State College - Revision history

Matt Weiner: /* Records */

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Records

Ben Herman at 03:33, 9 September 2021

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June Yin: /* Alumni */

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Alumni

June Yin: /* History */

2021-01-20T03:24:24Z

History

June Yin: /* History */

2021-01-20T03:24:05Z

History

June Yin at 03:23, 20 January 2021

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June Yin: /* History */

2021-01-20T03:18:35Z

History

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2021-01-20T03:09:38Z

History

Kevin Wang at 15:35, 16 December 2020

2020-12-16T15:35:52Z

Connor Lee: Fixed small errors with NSC and HSNCT listings; Updated the defending champion record; Linked ACF titles to their respective pages and fixed their order

2020-08-09T23:15:06Z

Fixed small errors with NSC and HSNCT listings; Updated the defending champion record; Linked ACF titles to their respective pages and fixed their order

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 == Records ==
 * They are the only team to win either a particular national or any national in four straight years, by winning all four PACE NSC tournaments from 1998 to 2001. They also won an NAC title and an NAQT title during that timeframe. Until [[TJHSST|Thomas Jefferson]] in 2019, State College was the only team to successfully defend its title as NSC champion (and did so again in 2011).
-* State College holds the record for a game-by-game winning streak at the PACE NSC. Their 37-victory streak is bookended by playoff bracket losses to Henry Ford II in 1998 and Georgetown Day in 2001.
+* State College holds the record for a game-by-game winning streak at the PACE NSC. Their 37-victory streak is bookended by playoff bracket losses to Henry Ford II in 1998 and Georgetown Day in 2001. Over the course of the first five NSCs from 1998 to 2002, State College A went 57-4 with four championships and two undefeated tournaments.
 ==Alumni==

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 |image = statecollege.jpg
 |citystate = State College, PA
-|currentcoach = Matthew Patton, Sheila Abruzzo
+|currentcoach = Sheila Abruzzo, Kerry O'Melia
 |state = 2009, 2010
 |nats = [[NSC]]: [[1998 NSC]], [[1999 NSC]], [[2000 NSC]], [[2001 NSC]], [[2010 NSC]], [[2011 NSC]] <br/> [[HSNCT]]: [[2000 HSNCT]], [[2011 HSNCT]] <br/> [[NAC]]: [[1998 NAC]] <br/> [[ACF]] DII: [[2010 ACF Nationals|2010]], [[2011 ACF Nationals|2011]]
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 * Ben Geselowitz
 * Ruilong Ma
-* Albert Zhang
+* Bruce McAninch
 ==Former Coaches==
 * Smita Gandhi
 * Julie Gittings (1997-2011)

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 * Ben Geselowitz
 * Ruilong Ma
 ==Former Coaches==

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 The team has had two eras of near-complete national dominance in high school quizbowl: once in the late 1990s-early 2000s, and again in the late 2000s-early 2010s.
-The 2010 season saw State College claim both the [[ACF]] Division II and [[PACE NSC]] championship titles. Members of State College competing as Team Pennsylvania won the inaugural [[NASAT]] over South Carolina.
+The 2010 season saw State College claim both the [[ACF]] Division II and [[PACE NSC]] championship titles. That same year, members of State College competing as Team Pennsylvania won the inaugural [[NASAT]] over South Carolina.
 Julie Gittings retired from teaching in 2011 and was replaced as quizbowl coach by Karin Sutherland. Since 2012, State College has been much less dominant on the national stage, though the team has remained a statewide powerhouse.

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 The team has had two eras of near-complete national dominance in high school quizbowl: once in the late 1990s-early 2000s, and again in the late 2000s-early 2010s.
-The 2010 season saw State College claim both the [[ACF]] DII and [[PACE NSC]] championship titles. Members of State College competing as Team Pennsylvania won the inaugural [[NASAT]] over South Carolina.
+The 2010 season saw State College claim both the [[ACF]] Division II and [[PACE NSC]] championship titles. Members of State College competing as Team Pennsylvania won the inaugural [[NASAT]] over South Carolina.
 Julie Gittings retired from teaching in 2011 and was replaced as quizbowl coach by Karin Sutherland. Since 2012, State College has been much less dominant on the national stage, though the team has remained a statewide powerhouse.

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 The State College quizbowl team has its origins in the [[Knowledge Master Open]] club.
 The 2010 season saw State College claim both the ACF DII and PACE NSC championship titles. Members of State College competing as Team Pennsylvania won the inaugural [[NASAT]] over South Carolina.
-Julie Gittings retired from teaching in 2011 and was replaced as quizbowl coach by Karin Sutherland. In recent years State College has been less dominant on the national stage.
+Julie Gittings retired from teaching in 2011 and was replaced as quizbowl coach by Karin Sutherland. Since 2012, State College has been much less dominant on the national stage, though the team has remained a statewide powerhouse.
 == Records ==

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 == History ==
-''(this section requires improvement}''
+''(this section requires improvement)''
 The State College quizbowl team has its origins in the [[Knowledge Master Open]] club.

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 |currentcoach = Matthew Patton, Sheila Abruzzo
 |state = 2009, 2010
-|nats = NSC: [[1998 NSC]], [[1999 NSC]], [[2000 NSC]], [[2001 NSC]], [[2010 NSC]], <br/> HSNCT: [[2011 HSNCT]]; [[2011 NSC]]; [[2000 HSNCT]] <br/> NAC: [[1998 NAC]] <br/> ACF DII: 2011, 2010
+|nats = NSC: [[1998 NSC]], [[1999 NSC]], [[2000 NSC]], [[2001 NSC]], [[2010 NSC]], [[2011 NSC]] <br/> HSNCT: [[2000 HSNCT]], [[2011 HSNCT]] <br/> NAC: [[1998 NAC]] <br/> ACF DII: [[2010 ACF Nationals|2010]], [[2011 ACF Nationals|2011]]
 |nats appearances = numerous
 | }}
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 == Records ==
-* They are the only team to win either a particular national or any national in four straight years, by winning all four PACE NSC tournaments from 1998 to 2001. They also won an NAC title and an NAQT title during that timeframe. State College is the only team to successfully defend its title as NSC champion (and did so again in 2011).
+* They are the only team to win either a particular national or any national in four straight years, by winning all four PACE NSC tournaments from 1998 to 2001. They also won an NAC title and an NAQT title during that timeframe. Until [[TJHSST|Thomas Jefferson]] in 2019, State College was the only team to successfully defend its title as NSC champion (and did so again in 2011).
 * State College holds the record for a game-by-game winning streak at the PACE NSC. Their 37-victory streak is bookended by playoff bracket losses to Henry Ford II in 1998 and Georgetown Day in 2001.