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'''John Augustyn''' is a quiz bowl player currently playing at [[Notre Dame Catholic]] School in the great state of Illinois.
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==History==
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|Name = John Augustyn
John Augustyn got his start in quiz bowl in the 5th grade, when he against all odds won the 2018 Chicago regional for the National History Bee. He became so involved and passionate about the academic sport that he continued to play in various quiz bowl tournaments both regionally and nationally after the National History Bee. John is most notable for often being a solo player for his current school of Notre Dame.
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|highschool = [[Stanford Online]] (2019–2022), [[Benet Academy]] (2021-25)
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|middleschool = Notre Dame Catholic (Clarendon Hills, IL) (2019–2021)
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|firstname = John
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|lastname = Augustyn
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|naqtstats = [https://www.naqt.com/stats/player/?contact_id=457364 NAQT Profile]
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'''John Augustyn''' is a quiz bowl player who formerly played for [[Benet Academy]] and [[Stanford Online]]. He was a part of [[Team Illinois]] in 2023 and 2024, and was just the third player in state (Class AA) history to be named to the [[IHSSBCA All State Program|IHSSBCA All-State]] team (and by extension, the All-Sectional Team) in all four years of high school.<ref>(This is alongside [[Ethan Strombeck]] and [[Tristan Willey]] in Class AA, and [[Litchfield|David York]] in Class A.)</ref> To date, he has scored over thirty thousand points in NAQT sanctioned-events.
  
In September of 2019, John Augustyn also joined the quiz bowl team of Stanford Online High School, and he played in his first tournament with the school alongside famed players [[Arin Parsa]], [[Karan Gurazada]], and Andrew Chang in December of 2020.
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==Career Accomplishments==
 
===History Bee:===
 
*'''''3 time Chicagoland Regional Champion (2018-2020)'''''
 
 
 
*'''''2020 National History Bee Regional Champion (2020) - Midwest/East Coast Division'''''
 
 
 
*'''''2018 National History Bee Quarterfinalist'''''
 
 
 
*'''''2019 National History Bee - 2nd Place'''''
 
 
 
*'''''2020 National History Bee - 7th Place'''''
 
===History Bowl:===
 
*'''''2019 National History Bowl - 2nd Place'''''
 
 
 
*'''''2020 National History Bowl - 6th Place'''''
 
===International Geography Bee:===
 
*'''''2018 International Geography Bee - 1st Place'''''
 
 
 
*'''''2019 International Geography Bee - Finalist'''''
 
 
 
*'''''2020 International Geography Bee - 3rd Place'''''
 
===NAQT Tournaments:===
 
===Buzzword:===
 
===Other Awards:===
 
*'''''National Historical Geography Exam - National Champion'''''
 
*'''''United States Geography Championships - 7th Place'''''
 
*'''''Made it onto NAQT's All Time Lists of "Best Performance in a Single Game" (#31) and "Best Performance Across An Entire Tournament" (#42) <ref>Data accurate as of Feburary 10th, 2021. See Results [https://www.naqt.com/stats/records/individual-game-pptuh.jsp?audience_id=1001&difficulty_id=1001&difficulty_id=1002 here] and [https://www.naqt.com/stats/records/individual-tournament-pptuh.jsp?audience_id=1001&difficulty_id=1001&difficulty_id=1002 here]</ref>'''''
 
 
 
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==Further Reading==
 
John Augustyn's [https://www.naqt.com/stats/player/?contact_id=457364 NAQT Profile]
 
{{reflist}}
 

Latest revision as of 21:43, 16 October 2025

John Augustyn
High school Stanford Online (2019–2022), Benet Academy (2021-25)
Middle school Notre Dame Catholic (Clarendon Hills, IL) (2019–2021)
Stats HDWhite • NAQT Profile

John Augustyn is a quiz bowl player who formerly played for Benet Academy and Stanford Online. He was a part of Team Illinois in 2023 and 2024, and was just the third player in state (Class AA) history to be named to the IHSSBCA All-State team (and by extension, the All-Sectional Team) in all four years of high school.[1] To date, he has scored over thirty thousand points in NAQT sanctioned-events.

  1. (This is alongside Ethan Strombeck and Tristan Willey in Class AA, and David York in Class A.)