National Scholastic Championship

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The National Scholastics Championship, or NSC, is a high school national quizbowl tournament run by PACE. Since 2010, matches have consisted of 20 tossups and 20 bonuses per round, with 20 point powers but no negs on tossups; each bonus is worth 30 points, with bouncebacks on the bonuses.

Archived results, including the roster of all-star students can be found at http://www.pace-nsc.org/results.html. Official records for the NSC can be found at http://www.pace-nsc.org/records.html. Brief descriptions for each tournament (including consolation round results when known) can be found at http://www.pace-nsc.org/results/index.html .

Year Champion Runner-Up Third Place* Fourth Place* Benjamin Cooper Award Young Ambassador Location Field size
1998 State College Henry Ford II Copley Gonzaga Susan Ikenberry NA Case Western 29
1999 State College Rockville Eleanor Roosevelt Detroit Catholic Central Joe Hermiller NA University of Pennsylvania 22
2000 State College Eisenhower Dorman Riverdale J.R. Barry, James Garrick, and Hodges Lewis NA Furman University 16
2001 State College Georgetown Day School Detroit Catholic Central Detroit Country Day Robert C. Grierson NA Bowling Green 22
2002 Richard Montgomery Detroit Catholic Central Eleanor Roosevelt Detroit Country Day Douglas Tyson and Sue Altman NA George Washington University 40
2003 Dorman Thomas Jefferson Detroit Catholic Central Dunbar Carolyn Hawkins NA Case Western 27
2004 Maggie Walker Thomas Jefferson Richard Montgomery St. John's Paul Cain Matt Weiner and David Bykowski University of Maryland 40
2005 Thomas Jefferson A State College Mission San Jose Thomas Jefferson B Sue Korosa Thomas Egan Valencia Community College 31
2006 Raleigh Charter Richard Montgomery State College Maggie Walker Bob Weiser and John Barnes Eric Grunden North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics 29
2007 Maggie Walker Martin Luther King Dorman Thomas Jefferson Julie Gittings Evan Silberman University of Michigan 36
2008 Walt Whitman Thomas Jefferson Dorman Wilmington Charter No award given Lee Henry and Chris Sewell George Mason University 48
2009 Wilmington Charter State College Georgetown Day School Maggie Walker Eric Huff Christian Carter George Mason University 64
2010 State College Maggie Walker LASA St. Anselm's R. Robert Hentzel Sarah Angelo George Mason University 64
2011 State College Hunter LASA Stevenson Matt Weiner Missouri Quizbowl Alliance Northwestern University 60
2012 Hunter A Bellarmine Centennial IMSA A David Riley and Linda Greene Lily Chen WUSTL 60
2013 Ladue LASA A Loyola Dorman A Chris Chiego and Dwight Wynne Max Schindler University of Maryland, College Park 72
  • *Third and fourth place were not distinguished before 2009; for 1998 to 2008, both teams listed should be considered semifinalists of equal standing
  • †undefeated