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|citystate = Waterloo, ON
 
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==Modern history (2008-Present)==
 
==Modern history (2008-Present)==
  
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Recently, Waterloo has re-emerged as an actual Quizbowl Club, due in no small part to Eric Monkman, who attended Waterloo as a freshman in 2006-07.  Since the Fall of 2008, the club has been led each term by either Jeffrey Baer, Aaron Dos Remedios or Monkman himself.  This has led to an attempt to get the university involved in more traditional Quizbowl events, mainly through the Canadian Quizbowl circuit.
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Recently, Waterloo has re-emerged as an actual Quizbowl Club, due in no small part to Eric Monkman, who attended Waterloo as a freshman in 2006-07.  From 2008-2013, the club was led each term by either Jeffrey Baer, Aaron Dos Remedios or Monkman himself.  This has led to an attempt to get the university involved in more traditional Quizbowl events, mainly through the Canadian Quizbowl circuit.
  
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Typically, the club is made up almost entirely of mathematics or engineering students.  This has generally led to Waterloo teams being weak in areas such as history and linguistics.  Exceptions to this include Rebecca Heersink, Sean Nauth and perhaps Monkman himself (a mathematical physicist), but non-mathematicians/engineers in the Waterloo Quizbowl club are few and far between.
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Waterloo competed for the first time since 2001 at Ontario Bowl in October, 2007; the team finished in the middle of the pack.  In 2009, Waterloo, along with nearby [[Wilfrid Laurier]] University, hosted the Canada [[Sectionals|SCT]].
  
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==Modern Tournament Involvement==
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Formerly, the club was made up almost entirely of mathematics or engineering students.  This had previously led to Waterloo teams being weak in areas such as history and linguistics.  Exceptions to this include Rebecca Heersink, Sean Nauth and perhaps Monkman himself (a mathematical physicist), but non-mathematicians/engineers in the Waterloo Quizbowl club were once few and far between.
  
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Waterloo competed for the first time since 2001 at Ontario Bowl in October, 2007; the team finished in the middle of the pack. In 2009, Waterloo, along with nearby [[Wilfrid Laurier]] University, hosted the Canada [[Sectionals|SCT]].
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In 2023, the Waterloo team of Michael Du, Mattias Ehatamm, Liam Kusalik, and Gaian Valdegamo became the first Canadian team to win the DII [[ICT]], beating [[Rutgers]] B 400-380 in the second game of an advantaged final. After going undefeated in their prelim bracket, the Waterloo team had lunch at Panda Express, where Michael received a fortune cookie stating "soon you will get the recognition you deserve."
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In 2024, Waterloo became the first school ever to defend a Division II title, with James Ah Yong, Micah Colman, Jared He, and Caleb Ott defeating Columbia A in the first game of an advantaged final. Two weeks later, Waterloo became the first Canadian school to win an Undergraduate trophy at [[ACF Nationals]], with Du, Ehatamm, He, and Kusalik finishing in 2nd after losing a final to [[Cornell]]. Their T4 finish is also the highest a Canadian team has placed at ACF Nationals.
  
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The following is a list of tournaments in which Waterloo participated in its modern era:
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Later that year, Waterloo housewrote [[HONK!]], a medium-difficulty pop culture tournament which was head-edited by Jessie Cubilla.
  
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* Ontario Bowl 2007
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In 2025, Du, Ehatamm, He, and Kusalik won the first game of an advantaged final against [[Illinois]] to go undefeated at the [[2025 UCT|2025 IQBT Undergraduate Championship]], and won the tournament. This made Waterloo the first Canadian school to win an Undergraduate title. At the 2025 ICT, Waterloo failed to reach top bracket due to being seeded with eventual second-place finishers [[Cornell]], but won the 2nd-place undergraduate title nonetheless. At 2025 ACF Nationals, Waterloo qualified two teams, with Waterloo A making top bracket and defeating eventual champions Stanford for a 9th place finish. They finally played Toronto A in the first all-Canadian top bracket nationals game in recent memory, but were dealt a humiliating 140-375 loss.
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* [[TRASH]] Regionals 2007
 
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* [[TRASH]] Regionals 2008
 
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* [[Sectionals|NAQT Sectionals]] 2008
 
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* [[Sectionals|NAQT Sectionals]] 2009
 
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* [[Ottawa Hybrid Tournament|Ottawa Hybrid]] 2008
 
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* [[Ottawa Hybrid Tournament|Ottawa Hybrid]] 2009
 
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* [[ACF Fall]] 2008
 
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* [[VETO]] 2009
 
  
 
==Members==
 
==Members==
 
Present:
 
Present:
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*Miriam Tam
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*[[Jared He]]
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*[[Michael Du]]
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*[[Caleb Ott]]
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*[[Micah Colman]]
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*Rayton Lin
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*Dawson Teu
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*Xavier Spano
  
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*Faith Barrett
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Past:
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*Michael Blair
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*[[Mattias Ehatamm]]
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*David Choi
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*[[Liam Kusalik]]
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*Stephen Chou
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*James Ah Yong
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*Henry Fung
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*Jacob Bicol
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*Gaian Valdegamo
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*Thomas Mennill
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*Jessie Cubilla
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*Zachary Bernstein
 
*Christine Irwin
 
*Christine Irwin
 
*Jj Li
 
*Jj Li
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*Ming-Ho Yee
 
*Ming-Ho Yee
 
*Andrew Yim
 
*Andrew Yim
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Past:
 
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*Matt Austin
 
*Matt Austin
 
*Jeffrey Baer
 
*Jeffrey Baer
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*Dmitry Denisenkov
 
*Dmitry Denisenkov
 
*Aaron Dos Remedios
 
*Aaron Dos Remedios
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*Jason Fung
 
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*Rebecca Heersink
 
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*Joeseph Horan
 
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*Tom Li
 
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*Yifan Li
 
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*Cadence Lu
 
 
*Eric Monkman
 
*Eric Monkman
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*Sean Nauth
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*Ashutosh Syal
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{{Succession_box|Tournament = [[NAQT ICT]] Division II
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*Ann Sychterz
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|year = [[2023 ICT|2023]], [[2024 ICT|2024]]
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*Will Van Hemessen
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|previous = [[Yale]]
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*Huma Zafar
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|next = [[Harvard]]
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[[Category:Canadian universities]]
 
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]
 
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Latest revision as of 15:04, 12 October 2025

Waterloo
Waterloologo.jpg
Location:
Waterloo, ON
Current President or Coach Miriam Tam
National championships 2023 DII ICT, 2024 DII ICT, 2025 UCT
NAQT Page link

The University of Waterloo is a university in Waterloo, ON with strong math and engineering programs. A quizbowl club has been in existence since the mid-1990s.

Early history

The Waterloo Quiz Bowl Club was established at some point in the mid-1990s, hosting and participating in several tournaments during the early years of Canadian university quizbowl. Zhan Huan Zhou and Rico Catibog ran the club in the early years. A Waterloo team attended the 2000 ICT.

Dormant period

After 2001, the team became inactive on the circuit, but continued to exist as a club.

Modern history (2008-Present)

Recently, Waterloo has re-emerged as an actual Quizbowl Club, due in no small part to Eric Monkman, who attended Waterloo as a freshman in 2006-07. From 2008-2013, the club was led each term by either Jeffrey Baer, Aaron Dos Remedios or Monkman himself. This has led to an attempt to get the university involved in more traditional Quizbowl events, mainly through the Canadian Quizbowl circuit.

Waterloo competed for the first time since 2001 at Ontario Bowl in October, 2007; the team finished in the middle of the pack. In 2009, Waterloo, along with nearby Wilfrid Laurier University, hosted the Canada SCT.

Formerly, the club was made up almost entirely of mathematics or engineering students. This had previously led to Waterloo teams being weak in areas such as history and linguistics. Exceptions to this include Rebecca Heersink, Sean Nauth and perhaps Monkman himself (a mathematical physicist), but non-mathematicians/engineers in the Waterloo Quizbowl club were once few and far between.

In 2023, the Waterloo team of Michael Du, Mattias Ehatamm, Liam Kusalik, and Gaian Valdegamo became the first Canadian team to win the DII ICT, beating Rutgers B 400-380 in the second game of an advantaged final. After going undefeated in their prelim bracket, the Waterloo team had lunch at Panda Express, where Michael received a fortune cookie stating "soon you will get the recognition you deserve."

In 2024, Waterloo became the first school ever to defend a Division II title, with James Ah Yong, Micah Colman, Jared He, and Caleb Ott defeating Columbia A in the first game of an advantaged final. Two weeks later, Waterloo became the first Canadian school to win an Undergraduate trophy at ACF Nationals, with Du, Ehatamm, He, and Kusalik finishing in 2nd after losing a final to Cornell. Their T4 finish is also the highest a Canadian team has placed at ACF Nationals.

Later that year, Waterloo housewrote HONK!, a medium-difficulty pop culture tournament which was head-edited by Jessie Cubilla.

In 2025, Du, Ehatamm, He, and Kusalik won the first game of an advantaged final against Illinois to go undefeated at the 2025 IQBT Undergraduate Championship, and won the tournament. This made Waterloo the first Canadian school to win an Undergraduate title. At the 2025 ICT, Waterloo failed to reach top bracket due to being seeded with eventual second-place finishers Cornell, but won the 2nd-place undergraduate title nonetheless. At 2025 ACF Nationals, Waterloo qualified two teams, with Waterloo A making top bracket and defeating eventual champions Stanford for a 9th place finish. They finally played Toronto A in the first all-Canadian top bracket nationals game in recent memory, but were dealt a humiliating 140-375 loss.

Members

Present:

Past:

  • Mattias Ehatamm
  • Liam Kusalik
  • James Ah Yong
  • Jacob Bicol
  • Gaian Valdegamo
  • Thomas Mennill
  • Jessie Cubilla
  • Zachary Bernstein
  • Christine Irwin
  • Jj Li
  • Peter Liu
  • Cam MacInnis
  • Ben Paul
  • Aayush Rajasekaran
  • Daniel Resnick
  • Arjun Sondhi
  • Kira Vimal
  • Ming-Ho Yee
  • Andrew Yim
  • Matt Austin
  • Jeffrey Baer
  • Elite Che
  • Jamie Cooper
  • Dmitry Denisenkov
  • Aaron Dos Remedios
  • Eric Monkman
NAQT ICT Division II Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Yale
2023, 2024
Harvard
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