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|Name = John Augustyn
 
|Name = John Augustyn
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|Image = JTAQuizBowl1.JPG
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|highschool = [[Stanford Online]] (2019–2022), [[Benet Academy]] (2021-25)
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|Subjects = History, Geography, Current Events
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|middleschool = Notre Dame Catholic (Clarendon Hills, IL) (2019–2021)
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|highschool = [[Stanford Online]] (2019–)
 
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|middleschool = [[Notre Dame Catholic]] (2019–2021)
 
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|elementary = [[Notre Dame Catholic]] (2018)
 
 
|firstname = John
 
|firstname = John
 
|lastname = Augustyn
 
|lastname = Augustyn
 
|naqtstats = [https://www.naqt.com/stats/player/?contact_id=457364 NAQT Profile]
 
|naqtstats = [https://www.naqt.com/stats/player/?contact_id=457364 NAQT Profile]
 
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'''John Augustyn''' is a quiz bowl player who currently plays at [[Notre Dame Catholic|Notre Dame Catholic School]] in Illinois.
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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.
  
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==Career==
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===Elementary===
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John's first foray into quiz bowl was in the 5th grade, when he won the 2018 Chicago Regional National History Bee - he would go on to win the next two years as well.
 
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In 2018, John was a quarterfinalist in the elementary division of the [[National History Bee]] and won the [[International Geography Bee]] (IGB).
 
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===Middle school===
 
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In 2019, he placed 2nd at both the middle school National History Bee and the middle school [[National History Bowl]] and was a finalist at the IGB.
 
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In 2020, he was placed 6th at the Bowl and 3rd at the IGB. He was also a finalist in the US History Bee and US Academic Bee.
 
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In 2021, he won the [[United States Geography Championships]] at the 8th Grade level.
 
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Throughout his career, John has primarily played in the bee format, often playing team events like bowl and standard quiz bowl solo as well. In May 2020, John was mentioned on episode 12 ("Rise of the Terminators") of the quiz bowl podcast "[[For 10 Points]]", where hosts [[Ken Romeo]] and [[Andrew Turriago]] named him as an example of the title "terminator": an individual player who dominates a tournament.
 
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===High school===
 
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In September of 2019, John joined the quiz bowl team of [[Stanford Online]] High School.
 
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==Other Awards:==
 
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*National Historical Geography Exam - National Champion in 2020
 
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*United States Geography Championships - 7th Place in 2020
 

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.)
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