110.18
|-
| 5
| Aidyn Owings
| 12th
| [[Fair Grove]]
| 10
| 215
| 12
| 103
| 17
| 10.4%
| 104.65
|-
| 6
| Marshall Gallaher
| 12th
| [[Brown County]]
| 10
| 206
| 3
| 100
| 15
| 2.9%
| 94.17
|-
| 7
| Rian Kacmarczyk
| 12th
| [[Hastings]] A
| 10
| 226
| 34
| 55
| 12
| 38.2%
| 88.50
|-
| 8
| Austin Chen
| 12th
| [[Geneva]]
| 10
| 213
| 30
| 56
| 24
| 34.9%
| 83.57
|-
| 9
| Abraham Hankens
| 11th
| [[Plymouth]]
| 10
| 214
| 9
| 78
| 11
| 10.3%
| 80.37
|-
| 10
| Madelyn Garberich
| 12th
| [[Alamosa]]
| 10
| 218
| 10
| 71
| 15
| 12.3%
| 72.02
|-
| 11
| Holiday Herman
| 11th
| [[Pandora-Gilboa]]
| 10
| 227
| 8
| 78
| 18
| 9.3%
| 71.37
|-
| 12
| Sean Harbison
| 12th
| [[West Point]] A
| 10
| 237
| 38
| 38
| 22
| 50.0%
| 70.89
|-
| 13
| Daniel Nance
| 10th
| [[Weaubleau]]
| 10
| 213
| 11
| 65
| 14
| 14.5%
| 69.95
|-
| 14
| John Ross Green
| 10th
| [[Cottondale]]
| 10
| 216
| 27
| 38
| 9
| 41.5%
| 68.52
|-
| 15
| Cole Sutton
| 11th
| [[Macomb]]
| 10
| 219
| 11
| 67
| 22
| 14.1%
| 66.21
|-
| 16
| Keaton Hinkle
| 10th
| [[Houston]]
| 10
| 224
| 4
| 70
| 6
| 5.4%
| 65.18
|}
====Rising Stars====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Rank
! Player
! Year
! Team
! GP
! TUH
! Powers
! Tossups
! Negs
! P%
! PP20TUH
|-
| 1
| Jaxon Hittle
| 10th
| [[Berwick]]
| 9
| 209
| 16
| 47
| 14
| 25.4%
| 61.24
|-
| 2
| Ben Hall
| 10th
| [[Plainview]]
| 10
| 206
| 8
| 50
| 3
| 13.8%
| 58.74
|-
| 3
| Ava Pruett
| 10th
| [[West Point]] A
| 10
| 237
| 13
| 29
| 5
| 31.0%
| 38.82
|-
| 4
| Eduardo Gomez-Nieves
| 10th
| [[Indian Hill]] B
| 10
| 223
| 8
| 37
| 13
| 17.8%
| 38.12
|-
| 5
| Maximos Frazier
| 10th
| [[Morris]] B
| 10
| 210
| 4
| 39
| 10
| 9.3%
| 38.10
|-
| 6
| Brian Loveless
| 10th
| [[White Cloud]] A
| 10
| 217
| 0
| 41
| 4
| 0.0%
| 35.94
|}

===Open Division===
====All Stars====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Rank
! Player
! Year
! Team
! GP
! TUH
! Powers
! Tossups
! Negs
! P%
! PP20TUH
|-
| 1
| Carson Tidwell
| 10th
| [[Merrol Hyde]]
| 10
| 233
| 31
| 92
| 23
| 25.2%
| 109.01
|-
| 2
| Tony Lu
| 11th
| [[St. Mark's School of Texas]] A
| 10
| 232
| 46
| 32
| 5
| 59.0%
| 84.91
|-
| 3
| Aatman Shah
| 10th
| [[Keith Country Day]]
| 8
| 179
| 28
| 36
| 9
| 43.8%
| 82.12
|-
| 4
| Austin Moore
| 11th
| [[June Buchanan]]
| 10
| 223
| 21
| 65
| 15
| 24.4%
| 79.82
|-
| 5
| Liem Nguyen
| 9th
| [[Trinity Meadow View]]
| 10
| 221
| 29
| 56
| 23
| 34.1%
| 79.64
|-
| 6
| Aditya Mandke
| 10th
| [[Spring Branch Institute]]
| 10
| 222
| 18
| 64
| 6
| 22.0%
| 79.28
|-
| 7
| Andrew Kosel
| 10th
| [[Cistercian]]
| 10
| 229
| 15
| 70
| 15
| 17.6%
| 74.24
|-
| 8
| Michael Peters
| 12th
| [[New Heights Christian]]
| 10
| 227
| 17
| 63
| 13
| 21.2%
| 72.25
|-
| 9
| Leo Osborne
| 11th
| [[Alabama Cyber Tech]]
| 10
| 234
| 26
| 62
| 33
| 29.5%
| 72.22
|-
| 10
| Ivan Harder
| 12th
| [[Charlemont Academy]]
| 10
| 223
| 26
| 47
| 11
| 35.6%
| 72.20
|-
| 11
| Amory Kaufman-Young
| 11th
| [[Providence]] A
| 10
| 229
| 23
| 67
| 41
| 25.6%
| 70.74
|-
| 12
| Evan Ting
| 10th
| [[Park Tudor]] A
| 10
| 236
| 44
| 28
| 22
| 61.1%
| 70.34
|}
====Rising Stars====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Rank
! Player
! Year
! Team
! GP
! TUH
! Powers
!

{{Navbox SSNCT Tournament}}

[[Category:High school tournaments]]
[[Category: High school national championships]]
[[Category:NAQT]]

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 |third = [[University School of Nashville]] A
 |fourth = [[St. Mark's School of Texas]] B
-|scorer = [[Carson Tidwell]], [[Merrol Hyde]] A
+|scorer = [[Carson Tidwell]], [[Merrol Hyde]]
 |editors = [[NAQT]]
 |site = Hyatt Regency O'Hare

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 ==Traditional Public Schools Division==
 {{Tourneybox
 |Tournament Name = 2026 [[NAQT]] [[SSNCT]] (Traditional Public)
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 |stats = [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=17101#24315]
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 ==Individual Awards==
 ===Traditional Public Schools Division===
 ====All Stars====

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